Chris King GripNut Headset

The Chris King GripNut headset combines maximal durability, silky-smoothness and unrivalled longevity with a phenomenal service life. Handcrafted in the USA, this is the go-to headset for world-class athletes and discerning amateurs alike. Grand Tour winners, world champions and ...The Chris King GripNut headset combines maximal durability, silky-smoothness and unrivalled longevity with a phenomenal service life.

Handcrafted in the USA, this is the go-to headset for world-class athletes and discerning amateurs alike. Grand Tour winners, world champions and record-breaking endurance athletes have all benefitted from GripNut. Perfectly primed for peak performance whilst also sturdy enough to outlast the bike you fit it to, this is a truly remarkable feat of engineering, honed over several decades from humble beginnings.

The meticulous care and attention invested into the production of each and every GripNut headsets reflects Chris King’s lasting commitment to quality and environmentally conscious manufacturing. Bike disciplines, trends and fashions change but you’ll never go amiss with a GripNut headset. Every single GripNut is engineered, manufactured and assembled in-house at Chris King’s HQ in Portland, Oregon.

Chris King’s legendary steel bearings and heat-treated, surgical-grade steel races not only form a perfectly integrated system but actually become smoother as they burnish with use – wearing in, rather than wearing out. In contrast to many other manufacturers, Chris King have complete control over every aspect of production, meaning that they can make bearings in-house to a specification that simply wouldn’t be achieved otherwise.