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 Heads-up !!! counterfeit Chris King Head sets
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Counterfeit Chris King headsets

Several retailers have discovered that currently there are counterfeit Chris King headsets in circulation. The fakes are quite good and for the unsuspecting buyer not immediately distinguishable from the real thing. However, once made aware of the fact, and after closer inspection, it shouldn't be too difficult to tell the difference.
Original: headset top cap is smoothly machined and is finished to a high quality polish. There's also a small bevel on the inside of the lettering.

Fake: headset top cap lacks smoothness and is dull in appearance. Instead of the bevel there's a white circular line on the inside of the lettering. The supplied bolt isn't made out of stainless steel and will rust. Note the rubber cover that's placed over the bolt head.



Original: crown race is machined from stainless steel and is polished smooth. The color of the metal also has as slight warm tone to it.

Fake: crown race is made from aluminum and is much lighter in weight. Note the clearly larger beveled seating lip for the bearings.



Original: custom stainless steel bearings. Seals are secured with a metal colored circlip.

Fake: cheap generic bearings with red seals that can be pressed out of the cups relatively easily.


Fake: a complete view of all the components. Note the additional parts compared to the original headset further below.


Original: everything is made in USA according to the highest quality standard. The individual parts fit together with surgical precision. Included is also a detailed installation manual with full specification and 10 years warranty.
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Thanks to www.hibike.de for making this article possible.


Posted by Freaky franky riding a a Yogi on 02/21/07


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  •  Re: Heads-up !!! counterfeit Chris King Head sets
    Thanks for info, Detective Frank.
    Posted by Intenserider2 a 31 year old riding a A pair of KHS from Colorado on 02/21/07

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    •  Re: Heads-up !!! counterfeit Chris King Head sets
      Frankly, my dear, I don't give a.....maybe b/c I'm not rich enough to afford a CK hs.
      Posted by GhostRider a 31 year old Downhiller on 02/21/07

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      •  Re: Heads-up !!! counterfeit Chris King Head sets
        For reals. I don't think my $30 FSA Pig DH Pro will fail anytime soon.
        Posted by Intenserider2 a 31 year old riding a A pair of KHS from Colorado on 02/22/07

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        •  Re: Heads-up !!! counterfeit Chris King Head sets
          I don't think so either, my old FSA Ti BB with roller bearings last me a long long time.

          Was made aware of fake CK's by another rider, and my main concern was keeping same tolerances between upper and lower bearings of road bike.

          Last Friday took the bike to my good 'ol pal at Easton, he was able to pop out the old ... YST PH-233 headset
          This headset lower section was integrated to frame and I really wanted to upgrade and loose extra weight from treaded / quill, adapter set up.

          He made a nifty adapter as frame has funky conical design, narrow frame could not aloud lower CK half to fit within frame, I was not pleased with end result at all, very happy never the less to loose the old set-up, so he made me feel better by installing a sweet EC90 SL fork., that alleviated some of the pain, but it really bother me that frame rose by half a head set, it lost height on top side but geometry was compromised, also drag coefficient was not as good..

          More resources were pulled and with a spare adapter on hand, shopping i went, to SM's Supergo.
          Borrowed a CK Race Crown and over imposed to adapter piece, it seem that there's plenty of room to spare, so I purchased lower half of a CK, went home, hacked it and extracted bearing, placed it over the spacer and indeed, there's plenty of room left, actually outer diameter wall thickness would be almost same if not thicker than in CK's housing, sans middle bulged section.

          I would have just machined out bulge, but, inner frame conical design, mating surface would not be as one.

          driving to Easton in a few, should have it all done by the end of the day and happy Aero frame to fork swiftnesses should be back.

          by the way, the new E's Tempest 2 wheels are much lighter that M's Kysilums. GO EASTON !
          they got some sweet prototypes in there too.


          Posted by Freaky franky riding a a Jazz fest on 02/22/07


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          •  Re: Heads-up !!! counterfeit Chris King Head sets
            Is this the bike that was riddin in the movies depicting the future?
            Posted by Intenserider2 a 31 year old riding a A pair of KHS from Colorado on 02/23/07

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            •  Re: Heads-up !!! counterfeit Chris King Head sets
              I don't know, but she's all done now 8~p

              so many nay sayers, yet, she's as I envisioned...
              man, that CAD program they run is powerful, he actually had to draw the CK cup to get the angles right, what a cool Brah.

              also got a chance to see their 3d prototyping machine in action as well as liquefied CF bonding materials, cut aways of their new rims and so much more., way, way cool dude.


              Posted by Freaky franky riding a 'nother frankenbike on 02/23/07


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