Best-Selling Cane Creek 40 Series EC49/30 Headset Lower Cup

The workhorse among headsets: the 40 Series EC49/30 lower cup by Cane Creek

This series from Cane Creek includes all the necessary features to produce a durable and hard-wearing headset. Cane Creek’s 40 Series headsets strike the perfect balance between performance, durability and price.

Use:

Designed for 1.5″ lower head tubes combined with standard 1 1/8″ forks.

Lower Cup:

1.5″ dimension

Steerer Tube:

1 1/8″

Design:

external cup (EC)

Application:

MTB, Road

Technical Information:

Bearings:

angular cartridge

Lower Cup Press Diameter:

49 mm

Standardized Headset Identification System (S.H.I.S.):

In order to clarify and bring uniformity to a sea of headset standards, manufacturers Acros, Cane Creek, Hope, Race Face, Reset Racing and Ritchey have agreed upon using a shared nomenclature, which will likely include more participating companies in the future. This system takes into account a combination of frame and fork dimensions. Both the upper and lower part of the headset are marked by two alphanumeric>

Nomenclature:

EC:

Bearings contained within cups that are located outside of the frame (external cup).

ZS:

Bearings contained within pressed-in cups where the cup and bearings rest inside the frame (zero stack).

IS:

Bearings that fit directly into a bonded or machined interface that is integrated into the frame (integrated).

Models:

EC49/30:

• Design: external cup (EC)
• Application: lower
• Crown Steerer Tube: 30 mm
• Head Tube (Frame Inner Diameter): 49 mm
• Axle to Crown: 12 mm

Manufacturer Number:

BAA0207K

Contents:

• 1 x Cane Creek lower headset cup incl. steel bearings
• 1 x Cane Creek crown race