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Old 01-27-15 | 04:23 PM
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Originally Posted by SquidPuppet
I didn't speak with Chris King himself. Their literature doesn't specify which grade aluminum was used in their headsets, so I asked if it was 6061 or 7075, and which grade. I was told that it was a proprietary blend made only for them, and they wouldn't release that info. I said that I didn't want the actual recipe, but asked if they could give me a hardness rating. The guy on the phone ratcheted up the condescending elitist tone and said those specs are never revealed. Whatever.....I bailed.
Why do you even care about the aluminum material hardness ? The bearing races are going to be made of steel anyway. Frankly, the only reason to spend a ton of money on CK stuff is that it comes in a lot of different kool kolors.
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