Chris King Fitting help!

shoulda gone to aspire velotech!!!

Go to a hardware store and buy, a length of m12 stud and some nuts to suit.... get a couple of bits of thick plywood and hey presto you have a sub £10 headset press.... or go and find somewhere with a big vice... or use a hammer!

Can't help on reaming or facing Im not a LDN'er

Ok so i put one in this morning.... these headsets are bloody awesome. i had a creek in the surly before popped that fucker right out.

ok plus a bit of maintenance... the CK is fucking smooth, Took it on a bit of a longer ride... and its as smooth as fuck... and solid.

If you can, get one.

ps i guess you can tell im happy with it.

I miss my CK, stupid 1 1/8" headtubes... :[

What are you talking about teenslain?
CK do 1 1/8 headsets.

TS neg rep.

Had one on the IRO (which was 1 1/8" threadless) but the Sparton has 1" headtube... You see my point now? Realise I wasn't very clear... I want another, so badly...

Buy it and don't look back

Still lost. CK do 1/18" and 1" headsets.

@ andyp: I know, I'm just too stingy to shell out for another one... Blimey, leave me alone!!!! ;p

its black.

What you should of done is sold your existing 1 1/8" one on ebay and used the money from that to buy a 1" one.

Spunked the money on booze, drugs and whores instead... Old habits...

At least you didn't fritter it away.

I'm going to make it my mission to harrass you until you buy another one.

TS fail

Spunked the money on booze, drugs and whores instead... Old habits...

Good investment.

Almost as good investment

I LOVE my Chris King. Nicest bit of kit I've ever bought!

the area of contact on a king is very small and quite a shallow angle, hold the race and bottom bearing cup together in your hands and notice how easy it is to move them side to side.
this will show why they should be faced.
when fitted to the bike have a look how narrow the gap is between top cap and race, any change in angle between top and bottom cups will be seen by the change in this gap, a small offset will meant the top cap rubbing and premature bearing wear.

rep'd - good advice, you have to face the tube when fitting a CK.

can't rep you mr smith - can someone please oblige?

i stared at mine staight on, with no blinking

damn. this aspire velotech shop is wicked. does anyone know if they assist with getting through customs being stung?

i stared at mine staight on, with no blinking

+1 and made sure both my feet were flat on the ground.

Over on retrobike.co.uk they've been going on about the number of fake Chris King headsets on ebay recently, such as this one.

How can you tell?