Latest Price: £75.99 – SAVE: 16% RRP:89.99
We want to ensure that whether you’re spending £10K on a new lightweight race bike, £2 on a cycling water bottle or £75.99 on Hope 1.5″ Step Down ZS49 Headset, that you’re getting the very best you can get for your money. In today’s Hope 1.5″ Step Down ZS49 Headset review we’re going to look at why it scores 9.6/10 in our review and why we recommend it over many of the other 159 products in the Headsets category. We’ve started by giving you a top level score for each of the key areas when it comes to reviewing these products, these scores include a quality score, price score, review score and an overall score.
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Hope 1.5″ Step Down ZS49 Headset reviews
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Hope 1.5″ Step Down ZS49 Headset Specification
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Hope 1.5″ Step Down ZS49 Headset
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Feature 1
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Full stainless steel bearings (replacable) Other Headsets found with this feature: 2 |
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Feature 2
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Split crown race Other Headsets found with this feature: 2 |
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Feature 3
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Common parts throughout the range Other Headsets found with this feature: 2 |
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Feature 4
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All parts available as spares and fully rebuildable Other Headsets found with this feature: 2 |
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Feature 5
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Steel hed doc bolt on the 1.5″ step down Other Headsets found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 6
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Total stack height: 13mm Other Headsets found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 7
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To run alongside the conventional 1 1/8” threadless headset Other Headsets found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 8
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The bearings themselves are stainless steel and are replaceable Other Headsets found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 9
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The cups, taper ring and crown race (which is now split for easy installation and removal) are all machined aluminium Other Headsets found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 10
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Sealing is achieved through an adjustable taper ring cover and integrated rubber seal Other Headsets found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 11
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The bearings also incorporate their own sealing and being made from stainless steel resist corrosion and it’s by products much better than a conventional steel bearing Other Headsets found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 12
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An aftermarket crown race is also available which has 3mm of extra height built into it, which again can be used to help with clearance Other Headsets found with this feature: 1 |
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Spec 1
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Colour: Black Other Headsets found with this spec: 2 |
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Spec 2
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Steerer Diameter: 1.1/8″ Other Headsets found with this spec: 2 |
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Spec 3
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Headset Type: Conventional Other Headsets found with this spec: 2 |
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Price
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£75.99 |
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Number of Reviews
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15 |
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Review Score
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4.9 / 5 Average score in category: 4.3 |
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Buy
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- . Self explanatory. Takes 1.5‚Äù headtube (only, not a Cannondale) down to use a 1 1/8‚Äù fork. Perfect for the big freeride bikes where a triple clamp fork is being used. 113g. 13mm stack height Features: Full stainless steel bearings (replacable)Split crown raceCommon parts throughout the rangeAll parts available as spares and fully rebuildableSteel hed doc bolt on the 1.5″ step downTotal stack height: 13mmTo run alongside the conventional 1 1/8‚Äù threadless headsetThe bearings themselves are stainless steel and are replaceableThe cups, taper ring and crown race (which is now split for easy installation and removal) are all machined aluminiumSealing is achieved through an adjustable taper ring cover and integrated rubber sealThe bearings also incorporate their own sealing and being made from stainless steel resist corrosion and it‚Äôs by products much better than a conventional steel bearingAn aftermarket crown race is also available which has 3mm of extra height built into it, which again can be used to help with clearanceBuy Hope Components from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
- Product codes: 5055168027890
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No matter what type of bike product your buying, from the simple accessories through to the full setup of your custom built road bike, there are lots of important considerations that you should take into account, especially when you’re shopping online and unable to test the product first. This is especially true when you’re buying products like Headsets.
Our aim is simple, help you get the very best products for your budget. Whether that’s Hope 1.5″ Step Down ZS49 Headset or an alternative, we’ll do our best to find you unbiased, genuine customer reviews to help you make your decision. We’ve found 159 different products in the Headsets category at Chain Reaction Cycles and we’ve also managed to find 242 products from Hope (although only 12 of the 242 are in the Headsets category).
Our first piece of advice is for you to spend some time really getting to know what it is you’re looking for. An important feature for one person might be totally pointless and irrelevant to you, so get a good idea of what you want and need from your Headsets. Note down this list of key features that your product must have, that way when you’re comparing alternatives you have a starting point to decide whether one product meets your needs or not.
Price is the next and probably one of the most important factors of a purchase, so it’s really worthwhile spending a bit of time analysing the price of Hope 1.5″ Step Down ZS49 Headset and seeing how it stacks up against those offered by different brands or even other alternatives from Hope. Below we’re going to get into the detail of Hope 1.5″ Step Down ZS49 Headset to help you see how the prices stack up.
We start this price analysis by looking at the price you can expect to pay for Headsets. There are 159 different products available at Chain Reaction Cycles, and of those 159, the average price is £29.40. There’s quite a variance in price in this category too with the lowest priced product we found at £0.99 and most expensive was £160.
The next stage we went on to, was to look at the price of products from the brand: Hope. The average price was £70.75 and we found that the price varies right from as little as £0.01 up to £999.99 with Hope products.
And finally we thought it would be good to give you an idea of Hope products that appear specifically in the Headsets category. So you can see that the price of Hope 1.5″ Step Down ZS49 Headset at £75.99 is great value considering the average price of Hope Headsets is £36.70 and the price varies from £2.49.
It’s also worth bearing in mind that we managed to find Hope 1.5″ Step Down ZS49 Headset during our price scan of several cycle retailers, for the amazing price of £75.99 which represents a £14.00 or 16% saving against RRP. If you think Hope 1.5″ Step Down ZS49 Headset ticks all of your boxes in terms of quality and features then it’s more than likely going to be a winner bearing in mind the price.
Hope 1.5″ Step Down ZS49 Headset Reviews
Reviews are obviously a key part of the buying process when buying any cycle gear, and that goes for Headsets too. Reading reviews if going to be the closest insight you get into how good Hope 1.5″ Step Down ZS49 Headset is, without actually trying or buying it. Over at Chain Reaction Cycles we managed to find 15 reviews scoring it 4.9 out of 5. That’s a great result considering the price and quality and the fact that it’s a product made by Hope. In fact when you consider those points and combine it with the fact that the average review score in the Headsets category is 4.3 and the average score of products from Hope is 4.6 it’s a steal. And actually, if you look specifically at products from Hope in the Headsets category the average review score is 4.6.
That’s why you can see it was easy for us to give Hope 1.5″ Step Down ZS49 Headset such a high overall score of 9.6 / 10. It seems to have the perfect combination of features, quality and price making it a great all-rounder.
So our last piece of advice that we can offer is to take your time reading plenty of reviews now, you can see that there are 15 reviews for Hope 1.5″ Step Down ZS49 Headset which score it 4.9, so it’s really worth spending a few minutes reading through lots of these to see what the key advantages or dislikes are. It will really reassure you when you come to buying online.
If you do go on to buy Hope 1.5″ Step Down ZS49 Headset or in fact any of the other Headsets, we would love to hear from you. Sharing your views will really help us to write more comprehensive reviews and we will share these thoughts with customers just like you that are looking to read reviews before they commit to buying.
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