Chris King has made it official, their business benchmark headset makes AeroSet 1 & AeroSet 2 choices accessible to suit much more bikes with absolutely inner cable routing. Absolutely built-in cable routing has absolutely taken over trendy bikes. It’s not restricted to at least one body materials or the opposite. And not likely restricted by self-discipline both. So if you will must run your brake and shift traces by your headset, you would possibly as effectively give your bike a US-made headset constructed to final a lifetime…
Chris King AeroSet 1 & 2 built-in inner routing headsets
Extra customized body builder and manufacturing bikemakers are adopting absolutely inner cable routing. And whereas Chris King wasn’t fairly an early adopter, they do make among the biking business’s longest-lasting and most desireable headsets. And Chris King is catching up.
We first noticed this AeroSet 2 three years in the past within the US-made carbon ENVE Customized Highway. Then, the exterior AeroSet 3 a yr and a half later in Moots’ titanium Vamoots CRD street bike. First, you needed to be a customized builder creating a motorcycle with Chris King to get one. Then, the traditional exterior cups choice made it extra potential for extra builders.
We requested final yr what occurred to primary, and have been informed to be affected person.
Nicely, now it’s right here, and three choices are on supply – with metal or ceramic bearings…
Tech particulars
What’s new is although actually, is simply which you can truly get an built-in routing headset to your bike now. Each of those new choices are made for contemporary 1.5″ tapered steerer bikes with IS (Built-in System) headsets – IS52/IS52. These are those the place you drop the 1.5″ headset bearings instantly into the body.
The brand new AeroSet 1 is for 45°x45° bearing-to-race interface prime and backside. AeroSet 2 makes use of the identical higher bearing and {hardware}, however a 36°x45° diploma interface for the decrease bearing. That’s it. That’s the distinction for the mannequin we had been lacking.
Each new variations of the Chris King AeroSet share King’s distinctive GripLock remoted wedge tech. That guards your fork’s carbon steerer and the bearings themselves from extreme hundreds. Welcome safety whether or not you trip an ultralight bike or ship your burly mountain bike off massive hits.
And naturally, designed and manufactured in Portland, Oregon and backed by Chris King’s lifetime guarantee
Chris King AeroSet – Pricing, choices & availability
The brand new Chris King AeroSet 1 & 2 headsets are steadily rolling out now within the full rainbow array for King’s anodized coloration palette. Moreover, they’re accessible with normal metal bearings for $295, or for $415 with an improve to ceramic bearings. They function the identical higher headset bearing cap and inner routing guides because the AeroSet 3. Constructed to seamlessly pair with ENVE In Route and FSA ACR built-in inner cable routing methods.
Made in USA, the brand new AeroSet 1 & 2 already match bikes from Argonaut, Baum, ENVE, Time, and certain fairly a number of extra.
