Ceramic Bearings Racing Bike

Ceramic bicycle bearings in all our products at kogel bearings we believe ceramic bearings set the gold standard for your bicycle bottom bracket derailleur pulleys and wheel bearings.

Ceramic bearings racing bike.

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. We changed her bikes over to our pf30 bottom brackets with cross seals and helen only crushed one bearing in the entire next season. Crafting the fastest bearing products for cycling and industry since 2004. Two types of ceramic materials there are two materials that are common.

A ceramic bearing is also harder than steel bearings up to 30 which improves durability and they also don t rust so less maintenance should be required. Today s competitive bicycle racers demand lightweight bicycle racing products that are also strong and durable. Supercharge your hub bearings for race day video the bearing diameters loose ball bearing systems require a measurement of ball diameter which is something like 3 16in 4 7625 mm. Acer racing has found three materials that achieve all these goals.

Hand built in denmark. That includes installation lubrication and maintenance. 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. The silicon nitride used to make ceramic bearings combines a set of material properties that makes it perfect for bicycle bearings.

The results were new bearings for every single race a lot of work for stef and helen racing world cups on bearings similar to the ones used in walmart bikes. 6al4v aerospace grade titanium silicon nitride ceramic and carbon fiber. This is different from a full ceramic bearing which would have both the balls and the races made of ceramics. Most sealed ceramic bearings are actually hybrid ceramic bearings which combine a steel race with ceramic ball bearings.

They ceramic bearings do run with less friction which offers a significant advantage in industrial applications running at 20 000 rpm. With the exception of one product the entire line of kogel bearings runs on hybrid ceramic bearings.