Is Chris King A Real Person?

[dozydame]

I have a few anonymous questions?

1. is chris king a real person? has anyone seen him?

2. What does GU stand for?

3. is CZAR a russian make?

4. I've heard that citrus pads disintegrate, and heatsinks melt is this true?

5. Any good suggestions for bleeding your brake with apart from water? i thought of WD-40 or Anti freeze

[dan the trials man]

i would not try using wd40 wat will you do if you get a bit on your pad or rim or your hose splits or leaks good luck trying to get it off my m8 when he first started wd40 every thing on his bike including his disk that was 2 years ago and the wd40 still wont come off.

i would not risk it.

hope it helps

dan

[Walleee]

I have a few anonymous questions?

1. is chris king a real person? has anyone seen him?

2. What does GU stand for?

3. is CZAR a russian make?

4. I've heard that citrus pads disintegrate, and heatsinks melt is this true?

5. Any good suggestions for bleeding your brake with apart from water? i thought of WD-40 or Anti freeze

1 don't know

2 Gay underbelly

3 No

4 generally no

5 Magura oil

[Dan6061]

1. I'm sure there's someone called Chris King..

2. GU - Probably some letters Deng thought looked good together.

3. CZAR is from Japan. - Same place as Zoo, Echo, GU, Adamant etc.

4. No?

5. Water is the nicest feeling liquid that can be ran in them. Magura Oil will keep the pistons lubed and you wont have to service the brake as much - Thicker than water, so it wont feel as nice. WD40 will work ok I guess..

[Joe Papasnap Maher]

3. CZAR is from Japan. - Same place as Zoo, Echo, GU, Adamant etc.

He means china...

[onzadude123]

I have a few anonymous questions?

1. is chris king a real person? has anyone seen him?

2. What does GU stand for?

3. is CZAR a russian make?

4. I've heard that citrus pads disintegrate, and heatsinks melt is this true?

5. Any good suggestions for bleeding your brake with apart from water? i thought of WD-40 or Anti freeze

1. Im not sure who has seen him but i'm pretty sure it was a dude that created the company in the 40's .

2. haven't got a clue mate !

3. Nope, they're part of the ZOO!, Adamant, Echo group in China

4.I run citrus pads and i love 'em ! I'm not too sure about the heatsink's but i can't imagine they do

5.Water is always the easist one to go for, WD40 is an accident waiting to happen, if you get yourself a bit of clear hose you can put some food dye in with the water to match your color scheme, looks pretty fly

Joel

Edited November 21, 2006 by onzadude123

[Gaz M]

I have a few anonymous questions?

1. is chris king a real person? has anyone seen him?

2. What does GU stand for?

3. is CZAR a russian make?

4. I've heard that citrus pads disintegrate, and heatsinks melt is this true?

5. Any good suggestions for bleeding your brake with apart from water? i thought of WD-40 or Anti freeze

1. Yels, and no

2. Nothing

3. No its copied from a entertainment company.

4. No, and any pads can melt

5. Mineral Oil

[the judge]

3. No its copied from a entertainment company.

Was that just a random assumption? Maybe it was just 'copied' from the word 'czar' which means king/emperor

Edited November 21, 2006 by the judge

[Ben Beckett]

http://www.chrisking.com/

he is real he is the guy who made ck. it's on the site how he managed it

Chris King, founder of King Cycle Group, got his machining experience working in the precise and demanding world of medical equipment manufacturing. He designed the original Chris King Headset in 1976 in his spare time and was immediately faced with staggering local and regional demand. In 1977, Chris started King Manufacturing, a contract machine shop jobbing to the medical, microwave, cryogenic, and aerospace industries. During these years, Chris gained valuable business experience while honing his manufacturing, CNC machining, job planning and tool design skills.

Headset production continued during these years, seeding the regional and national market and developing a strong yet quiet reputation as one of the most exclusive and elite bicycle components available. However, due to the time requirements of other contracted jobs, headset sales never represented more than 10% of the business.

In 1987 Chris sold King Manufacturing to Medical Concepts Inc. (MCI - now known as Karl Storz Imaging), a medical video imaging development and manufacturing company where he spent the next 4 years as the Manufacturing Department Manager. During this time, MCI developed a program combining world class management and manufacturing techniques to become a 30-million-dollar-a-year leader in its industry. Chris was later able to utilize many of these concepts while developing his new company, King Cycle Group, which he started during his tenure at MCI to continue production of the Chris King Headset.

Through the years, the strong but quiet reputation grew into a 'cult' following of road racing cyclists across the country. These convinced customers then became evangelists of the Chris King Headset in the late 80's as the rapidly growing mountain bike market demanded components that could withstand the harsh punishment of off-road riding. The word was spreading and the demand for Chris King's headsets was growing at a rapid rate.

By 1991, the demand for Chris King's components had increased to a level requiring Chris' full time attention. Sales orders had significantly exceeded production and back order lead times were growing to unacceptable lengths. Chris left MCI and committed 100% to his new venture, King Cycle Group. By combining his manufacturing and design talents with the World Class Management skills learned at MCI, Chris quickly caught up with back orders and was soon on his way. Sales doubled during the following years and he never looked back.

Once settled into a groove, producing headsets at a satisfying rate, King Cycle Group turned their efforts to developing new products. In 1993, we started work on three new products. The design objective was to be ground breaking and unique while still upholding a reputation as the best. During the course of this development work, patents were applied for, and granted.

As the demand for King Products continued to increase, it seemed less and less likely that Santa Barbara would be the final home of King Cycle Group. High real estate prices and costs of living made it difficult for King employees to live and work there. More and more often, King employees would drive through 2 hours of heavy southern California traffic to get to work each day. Enough was enough. The search for a new home began.

[mixmaker]

also chris king another man - was player of NHL:)

Czar Ivan - it's name of the Russian csar - who killed his son with the crosier!

He has full name Czar Ivan IV Grozniy (Grozniy=awesome)

p.s. i'm from Russia - Czar - is Chinees frame made by Deng

[dozydame]

cheers lads, especially beckett. i didn't know the chris king industry was so old!

[Radfax]

Yes there was a kid i want to school with called Chris King.

GU stands for Green urine, and yes CZAR is a russian brand because there is a russion concentration camp alsso named Czar.

And i geuss they would both melt.

You can also bleed a brake with anything, a friend of mine tried it with pee before.

Edited November 23, 2006 by Radfax

[Alan]

I have a few anonymous questions?

1. is chris king a real person? has anyone seen him?

2. What does GU stand for?

3. is CZAR a russian make?

4. I've heard that citrus pads disintegrate, and heatsinks melt is this true?

5. Any good suggestions for bleeding your brake with apart from water? i thought of WD-40 or Anti freeze

1. No, Hes made up, But has been seen.

2. GU - Göteborgs universitet - Google it

3. CZAR - international production company for commercials and videoclips in Brussels, Amsterdam, Berlin & New York.

4. Depends on wheather your rim is chrome plated or if you put orange juice on your gloves.

5. Water is the best for brakes, and when you need to re-bleed your brakes, Drink the water that was in the brake before and it makes you sidehop 3 inches higher.

[JT!]

I heard Chris King recently got engaged.

Edited November 23, 2006 by JT!

[Bruce]

On the subjects of the pads and brake bleeding;

Onza Citrus pads are pretty lame, even with a really light grind. not worth buying if you ask me...for a few quid more you can get the Heatsink pads, which, in fact don't melt! I have a pair of them and the are amazing! I run them on a medium grind which makes them quite loud though.

If you want to bleed your brakes, use Deionized Water (think thats how you spell it) costs about a quid for a biggish bottle and feels great o the lever. don't use tap water to bleed the brakes though, as they will fur up on the inside.

Edited November 23, 2006 by Bruce

[Brian Bleech]

I heard Chris King recently got engaged.

Leg End

[RobinJI]

72 engagements, that guy needs to learn when to stop buying rings.

(sorry for my lameness, couldnt resist).

WD40 doesnt work, as its penertating oil, it will penetrate the seals and royaly screw your break. Just use mineral oil or water, shimano stuffs easyer to get hold of if u need it and cheeper I think.