Chris King Headset Give Away

[PAMS 25]

Do you know that with Airmail international, the shipping for France isn't very expensive?
Thought, OEM Specialized headset sucks, I need a waterproof one like a Chris King green...green is so fast.
:)

[evilboytwin]

So a horse walks into a bar....the bartender looks at the horse and says:

"Hey buddy, why the long face"

badabump.....

:)

[CHOP]

My interesting story is that the above poster (evilboytwin) only has 3 post at this moment, so I guess he can't win, huh? Sorry evilboytwin, but I sure could use a new headset......

[Crash_Tested]

http://home.mindspring.com/~leonov/b-man/bike.jpg

http://www.bikeforest.com/couchbook.jpg

http://www.sportrider.com/bikes/honda-NAS_U-3.jpg

http://www.crw.org/tours/Bhutan/bike_on_edge.jpg

[worm]

David Prowse, was the guy in the Darth Vader suit in Star Wars. He spoke all of Vader's lines, and didn't know that he was going to be dubbed over by James Earl Jones until he saw the screening of the movie :think:


doh!

[nickho]

well it ll be my birthday on the first of january and i ve always dreamed to put a chris king headset on my bike...
THink of my birthday...;

cheers

nicho

[DNA]

Is this the contest for the Crank Brothers Pedals?

No? It is for a King Headset. Cool, that is even better since I already have some Mallets.

[Ian F]

Who remembers the first bike they ever broke?

For me, it was some no-name dept. store 20" with a removable gas tank. I was 7 years old and had recently discovered jumping my bike. Result: cracked the weld between the downtube and the bottom bracket. My parents had it welded back together at a nearby gas station... and replaced the bike with a Murry BMX at the next Christmas. :D

[towelie]

In 6th grade, I memorized that the speed of light is 186,282.397 miles per second. That is really fast!

And my cat's breath smells like cat food. Wait...I don't have a cat. But if I did, that is what his breath would smell like.

And oh yeah...mountain biking is really fun, and King has a super company!

[Fathead]

When I used to brew beer (before the kids. . . more time, more space), I had done about a dozen batches, most of them pretty good. I had worked up to all-grain (no extract) and was getting cocky. I had done a good wheat beer and a good honey brown, so I was gonna go for broke w/a dbl batch of honey wheat.

A friend came over to help me and we had a few beers before firing up the burner. We had a good buzz by the time we got all the ingredients into the pot. After getting the wort good and rolling, I realized I hadn't cleaned the brewkettle (really just a huge stockpot) very well since its last use. . . a crawfish boil.

I ended up w/10 gallons (~101 bottles) of crawfish-flavored honey wheat.

[mtballday]

How about that steelhead

[BMXman]

A lady came into my job and overheard me speaking Spanish to one of my co-workers. She says "I didn't know you were Spanish"....I respond "I'm not I'm Mexican"...she looks puzzled and says "oh is there a difference?"...I look at her and say "Do you mean besides the fact that they located on 2 totally different continents?....D

[skittles]

Did u knew that in ottawa there is a new sk8park that just opened and it will have a whole bike section

it is called sk8 city and there is the website

[dropmachine.com]

I think I like cheese, but i dunno. It tastes good, but we disagree on politics and i prefer blue.


The only reason i bought a cordless phone was so that I could fart, and leave the room afterwards.

Being stuck there really sucked.

[dG video]

My last name is Gilligan. And I ate the Skipper.

And my bele-button is off center.

-dAN

[KNine]

I am a donut. :help: :blah:

[endoing]

Been riding for mountain bikes 6 months and have already gone through 2 bikes.

Isn't freeriding when you don't have to pay? I freeride all the time!!

Before starting this new obession with hurdling myself down a hillside at speeds that make my butthole pucker, the last time I owned a bike was 15 years ago. I rode it to and from elementary school.

I have learned that if I haven't crashed in a while I am not riding hard enough.

[FRzealot]

"something in this thread"

[11:11]

Most of you know the brand already, but I bet you that not many know about the history of the brand.

Chris King's history: (taken from their website)

Chris King, founder of King Cycle Group, got his machining experience working in the precise and demanding world of medical equipment manufacturing.
He designed the original Chris King Headset in 1976 in his spare time and was immediately faced with staggering local and regional demand.
In 1977, Chris started King Manufacturing, a contract machine shop jobbing to the medical, microwave, cryogenic, and aerospace industries.
During these years, Chris gained valuable business experience while honing his manufacturing, CNC machining, job planning and tool design skills.

Headset production continued during these years, seeding the regional and national market and developing a strong yet quiet reputation as one of the most exclusive and elite bicycle components available.
However, due to the time requirements of other contracted jobs, headset sales never represented more than 10% of the business.

In 1987 Chris sold King Manufacturing to Medical Concepts Inc. (MCI - now known as Karl Storz Imaging), a medical video imaging development and manufacturing company where he spent the next 4 years as the Manufacturing Department Manager.
During this time, MCI developed a program combining world class management and manufacturing techniques to become a 30-million-dollar-a-year leader in its industry.
Chris was later able to utilize many of these concepts while developing his new company, King Cycle Group, which he started during his tenure at MCI to continue production of the Chris King Headset.

Through the years, the strong but quiet reputation grew into a 'cult' following of road racing cyclists across the country.
These convinced customers then became evangelists of the Chris King Headset in the late 80's as the rapidly growing mountain bike market demanded components that could withstand the harsh punishment of off-road riding.
The word was spreading and the demand for Chris King's headsets was growing at a rapid rate.

By 1991, the demand for Chris King's components had increased to a level requiring Chris' full time attention.
Sales orders had significantly exceeded production and back order lead times were growing to unacceptable lengths.
Chris left MCI and committed 100% to his new venture, King Cycle Group. By combining his manufacturing and design talents with the World Class Management skills learned at MCI, Chris quickly caught up with back orders and was soon on his way.
Sales doubled during the following years and he never looked back.

Once settled into a groove, producing headsets at a satisfying rate, King Cycle Group turned their efforts to developing new products. In 1993, we started work on three new products.
The design objective was to be ground breaking and unique while still upholding a reputation as the best.
During the course of this development work, patents were applied for, and granted.

As the demand for King Products continued to increase, it seemed less and less likely that Santa Barbara would be the final home of King Cycle Group. High real estate prices and costs of living made it difficult for King employees to live and work there.
More and more often, King employees would drive through 2 hours of heavy southern California traffic to get to work each day.
Enough was enough. The search for a new home began.

;)

[butthead]

By the end of this month, I will have moved across the country twice in 6 months.
-Puyallup, WA to Marquette, MI in June
-Marquette, MI to El Paso, TX in Dec.

[phiercetmx]

Gatorade has:
*Per 8oz serving

50 Calories
0g Total Fat
110mg Sodium
30mg Potassium
14g Total Carbs.
14g Sugars
0g Protein

I drink about 188oz a day.
Dammm!!! :help:

[Transcend]

With the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989, the Cold War ended. As the Soviet shadow retreated, democracies began to emerge (or re-emerge) in countries who had known nothing but Soviet dominance for the better part of a half century. As democracies emerged so too did the media as a natural extension of the human desire to have a voice, and have a say in how their lives were being run. This was an opportunity not afforded to them under the iron fist rule of Moscow.

etc etc

“We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us” (McLuhan). These tools are a country’s legacy, if they are not shaped correctly, they will never be respected by their people, and they will never have a truly free democracy.

[k9handler]

I have upgraded to a Kona Stinky and it has the Chris King headset (steel)...so now I want one for my Kona Stuff! What better way then to get one free. How difficult are they to install?

[Blueadder]

It is about 75 degrees here in Lafayette Louisiana and I can go outside and ride right now. How many of you yanks can do that? :p

I own a Trek 4300 that I regret buying first before actually doing some research before getting into mtb. So the new headset would be a great start in making my Trek better. :mumble:

and some really interesting stuff....

The bible is the number one shoplifted book in the USA
Non dairy creamer is flamable :evil:
and there are only 14 blimps in the world - 10 are in the US.

[Heidi]

It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.

[NoRoadtrippin]

damn i never was too interesting...i just want a headset and i figure if its based on random drawing and not level of interestingness than i got a good as chance as any.

[cowman]

Finger nails grow four times faster than toe nails.

[Barbaton]

The US dialtone tuned to a 440HZ key of A, and instruments can accurately be tuned by it. :thumb:

[hitek]

I like bikes!

[Tully]

The Well-Tempered Clavier, by J.S. Bach, was the first well-known piece written for a keyboard with tempered tuning, which is still the standard piano tuning today.

[invert]

My uncle audi a6 4.2L can do 0-60mph in 6 seconds flat but the top speed is only limited to 130mph :(

[Softy]

The quailty and light weight make the CK headset an oddity. It is light enough for road or XC weightweenies but strong enough for DH use.

The CK ISO hubs on my bike are my favorite part. Gleaming blue anodized jewels that always impress me on how smooth they roll. The only part I could love more would be a free CK headset.

[mtnbikerdude87]

My bike cost more than my toyota truck. I got the truck for 1300$ and my bike for 1600$.

Shows where my passion is...

[biker_dude13]

I am Canadian, and Have never left North America. I don't live in an Igloo and i don't eat raw fish. I live in a City with other humans, and if you didn't know it you might think your in the US and France at the same time.

[clognot]

"i have owned 6 frames in two years and never more than one at a time"

Hey Sven the Viking...the Seahawks stuck it to Minnesota yesterday. What's going on with them Vikings? Anyway...

Here's another great chance at owning your 7th frame/bike before the year ends. It's a great bike if it fits your riding style.

It's on Ebay and the bidding ends in about 8 hours. Maybe it is 'hot' as the price is just to good to be true.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7119630527&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT

cb

[ilikebikes444]

I have green shoes that would go perfect with that chris king set..!

[Carbon Fetish]

I've built Crank Brother pedals for Jeff Kabush, Alison Dunlap, Marry McConneloug and many of the pros riding the pedals especially the ones with short ti spindles. Some of my work...

K-Bomb's pedals
http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2004/tech/probikes/maxxis_giant/DSCN0977.jpg

[firetoole]

I have a joke: A pirate walks into a bar with a steering wheel on his lap. The bartender ask's whats with the wheel? The pirate replies ARRHH it's been driving me nut's all day!!! ................................................th at was when you were suposed to laugh but you diddn't.

[tater]

I have a belly button

[TCoop924]

Factor by which the annual number of Sahara dust storms has increased in the last 50 years : 10

Percentage of Britons over the age of 50 who have hurt themselves attempting to open product packaging : 71

Number of restaurants in Guizhou, China, closed in April for adding opium to their dishes : 215

Number of U.S. McDonald’s franchises whose drive-through order taking has been outsourced to another state: 2

--Harper's Index

[neilan11]

some bush quotes.....
"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure."
"I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future."
"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."

[Kilgore]

it was clear blue skies and 65 degrees in santa cruz, ca today

[bikeninja]

heres something interesting, in the video posted by wisc fr-rider the guy that won first place didnt really do anything that hasnt been done on a mountain bike. pretty interesting huh?

uhhh, besides the 360 whip, humongous wallirde to whip both directions and huge turndown out of the quarterpipe. name one mountainbiker that can pull a Real turndown.

Oh yeah this is supposed to be interesting stuff, huh. Thisi is interesting:
Two weekends ago i was out with some friends at a certain bar. as we were leaving the bar, a woman that i had briefly spoken to inside, runs out and lifts up her shirt, pushing her huge fake boobs sans bra in my face. then she kissed me. normally, one would think what's so interesting about that, you should be stoked. right? wrong. this 'woman' was a man. I ran away as soon as i saw the adams apple and hairy knuckles.

[evilhotdog]

how many rats does it take to screw in a light bulb?


2, but i don't know how the hell they got in there

[downhilryder]

yo,
i just want the headset
i dont have the money to buy one cuase im broke and it would look sexy on my bike
y write something stupid and make a foul out of ourself when you could say I WANT THE HEADSET

[psycle-on]

We had a suprising turnout at the coldest night ride of the season so far with temps in the low 30's to upper 20's and 25-30 riders!

[Hungry_Hank]

merry chrismakuh!

[w00dy]

If the Nuremberg Laws were applied to our President, he would be considered a war criminal.

[WTGPhoben]

It snowed in boston last night, and I had to ride my bike to work... I have to ride through brookline, boston, cambridge and belmont. I get throughthe first two without any problem and the second I hit cambridge the road becomes an Icy death trap (not a grain of sand or salt to be found anywhere). After tossing myself three times, to the dismay of my elbow, shoulder, and helmet, I finally get off and start to walk, but the road is so Icy it's difficult even to do that. As soon as I get into belmont, all is melted. So the moral of the story is that cambridge bike shops are going to make a lot on $$ on studded tires this winter. Also, my arm hurts.

[derekpearson]

Ive lived in my suburban for the past 3 years.

[moeman]

Joke:
What do you call a man with his hand up a horses arse?


















An Amish Mechanic!!!!

Get it?
Come on it was funny!!!

[M-1]

I'm a Swedish adopted Brazilian. And I'm also a nobility :D

[bushwacker]

I need a red King headset.

[blong]

I love beer:thumb:

i make beer

[Mtnman]

Shimano Fish Story and Quality.

Shimano in Japan started when Mr. Shimano made fishing reels. He was so confident of the quality of the reels he made, he told his retailers that for every 1 that breaks, he'll give them 2 in replacement. That's why Shimano stands for quality today too!

Made In Japan!

[Ranger]

Servus!

Amazing what people will do when their judgement is impaired by alcoholic beverages...

[Frankenschwinn]

There are five thousand two hundred and eighty feet in a mile....

[turbojames]

I tacoed two rear wheels in less than a week.

[bluewaker]

Safety warning: Mountain dew will hinder males' abilities to create sperm.
Also...One of the world's smalles babies was born as small as an average 15 year old's hand.
And, a kitty was cloned for 50k!!

[Southbay Bomber]

I was born over a month premature, and as a result have three nipples.

I too was born a premie at 7 months and I have a small third nipple. I have no idea what caused it. (insert inbreeding joke here)

[TheMontashu]

so your a redneck like me?

[peter6061]

Something interesting about my bikes, is that they're all starting to require 1.5" headsets, so my Chris Kings are going to my wife's bikes. Maybe if I had a nice shiny new one, It would force me to buy a new bike with a 1-1/8" headtube.

A nice shiny IF SS with a CK headset would be pretty.

[DH Diva]

I almost forgot to enter the contest!!!!!

Okay....something interesting??

Hmmmm. This is really more sad than interesting, but I've broken 5 full face helmets in five years. I should get a job as a helmet tester!!

And on a non-bike related note, the greyhound racing track in Oregon just announced that it will be closing as they are no longer earning enough off racing to pay their property lease!! Yippee!!! Now that the track is gone, it will be much easier to outlaw greyhound racing in Oregon.

[stabus primonus]

I shoveled my driveway 4 times in one day and 2 times the next day. One week later it is 50 degrees.

[rainbow_smoke]

milk comes in 5 gallon bags!!

[allsk8sno]

drinking too much pop can cause throat cancer...



...maybe

[skyst3alth]

I've spent most of my workday downloading video of the tsunami's. People need to swim

-Adam

[Gunner]

My roommate from freshman year in college (also from my hometown) and some other kid from my hometown got the bright idea to try and print out fake $20 bills with a nice printer/scanner and go down to the local grocery store to buy some gum and get $ back. Needless to say, they are the only two kids i know with their names on file with the FBI.

[Strakar]

In 1755, Lisbon was hit by an earthquake which was estimated to have been around 9.0 in richter scale. There were 3 shakes, in a total time of 10 minutes. Following the earthquake people went to the shore line to escape the fires and the falling buildings. Simultaneous, Lisbon was hit by a tsunami composed of 3 +6 mts waves, washing the crowds into the sea. In less than an hour, of a total of 225 000 that lived in the city, 30 000 lost their lives (and this in Lisbon only)...

[yeehaarider]

i cracked my GT DHi frame...not that hard you think, but i did it over no more than a 2 ft drop off....ahhaaa!

[schwinnson]

I've been lurking ridemonkey for over 4 years now. Soon my master plan will be complete....

[Ridemonkey]

The weiner is BigHit-Maniac :)

Thanks for participating!