Cane Creek Crown Races

Thanks for stocking these!

Perfect. Just what I needed to be able to run my boxxer and my tapered totem in the same bike with the same headset.
I go ahead and cut through the race with a hacksaw to get it on easier. It isn't a big deal with sealed bearings, and decent maintenance. This may be frowned upon but it hasn't given me any problems.

Pros: Does just it should
Cheap

Cons: None

Would Buy Again: Yes
Would Recommend: Yes

Reviewed on: May 10, 2013
Reviewed by: McFly, Utah

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Works great for running my straight steerer tube in a tapered Ritchey headset. Plenty stiff, and no play at all.

Pros: Worked with my Ritchey headset, stiff

Cons: None

Would Buy Again: Yes
Would Recommend: Yes

Reviewed on: April 27, 2013
Reviewed by: Ryan J.

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Needed a crown race for a new fork install.

Rather than trying to remove the old one with the wrong tools, I just got a new crown race.

I got the aluminum version which saves a bit of weight and is just as durable as far as I know.

The seals on this are sooo nice and are bonded to the race like it was born there.

Would Buy Again: Yes
Would Recommend: Yes

Reviewed on: April 24, 2013
Reviewed by: John, British Columbia

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the standard

One of the best things about Cane Creek headsets is that they are both common and pretty standardized, so it's easy to find parts like this one.

It's a pretty tough crown race, but I still ended up bending one somewhere along the line by removing it with a screwdriver.

Pros: easy to find
works great

Cons: not immune to a screwdriver applied with force

Would Buy Again: Yes
Would Recommend: Yes

Reviewed on: March 02, 2013
Reviewed by: Eric D., Ohio

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thank crane creek for providing parts without buying hole headset. needed this for tapered fork after switching from 1.1/8

Pros: strong race with dirt shield rubber

Would Buy Again: Yes
Would Recommend: Yes

Reviewed on: November 18, 2012
Reviewed by: scott m., California

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A must if you swap forks often. I have a stock rigid fork and Reba on a bike and bought a crown race for the extra fork. So now when I want to swap out forks, it's as simple as pulling the current fork with the new fork with crown race already installed.

Pros: makes swapping forks simple, cheap

Would Buy Again: Yes
Would Recommend: Yes

Reviewed on: October 28, 2012
Reviewed by: Ranier D., Deustchland

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Review for Cane Creek Crown race. Well made. Has a rubber external lip for sealing (mates with Can Creek bottom assembly).

Pros: Light weight

Would Buy Again: Yes
Would Recommend: Yes

Reviewed on: September 27, 2012
Reviewed by: Johnny, CA

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Perfect

It's nice when you can find the part you're looking for that does exactly what it's supposed to and is reasonably priced to boot.

When I needed to replace the fork on my 29er that has a tapered head tube this is the piece I needed to run the fork with the straight steerer.

Not much else to say but that it works.

Pros: Allowed me to install straight steerer on my tapered head tube equipped bike.

Cons: None

Would Buy Again: Yes
Would Recommend: Yes

Reviewed on: July 09, 2012
Reviewed by: rod c., California

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Used the ZS listed crown race reducer to fit a ZS 40 series tapered cup. Works great

Would Buy Again: Yes
Would Recommend: Yes

Reviewed on: July 04, 2012
Reviewed by: Pat C., Washington

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These are nice races because they have a rubber seal around them to help keep the water out. I got one to be able to use a 1 1/8" fork on a tapered headset so I didn't need anything but this to convert - yay! Get them installed by a shop because you can trash the seal if you try to pound on by yourself.

Pros: Sealed, have conversion for tapered to 1 1/8".

Cons: None.

Would Buy Again: Yes
Would Recommend: Yes

Reviewed on: June 25, 2012
Reviewed by: Greg A., Oregon

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Great, inexpensive piece to have so that I can easily swap out forks. Much cheaper than buying a second headset just to have this piece.

Pros: Good quality, inexpensive

Would Buy Again: Yes
Would Recommend: Yes

Reviewed on: May 05, 2012
Reviewed by: Josh K., Washington

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mated well to my cane creek lower cup. easy to install and cheap

Pros: cheap

Cons: none

Would Buy Again: Yes
Would Recommend: Yes

Reviewed on: April 02, 2012
Reviewed by: Ryan R., Cali

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Makes winter/summer transition 5 minutes

I bought another crown race for my suspension fork. Went on easy.

Now when I take off the rigid fork I'm out with the suspension fork in ten minutes. Really worth buying.

Pros: Handy to have as an extra

Cons: Not anodized.

Would Buy Again: Yes
Would Recommend: Yes

Reviewed on: March 26, 2012
Reviewed by: Paul S., PDX

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Great interchangeability

I'm loving these because they allow me to swap forks around to different bikes even though the bikes have different size lower headsets (though they are all 1.5", one is an inset and the other is an external cup).

The rubber ridge around the edge seems to be doing a great job keeping dirt out of the bearing assembly.

Pros: High quality throughout, one race fits any 1.5" headset Cane Creek makes.

Cons: No shortcomings I have found

Would Buy Again: Yes
Would Recommend: Yes

Reviewed on: March 20, 2012
Reviewed by: Biff, Virginia

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Works like it is supposed to. I called Cane Creek to verify that all Cane Creek 1.5 races fit all Cane Creek 1.5 lower headsets. They are completely interchangeable, regardless of models.

Would Buy Again: Yes
Would Recommend: Yes

Reviewed on: March 13, 2012
Reviewed by: Scott W., Connecticut

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If yuo have more than on fork that you run on your bike the easiest solution is to just have a crown race on both. It's worth saving the time and aggravation to just pick one of these up, even if it is to just have sitting in your parts bin.

Would Buy Again: Yes
Would Recommend: Yes

Reviewed on: December 29, 2011
Reviewed by: Daniel W., Rhode Island

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Upgraded to a new fork and found it convenient to put a new race on so I now have two easily swappable forks. Who knows if I will ever reinstall the old fork, but I have that option.

Pros: Price

Cons: None

Would Buy Again: Yes
Would Recommend: Yes

Reviewed on: November 01, 2011
Reviewed by: AJK, California

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Cane Creek Crown Race

I wanted to be able to swith between two forks on one bike (one disc, one canti brake). Being able to just purchase the crown race was nice. Crown race worked perfectly with existing S-3 headset.

Pros: Inexpensive.

Cons: None

Would Buy Again: Yes
Would Recommend: Yes

Reviewed on: October 27, 2011
Reviewed by: Rob, Kentucky

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good fit

Good to have an extra crown race. Also per cane creek works on the older s3 headset and is cheaper.

Would Buy Again: Yes
Would Recommend: Yes

Reviewed on: September 16, 2011
Reviewed by: david d., California

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Thankful these are still available when replacing a fork on a limited budget. Never had an issue with the crown races supplied with the CC headsets and don't anticipate any with the replacement.

Would Buy Again: Yes
Would Recommend: Yes

Reviewed on: September 14, 2011
Reviewed by: Alex, Oregon

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easy to install. no issues in use. I used it with an S30 head set

Pros: simple, works fine.

Would Buy Again: Yes
Would Recommend: Yes

Reviewed on: September 09, 2011
Reviewed by: Daniel P., Washington

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S3 Replacement

Fits my Cane Creek S3 headset perfectly. Not a big fan of the rubberized seal but it's what Cane Creek spec'd. I'm more of the Chris Kings all aluminum races.

Pros: Fit my S3 headset

Cons: Rubberized ring prone to splitting during installation.

Would Buy Again: No
Would Recommend: No

Reviewed on: September 04, 2011
Reviewed by: TDDT, California

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Fair price for an important replacement part, especially when CC has replaced these headsets with newer models. Fit perfectly on my steerer without a fuss and now my backup fork is ready to go at a moments notice since it has the correct race installed. No more having to switch races to switch forks

Would Buy Again: Yes
Would Recommend: Yes

Reviewed on: July 28, 2011
Reviewed by: Nate, California

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Perfect replacement

Fits the steerer perfect and holds the bearing smoothly. Fits nice and snuggly against the crown, without warping.

Pros: Tough
Perfectly machined.

Cons: None

Would Buy Again: Yes
Would Recommend: Yes

Reviewed on: July 24, 2011
Reviewed by: Earl D., Minnesota

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OEM part, glad they are available since I bent my original when I removed it from the fork when I swapped frames.

Would Buy Again: Yes
Would Recommend: Yes

Reviewed on: June 26, 2011
Reviewed by: Richard A., Oregon

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