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Old 01-18-13, 09:14 AM
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And the number of the counting shall be eleven, thou shall not count to ten and thou shall not count of twelve.

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The grading number relates to how accurate bearings are in millionths of an inch so grade 25 is 25/1,000,000 which means they are very consistent... beyond this you get into ceramic which has no practical benefit on a bicycle but can be made to an even higher level of precision.
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