The King HS is a perfect thing. You're going to see it every time you ride
the bike. Works perfectly, lasts forever, made in Portland. Will probably
increase re-sale value of the bike if you ever decide to move it on. Not
that much more spendy than a high end Cane Creek HS. It's a no brainer :-)
T
BB: I have tens of thousands of miles on several Phil bbs (and hubs) and I
don't think you can go wrong there, but while I don't share Jan's
deprecation of Phil products, I'd also consider Compass Bicycles' SKF bbs.
Headset: the only hs I had index on me was a loose ball Dura Ace hs; quite
possibl
Things have a way of snowballing.
The headset in my AR had been feeling ratchety for a while and then the
bottom bracket started giving me the grit so I decided to give in and tear
it down for some TLC. The good ol shimano UN53 had pooped out after
countless miles serving umpteen bikes and the
