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Chris King

When something from Chris King wears out, the most likely explanation is that you’ve been riding it for decades. The Portland, Oregon manufacturer has been making bicycle components domestically since 1976 — headsets, hubs, bottom brackets, and wheelsets built entirely under one roof and held to uncompromising fit and finish standards. At RA Cycles, the collection covers the full lineup: Aeroset headsets in three generations and two bearing configurations, the InSet 5 for standard headtube applications, ThreadFit T47 bottom brackets, R45 hub components, and complete MTN30 and ARD44 wheelsets built for mountain riding. Every part is machined from domestically sourced raw materials, anodized in Chris King’s signature colors — 3D Violet, Turquoise, Midnight, and more — and backed by a serviceability philosophy that makes full replacement a long-term afterthought.

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About Chris King

Chris King Precision Components has been making bicycle components in Portland, Oregon since 1976 — not as a design house that outsources production, but as a manufacturer that controls every step of the process under one roof. Raw materials come from domestic mills, machining is done in-house, and the anodizing that produces those signature colors — 3D Violet, Turquoise, Midnight, Mango — happens on-site. This level of vertical integration is what makes Chris King components rebuildable rather than disposable: replacement bearings, driveshells, and baseplates are available as separate parts, so a Chris King headset or hub bought today should still be running decades from now. Learn more at chrisking.com.

At RA Cycles, the Chris King collection spans headsets, bottom brackets, wheelsets, and hub components. The Aeroset series covers three generations in standard and Ceramic bearing configurations, with FSA System and ENVE In-Route variants for different cable routing setups. The InSet 5 handles traditional headtube applications. The ThreadFit T47 bottom bracket uses threaded shell construction for improved bearing durability and reduced creaking. Complete MTN30 and ARD44 wheelsets — in 29", 27.5", and mixed wheel options, with Superboost available — are built for mountain riding and stocked alongside individual R45 hub components and driveshells for long-term servicing.

Shop dedicated pages for Chris King wheels, or browse the full selection of headsets and bottom brackets at RA Cycles.

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R&A Cycles - 50th Anniversary

50 YEARS AND COUNTING

From a Brooklyn storefront to flagships in Walnut Creek and Miami, from handwritten mail orders to a fully digital custom bike builder — RA Cycles has spent half a century doing one thing: serving riders who demand the best. That half-century belongs as much to you as it does to us. The riders who kept coming back, who sent their friends, who trusted us with bikes that matter — you're the reason we're still here. Here's to the next fifty.

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