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I am building up a planet x london road frame and need a headset. Im used to mtb headsets but road ones are confusing me.
Can anyone recomend a budget option that is suitable as the one px recommend is £50?
Thanks.
When I built mine over 3 years ago I used on of these and it's still going strong. Not a lot of help as they're out of stock bit might help on sizing presuming the frame is the same. Brant from here might be able to help...
https://www.wiggle.co.uk/lifeline-1-18-15-integrated-headset-with-alloy-cap/?sku=5360597730
I went with this one https://www.wiggle.co.uk/brand-x-headset-integrated-tapered-steerer/?sku=100278196
seems perfect so far
Cheers guys, will get a brand x one at £14.00. Its just for commuting so budget unit will suffice.
Yeah, I imagine the brand X is very similar if not the same as the lifeline one since they're both wiggle own brands if I'm not mistaken
I'm going to be building up a full monty. I think they use same headset as London road... I got https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F142477872857
I’m going to be building up a full monty. I think they use same headset as London road… I got https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F142477872857/blockquote >
That one doesn't use the correct lower bearing. You need the 45 degree taper seat and that one is square.
Ideally it would also have a 51.8 diameter lower bearing whereas a lot usually have 52. Due to PX tolerances thigh, most folk find the 52 diameter bearings on the lifeline model worked.
Yep I think I've got a BX or lifeline one also about 3 years old now, nothing spectacular but does the job...
I built my London Road up about 3500 miles ago with the Wiggle Lifeline headset. I was never really happy with it (the headset), and had an intermittent cracking noise from the bike somewhere.
When the bearings were worn about 500 miles ago, I replaced the headset for the correct FSA headset - I found it on ebay for £24 (FSA No.42-ACB ORBIT C-40 ACB), as I couldn't justify paying the going rate from Planet-X at the time (about £50, then frameset only cost me £150!)
I had a job getting the old lifeline headset out (involving a hairdryer, flat bladed screwdriver and a hammer!), the bike has been riding noticeably better with the FSA headset. Cracking noise has gone, and it's had a fair bit of abuse in the last 500 miles!