Subject: Re: Article about ceramic bearings Posted by: Al on December 09, 2003 at 23:13:12: In Reply to: Article about ceramic bearings posted by Dave. on December 09, 2003 at 15:35:33:

Message: >This shortcut will take you to velo-news. Leonard Zinn's Technical Q&A column covers your questions pretty well. To me it indicates that unless the bearing races were designed for ceramic bearings, there may not be a benefit. I would, however, recommend writing/calling/e-mailing Campagnolo directly to find out for sure. Let us know. >Dave. >http://www.velonews.com/tech/report/articles/5327.0.html EXCELLENT information. Thanks for pointing out the timely article! >>A customer had a question that I couldn't answer, though I'd check in here. Does anyone know if you can put loose ceramic bearings into the Record Hubs? I am wondering if the races in these hubs will work with ceramic balls. Does anyone know what grade these Record bearings are? Are there other bearings that you can "upgrade" with? We're trying to lower rolling resistance, and short of the old toothpaste trick, haven't come up with much. Thanks.