Hope Headset

Starling Cycles

£90

Reliable and durable. Hope s conventional headset is designed to fit the standard 1 1/8 fork steerer. The headset uses custom-made, replaceable stainless steel bearings to resist corrosion. Reliable and durable. Hope s conventional headset is designed to fit the standard 1 1/8 fork steerer. The headset uses custom-made, replaceable stainless steel bearings to resist corrosion. Please note not supplied with a top cap. Available in black or silver. Features: Replaceable stainless steel bearings (resist corrosion) Split crown race for easy installation and removal Multiple seals to keep out the e

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UK company
Registered at Companies House as STARLING CYCLES LIMITED, number 10001978. Checked 2026-09-06.
Means the business is a British legal entity, not a British-sounding name owned elsewhere. It says nothing about where anything is made.
UK operations
Not yet checked.
Means people employed here, or premises they actually work from. We keep this separate from the company badge because a registered office can be an accountant's spare room, and a company can be registered in Britain while everything it does happens somewhere else. Where we have not looked, we say so rather than assuming.
British-owned
No majority shareholding traced outside the UK. Companies House.
Read from the register of people with significant control, following the chain of holding companies. It does not gate anything: a firm can be made here and owned elsewhere, and that is worth telling you rather than hiding.
Where it is made
The maker doesn't say, so neither do we.
This is about the individual product, not the company. A British firm can sell things made abroad, which is normal and not a criticism. We would rather tell you which is which than average them into a score.