Chris King Dropset 2 Integrated Headset (IS42/IS52)An integrated headset made with top quality materials and a versatile design, this Chris King model ensures a smooth rotational interface between your fork and head tube. Consisting of a 42mm upper bearing and 52mm lower part, it holds firmly to your fork thanks to its patented GripLock construction, allowing you to twist and turn with confidence and composure as your route dictates. Suitable for use with Chris King baseplates and 45-degree integrated crown races, this hard-wearing headset is a great match for a variety of frames.Features: Upper Bearing: 42mm 45x45 Lower Bearing: 52mm 45x45 Design: Patented GripLock construction Compatibility: Open, 3T, All City, Low, Cinelli, Lynsky frames and more Buy Chris King Components from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World's Largest Online Bike Store.
Chris King Dropset 2 Integrated Headset (IS42/IS52)An integrated headset made with top quality materials and a versatile design, this Chris King model ensures a smooth rotational interface between your fork and head tube. Consisting of a 42mm upper bearing and 52mm lower part, it holds firmly to your fork thanks to its patented GripLock construction, allowing you to twist and turn with confidence and composure as your route dictates. Suitable for use with Chris King baseplates and 45-degree integrated crown races, this hard-wearing headset is a great match for a variety of frames.Features: Upper Bearing: 42mm 45x45 Lower Bearing: 52mm 45x45 Design: Patented GripLock construction Compatibility: Open, 3T, All City, Low, Cinelli, Lynsky frames and more Buy Chris King Components from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World's Largest Online Bike Store.
Chris King Dropset 3 Headset IS41/IS52Constructed using top quality materials, this versatile Chris King headset ensures your fork rotates with smoothness and swiftness when connected to your head tube. Comprising of a 41mm upper bearing and 52mm lower part, it keeps a firm grip to your fork thanks to its patented GripLock construction, letting you twist and turn as efficiently as can be. Compatible with Santa Cruz Stigmata frames among others, this durable and dependable headset is a great choice to keep your steering column spinning.Features: Upper Bearing: 41mm 45x45 Lower Bearing: 52mm 36x45 Design: Patented GripLock construction Compatibility: Santa Cruz Stigmata frame (without baseplate), and more Buy Chris King Components from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World's Largest Online Bike Store.
Chris King Dropset 2 Integrated Headset (IS42/IS52)An integrated headset made with top quality materials and a versatile design, this Chris King model ensures a smooth rotational interface between your fork and head tube. Consisting of a 42mm upper bearing and 52mm lower part, it holds firmly to your fork thanks to its patented GripLock construction, allowing you to twist and turn with confidence and composure as your route dictates. Suitable for use with Chris King baseplates and 45-degree integrated crown races, this hard-wearing headset is a great match for a variety of frames.Features: Upper Bearing: 42mm 45x45 Lower Bearing: 52mm 45x45 Design: Patented GripLock construction Compatibility: Open, 3T, All City, Low, Cinelli, Lynsky frames and more Buy Chris King Components from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World's Largest Online Bike Store.
Chris King InSet 5 Headset InSet™ is the latest addition to the Chris King® NoThreadSet™ family. InSet™ is a low-stack threadless headset designed for use with contemporary frames featuring what would traditionally be called "oversized" headtubes.As times have changed, so have the specifications of many of the greatest bicycle designs. These new large headtubes allow frame manufacturer's greater surface area on which to attach top tubes and downtubes with the overall result being improved frame strength and rigidity. We pride ourselves on adapting Chris' forward-thinking original modular designs into ever-evolving configurations to meet most new bicycle designs. The Chris King® InSet™ now brings King's legendary bearing quality and time-tested durability to even more bicycle models. GripLock™ bearing cap Our InSet headsets feature an all-new bearing cap design. GripLock™ is a multi-piece bearing cap that utilizes a split ring that improves steerer tube interface. For tapered 1-1/8” to 1.5” steerer tubes but can be used with 1-1/8” steerer tubes by purchasing a Devolution 1.5 to 1-1/8” Baseplate/crown race. Features: Steerer Tube OD – 1-1/8” to 1.5” tapered Upper headtube ID – 49.61mm Lower headtube ID – 49.61mm Upper headtube ream depth – 16mm Lower headtube ream depth – 20mm Fork crown seat OD – 39.8mm Upper stack height – 8.0mm Lower stack height – 4.0mm Weight – 150g Buy Chris King Components from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World's Largest Online Bike Store.
Chris King Dropset 3 Headset IS41/IS52Constructed using top quality materials, this versatile Chris King headset ensures your fork rotates with smoothness and swiftness when connected to your head tube. Comprising of a 41mm upper bearing and 52mm lower part, it keeps a firm grip to your fork thanks to its patented GripLock construction, letting you twist and turn as efficiently as can be. Compatible with Santa Cruz Stigmata frames among others, this durable and dependable headset is a great choice to keep your steering column spinning.Features: Upper Bearing: 41mm 45x45 Lower Bearing: 52mm 36x45 Design: Patented GripLock construction Compatibility: Santa Cruz Stigmata frame (without baseplate), and more Buy Chris King Components from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World's Largest Online Bike Store.
Chris King Dropset 2 Integrated Headset (IS42/IS52)An integrated headset made with top quality materials and a versatile design, this Chris King model ensures a smooth rotational interface between your fork and head tube. Consisting of a 42mm upper bearing and 52mm lower part, it holds firmly to your fork thanks to its patented GripLock construction, allowing you to twist and turn with confidence and composure as your route dictates. Suitable for use with Chris King baseplates and 45-degree integrated crown races, this hard-wearing headset is a great match for a variety of frames.Features: Upper Bearing: 42mm 45x45 Lower Bearing: 52mm 45x45 Design: Patented GripLock construction Compatibility: Open, 3T, All City, Low, Cinelli, Lynsky frames and more Buy Chris King Components from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World's Largest Online Bike Store.
Chris King Dropset 2 Integrated Headset (IS42/IS52)An integrated headset made with top quality materials and a versatile design, this Chris King model ensures a smooth rotational interface between your fork and head tube. Consisting of a 42mm upper bearing and 52mm lower part, it holds firmly to your fork thanks to its patented GripLock construction, allowing you to twist and turn with confidence and composure as your route dictates. Suitable for use with Chris King baseplates and 45-degree integrated crown races, this hard-wearing headset is a great match for a variety of frames.Features: Upper Bearing: 42mm 45x45 Lower Bearing: 52mm 45x45 Design: Patented GripLock construction Compatibility: Open, 3T, All City, Low, Cinelli, Lynsky frames and more Buy Chris King Components from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World's Largest Online Bike Store.
Chris King NoThreadset Tapered Headset - Sotto VoceUser serviceable and likely to outlast a few frames. Chris King designed the first sealed bearing headset in 1976.Thirty-four years later, the King headset remains a benchmark for quality. No other bicycle component can claim the precision, performance and absolute reliability of a Chris King headset. At Chris King Precision Components, we manufacture each headset in our own facility to exacting standards, using quality-at-the-source methods to minimize waste. Even the sealed, cartridge style bearings are made in-house and are hand-checked. Chris King sealed bearing headsets now feature the Sotto Voce logo mark in all colours. We believe this subtle logo style better complements a quality bicycle. For those who desire the classic King style, black headsets are available with either a Bright Silver King logo or Sotto Voce style King logo.Sotto Voce (sot-toh voh-che) is an Italian term used in music to denote a dramatic lowering of the tone. It literally means “under voice" but can be translated as “soft voice". Tapered Steerers & Headtubes. To accommodate today's newest frames and forks we offer a complete NoThreadSet featuring a 1 1-8" upper cup and a 1.5" lower cup and baseplate.Our devolution™ headset solves one tough problem. Or is it two? How to use your new frame with your old fork? What about using your old frame with a new fork ? Upgrades and crash replacement can lead to all sorts of combination and in today’s electronic marketplace, you can buy all sorts of stuff from all sorts of places. Want to do something out of the ordinary? Devolution™ can make it happen.For tapered 1-1/8" to 1.5" steerer tubes but can be used with 1-1/8" steerer tubes by purchasing a Devolution 1.5 to 1-1/8" Baseplate/crown race.Features:Steerer Tube OD: Tapered 1-1/8" to 1.5" Upper head tube ID: 33.9mmLower head tube ID: 49.6mmUpper head tube ream depth: 10mmLower head tube ream depth: 20mmFork crown seat OD: 39.8mmTotal stack height: 31.7mmLower stack height: 14.0mmWeight: 230gBuy Chris King Components from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World's Largest Online Bike Store.
The Inset 3 is designed to fit a 1 1/8" to 1.5" tapered steerer tubed fork and a 44mm to 56mm internal diameter tapered headtube on the bike. Supplied with an all-new bearing cap design, the GripLock™ is a multi-piece bearing cap that utilizes a precision controlled split ring that improves steerer tube interface. Aluminium cups in 10 available colours house our legendary bearings; all made in-house in our Portland, Oregon facility. InSet is the unrivalled upgrade for all riding styles. Check out the Chris King Size chart Click here to enlarge.
The InsetTM 7 is designed to fit a 1 1/8" to 1.5" tapered steerer tubed fork and a 44mm internal diameter straight headtube on the bike. Supplied with an all-new bearing cap design, the GripLock™ is a multi-piece bearing cap that utilizes a precision controlled split ring that improves steerer tube interface. Aluminum cups in 10 available colors house our legendary bearings; all made in-house in our Portland, Oregon facility. InSet™ is the unrivaled upgrade for all riding styles. Check out the Chris King Size chartClick here to enlarge.
The InsetTM 1 is designed to fit a 1 1/8" steerer tubed fork and a 49mm internal diameter straight headtube that requires low stack bearing cups. Supplied with an all-new bearing cap design, the GripLock™ is a multi-piece bearing cap that utilizes a precision controlled split ring that improves steerer tube interface. Aluminum cups in 10 available colors house our legendary bearings; all made in-house in our Portland, Oregon facility. InSet™ is the unrivaled upgrade for all riding styles. Check out the Chris King Size chartClick here to enlarge.