Integrated headset bearings

Road bike needs new ones. Are they a standard sort of size or are there dozens of variations? It’s an FSA something or other, came on a £1500 bike, no idea what it is.

Are they a standard sort of size or are there dozens of variations?

they’re bearings on a bicycle which approach do you think the industry has adopted;

a) standardised across all models and manufacturers to make life easier for retailers and end users

or

b) invented multiple standards, adopted them inconsistently even in seemingly similar models from the same manufacturers and superseded some of them even before the end of a model year.

🙂

this is the current FSA choice I think;

edit 2:

loads of useful info here:

http://dansbikestuff.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/headsets-and-associated-standards.html

Sounds like my headset, watches with interest….

this is the current FSA choice I think;

**** a duck!

Just put a headset (FSA 11N) into my daughters new bike.

Go onto the FSA website and look at the tech docs and get measuring, it was the only way to work out the new standards.

How has it got so complicated…..

Lol.. off to the LBS then with a micrometer…!

EDIT actually may be easier to replace the whole thing since it’s integrated… But then – thinking about it – it’s the bike that determines the bearing shape doesn’t it?

Ok found it from wozwoz’s list, based on i/d and o/d alone – thanks!

However there’s a stanless race option – worth it? £20 vs £10 for normal?