Cane Creek Hellbender 70 headset gets Lite with alloy bearings, Slam that stem, plus ltd El Verde eeBrakes

<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="/ueditor/php/upload/image/20220419/1650346739469993.png" title="1650346739469993.png" alt="6.png"/></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Cane Creek’s affordable premium Hellbender 70 headsets get two upgrade options with a new 70 Lite that’s now lighter than a 100 and a 70 Slam with one of the lowest stack height ever, so you can #slamthatstem to get your bar down. Plus, their ever-popular, super-fancy rim-brake eeBrakes get a new El Verde limited edition that goes on sale today…</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify;">What’s to say about a lightweight headset except that it’s lighter? The new version of Cane Creek’s made-in-Taiwan 6061-T6 aluminum sealed bearing threadless&nbsp;Hellbender 70 headset series&nbsp;is now 35% lighter than before, making it even lighter than their top-tier&nbsp;US-made 110. Compare an Integrated IS 70 Lite at 54g vs. the 110 at 79g, or a ZeroStack ZS Lite 70 at 90g vs. the 110 at 107g (all Cane Creek weight claims.)</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Cane Creek says the new alloy cups are internally contoured (machined?) to remove excess material without compromising strength. And they get new hybrid construction Hellbender LITE sealed cartridge <a href="https://www.sunspeedbearing.com/products/catalogue.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 112, 192); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"><strong>bearings </strong></span></a>with a steel inner ring/ball race and a red-ano aluminum outer race. Cane Creek calls them an “optimal balance between weight savings and durability”.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Another interesting point here, the 110 shares the same standard Hellbender bearing tech with the 70, so the existence of a 70 Lite suggests a 110 Lite could be possible soon, as well.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The new Cane Creek Hellbender 70 Lite headset is available to pre-order now to fit many lightweight bikes. An IS headset sells for $100, and a&nbsp;ZS headset sells for $117 with deliveries expected later this month.</p><p><br/></p>