You can replace it with an aluminium one if it bothers you. The original Chris King threadless headsets didn't have a compression ring at all and you were all fawning over them in 2007 🙂
Not me, was still with either Tange or Shimano in 2007... ;)
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You can replace it with an aluminium one if it bothers you. The original Chris King threadless headsets didn't have a compression ring at all and you were all fawning over them in 2007 🙂