Standard or Ceramic BB for Trek Madone

designman
designman Posts: 405
edited March 2014 in Road buying advice
Needing to replace my Bottom Bracket on my Trek Madone 6.9ssl but unsure wether to go BB90 standard or ceramic.
What are the Pro's and Con's of having Ceramic bearings in BB?
Or should I just stay with the standard BB90.

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  • cdc02254
    cdc02254 Posts: 181
    Personally I use standard on the same bike.
    Very easy to fit and inexpensive. I went down the ceramic/standard path and couldn't convince myself there was a good enough reason to opt for ceramic.
  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    Unless you're pedalling at 2000rpm, you'll unlikely notice the difference. The benefits of ceramic bearings are about the same as a dry vs lubed chain.
    Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..
  • desweller
    desweller Posts: 5,175
    I went ceramic for reasons of corrosion resistance, which is pretty unfortunate really. Bloody HTII.
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