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Chris King is very proud of their manufacturing abilities. They can turn a bar of aluminum into a hub shell in about the time it takes you to read this page, and a bearing blank in as long as it takes to read this paragraph. But there is a side effect to making parts. Waste. It's not very sexy. What do you do with all of the left over metal? Chris King make one of their favorite parts with it. It's a puck. When you machine aluminum or steel or titanium, you make "chips" (that's machine shop talk for what most people would call metal shavings). These chips are covered in oil and generally very sharp. It takes 400 tons of hydraulic force and 2 seconds to turn a scrambled up pile of chips into a beautiful puck. When squeezed that hard, more than 98% of the oil is recovered from the chips. Chris King then filters and clarifies the oil and it goes right back into their machines to make more parts. All of the pucks get recycled and the oil gets used again and again. Manufacturing is not just about the final product, it's about all of the products. Waste products included. Chris King is renowned for precision bicycle components for all types of bicycles. The hubset featured is the ISO Disc pair designed for mountain bike wheels with disc brakes. All component manufacture and assembly is performed in house in Portland, Oregon. Chris King has long been known for sustainable practices in manufacturing and business administration and is regularly recognized within the bicycle industry for their leadership. Available in Vancouver at:
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