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  • So 'normal' headtubes and forks are obsolete now apparently
  • grumm
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    According to MBUK. Damn – gonna have to get a new frame and forks. 😛

    ooOOoo
    Free Member

    Sik! Yeeahh leev um 4 tha roadees LOL etc.

    jonb
    Free Member

    Where do you get the mixed 1.125 and 1.25 headsets from. Or is it just a marketing ploy so you have to buy two and only use half of each.

    grumm
    Free Member

    Yeah probably.

    The mag also features some wheels that cost £2600!!!!!

    ton
    Full Member

    hijack, brakes arrive??

    grumm
    Free Member

    Hi Ton – yup finally managed to get them today (not your fault – TNT failing to put a card through my door/knock on my door!)

    Look good, cheers.

    brant
    Free Member

    1in threaded will always be the one true way! Fight the power.

    james
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    "Where do you get the mixed 1.125 and 1.25 headsets from"

    Do you mean 1.125" to 1.5" headsets?

    dogmatix
    Full Member

    here's a funny article on the whole new 'marketing' standard thing…
    http://www.nsmb.com/3384-new-bb-standard

    handyman
    Free Member

    its great it means there will be loads of deals on old obsolete 1.25 steerer forks going cheap and frames

    Aidan
    Free Member

    Do you mean 1.125" to 1.5" headsets?

    No, he means mixed headsets. Another lovely "standard" is 1.5" at the bottom and 1.125 at the top aka "coneheads". There was an article in Dirt recently saying that this could be the standard that wins in the end. Who knows, though?

    To answer the original question, there is one company (maybe Cane Creek, can't remember) who sell top and bottom halves of headsets separately and make them in both sizes.

    Coyote
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    As per my comment on the thread about 20mm vs QR, will the average rider* on the average trail really notice a great deal of difference?
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    *Obviously I don't include Elbry or Doddy as average riders.

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