Product Details

We came out with our own wheel because we got the opportunity to participate in the development of a new rim: a rim that is of outstanding quality, is tuned to our performance specs, and is made of a recyclable material that doesn’t add to landfills, keeping us in line with our commitment to the environment and being a certified B - corp. Performance, good looks, minimal carbon impact, and backed up by a lifetime warranty? Yes please!

The GRD23 is not like other wheels in many respects. It’s an all-road wheel that offers you a bit more compliance than other carbon all-road wheels. Having said that, it’s not soft. It’s not noodly. It’s just a bit friendlier to your bones when you ride it on all the stuff you ride.

The GRD23 rim is made of FusionFiber™, a cutting edge thermoplastic that incorporates long-chain polymers. Without diving into the science, FusionFiber™ has a wider range of compliance profiles, and that means we could tune this wheel to hit a sweet spot in road feel that we didn’t see being served by more performance-oriented carbon wheelsets that focus on using resin to create unforgiving stiffness. Unlike other carbon rims, the GRD23 rim is recyclable. If you manage to break it somehow, we’ll take it back and make it into something new.

Another reason you want this wheelset is that it’s built around our R45D Centerlock hubs, the culmination of over 45 years of bearing experience and more than 20 years of hub building experience. It features a redesigned RingDrive™ system with 45 teeth for lower drag and near instant simultaneous engagement, a lightweight hub body, and our legendary made-in-house bearings.

Finally, our bearings, have heat-treated, surgical grade steel races that are machined simultaneously to ensure perfect matching. The quality and speed of our bearings is what you will feel on every ride. As Chris King bearing tracks burnish they actually get faster. A little bit of regular love (i.e. servicing) will keep this hub rolling for years upon years of demanding use.

Features

• Built in-house in our purpose built wheel building workshop
• Chris R45D Centerlock 24-hole front hub
• Chris R45D Centerlock 24-hole rear hub
• King Lifetime Warranty
• Weight per set: From 1468g
• Rim Material: Carbon [50% increase in damping properties, 100% Recyclable]
• Rim Height: 24 mm
• Inner Width: 23 mm
• Spokes: Sapim CX-Ray
• Nipples: Black Alloy
• Brake Interface: Disc Center Lock
• Drivetrain: HG11, XDR
• Recommended Tyre Width: 32-45c
• Tape and Valve Kit included with this wheelset

About Chris King
Chris King Precision is a performance bicycle component manufacturer based in Portland, USA. Producing bicycle parts of the highest quality since 1976. A disciplined approach to manufacturing which includes rigorous quality control and highly developed production protocols to ensure each component is perfect.