Ceramic Or Metal Bearings Road Wheel

Gone are the days when ceramic bearings were a technology limited to the pro peloton.

Ceramic or metal bearings road wheel.

I decided to test the capabilities of ceramicspeed enduro a cheap ebay bear. If you can t find a compatibility please reach out to us and we can help put together the right kit. The first thing that strikes the eye when looking at bicycle bearings is the difference in price between steel bearings and hybrid ceramic bearings. Ceramicspeed wheel kits offers less rolling resistance in your wheels and expands the life time of your wheels while saving watts.

Kogel bearings offers ceramic wheel bearings for any wheelset. 4pcs 17287 2rs bearing 17x28x7 mm non standard ball bearings 6903 28 od 28 mm 9 99. Because ceramic races are more brittle than steel. Cracking a race could stop a wheel from turning instantly and no good comes of wheels permanently locking up on a bicycle.

For bottom bracket applications the maximum sustained rpm may be 130 explains lew. Compatible with zipp mavic dt swiss corima lightweight and most other wheel brands. The wheels come ready to ride as a tubeless application out of the box with pre installed rim tape and valves and freehub spacers. As more and more of the cycling masses look to advanced technology formerly seen in use only by the pros the question arises of where the hard earned money of the average cyclist should be spent.

Think of your wheel bearings. Cost of purchase for ceramic and steel bearings. The ceramicspeed wheel kits cover most models. Quite a few wheel manufacturers state that the use of aftermarket bearings in their wheels voids the warranty.

This is mostly due to the additional time spent to perfect a quality ceramic ball. Leading industry wheel dynamics expert and ceo of edco wheels paul lew backs this up and reckons it makes ceramic bearings a poor choice for hubs and headsets also adding that they offer no weight savings and are only beneficial in environments where high rpm revolutions per minute are required. They are always under load and always moving. The hubs can be optioned with ceramic kogel bearings on request.

The advantages of steel are not the only argument against ceramic bearings. What technologies will get them the largest gains for their money. To make things easy we have made a flat fee pricing for a set of four front and rear hub but without freehub or six a complete wheelset including the freehub.