Hey folks, in looking at choosing a headset for a new bike I came across the
Cane Creek the 40 Series and the 10 Series.
And since aside from the spec sheet
I couldn't find much information online here's how they compare.
Both the 10 and the 40 series have very similar labels
and if I'm to look at this 40 series you can see it here
specified on the label,
it is the ZS type.
There's 3 types of headsets depending on the bearing location.
This particular one is the zero stack meaning that you have the bearing sitting into the pressed in cups.
Then the first number that you have up here-44-that is the external
dimension of the cup or the internal dimension of your head tube.
The frame head tube.
Followed by 28.6 - that is the millimeters of the
steerer tube of your fork.
Looking at the bottom bearing, again ZS,
56 gives you 56 mm external dimension of the cup or internal dimension of your head tube.
Frame head tube.
Then /40 - that means your steerer tube of your fork is 40mm
and because this one was 28.6 mm this one is 40 mm
that tells you that this is a tapered head tube.
If you buy these headsets retail like this one is
they come like this: this is your little cap with Cane Creek engraved on it
of course you have the bolt, then you have the star nut.
Also in the retail box we have this installation guide
mind you this is something more of a generic type
that doesn't give you very specific instructions on how to install the 40.
but at least it gives you the order of these pieces and how they come together.
And yeah, if you're new to this you might find it useful.
As you can see the graphics are very similar here, that's your 40
that's your 10 and here they are.
This top cover of the 10, if you look here
that light blue, that's an o-ring that prevents water and dirt from coming in from the top.
Then we have this little compression ring which is made of plastic.
This is split, is the usual design
is mostly to center your bearing,
bearing that you can see over here sitting into your top cup.
I mentioned dimensions to you earlier
This has to be 44 and it is 44.19
Again, you expect that to see on your head tube.
The bottom cup here has to be 56 and it is 56 you can see it.
Bottom cup
and I showed you the bottom sealed bearing.
You can see the little angle over there
and then what's different here on this 10 series is that the Crown race is made
out of plastic and as you can see it here it is split.
now the Crown race is what goes here on your steer tube.
Obviously having it made of plastic
makes it super super easy to install you don't need a press or anything else.
The 40 series - you see the top cap has the compression ring
remember the split one from the 10 series
so this little ring is integrated into your cap.
You still have that blue o-ring to seal it properly.
This has a little bit of a seal even here on the edge
all that blue surface seems to be a plasticy one.
Then moving on you have the bearings
easy to identify which one is 10 series which one is 40 series
because one has... one is blue one is green.
This is supposed to be better quality
they feel the same to me in my hand, hard to tell.
Then you have the top cap, again is a 44 identical with the other.
Then your bottom cup Cane Creek and 40 over here, the 10 doesn't have anything.
Not that it matters really.
Same thing with the bearings, one is green one is blue
They are interchangeable so you can use the higher quality bearing into
the 10 cup if you want to consider that.
And then finally what's extra on the 40
you see the Crown race which is made of steel and provides you that little extra
rubbery surface here just to seal the bottom bearing.
I expect the 10 to need a bit more maintenance
meaning make sure you grease the hell out of this bottom bearing
and aside from that they should work just fine fine.
Which one should you get?
I don't know I got this 10 for a steal, something like 12 bucks
this one is something like 50.
So it was a no-brainer for me.
That's pretty much it,
if you guys have any questions let me know in the comments below.
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