Sadiq,
Tange or Tange-Seiki makes or made a wide variety of headsets
Here's approximate some specs of some that are currently on eBay:
Passage model 30.3mm stack height, 26.4 crown race sometimes available in 27mm. These are their current cheapest models $7-$12 and are probably a lot better than cheap bike boom headsets.
Levin CDS model 33.4mm stack height, again sometimes available in 27mm as well as 26.4mm crown race, $13-$31. Not the greatest but decent quality for the money. Looks classic.
Levin CD 35.8mm ???
Levin 37-8mm - 43mm Too big for your requirements, I've seen a few of these that looked similar to Campy NR headsets (but resisted brinelling). ;-)
Ritchey Logic 33mm stack height, $10-$25 but they don't have a classic look.
Specialized sold some high quality short stack height headsets but they are pretty scarce these day.
Stronglight P3 33mm stack height but hard to find in inch size.
I'd opt for the Tange Levin CDS. I've used several of them and I have one I'm about to install on a bike that came with a long gone English thread Stronglight P3.
Hope that this helps.
Chas. Colerich Oakland, CA USA
Sadiq Gill wrote:
> Greetings....replacing a headset from an older Condor. I measured the old
> one as best as possible and it is in the low 30's (mm). I'd like not to
> have to use a bargain basement cruddy headset....anyone have anything short
> and nice or know of such a beast?