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Nowt wrong with Tange, but if you're choosing a headset on form rather than function, your priorities are skewed.
Scilly.Suffolk-
Cycling is just a spare time hobby that I practice much less than another one that takes me a lot of time ; however I am enjoying learning basic bicycle mechanics by slowly building and updating my bike towards something that I find as aesthetically pleasing as functional. Current headset that I have (stronglight A9 if I'm correct) was directly mounted on the frame I purchased and I did not chose it ; even if it is performing well I would like my bike to be 100% aligned with my taste which is why I looked for a particular form.
Moreover, I did not precise that I did not considered CK in my budget because I don't justify the need to have a 160$ "high performance" headset due to my limited use of the bike for the moment. I plan to change that by riding more and more and therefore I requested some advice as I am looking for a part that would be functionally similar to what I have, but a little bit more custom!
As far as my limited knowledge of cyclcing is, the function of a threaded headset is always the same, which is guaranteeing a good rotation of the fork within the frame while holding the fork in translation to prevent sliding out of the frame, so I think for any headset change anyone is focusing more on form than on function, no? If you talk about performance, in my mind it is even a different aspect than form or function, but that's only my opinion. Thanks for the feedback anyway!
paulbiche
New to the forum so I don't quite know where to post this, wanted to find a cheaper alternative to 1" Chris King Gripnut (pink or light green color) which is the look I am looking for (well rounded cups and colorful), but which is also well above my budget (and apparently not easily available) ; found this: https://www.gambacicli.com/en/headset-tange-anodized-1-threaded.html
Any idea of the quality or if it is any good? Any other options in mind?
Thank you for the help!