Chris King components are synonymous with precision, they have been building bicycle components since 1976 with the development of the Chris King headsets. Next came the Chris King hub (currently know as the Classic) which was established in 1990. Recently Chris King has relocated their manufacturing plant to Portland where the companie's focus now includes cleaning up the environment. With their newly reconstructed building they have taken significant steps to ensure that construction of there famous hubs and headsets minimize impact to the environment. ProWheelBuilder.com will custom build your wheels using Chris King hubs built onto Zipp, Edge Composites, Reynolds, Mavic, and Velocity rims. Recently Chris King developed the NEW R45 (formerly known as the SWIFT hub). The R45 was developed in response the ever growing low spoke count and low weight wheel craze that has been growing. This light weight high precision hub is one of the finest in the industry and is quickly becoming one of Prowheelbuilder preferred products.