Old 01-24-14 | 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Bob Shaver
ceramic bearings: measurable improvement in roll out distance, about 10% further coasting rollout. plus I can feel it in faster speeds on a course I ride every day.


however, everybody's got an opinion, especially those who have not tried them.
I don't have to try (and pay) for them to believe the results of truly objective laboratory accuracy tests that show ceramic bearing have a negligiable effect on a bicycles rolling resistance. Your "roll out" measurements are subject to too many uncontrolled and self-serving variables to prove anything to anyone but you.
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