Ceramic Bearings For Road Bike Wheels

I show how to overhaul a cup and cone hub on a rear bicycle wheel.

Ceramic bearings for road bike wheels.

A ceramicspeed bearing upgrade kit for campagnolo and fulcrum wheels will set you back 120 and zipp charges 194 for a ceramicspeed bearing kit for its wheels. Finish line premium grease. The folks at enduro bearings argue that for bicycles the materials are far more important than abec ratings and that for most applications abec 3 and 5 are appropriate for all things bicycle. 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.

Two types of ceramic materials there are two materials that are common. That makes upgrading to ceramic bearings a serious investment fine for a professional cycling team less so for a privateer racer. Some brands used to spec a 650c wheel on smaller frame sizes and these days some fit slightly larger 650b wheels but the vast majority of modern road bikes use a 700c wheelset. The hubs can be optioned with ceramic kogel bearings on request.

A tiny percentage reduction in friction here can equate to a worthwhile power saving but when you re only turning at 300 rpm as you do on a bicycle a small percentage increase in efficiency will make a negligible change to your power output. Kogel bearings offers ceramic wheel bearings for any wheelset. Finish line premium grease is a versatile teflon based grease specifically designed for bicycle bearings. With the exception of one product the entire line of kogel bearings runs on hybrid ceramic bearings.

I take apart the hub clean all the parts install new ball bearings repack the races wit. Fitting ceramic bearings on your bike may be a bit like fitting a formula one gearbox in your ford fiesta and expecting it to perform as well after 100 000 miles. This is different from a full ceramic bearing which would have both the balls and the races made of ceramics. Hybrid means that the balls are made of a ceramic material but the races or rings are made of a hardened steel.

Since we re talking about the best grease for bicycle bearings we went ahead and chose the top 5 most readily available bike greases you can use to safely grease wheel bearings and other appropriate bike parts. They ceramic bearings do run with less friction which offers a significant advantage in industrial applications running at 20 000 rpm.