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Interbike 2011: FSA

September 20, 2011 By RL Policar 0

Before Sea Otter 2011, FSA mentioned they were coming out with an angled headset to rival the very popular Cane Creek Angleset. Unfortunately, they didn’t have the prototype available in spring but at Interbike they had them on display. Scheck it out mang!
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The Orbit comes in 3 different angle sizes, 0.5º, 1.0º and 1.5º and it works on a gimble bearing seat and headset cup angles, and are expected to work with different head tube sizes including standard straight 1.5″, Tapered, 50/55 and 1.5 ZeroStack 50/62.
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FSA borrowed a trend that is cresting in BMX is Polycarbonate. See the last headset on each row, its polycarbonate.
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Comes in green
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Blue
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Red
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Pink
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Polycarbonate spacers.
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Related posts:

  1. Interbike 2011: Maxxis Tires
  2. Interbike 2011: POC
  3. Interbike 2011: Kore
  4. Cane Creek Angleset Post Installation Photos
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RL Policar is an avid mountain biker and the Editor In-Chief of MtnBikeRiders.com and BikeCommuters.com. Between the two sites, he's published well over 4,000 articles (and growing).

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