Chris King headset spacer kit
by: Pharoah Bolding
Posted on: Friday, January 4th, 2008 at 2:36 pm by: Pharoah Bolding
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Chris King is one of the industry leaders in small performance parts for the biking enthusiast. Having designed and created his first biking headset in his spare time in 1976 with incredible success, Chris King and his King Cycle Group still thrive in this field today with their most recent alloy headset spacer kits.
Spacers are the vital component that not only position your stem at the proper height they apply the preload force to the upper headset bearing and if they are even a few-thousandths-of-an inch off they’ll only load one side of the bearing causing premature wear and tear, adjustment headaches, and other possible hassles. The Chris King Alloy Headset Spacer Kit not only comes in a multitude of great anodized colors, they are lathe-cut to precise measurements that ensure the mating surfaces are parallel to each other.
While many who use biking as a hobby might feel replacing the current feather-light carbon spacers on their rig with these could be bothersome, it is actually quite beneficial. The vast majority of carbon spacers are saw-cut leaving more room for tolerance error and troubles a-plenty for any biking devotee. While King Spacers weigh around three grams more than carbon spacers it’s a miniscule weight differential to incur for headset nirvana.
The Chris King Alloy Headset Spacer Kit comes in heights of 3mm, 6mm, 12mm, and 25 mm and in 1 inch, 1 1/8-inch, and 1 1/4-inch diameters. You can get them in eight colors and they’re sold individually ($9 USD) or in a four-piece kit ($30 USD) with one 3, 6, 12, and 25mm spacer. For the avid biker the King Alloy Spacer Kit could be that last necessary piece that could make your good biking experiences great biking experiences.
Visit The Chris King website for more information.
