Because ceramic races are more brittle than steel.
Ceramic bicycle rims.
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Been to the bike shop and spun the wheels to see which feels the fastest.
Ceramic bicycle wheel bearings kogel bearings offers ceramic wheel bearings for any wheelset.
We put 15 popular rim brake and disc brake wheelsets head to head.
Full ceramic wheel bearings would be an amazing way to reduce friction in hubs.
Zipp wheels are built with total system efficiency in mind.
So for safety reasons ceramic wheel bearings on bicycles are in fact almost always hybrid design meaning ceramic balls on steel races.
After all since there are no chance for parts to oxidize there is also no need for grease.
The problem here is that wheels take hard impacts from potholes.
To make things easy we have made a flat fee pricing for a set of four front and rear hub but without freehub or six a complete wheelset including the freehub.
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In most bearings the grease is the main source of friction.
They ceramic bearings do run with less friction which offers a significant advantage in industrial applications running at 20 000 rpm.
We ve all done it.
Cracking a race could stop a wheel from turning instantly and no good comes of wheels permanently locking up on a bicycle.
The hubs can be optioned with ceramic kogel bearings.
Inevitably discussion ensues as to which bearings the wheels have and whether they are ceramic or not.