Can ya tell me why? Whats so special about this stuff? Besides the price

I like Chris King stuff because he is extremely environmentally conscious about everything he produces. His factory is low power, he recycles his metal shavings, and he just does the right thing. The kicker about all of this is that he never even told anyone about this until this year, but he has been doing it this way for years.

If his workers ride their bike to work, they get $$$ to spend in the company cafeteria.

He supports my MTB team with incredible discounts, they seem to be less than actual cost.

All around good guy. I am sold.

i didnt know that... i like the stuff for its quality...

Hmmm, sounds good to me...... Does he need any more riders? I could always use the extra lunch money

Yes, the old addage still holds true. You get what you pay for. their headsets are the BEST.

Their hubs are the BEST as well. After racing on King hubs, you'll see what I talking about!

Furthermore, they REPLACE ANYTHING that gets broken, which you will probably never do anyway. No hitches, they replace it!

Check ou thier website, their GREEN way of manufacturing is really cool....right down to the landscaping of the facility......

Thants great to know. The town I live near is run by the green party.

I ordered a set of green ano hubs from him awhile back and he called me to let me know that the color was a little off from the front and rear. Im talkin barely off. I paint cars and it was such a slight mismatch that most would never notice, especially at opposite ends of the bike. He just wanted to make sure that I knew this before they shipped them. He is alot more picky than I am and a great persn to do biz with. Plus great parts...

Website addy??? yeahyeah I could of looked it up, but Im kinda lazy tonight

http://www.chrisking.com/

C, I knew someone would come thru

Thanks Bill

Just visited their site ... I am super impressed ... and totally stoked to run a king headset.

They completely raise the bar of ... Best Business Practices.

Nice work, guys!

Kevin O'

Aint it the truth? Hey, wasnt one of our members looking for a career change? Hmmm, hafta surf now..

One of the best articles I've seen on King and his philosophy:

In my best Dana Carvey/Johnny Carson voice:
I did not know that.
Brian

it's great when sound business philosophy meets truly innovative design.

I submitted feedback with praise at the king website and received this reply just a few minutes after:

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Hello Kevin,

Thank you very much for the praise. I am going to make sure that the shop guys see this because they are the ones who do all of the work. Thanks again.

King Sales

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So cool the guys in the plant are going to get the good word passed along. Seems everybody at King knows how to do it right. I'm super impressed.

Kevin O'