I need a replacement headset for my Trek 5200. It had an aftermarket Cane Creek headset which is no longer usable, and I am looking for a decent headset to replace it with and have up to $50 to spend. My search online has been futile for finding which headsets I could retrofit the bike with, though the specs for the original stem are: Trek System 3 TIG CroMoly direct connect, and the guy at the bike shop said that most 1 1/4" (120x25.4mm) headsets would work with it. Please let me know if you have any suggestions. Thanks!
I remember that the 5200/5500 were the all carbon models so I’m not sure if it would fit (or if you’d even want it), but I have a 1993 Trek 2100 (the 2100/2300 were the aluminum/carbon models without STI components) sitting in my garage that I haven’t touched in years. Any parts are yours if you want them…I’ll be in Lake Placid starting on Wednesday, so let me know.
My wife has a 5200 of that vintage (the purple one) and has a Dura Ace threaded headset. A quick look makes me think it’s the Dura Ace HP 7410 headset. Doubt you can find a new one (if you do, it’ll be more than $50), but you may want to search for that.
any 1" ahead-style headset will work, it sounds like you have threadless? Not many of these still around, but ask at your LBS and they may have something lying around that they’ll let go for cheap.
if not, then
cane creek
http://store.canecreek.com/p/100-classic-1-inch-threadless-silver?pp=8
chris king - more expensive, but awesome
http://chrisking.com/headsets/hds_nts
Correct, it is threadless. So I will need a 1", not the 1 1/2" like the guy at the bike shop told me?
1.5" headsets were only on a handful of DH bikes in 1993. 1" is what you need.
something like this should work. others are right. Shimano headsets from that era go for way too much money and you should just get a King for that kind of change.
(*not my add, just a quick seach)
Looks like a decent headset IMHO.
That bike came with a 1" threaded fork/headset/stem. If you have the original fork then you can replace the headset with something like a VO (No affiliation, just satisfied customer). The bike could have been retrofitted with a threadless stem and adaptor to make it work with a threaded stem but if so 1" threaded stems are cheap and plentiful on ebay and at bike swaps.
the above is correct, finding a 1 inch headset is no sweat. I continue to ride a bike with one and use a Chris King but you can get one off ebay or the shop can order one from Quality. You need a special tool for the removal and installation, which any shop has.