Chris King Coffee Tampers: Love it or Hate it?

Right up there with penny farthing pizza cutters. 🤣

No ta.

I think repurposing say old hubs and 1” head sets is a a great idea. Not so interested in new out of the gate

Be a nice little earner for someone with a lathe. Either making whole items from interesting hubs or seeking the tamping head so people can make their own.

If I could insert a Venn diagram with Bike **** in one set, Coffee **** in the other, and Chris King Coffee Tampers at the intersect, I would

@IHN

I *heart* relapsed_mandalorian

Probably made using the seconds that don’t pass QC

What is a coffee tamper?

What is a coffee tamper?

Burn them!

What is a coffee tamper?

It’s a hipster paperweight.

I wouldn’t personally buy one as I’ve no need for it. Even if I wanted one I wouldn’t be prepared to spend that much.

For those that are interested in the bike themed tamper but can’t stretch to Chris King money were you aware that Superstar Components make and sell their own version? All UK made.

https://www.superstarcomponents.com/en/coffee-tamper-headset-style.htm

https://www.superstarcomponents.com/en/coffee-tamper-hub-style.htm

When only the best will do:

Handmade Royce Hubshell Coffee Tamper | August Bicycles

Tune appear to make one as well.

@DickBarton

Had one and it never stayed right, was constantly working loose. Several shops couldn’t work out the issue and it got replaced

The original CK headsets used an o-ring to centre the top bearing collar onto the steerer tube it was a shit brilliant idea and far superior to any other headset design.

……until the Cane creek patent on having a split top bearing collar expired then CK dumped the o-ring collar and went with the previously inferior split design. The CK headset then worked correctly.

I have an Espro tamper. It’s like a torque wrench for coffee!

It’s like a torque wrench for coffee!

Used twice for novelty then cast aside because “effort”

Effort!?

Makes no odds that the CK headset design has been improved, the one I had (this is going back to 2001/2) was utter bobbins and convinced me that it is overpriced junk as I was able to get the same result with a £15 alternative.

Makes no odds that the CK headset design has been improved, the one I had (this is going back to 2001/2) was utter bobbins and convinced me that it is overpriced junk as I was able to get the same result with a £15 alternative.

that would have been the o-ring design headset. You could buy the split collar as an ‘upgrade’.

The bearings were good though and the CK ‘steelset’ saved a frame with a flared headtube thanks to the really deep insertion cups (fnarr fnarr)

I hope that’s not a Chris King pepper shaker. 😡

Pepper should be ground.

+1 for a Hope teapot. *inserts shut up and take my money meme

Twenty pound of it is just the top cap, can someone explain to me or justify how an alloy stem cap is worth £20.

“is that Jay Sycip of sycip bikes?”

@LAT – No, it’s his brother. Jeremy is the frame builder, Jay works for Chris King.

Is this a good time/place to confess that I have an old Jaguar wheel spinner on my desk as a paper weight? It’s genuinely useful when I’ve got the window open and/or fan on in the summer, and nice to look at…