Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Anyone know a good source for SKF loose bearings?

I picked up a pair of Campy-hubbed wheels on the cheap (one with a Mavic GP4, one with a nice deep-aero Sun Matrix rim and bladed spokes) at T-town yesterday, and want to overhaul both hubs before I start riding them. Anyone know offhand a good source to pick up loose SKF ball bearings for the repack, preferably an online source?

thanks,

-s

who is SKF? Why not buy whatever 25 grade bearings your LBS has on hand? Noone can see the label on them anyways ;)

SKF supposedly makes the closest tolerance bearings out there, and from what I've heard they're negligably more expensive than normal grade 25 bearings... so why not give it a shot?

-s

I think you can get ultra crazy fancy porcelain bearings from Phil Wood, too. If you want to go that route.

Don't know about SKF bearings. However Loose Screws has great prices on grade 25 bearings which roll super smooth for me.
http://www.loosescrews.com/

Loose Grade 25 bearings here:
http://www.loosescrews.com/index.cgi?c=Bearings&sc=Loose%20Balls&tc=Grade%2025&id=137844813453

Never had a problem with them and they ship promptly.

I think you can get ultra crazy fancy porcelain bearings from Phil Wood, too. If you want to go that route.

Yeah, I found the ceramic bearings at http://www.bocabearings.com but they're ludicrously expensive ($3-$5 -per- bearing, depending upon grade. That's like 60-100 for the rear hub!)

What kind of wimpy fanatic are you ;)

ps. that bearing site is mindblowing.

Considering the wheel I bought was $25, I'm not quite to that point yet ;) Talk to me if I go the vintage pista route...

Heh,

-s