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When they first came out, they were the best made headset with the best bearings and the most effective seal. They had the high end market to themselves for a long time because it took other manufacturers a surprisingly long time to try to compete. The Cane Creek 110 is probably better and slightly cheaper, but doesn't come in the exciting range of colours of Chris King.
The Chris King is still good, but has a weakness in the centring of the upper bearing due to CK's refusal to pay to license the Dia Compe patented split compression ring. There are after market hacks to add the split compression ring to CK headsets. This only applies to threadless headsets.
For Sumo's bike, the Cane Creek 100 Classic is half the price of a Chris King and definitely more than half as good
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