My 20 year old Chris kings are probably going to live out the rest of their days (I.e. forever) on my wife’s chromag after a change from qr three piece to bolt through. I changed frame to something a touch more contemporary and thus boost, so thought I’d get some cheaper hope pro 4s, which I found had too short lived a bearing life in uk conditions, so ended up getting a another set of kings to replace them. Couple of years flawless service already and I have no regrets. The only reason I don’t also run a king headset is because i keep changing frames looking for the perfect hardtail and it would bankrupt me keeping up with the never ending standards, same goes for bottom brackets to be fair. I would say that bb’s along with headsets and brakes are where hope have pretty good value for the grunt they provide. If you’re in the uk anyway.
Feb. 7, 2022, 12:10 p.m. - papa44
My 20 year old Chris kings are probably going to live out the rest of their days (I.e. forever) on my wife’s chromag after a change from qr three piece to bolt through. I changed frame to something a touch more contemporary and thus boost, so thought I’d get some cheaper hope pro 4s, which I found had too short lived a bearing life in uk conditions, so ended up getting a another set of kings to replace them. Couple of years flawless service already and I have no regrets. The only reason I don’t also run a king headset is because i keep changing frames looking for the perfect hardtail and it would bankrupt me keeping up with the never ending standards, same goes for bottom brackets to be fair. I would say that bb’s along with headsets and brakes are where hope have pretty good value for the grunt they provide. If you’re in the uk anyway.