With multiple options on spoke count bearing choice and a huge variety of colours chris king have covered pretty much all the bases.
Chris king ceramic bearings review.
While outsourced bearings are widely available and in various grades of high quality the bearings in chris king components are something they are very proud of.
They are made in house under strict quality control.
It s the high quality design and the serviceability that are the real draw which is why i d probably save money and opt for the standard bb over the ceramic version.
Spoke to my wheel builder in the uk about various options and decided on some enve 3 4 rims matched to the chris king r45 hubs with ceramic bearings and sapim cx ray spokes.
Next up is hole count.
Having used them since the spring and covered about 3000 miles so far they are simply sublime.
The ceramic bearings might have a slight performance advantage but that s not the reason i d buy a chris king bottom bracket.