I came across this problem just now. guys if you still have this bike @silvbullit - would you please add some detailed photo of the link? @taylor - if you went for DHX 5 Air, would you please send you photo too? it would be very appreciated. Thanks
for everyone who needs this. after all, there is exact setup of headset for tapered fork at big hit. as I haven't found it anywhere clearly stated. there are 2 options. 1st is EC34/EC49, 2nd is EC34/ZS49.
unfortunately I do not live in more civilized country, and I do know what you're talking about (and this place is your neighbor, Slovakia), where everything costs twice as much as on the foreign online shops... so I'm not willing to pay 150 for crappy headset from any bike shop as they don't care what they sell when they can't charge you for replacement as well. you have no idea how everything is expensive here. We do shop abroad if possible. Even in Austria most things are cheaper and with higher quality.
I understand what does mix&match means. I was hopping you give me type of the upper and lower part. :D but as you use 1 1/8" fork it's irrelevant for me. shame.
thanks for reply, I use single crown tapered fork. What I have now is also mix&match. upper isn't recognizable, but lower is FSA Orbit, I guess. I didn't want to remove it prior I have new headset, but obviously I'll have no other option... it's shame that there isn't exact info on the specialized web site... I'll try to get offer on factory headsets from my dealer, but I'm worried it would be like twice the price of any aftermarket headset...
Hi, would you please tell me exactly what headset you used? I'm struggling to find suitable headset for my big hit 2011. Everywhere they ask me internal tube dimension but I don't want to remove the headset sooner as I have new one. i can't believe nobody know exactly. I asked few companies making headsets as well as Specialized themselves and no luck...