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.
Ceramic bearing wheelset.
Campagnolo chooses to put ceramic bearings in all of its wheelsets from mid range upwards.
They are more corrosion resistant harder and last longer in everyday use.
They are always under load and always moving.
50mm clincher carbon wheels bicycle wheelset ceramic bearing hub 700c racing.
Kogel bearings offers ceramic wheel bearings for any wheelset.
For bottom bracket applications the maximum sustained rpm may be 130 explains lew.
Unlike many ceramic kits on the market our mavic ceramic bearing kits replace every bearing in your wheel set and not just the hub bearings.
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Our mavic ceramic bearing kits are compatible with both 8mm and 9mm fts l freehub bodies thanks to the included reducer.
Efficiency is the new aero.