chris king question
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chris king question
A friend of mine told me because of the way you have to prep the frame to install a king headset, once you put it in youre kinda stuck with em, and can't switch in something else. Is this true? I have a hard time beliving it, but I just wanna double check before I do some work to my bike.
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He is wrong. You face the the headtube and stick it in there just like any other headset. There are a set of spacers, made by King, that fit the press to the cartridge, other than that no issues.
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great to hear, thanks! what he said was just plausable enough for me to believe it, and I needed confirmation before I did something stupid. And now im gonna blow some money and do something else stupid. woo!
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in short -no
but i must warn you if you have more than one bike you will need a similar amount of king headsets.. they are that good.
and their customer service is off the chart..
don´t say i didn´t warn you..
but i must warn you if you have more than one bike you will need a similar amount of king headsets.. they are that good.
and their customer service is off the chart..
don´t say i didn´t warn you..
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I'm not getting rid of my king headset, I just wanna replace it with a hatta swan on my current bike and move it to the bike im building thats more geared for toughness (all weather commuter)
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You guys are crazy.
Once you install a Chris King headset, not only can't you ever remove it but you will automatically be labeled a hipster and your significant other will break up with you for your best friend.
Listen, 128, you seem nice so I'll do you a favor and take it off your hands.
Just send it to me and forget you ever considered using it.
Once you install a Chris King headset, not only can't you ever remove it but you will automatically be labeled a hipster and your significant other will break up with you for your best friend.
Listen, 128, you seem nice so I'll do you a favor and take it off your hands.
Just send it to me and forget you ever considered using it.
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i said im not getting rid of it, just moving it to a different bike. and im single, so I have nothing to worry about. and my best friend is totally effin gay.
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Originally Posted by AfterThisNap
Aaaarrrrghhghghghgh, They Are Just Headsets!!!!!
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I never had the hots for a headset until I got my new frame, that came with this neo-cubic-futuristic cnc-machined Stronglight from hell.. It actually looks sort of overbuilt to the point of sillydom, but I love it. It's all sharp angles and brushed alu.
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Originally Posted by AfterThisNap
Aaaarrrrghhghghghgh, They Are Just Headsets!!!!!
false. name ONE other headset that you can leave in for 10+ years with ZERO maintence, and that has manufacturing tolerances to .001mm. can you do it? i dont think so..
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Originally Posted by legalize_it
false. name ONE other headset that you can leave in for 10+ years with ZERO maintence, and that has manufacturing tolerances to .001mm. can you do it? i dont think so..
Look, I like King stuff. I've probably ridden or worked on most of the products they offer. I used to know a machinist who worked in the factory when they shared a facility with a surgical tools company. Yea they make good stuff, and yes there is always a premium to be paid for nice handmade products.
That said, what annoys me is that a King headset for whatever reason has become some kind of status symbol despite being the least important rotating assembly on a bike. Why aren't people going ga-ga over the killer hubs or the big talk about the super BBs they've been developing? Headset performance can only go so far. It's still just some cups and a pair of bearings, but people have some werid perception about them and how they should be installed, hence threads like this one.
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i started this thread just to quell a rumor that my friend told me, so i didn't make any grave mistakes/waste my time when I worked on my bike, as it was the only part i didn't install myself. that having been said, shut up, shut up, shut up. they're good, they're not the end all, whatever. noone cares. let this thread sink to the bottom of the page where it belongs.
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The **********? Oh man, that's really bad...
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Originally Posted by AfterThisNap
Headset performance can only go so far. It's still just some cups and a pair of bearings, but people have some werid perception about them and how they should be installed, hence threads like this one.
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Originally Posted by AfterThisNap
That said, what annoys me is that a King headset for whatever reason has become some kind of status symbol despite being the least important rotating assembly on a bike. Why aren't people going ga-ga over the killer hubs or the big talk about the super BBs they've been developing? Headset performance can only go so far. It's still just some cups and a pair of bearings, but people have some werid perception about them and how they should be installed, hence threads like this one.
their BB may never happen, as it seems standard 3-piece cranksets are going the way of the dodo, with the influx of so many MEGAGIGAEXOHOLLOWXDRIVETECH II cranksets out there now. i could be wrong...they might be working on an external BB, but it's not likely. hmm...isn't it funny how headsets used to be external and now they're internal (for no good reason whatsoever), and BB's used to be internal, and now they're external (for some pretty good reasons)? they've gone and flip-floped our bearing thingies!
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Originally Posted by AfterThisNap
Why aren't people going ga-ga over the killer hubs or the big talk about the super BBs they've been developing?
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Originally Posted by evanyc
perhaps because CK doesn't make a track hub, and the BB's currently don't exist and when they do they'll have ISIS interface. not a fan.