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I'm respraying a Kona Process 111, and have to replace both the BB and pivot bearings - a total of 12 in all.
I won't go half measures, but at the same time I don't want to break the bank. In the past I've used Simply Bearings, which has been great, but I wanted to check and see before plonking down about 60 spuds whether anyone has a good go-to place for decent bearings. TIA.
I use these guys - quick and reliable service.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/trail-vision?_trksid=p2047675.l2559
Your LBS. (Local Bearing Suppliers)
We have used this guy for years for all ours
https://trailvision.co.uk/collections/frame-bearings
he is also on ebay as Blueseal bearings
I've had some good service from Kinetic bike bearings recently. Have fitted a few and none have exploded (or seized) yet.
Fab - thank you all!
+1 for kinetic.
Another 👍 for Kinetic Bearings
Always used and had great service from www.simplybearings.co.uk
I use kinetic for Enduro max on frame pivots and they always work out cheaper than other bearing suppliers, don't buy unbranded crap.
Winstanleys bikes might be worth a look, they don't stock every Enduro bearing but you might be lucky, ignore their pics on the website, the bearings come with seals.
I used www.wychbearings.co.uk/ for pivot bearings on my Norco
Another vote for Kinetic, no postage charges and very quick delivery !
Kinetic usually.
+6 (I think) for Kinetic. Used them recently to replace the bearings on my Bird Aether as Bird were out of stock of one of the sizes I needed. Cheapest I could find for Enduro bearings and despite picking the cheapest postage they arrived next day.
The Kona has a weird bearing collection; Kinetic don't seem to do every one, but Simply absolutely do.
I'll check with my LBS to see if they carry stock, but Simply is looking like the answer. Cheers all!
Just ordered from wych bearings and after reading this, checked kinetic to see if I’d paid over the odds. Similar prices but wych had better stock (which could just be luck obviously).
So +1 for wych but I’ll be keeping an eye on kinetic too in future
Hambini
Just to note that one of the enduro bearings in my Hope rear hub completely disintegrated after very little use. One of the freehub bearings was rough, too.
Wych - loads of choice too.
Hambini
Bwahahahaha
Quick update: thanks to @jimmy748 for the timely reminder. My local independent bike shop sold me a full set of Enduro bearings for only a little more than the online vendors, so I went with them. Don't forget your local friendly bike shop!
Just be careful of fake bearings