Looking for cheap GXP Ceramic BB

Brocade

www.firstcomponents.com and their distributor www.superstarcomponents.com are not in stock on their £50 cermaic GXP BB ... anyone know of any alternatives for a ceramic GXP BB in the £50 range ?

maddog 2

Enduro fork seals do some good ones but it'll be more than £50

http://www.enduroforkseals.com/id225.html

dennisn

Not sure if the words cheap and ceramic really go together in the same sentence.

ride_whenever

they don't, cheap ceramic bearings are worse than similarly priced steel ones.

Brocade

there must be an exception... must be...

crankycrank

Brocade wrote:

there must be an exception... must be...

Not very likely at this time. There are different grades of ceramics and even the lowest grade will cost more than 50 quid. You're best to lose the infatuation with ceramic and get a good quality steel BB which will probably get you better seals and mfg. quality for the same price.

dennisn

crankycrank wrote:

Brocade wrote:

there must be an exception... must be...

Not very likely at this time. There are different grades of ceramics and even the lowest grade will cost more than 50 quid. You're best to lose the infatuation with ceramic and get a good quaitly steel BB which will probably get you better seals and mfg. quality for the same price.

+1...... another thing "Brocade" could do is paint his standard BB shell red. Then it would have the ceramic look and who would know the difference.

cjw

The superstar ceramic GXP BB is excellent - have been using on my MTB for a few years.

You could get the superstar Italian thread GXP BB (they are in stock) and simply swap the bearings - I don't see why they shouldn't fit into the shell - but don't quote me as I could be wrong :?