davey1991 Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 I'm sure this is quite a development for some of you who insist on using internal headsets.From the Chris King website.The new internal headset will be avaliable from June 2009."InSet™ is the latest addition to the Chris King® NoThreadSet™ family. InSet™ is a low-stack threadless headset designed for use with contemporary frames featuring what would traditionally be called "oversized" headtubes. As times have changed, so have the designs of many of our favorite bicycles. These new large headtubes allow frame manufacturers greater surface area on which to attach top tubes and down tubes with the overall result being improved frame strength and rigidity. We pride ourselves on adapting Chris' forward-thinking original modular designs into ever-evolving configurations to meet most new bicycle designs. The Chris King® InSet™ now brings King's legendary bearing quality and time-tested durability to even more bicycle models."http://chrisking.com/headsets/hds_inset Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey1991 Posted March 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 I thought this would be reasonably big news?The bottom bracket was?Well i don't mind thought i'd forward the news to everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.Baxter Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 Do you know what the price on one of these will be ? Because my t-pro fits internal headsets Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey1991 Posted March 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 Do you know what the price on one of these will be ? Because my t-pro fits internal headsets Adam Sorry i don't, but probably around the same as the current no-threadset so anything from £80-150. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_urban Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 i like the fact they are eating humble pie ! Also from there site Integrated and Internal style headsetsWe recognize the popularity of these systems and choose not to produce one of our own. We presented an opinion on internal and integrated systems several years ago and our belief remains the same today. We simply believe these systems do not have the long-term durability and performance characteristics to carry the King name. To find out more, please download our "Integrated Headsets Explained" document. (450kb)i think the inset is not going to fit most intergrated frames only the big ones like giants etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted March 17, 2009 Report Share Posted March 17, 2009 I was wondering how they had backtracked on their previous tech article about integrated headsets, although I believe this is an internal not integraged; either way I seem to recall them saying that anything other than an external headset is crap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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