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Click to email a link to a friend I recently got the opportunity to tour the Chris King Precision Components Factory headquarters in NW Portland. Although I’ve been living in Portland, Oregon for most of my life, I’d never visited the HQ and factory until a couple weeks ago when I was given a personal tour of the facility by Jay Sycip, Chris King’s head of marketing.
The aluminum stock that eventually gets turned into finished components, and the excess that gets pressed into pucks for easier recycling. Polishing hub shells with a robot and other parts in large tubs of walnut media at the Chris King Factory. I came away from this tour with a new appreciation of the phrase “You get what you pay for”. What you’re paying for when buying a Chris King component is an uncompromising commitment to precision in manufacturing and employee care. The operation struck me as being efficient by way of patience and forethought, not by frantically paced output that burns people out. Even with the use of incredibly powerful machinery, this factory moves at a deliberate and methodical pace.
Aside from buttery ride quality, the other arresting feature of the AR44D is its unwavering stability. In the context of deep-section carbon wheels, “stability” is typically associated with a rim’s ability to cope with hectoring crosswinds.
The ARD44’s hookless bead wall, 25mm internal, and 30.5mm external width will likely appeal more to the all-road and gravel crowd who run slightly wider tires. King does state that the ARD44 are “aero optimized” for 28-30c tires and claims they can accommodate tires up to 47mm wide. That said, according to ETRTO guidance, road riders can safely run 29c tires with pressure in the 70 PSI range, without any safety issues, so I’m sticking with that.
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