Imagine my suprise when I was out walking the dog and a bloke cycles past on an MTB that looks remarkably like mine. I bought mine mail order from Heff's sometime in the mid to late nineties. It turns out he bought his from Heff's at around the same time. To cut a long story short I'm now servicing the doppelganger bike, it is not quite the same, the frame model is A480-7 wheras mine is A480-X. I seem to remember the name "Popcorn Blizzard" associated with these bikes at the time, but I may be mistaken. Anyway, the only two issues with the bike were a siezed front mech and a knackered headset. I managed to get the front mech unseized, but now I'm hunting for a replacement headset. Looking online, my how things have changed! It seems that what I thought was a 'common' headset (1 1/8" threadless EC34 and silver not black) are few and far between. Putting aside the really expensive ones, there seem to be a few at £40 ish (Cane Creek), and then shedloads of urecognisably named £9 to £15 imports on the two main internet marketplaces. Does anyone have any recommendations, I'm thinking of the Cane Creek 40 series at a stretch, or perhaps Stronglight or Ergotec?
The headset I removed is marked as FIRST, wheras the one on mine is AHEADSET (the make). Mine is still working smoothly after 000's of miles commuting. I would get one of these if I could find one. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
The headset I removed is marked as FIRST, wheras the one on mine is AHEADSET (the make). Mine is still working smoothly after 000's of miles commuting. I would get one of these if I could find one. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.