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Old 05-03-2016, 03:31 PM
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The salt and pepper shakers and the 1" headset on the stand are good values. Why not have some cycling industrial design around the house (other than the bikas, of course).
If they did a pepper mill (not shaker) I'd be sold.
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Old 05-03-2016, 03:35 PM
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I guess they see people going nuts and paying $1.3K for a floor pump...
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Old 05-03-2016, 04:04 PM
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They should sell it with a Leica and charge $25K
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Old 05-03-2016, 04:12 PM
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The reissue of the original style 2 nut headset is cool.

A little rough on the price side

But

It does look good.
I love the color and would pay the price, as ridiculous as it, for a 2nut in olive, but they apparently aren't doing the 2nut in olive - just reissue chrome. Id love a 2nut and a set of 32 hole in olive, neither of which are available as I can tell. But I agree their prices are crazy.

What are the chances the olive becomes a standard color down the road?
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Old 05-03-2016, 04:13 PM
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The prices make me gag a bit. Anyone want to buy my R45 disc hubs for a mere $1000?

I actually prefer Hope and DT hubs, and part of it is the embarassment of the cost of these.
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Old 05-03-2016, 04:14 PM
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KING 40th anniversary stuff...
King hubs are groovy and all, but after going Onyx on my recent MTB build, I don't think King will be getting any more of my money, Olive color or not. Nice color though!
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Old 05-03-2016, 04:23 PM
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Stupid price
I got a new Colnago EPS frame/fork, headset, carbon Colnago seatpost, Deda stem, and Deda carbon bars for what they are charging for their kits. In better colors. I didn't get a fancy book or metal name plate though. Guess I did get a crap deal.
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Old 05-03-2016, 04:25 PM
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For true nostalgia a 40th anniversary CK threadless headset should have an o-ring instead of the split ring.
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Old 05-03-2016, 04:35 PM
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Sooooo, has CK now become the Rapha of parts? Someone had to say it...
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Old 05-03-2016, 04:47 PM
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the thing that will surprise you the most is all the young 20 something instagram "influencers" that will be running all these parts on their coffee run bikes. Just wait.
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Old 05-03-2016, 05:15 PM
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the thing that will surprise you the most is all the young 20 something instagram "influencers" that will be running all these parts on their coffee run bikes. Just wait.
i wonder when these companies will realize that tactics like that only serve to further resentment not only towards those "influencers" but also towards the company itself.

its just such a blatant money grab, makes me want to seek out quality alternatives to king stuff instead of giving them even more of my money. though that already kinda happened the day i realized how genius the DT end cap system was...

the saddest part is that since its a special edition anniversary thing, the chances of them adding the olive as a standard color is almost nonexistent. oh well.
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Old 05-03-2016, 05:22 PM
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The reissue of the original style 2 nut headset is cool.

A little rough on the price side
just bought a regular 2Nut online for $129...not as shiny.

still pretty tho.
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Old 05-03-2016, 05:24 PM
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[...]makes me want to seek out quality alternatives to king stuff [...]
Debating that for both a wheel rebuild (old, but still good King hubs - actually, to those pacenti rims you sold me!), and a new bike/build...
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Old 05-03-2016, 05:34 PM
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i wonder when these companies will realize that tactics like that only serve to further resentment not only towards those "influencers" but also towards the company itself.

its just such a blatant money grab, makes me want to seek out quality alternatives to king stuff instead of giving them even more of my money.
This sums up my feelings. They make nice parts and all, but this is a bit much.
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Old 05-03-2016, 05:53 PM
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its just such a blatant money grab,
I think this is the thing that pisses me off more than anything. If there was a slight premium on the packaging, and the color was more of a "thanks for being a CK supporter" type of thing, I could stomach that and I might actually be in for a crate for my upcoming build. This though? This is a bull**** cash-in.

they're getting ripped a new one on IG and rightfully so.

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though that already kinda happened the day i realized how genius the DT end cap system was...
Yup. Same. Running one set of king hubs at this point, and four sets of DTs....
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