Back when all headsets had ball bearings, the A9 was revolutionary by having needle bearings. This feature prevented these headsets from developing the notchiness that sometimes plagues headsets with ball bearings. It was also pretty lightweight, being made of alloy and plastic when steel headsets were more common. In my opinion, it's a good headset, but not as good as many of the new sealed-bearing units, like those formerly made by Shimano.
I'd advise any A9 owner to have some spare parts on-hand. Some of the little tapered rings and bearing retainers can crack if they get dropped on the floor, or perhaps in a crash. On Dec 15, 12:58 pm, Aaron Thomas <aaron.a.tho...@gmail.com> wrote: > Please forgive my ignorance, but is the A-9 a good headset? I've never > heard of it before. > > On Dec 15, 10:51 am, Brewster Fong <bfd...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > On Dec 15, 8:55 am, "Doug Peterson" <dougpn...@cox.net> wrote:> During the > > recent discussion on this subject, someone mentioned they'd found > > > some Stronglight A-9 in silver. Can you re-post that source? > > > Mel Pinto Imports has a wide variety of Stronglight headset in silver/ > > black; 1"/1 and 1/8"; and threaded and threadless: > > >http://www.melpintoimports.com/headsets.html > > > They also show a nice looking Edco 1" threaded headset too! Brewster --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
