$60, save 18 grams

[oldpotatoe]

Yikes...is FSA owned by sram?

http://www.bikeradar.com/us/road/news/article/fsa-announces-super-light-headset-bearings-38776

[Germany_chris]

I'm good thanks..

[GT2R]

:crap: and FSA will sell them too...

[Tony]

Nice looking Bianchi watch on the same page. Beautiful!

http://www.bikeradar.com/us/road/news/article/bianchi-launch-watch-range-38772/

[ergott]

38% LIGHTER!!!!!


Take my money!!!

[thegunner]

pre-ordered 3.

all joking aside, i think the guys who build these:

http://fairwheelbikes.com/c/forums/topic/fuchs-bike/

do care about those 18 grams...

[oldpotatoe]

pre-ordered 3.

all joking aside, i think the guys who build these:

http://fairwheelbikes.com/c/forums/topic/fuchs-bike/

do care about those 18 grams...

it's an illness...

[rice rocket]

I thought the weightweenies use the Cane Creek AER Norglide stuff anyways, where the headset en tout is 22g.


I don't know how FSA continues to exist, product failure after product failure, I guess they just have huge OEM power and sell their goods for next to nothing.

[sales guy]

it's an illness...



I used to be that way. Then I went to weightweenies anonymous.

[John H.]

Hmm?
And I just switched over to a bike that takes a King headset so I could stop playing with disposable bearings.

[R2D2]

I thought the weightweenies use the Cane Creek AER Norglide stuff anyways, where the headset en tout is 22g.


I don't know how FSA continues to exist, product failure after product failure, I guess they just have huge OEM power and sell their goods for next to nothing.

Norglide X2 Bearing Provides Over 450 Hours of Smooth Steering.

Hour 451 is a PITA..............

[Idris Icabod]

Looking at the picture, there seems to be way too many bearings in there, seems prime for tuning, simply pop open the seal and shake a few of those boat-anchor balls out of there, easily an extra gram or two can be shaved. I would recommend taking about 90% of them out and then adding them back one at a time until the crunchy noise disappears.;)

[ergott]

Looking at the picture, there seems to be way too many bearings in there, seems prime for tuning, simply pop open the seal and shake a few of those boat-anchor balls out of there, easily an extra gram or two can be shaved. I would recommend taking about 90% of them out and then adding them back one at a time until the crunchy noise disappears.;)

You only need three.

[one60]

& since they are hidden there is the additional aero advantage!

[rwsaunders]

Gram warfare....

[FlashUNC]

I thought the weightweenies use the Cane Creek AER Norglide stuff anyways, where the headset en tout is 22g.


I don't know how FSA continues to exist, product failure after product failure, I guess they just have huge OEM power and sell their goods for next to nothing.

My guess is OEM. Any moving parts I've used from them are pretty much garbage. A buddy does have the FSA Energy bars, and those do seem pretty decent for alloy bars with a deep-ish drop. Their Omega Compacts don't seem terrible either.

But ye gods...cranks, stems...ugh.

[zennmotion]

7-9g. In other words, about the same as a healthy snot rocket glued to the downtube...

[rustychisel]

7-9g. In other words, about the same as a healthy snot rocket glued to the downtube...


you're telling us far more about your riding habits than we need to know

[zap]

7-9g. In other words, about the same as a healthy snot rocket glued to the downtube...

oh come on, it gets lighter as it dries.

[Lewis Moon]

Gram warfare....

Remember the mantra: incremental improvement, incremental improvement, incremental improvement, incremental improvement, incremental improvement, incremental improvement, incremental improvement,...ad nauseum.

Modern American businesses are like sharks; if they're not moving forward, they die. It doesn't matter what is "improved" or whether the improvement is substantive or even a real improvement. It just has to be "new and improved" on a regular basis.

It's marketing, not product development.

[Bob Ross]

I don't know how FSA continues to exist, product failure after product failure

Wait, so it's not just me?

[Chris]

norglide x2 bearing provides over 450 hours of smooth steering.

Hour 451 is a pita..............

potd

[djg]

I like the use of the term "comparable," as in "comparable durability." We are able to compare the durability of this new headset with that of actually durable and reliable headsets. Heck, we can even measure the difference. And you can guess what it is.