🏻 Assorted Loose Bicycle Bearings Kit Review

Stainless steel bearings aren't that expensive but who sells them to you?! These people will. Now I stock all the popular bearings for pedals, steering columns, wheels and bottom brackets - I work with bikes, not cars or motorcycles. Your needs may vary. True, cartridge chambers have their place. But if you're willing to repackage bearings, which used to be one of the main issues in bike maintenance before front fork repairs were a thing, you can extend the life of anything by using real…

Having experience with wheel bearings running away during maintenance I thought I'd cover my ass before disassembling the wheels and ordering this kit. I would have preferred the smaller amounts of sizes I needed (1/4 for rear and 3/16 for front) as this set has more bearings than I will use in a lifetime. However, finding individual loose bearings can be difficult these days. In the end, this storage kit really saved my ass**. Not a single bearing"flew". But I found that when the bike was…

Finding a reputable dealer for quality bearings can be a bit of a chore if you are a home bike mechanic. My family and I own seven bikes ranging from decent to very expensive, and some of our cheaper models use Shimano Cup and Cone hubs that need repairs every six months to a year. The problem is that when you look for individual packs of ball bearings, they are often quite expensive (i.e. around $10 for 25-quarter-inch bearings) and there is no way to tell if the listed grade is correct. As…