Chris King not doing Campy hubs anymore?

[robertbb]

Just read on another forum that Chris King has stopped doing Campagnolo compatible hubs.

Appears as though there has been no formal announcement, but all Campy products have been pulled from their site.

According to one poster the R45's had clearance issues with Campy 12 sp, and that was a precursor to all products being removed.

Any PL'ers with additional info or insight?

[Black Dog]

Does not surprise me. They refused to make campy freehubs for a long time. They have never felt the need to make their hubs campy compatible.

[Clean39T]

Good riddance.

Campy hubs are better anyway......

[d_douglas]

I have a set and they’re nice,but I don’t think I’d buy Kings again. I just think they’re over rated... though nice.

[CSKeller]

Originally Posted by Clean39T

Good riddance.

Campy hubs are better anyway......

You speak the truth Clean!!

Trying King hubs never crossed my mind. Campy hubs always work, look better and are faster.

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[FlashUNC]

Originally Posted by CSKeller

You speak the truth Clean!!

Trying King hubs never crossed my mind. Campy hubs always work, look better and are faster.

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As long as youre happy with 32 spoke wheels.

King barely made Campy hubs so nothing lost in this equation I think.

[fignon's barber]

No loss, prefer White Industries across the board anyway. If Campagnolo would make a 24 and 28 hole, that would be a no brainer.

[oldpotatoe]

No surpirse..better hub choices abound, whether it be a Campag or shimano cogset.

[biker72]

Last set of Campy wheels I had built I used Record hubs. Never considered anything else.

[tuscanyswe]

Considering so many new wheels built these days are disc wheels i dont see how campy hubs will fill that need for yo all.

Or perhaps im so out of date that campy now makes disc hubs to sell seperatly for wheel builds and im not aware?

[cmbicycles]

I always considered King hubs more of a mtn bike component... even though I know they also make, and market, hubs for road.

[oldpotatoe]

Originally Posted by tuscanyswe

Considering so many new wheels built these days are disc wheels i don't see how campy hubs will fill that need for yo all.

Or perhaps I'm so out of date that campy now makes disc hubs to sell seperately for wheel builds and I'm not aware?

Nope, no Campagnolo made disc brake hubs. Lotsa wheels(Fulcrum too) but no disc hubs. I'm kinda surprised Campag still makes hubs but thankfully, they still do. I'm betting they still sell a LOT of them.

BUT, better than CK DISC hubs abound as well..WI, DT, many others. that are Campag and disc.

[lavi]

I have the CK hubs (not my fav by a long shot). I can see why CK pulled it.

There is a serious issue with the hubs when paired with a 12s Campy cassette. There are little tabs on the back side of the cassette. I'm guessing they are there to catch the chain should it jump to keep the chain from burying itself too deep between the cassette and spokes. Not sure why Campy did that to the cassette but whatever.

As it is. The tabs rub the spokes when built on CK hubs (supposedly due to the wider hub flanges). I had to dremel the tabs off of a SR 12 cassette. There was no suitable workaround. Lame.

My (ride all day and never worry about breaking anything) wheel set build is a 28/32 on HED Belgies with CK hubs.

[C40_guy]

Guess there is a benefit to sticking with Record 10, square taper BB and rim brakes.

I do like CK headsets though...

[d_douglas]

For rim brakes yes, Campy is amazing, but for disc brakes, we still need more options (as a Campy 11 user).

The King hubs are gorgeous, but they somehow didn't do much for me. If I could build my road rim wheels into Onyx hubs, I would, but I can't justify the expense.

There is always DTSwiss - tried and true.