Chris King Headset For Surly Karate Monkey
Black extra large steel chromoly surly frame and fork thomson elite seatpost.
Chris king headset for surly karate monkey. The brake bosses on the top tube have been removed. Surly single speed 29er chris king headset race face stem bars seat post surly karate monkey 29er ss bicycles by owner bike sale try the craigslist app android ios. Given that the ms stock fork is a 1 1 8 straight steerer i m confused as to which headset will fit. For some strange reason the msrp suggested by qbp in washington is 40 60 higher for cane creek headsets compared to the msrp on the website so i d probably go fsa.
I want to order the whisky no 9 straight fork the one i think you recommend most and also want to get a chrisking headset. This video goes through the new surly karate monkey mountain bike build that i finalized in january 2020. Bottom bracket p p dir ltr race face small chainring p p dir ltr has been an excellent bike for me. The fox float 34 fork came fitted with a remote lockout damper but i haven t added a fork remote on the karate monkey yet.
Chris king inset 7 bottom bracket. View vital mtb member toyon s mountain bike check surly karate monkey revised. I just purchased a 2015 surly karate monkey frameset which has a 44mm headtube with a 1 1 8 steerer tube. Fork salsa lip lock and chris king headset.
Surly karate monkey frame with parts chris king thompson xl. Surly karate monkey headset is kicking my butt. Largely because i m not willing to pay 70 for a fox brand remote. What you see is what you get.
Chris king threadfit 30 handlebar. You are bidding on a 21 surly karate monkey frame. Please ask s prior to bidding. Looking back on it now i d probably go with a fsa orbit mx or maybe one of the heavy duty cane creek headsets instead of the chris king if i had to do it all again serviceability.
Chris king makes great stuff but i m going to stick with the cane creek 40 setup. The surly faq seems to only reference which headset is correct for an aftermarket fork. The frame measures 21 center of bb to top of seat tube 23 top tube center to center.