Chris King Ceramic Bearings

Our bearings available in steel and ceramic have heat treated surgical grade steel races that are machined simultaneously with tools of equal wear to ensure perfectly matched inner and outer races.

Chris king ceramic bearings. The r45 front hub is built to address our road and cross riders demands for chris king performance in a lighter weight and more aerodynamic package. Ceramicspeed bottom bearings oversized jockey wheels and chain in combination with enve wheelset with chris king hubs spell 15 watts saving. Chris king has built its enviable reputation on the quality of its in house made steel bearings as the firm s brandon elliott explains. While at the recent bespoked bike show in bristol we were lucky enough to get to chat with one of the biggest legends of cycling tech chris king.

Chris king silver grease is a nano particle lubricant optimized for hub and bottom bracket bearings. Designed for use as a high performance hub and bottom bracket bearing lubricant. Having used them since the spring and covered about 3000 miles so far they are simply sublime. The average frictional losses of the ceramic bottom brackets is 0 60 watts while the average frictional losses of the steel bottom brackets is 1 02 watts.

This nano particle lubricant is engineered to provide extremely low drag while still providing excellent weather resistance. Our bearings are manufactured to a tolerance few can. Defined by a narrow hub body and low flanges the r45 front hub is a sleek base for the fastest wheels. 1 16 of 21 results for chris king bottom bracket price and other details may vary based on size and color acer racing bottom brackets with ceramic bearings sram shimano truvativ.

Free shipping on many items. Browse our daily deals for even more savings. This difference between the ceramic and steel with no further explanation can lead to a quick but inaccurate conclusion that ceramic bearings generally exhibit less friction than steel bearings. Spoke to my wheel builder in the uk about various options and decided on some enve 3 4 rims matched to the chris king r45 hubs with ceramic bearings and sapim cx ray spokes.