Bearing Prices?

[Johan Bornman]

What has happened to bearing prices? It seems they've gone sky-high. There was an increase late last year and two this year, and it's only March.

 

Does anyone have some insight into this industry?

 

Also, someone here once said they're in the business. Could that person please stand up? I need a new source of bearings.

 

 

[masood]

Try HM Bearing Corp 011 402 1906

[_BBi]

Paid R10 (10mm) for the smaller and R20 (20mm) for the bigger type. Is that expensive?

[AndreZA]

So, you finally lost your bearings.

 

 

 

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[intern]

How are you bearing up, Mampara, given the economic conditions?

[intern]

And Holy Roller? We see quite a lot of his bare ring.

[Bike Mob]

Carbon911 is in the business

[Bike Mob]

And TiBones

[sorelegs]

Buy from Cycle Lab or FPC ...... the price should be the same .......

[Wyatt Earp]

Yup, quite scary to see how the bearing prices have doubled.

[Johan Bornman]

Carbon911 is in the business

 

Thanks, this time I'll make a note of it.

 

 

[Old school]

So has the rand/us dollar.

[wackwack]

Yup' date=' quite scary to see how the bearing prices have doubled.[/quote']

 

It's a 1st JB & Anton have agreed on something!!!

[Johan Bornman]

Paid R10 (10mm) for the smaller and R20 (20mm) for the bigger type. Is that expensive?

 

I don't know what series those were, but 6000 series bearings are now about R80 or more. You can still get very cheap ones but they're made in India or China and best used as fishing weights.

 

I have nothing against those countries but I have just not yet come across a Chinese or Indian bearing brand that I can trust. In the bearing game it is a fact that the best comes from Japan, Germany and Sweden.

 

When a bearing replacement is a difficult and expensive issue like on a PowerTap hub that requires callibration afterwards, you don't want to pop a rubbish bearing in there. The labour far exceeds the bearing cost and re-doing the exercise every two months is not a proposition.

 

However, if you have a source of cheap, good bearings, please do tell.

 

 

 

 

[Gert Janse v Rensburg]

Paid R10 (10mm) for the smaller and R20 (20mm) for the bigger type. Is that expensive?

 

I don't know what series those were' date=' but 6000 series bearings are now about R80 or more. You can still get very cheap ones but they're made in India or China and best used as fishing weights.

 

I have nothing against those countries but I have just not yet come across a Chinese or Indian bearing brand that I can trust. In the bearing game it is a fact that the best comes from Japan, Germany and Sweden.

 

When a bearing replacement is a difficult and expensive issue like on a PowerTap hub that requires callibration afterwards, you don't want to pop a rubbish bearing in there. The labour far exceeds the bearing cost and re-doing the exercise every two months is not a proposition.

 

However, if you have a source of cheap, good bearings, please do tell.

 

 

 

 

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ok so I paid R8,25 per bearing for my DT swiss 240 hubs bearings(at a certain shop in Silverton Pretoria)...... that means I can service my hubs about 10time for the same price as servicing it at the normal price(I bet the R80 bearing wont last 10times as long)..... my bearings has been going for a while now and no problem..... this is that cheap indian and chinese bearings that you are ttalking about........

[AndreZA]

ok so I paid R8' date='25 per bearing for my DT swiss 240 hubs bearings(at a certain shop in Silverton Pretoria)...... that means I can service my hubs about 10time for the same price as servicing it at the normal price(I bet the R80 bearing wont last 10times as long)..... my bearings has been going for a while now and no problem..... this is that cheap indian and chinese bearings that you are ttalking about........[/quote']

 

 

 

but what about the damage it does to the hubs? I think Johann is talking about the roundness of the bearings more then then toughness.

 

 

 

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