Author Topic: Topic: Do you know where can find carbon wheels with ceramic bearing hubs?  (Read 2557 times)

meilinda

My friend tell me that ceramic bearing wheels are more smooth and stable. Do you guys agree? Would like to try. I have already browsed some of the online stores for several days. Seems not so many options. Who knows where can buy such a pair wheel? Don’t be too expensive!!!

For now i read about ACE(asiancyclexpress) shop, they have a SLR ceramic bearing wheel, mentioned Chosen hubs. But i can not find it on Chosen official website. Anyone know this? The Wheel set is light, and looks good for me. (but someone maybe don’t like the outlook with edges and corners, just a guessing :) , here is a photo of their hubs.

                                        http://www.asiancyclexpress.com
Anyone who had ever tried this pair wheels, with ceramic bearings hub?
Or any other shops can be recommended to purchase ceramic bearing wheels?


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http://www.asiancyclexpress.com

SportingGoods

I'd stay away from Full Ceramic Bearings (even good quality). It's not a good match with MTB because of the repeated shocks they will see (and they are very expensive too).
I'd stay away from Hybrid Ceramic Bearings (even good quality). Same as above + they WILL rust in no time. The balls are Nitride but the rest is rusting steel, and will rust.
I'd stay away from CHEAP Ceramic bearings like hell. It's not a good match for... everything.

My recommendation, if you want quality bearings, is SKF bearings. These are steel, high quality, not cheap (x2 to x3 vs. cheap ones) but they are great quality (very strong, well sealed, high precision, nicely lubricated). They are still cheap enough that you can replace them when you need.

EDIT: I forgot to mention that you don't buy specific hubs because they come with the bearings you want. Just buy hubs that you like and can afford. Then replace the bearings when they are worn out. It's always pretty standard sizes.

EDIT: Reading your message again, I get the feeling that your message is just advertising for this company... I could be wrong but something tells me that I'm wasting my time here. Anyway, my advice might help anyone with the same question!
« Last Edit: March 31, 2016, 06:54:33 AM by SportingGoods »

karstenhorn

My friend tell me that ceramic bearing wheels are more smooth and stable. Do you guys agree? Would like to try. I have already browsed some of the online stores for several days. Seems not so many options. Who knows where can buy such a pair wheel? Don’t be too expensive!!!

For now i read about ACE(asiancyclexpress) shop, they have a SLR ceramic bearing wheel, mentioned Chosen hubs. But i can not find it on Chosen official website. Anyone know this? The Wheel set is light, and looks good for me. (but someone maybe don’t like the outlook with edges and corners, just a guessing :) , here is a photo of their hubs.

                                        http://www.asiancyclexpress.com
Anyone who had ever tried this pair wheels, with ceramic bearings hub?
Or any other shops can be recommended to purchase ceramic bearing wheels?


Based on this thread I would stay far away from this company........ http://chinertown.com/index.php/topic,889.0.html

My experience with ceramic bearings on a MTB is that they will die very quickly - Follow the good advice about buying the hubs that you want no matter the bearings - Personally I prefer Hope for MTB as they are good quality, not too heavy and very easy to get spare parts for.

RS VR6

Lol...smells like spam.

Sitar_Ned

Lol...smells like spam.

Definitely, but since it seems to have backfired.. we'll let it stay.