Chris King R45 front hub

The road bike version of Chris King hubs for rim brakes.

With great attention to detail, Chris King’s engineers have developed the R45 series to produce a hub body that is both lightweight and optimised for stiffness. Thanks to the significantly enlarged hub flange, the spoke holes are further apart than on hubs from other manufacturers. This significantly increases stability and distributes forces more effectively across the hub flange.

Chris King R45 Hub Technology and Dimensions:

• Application: Road, Gravel, Cyclo-Cross
• Hub material: Aluminium
• Bearings: Ceramic, double-sealed
• Spoke type: J-bend
• Mounting width: 9x100 mm
• Brake type: Rim brake
• Mounting type: Quick release
• Pitch diameter left/right: 39.8 mm / 39.8 mm
• Flange spacing left/right: 34.8 mm / 34.8 mm
• Spoke hole diameter: 2.5 mm
• Weight: 120 grams (manufacturer’s specification)
• Warranty: 5 years

Your custom wheel with Chris King R45 hub:

Ask us for a personalised quote. We will build your dream wheel, perfectly centred by hand. Choose your preferred rim from the complete range of DT Swiss, e*thirteen, Mavic, Stans NoTubes and WTB rims. We use exclusively DT Swiss spokes. Over the last few decades – ever since we started building wheels – these spokes have proven themselves to be by far the most durable.

Chris King Hub Quality

The quality of Chris King components is unrivalled. High-precision manufacturing, the sort usually only seen in the medical sector. Chris King hubs have a reputation for being indestructible, and rightly so. The hub bodies are superbly crafted and, thanks to the maximum flange spacing, enable the construction of particularly laterally stiff wheelsets. Rounded off by the high-precision CNC-machined hub body with anodised finish and the multi-sealed industrial bearings. Superb, very light, extremely durable – manufactured by Chris King directly in Oregon, USA.

Chris King Ceramic Bearings

Chris King’s ceramic bearings offer the same qualities in terms of durability, maintenance and performance, but are even lighter and harder than the tried-and-tested stainless steel bearings. One of the most outstanding features of the ceramic balls used is their incredibly geometrically perfect roundness; furthermore, the extremely smooth surface guarantees optimal rolling behaviour and precision fit. The ceramic bearings are even lighter and harder than the stainless steel bearings, housed in external bearing cups, multi-sealed and virtually indestructible.

Herstellerinformation: Manufacturer details: Chris King, 2801 NW Nela St, 97210 Portland, Oregon, United States, http://chrisking.com