Originally Posted by
DasProfezzional
Quite. Gastro, you've long since blown your load on this one. Your experience absolutely proves to us that King headsets aren't good for bikes with 150mm+ of travel, and we thank you for that. But those among us who choose parts according to purpose, and realize that some purposes demand differently built parts, know that King's (albeit wide) range of appropriate use does have a beginning and end.
Use a properly-installed King headset for road riding, cyclocoss, XC, or even all-mountain riding, and you will, in all likelihood, become one of many people who use them as such on this forum and like them very much.
I've had a properly installed King headset. It didn't give me any problems, however it didn't do anything for me that a $50 headset wouldn't do either. When I sold my IF frame I didn't even consider for a second removing the headset and putting it on another bike, I just wasn't impressed.
However, they do donate a whole $1 for each pink component they sell.
