I thought I would save some money if I bought a Japanese quality bearing or a manufacturer's original bearing. Well I was wrong. There were no markings but I suspect they are in fact renamed VXB bearings which are some of the worst piece of junk to come out of China. I thought maybe I have at least a few years before I need to replace them. Spring. it's in 45 days! Now I'm out of the returns window but I'm sure they'll probably just refund me the money. I doubt these things would be worth the cost of returning them.