Well, as seems to be the regular case on here. My C456 Smoothie headset took on the straight ahead approach when I tried to move it the other day. Its not a bike i regulary ride, probably a half dozen times since its build last year. Mainly due to what ended up as being duff Fox forx damper, replaced by Mojo under warranty and the fact i enjoy the scandal so much to ride. So although being 13 months old and that it hasnt been a good headset involving rusty water after ride one, which i stripped and flushed the bearings the following day and regreased with Exus grease. Now I have emailed On one for their thoughts on this and I have been asked to ‘remove the headset and send it back to them’ All well and good, but I was hoping they may have some better sealed bearings to send me, rather than having to remove the headset. Obviously in the meantime between sending and getting a reply, i have soaked the locked upper bearing and although courser than sandpaper, it does actually rotate now. The email i got back stated that the bearings ‘ are not covered under warranty’ so I am really not sure where this is going to go?
Anyone else sent theres back and had the same quandry as me on this? Running 130mm forks on this so dont really want a slackset on it to be honest. Other than Hope what options do i have ?
Cheers