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Submitted by
TA
a Downhiller
from So Cal
Date Reviewed: 12/7/2007 4:15:54 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | anything lift assisted! |
| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Price Paid: | $220 |
| Purchased At: | ridemonkey |
| Strengths: | Super strong, reliable, stiff. great finish, light |
| Weaknesses: | NONE |
| Similar Products Tried: | king aluminums, FSA, misc |
| Bike Setup: | Canfield F1 |
| Bottom Line: | Best HS to date, I run a Hopey and dont have to worry about ovalized headtubes as well as I dont suffer the penalty of a steele HS's weight. All around bomb proof product. Make sure you use ti grease when installing it to keep it from creaking. Other than that its a rocking product, I race, huck, fr and urban and no worries or services needed as of yet. |
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Submitted by
Sam Samaha
a Weekend Warrior
from Phoenix, AZ USA
Date Reviewed: 3/14/2006 9:21:58 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | any |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $239 |
| Purchased At: | LBS |
| Strengths: | I have just one word to describe this headset... DAMN! |
| Weaknesses: | None, unless you don't like to part with money for unneeded luxury. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Generic headsets, FSA headset on an old Trek |
| Bike Setup: | see for yourself: http://homepage.mac.com/sjsamaha/PhotoAlbum39.html |
| Bottom Line: | The CK headset made of Aluminum is already universally known as the most robust bike component made today... well, this kicks it up a notch! btw... works great on my Ti frame, just make sure to use a lot of "TiPrep" and face/ream the frame before you install, no matter how well made it is! |
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Submitted by
gtwace
a Weekend Warrior
from Singapore
Date Reviewed: 8/29/2005 8:22:04 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $259 |
| Strengths: | Looks great, good positive psychological effect |
| Weaknesses: | too shiny it hurts my eyes |
| Similar Products Tried: | normal CK headset |
| Bike Setup: | Red Black Zaskar Race |
| Bottom Line: | Not alot of ppl know about the CK Ti headset nowadays, but is sure looks damn good and feels damn good to have one on your bike. |
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Submitted by
Russ Hydro
a Weekend Warrior
from Tempe,Az U.S.A.
Date Reviewed: 3/3/2005 4:31:42 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | All of them |
| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Price Paid: | $255 |
| Purchased At: | Rage Cycles |
| Strengths: | Well, First off it's a King, so there you go! Never having to care! Something to give the grandkids... |
| Weaknesses: | None..., But I do kind of stare at it from time to time. Oh yeah, giving it to the grandkids! |
| Similar Products Tried: | other King sets |
| Bike Setup: | Retro cruise mtb schwinn '01 panther king single speed F&R hubs easton carb. post and xc bars,thomson stem mavic 517 DT 14/15,wtb rocket v Ti seat,xtr v's and ritchy tires king Ti headset. |
| Bottom Line: | If you can hang with the wait and the price then don't look back,just get one! (And really who cares what anyone else thinks!) |
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Submitted by
albert
from Auckland, New Zealand
Date Reviewed: 9/21/2004 6:17:17 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $250 |
| Purchased At: | Aspirevelotech of Ebay |
| Strengths: | Aesthetically pleasing Smooth as knife thru jelly Light while durable (I have seen 60 grams headset, an Italian brand, but wouldnt count on its durability compare to the Kings) -What other headset will want to be when they grow up. -Want to use it to decorate my desk/bookshelf. |
| Weaknesses: | PRICE, well, if you want the best of the best, you have to pay for the price at times you may look like a poser with lots of money that you dont know where to spend, or how to spend it. Well, this is what other cyclist will say about it anyway. Only, and ONLY people who has owned one of this will appreciate how precious they are. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Aheadset, Canes |
| Bike Setup: | custom ti frame, Crossmax sl, xtr, fox f100 and....Chris King Titanium headset |
| Bottom Line: | I got this headset from Aspirevelotech on Ebay, (if you are reading this, Michael, Thanks again!), Great service, I live in New Zealand, quite remote area compare to most of you guys, and this dealer delivered the headset within a week after the transaction completed!! extremely efficient, the packaging and handling was best I have seen, (bought a set of HID lighting from LUME, was pretty amazed with their package) Anyway, if you want the ultimate. go for it. |
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Submitted by
Jim Pheby
a Racer
from Thame
Date Reviewed: 9/6/2004 12:45:57 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Aston Hill, Hornton Hill, Wisley. |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $250 |
| Purchased At: | Aspirevelotech |
| Strengths: | Silky-smooth, Indestructable, Looks like a piece of Art and there is nothing better. Anywhere. Ever. |
| Weaknesses: | I will come back to you on that one in around 30 Years... |
| Similar Products Tried: | Woodman Saturn Race, FSA Pig, Chris King NoThreadset (Regular), Cane Creek Somthing. |
| Bike Setup: | Soon to be the greatest BMX around. |
| Bottom Line: | All you need to do is feel the bearings on other Headsets, and compare them to this. Look at the reviews of the Perfected Chris King NoThreadset. Everyone (Apart from those one off liars around), reviewed it as the best buy availible. But with the titanium version, times the life of the regular NoThreadset Headset by around ten because of the titaniumness(A Hundred year old Chris King - It will happen!). Basically if you want the Royal crown jewels on a bike, this is better. Get it right now, if you can find it. |
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