If you're tired of bearings with weak seals blowing up after a few rainy rides, or getting caked with dirt until they don't spin without a painful creak, then its due time to replace your headsets beat up old bearings with the Cane Creek Hellbender Headset Bearing. This burly cartridge bearing...

There was a time when only roadies obsessed over slamming their stems, but with the influx of new MTB geometry, big 170-millimeter forks, and 29ers that bring the front end up to your armpits its no surprise that mountain bikers are being kept up at night with thoughts of slamming their stems....

Integrated with style, the DropSet 2 Headset is what you'll find on our own bikes once we wear through the stock bearings. These headsets are built with the same quality Chris King has always provided, and we're excited to install and forget 'em on our own rigs

Built for cyclists like us, the Chris King Dropset 3 brings an impressive amount of flair on our rides, for the entire life of our bikes. These durable headsets are built with decades of quality, and we're excited to install them and forget 'em on our own bikes.

With a lifespan that encourages us to transfer it from bike to bike we're installing the DropSet 5 Headset on our bikes knowing it'll last more than a lifetime. We're riding on this headset daily during our commutes on the humid west coast, confident the headset will shrug off moisture like we're...

Chris King, an Oregon-based brand we like for their reliable components and lifetime warranty, delivers the EC34/EC44 Tapered NoThreadset Headset as a classic profile in a sea of tapered headtubes. This headset is built to provide precision and reliability while offering performance worthy of the...

Chris King headsets are often considered the gold standard for headsets in the cycling world. Building on a reputation for bombproof reliability, the Inset 2 Headset retains Chris King's storied quality and precision with a new design to meet the needs of frames that use a semi-integrated headset...

The Chris King Inset 5 Headset is built with heat-treated bearings, surgical-grade steel races that are machined simultaneously, and the GripLock system for precise steering.

Chris King's InSet Headset series is designed for very specific applications, which is why you'll find numbers 1 through 8 attached to each one. The InSet 7 seen here includes a 44mm internal, zero stack upper cup paired with a 44mm external lower cup. This means that if you have a straight, 44mm...

Investing in a headset from Chris King means you won't be buying another for your bike anytime soon, but that's a good thing. We're also pretty sure you'll have a hard time reverting to any headset that isn't built with the careful precision and craftsmanship that the Portland-based brand gives...