Headsets

Cisco · **Posted:** Mon Apr 13, 2009 11:48 pm

What is the difference between a $35.00 WTB or Cane Creek headset and a $100.00 King? Looks aside are they really worth the extra coin?

OffRoadie · **Posted:** Tue Apr 14, 2009 7:02 am

No. Maybe it mattered in the past, but now most of the headsets used on mountain bikes are sealed bearings similar to a Chris King.

Mike G · **Posted:** Tue Apr 14, 2009 2:20 pm

I am a firm believer in Chris King products! I have had the same headset for 10 years now and on several frames (it's on my heckler now). It has seen three deployments aboard a Navy ship, spent a couple seasons in rainy New England weather, snow, mud, and abuse. Still rolls like the day I bought it. Not a bad investment if you ask me.

I have a Chris King wheelset that is 13 years old and still rolls better than any other wheelset I have owned. My buddy had it on his HT in the mid 90's and he raced it for 3 seasons. He then gave it to me because he bought a FS bike with disk and parted out his HT. I had it on my Santa Cruz Superlite for 5 seasons, raced it for 4 seasons at Hurkey, Brianhead Epic, Colorado, New England, deployed with it, took it to Noble and SJT Every weekend for years. Then I was talked into getting disk by a buddy who wanted to sell me his disk brakes. I got a Mavic endro disk wheelset to replace the King. Since switching to disk I have gone through two hubs and need another one. Total count in my hub history is: One CODA hub, one XT hub, one Chris King, one Crossmax hub, two Crossmax Enduro hubs and I need another one now, Thats 7 hubs...but the Chris King? Still rolling like new! If it were a disk hub it would be on my Heckler.
Yes when I can afford the money to get a Cris King Disk Hub you betchya I am geting one. MAVIC HUBS SUCK ASS!

luna · **Posted:** Thu Apr 16, 2009 8:20 pm

Mike G wrote:

I am a firm believer in Chris King products! I have had the same headset for 10 years now and on several frames (it's on my heckler now). It has seen three deployments aboard a Navy ship, spent a couple seasons in rainy New England weather, snow, mud, and abuse. Still rolls like the day I bought it. Not a bad investment if you ask me.

I have a Chris King wheelset that is 13 years old and still rolls better than any other wheelset I have owned. My buddy had it on his HT in the mid 90's and he raced it for 3 seasons. He then gave it to me because he bought a FS bike with disk and parted out his HT. I had it on my Santa Cruz Superlite for 5 seasons, raced it for 4 seasons at Hurkey, Brianhead Epic, Colorado, New England, deployed with it, took it to Noble and SJT Every weekend for years. Then I was talked into getting disk by a buddy who wanted to sell me his disk brakes. I got a Mavic endro disk wheelset to replace the King. Since switching to disk I have gone through two hubs and need another one. Total count in my hub history is: One CODA hub, one XT hub, one Chris King, one Crossmax hub, two Crossmax Enduro hubs and I need another one now, Thats 7 hubs...but the Chris King? Still rolling like new! If it were a disk hub it would be on my Heckler.
Yes when I can afford the money to get a Cris King Disk Hub you betchya I am geting one. MAVIC HUBS SUCK ASS!

+1 on CK stuff.

OffRoadie · **Posted:** Thu Apr 16, 2009 8:31 pm

A hub is different than a headset.

mongooseboy · **Posted:** Thu Apr 16, 2009 9:13 pm

Look into Chris Kings green business philosophy, and zero waste attitude, not to mention the ten year warranty, and stupid light weight. Have you ever heard anything bad about a King? nuf said.

qpcr8tiv · **Posted:** Thu Apr 16, 2009 9:19 pm

Cisco wrote:

What is the difference between a $35.00 WTB or Cane Creek headset and a $100.00 King? Looks aside are they really worth the extra coin?

About $80 bucks. Put what you save into other stuff that really wear out, like tires, grips, pads... or you can buy roughly five 12 packs of micro brew beer. :thumbsup:

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