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  • Where’s good for sealed bearings these days?
  • bentudder
    Full Member

    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.

    martinhutch
    Full Member

    I use these guys – quick and reliable service.

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/trail-vision?_trksid=p2047675.l2559

    jimmy748
    Full Member

    Your LBS. (Local Bearing Suppliers)

    Tracey
    Full Member

    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

    thepurist
    Full Member

    I’ve had some good service from Kinetic bike bearings recently. Have fitted a few and none have exploded (or seized) yet.

    bentudder
    Full Member

    Fab – thank you all!

    hooli
    Full Member

    +1 for kinetic.

    pothead
    Free Member

    Another 👍 for Kinetic Bearings

    mwab65
    Full Member

    Always used and had great service from http://www.simplybearings.co.uk

    greeny30
    Free Member

    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.

    toofarwest
    Full Member

    I used http://www.wychbearings.co.uk/ for pivot bearings on my Norco

    binman
    Full Member

    Another vote for Kinetic, no postage charges and very quick delivery !

    matt_outandabout
    Full Member

    Kinetic usually.

    joebristol
    Full Member

    +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.

    bentudder
    Full Member

    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!

    ofked
    Free Member

    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

    paton
    Free Member

    Hambini

    ransos
    Free Member

    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.

    fossy
    Full Member

    Wych – loads of choice too.

    bentudder
    Full Member

    Hambini

    Bwahahahaha

    bentudder
    Full Member

    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!

    damascus
    Free Member

    Just be careful of fake bearings

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