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Chris King's aluminium NoThreadSet is capable of handling tough trail conditions, even on big hit bikes. However, there's more to the definition of strength than just the survivability of a single part. Longer travel forks apply substantial loads to the front end of mountain bikes and dirt jumpers simply punish their rides. The Chris King SteelSet was developed in response to the ovalized headtubes cropping up at tech events on very nice, and most often, very expensive frames. The SteelSet, available only in 1-1/8'', is designed as a complementary frame component with stainless steel upper and lower bearing cups pressing a full inch into the headtube of the frame. That's almost three times as much contact area as with standard headset cups. This extra deep press creates a frame and headset union that is tough to beat. The bearing cap is also fabricated from stainless steel to better handle the higher lateral loads applied by dual crown and long-travel single crown forks. A stainless steel stem cap, stainless steel bolt and proprietary star nut carry out pre-load adjustment.