The hub doesn t spin freely.
Chris king front hub bearings.
From the in house bearings which are built to wear in over time rather than wear out to the ringdrive system which can handle three times the torque of rival hubs and offers instantaneous engagement with 72 points of engagement for the mountain hubs and 45 for the road hubs.
Hubs 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.
The stealth hubs aren t cheap at 140 us for the front and 415 us rear.
Edubfromktown 15mm ld shell front hub gone bad here.
Originally posted by metrotuned.
Feels like the front brake is being applied at all times it s not.
On top of this everything chris king makes is highly serviceable.
Replacement bearings for chris king hubs.
But unfortunately those tabs can also create clearance issues on hubs with driveside spoke flanges that are pushed particularly far outboard which apparently include chris king s r45 model.
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.
But they are hand machined they re unique and they have an engagement system like no other so you can understand where the price comes from.