The r45 front hub is built to address our road and cross riders demands for chris king performance in a lighter weight and more aerodynamic package.
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Chris king has built its enviable reputation on the quality of its in house made steel bearings as the firm s brandon elliott explains.
All the chris king qualities you love remain the same durability serviceability performance made in the usa.
Description build an ultra fast race wheel around the super light and incomparably smooth chris king r45 road hub.
Chris king silver grease is a nano particle lubricant optimized for hub and bottom bracket bearings.
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These racing specific hubs offer a 20 percent reduction in weight over the already light classic hubs and come in a variety of spoke drillings to accommodate your wildest wheel building dreams precision machined stainless steel bearings provide a smooth fast ridealuminum hub.
The cost of the upgrade from steel to ceramic bearings isn t cheap but the good news is that if you re already running a set of r45 hubs with.
I honestly didn t notice a revolutionary difference in the day to day riding.
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The patented chris king ringdrive with 72 points of simultaneous engagement for iso and 45 points for the r45d will get your power to the ground fast provide unmatched engagement and give you that legendary chris king angry bee sound.
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We are proud to be the first manufacturer in the bike industry to meet their rigorous standards and hope that others will follow.
Our bearings available in steel and ceramic have heat treated surgical grade.
When i think about what i would change about the chris king r45 hub and or the ceramic version it wouldn t be much at all.
The chris king ceramic bearing bottom bracket is identical in construction and compatibility to our stainless steel bearing bottom bracket.
Designed for use as a high performance hub and bottom bracket bearing lubricant.
Defined by a narrow hub body and low flanges the r45 front hub is a sleek base for the fastest wheels.
I have owned or currently own both of these incredible hubs.
Our bearings available in steel and ceramic have heat treated su.
This nano particle lubricant is engineered to provide extremely low drag while still providing excellent weather resistance.
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