Well, that got expensive fast.

Meh, not too bad. I think I paid ~$120 for a pair of Lake MX170(w).

Hah, I only had s-works in mind. Good to know there are more reasonable options.

Have you mastered your no-handed trackstands yet? I wouldn't want to use clipless unless I was 100% on that.

Go to a lbs for shoes.

Once you can do that, the next step is juggling. You really need clipless for that next level ****.

+1

Especially if your juggling ceramic bearings. Those things are fast!

Seriously sig-worthy right here.

Have you considered getting into RC car racing? I think you might fit in better with that crowd.

oops

if your current bearings are toast, by all means get high quality replacements. but if they're still serviceable, this is a pointless upgrade. myself? i'd do the stainless enduros before i'd do ceramic.

Ceramic bearings are 99.9% hype. I forget what the other .1% is.

hype.

Street cred.

Oh yeah!

http://static4.fjcdn.com/comments/wh...d2c5c25c93.png

Relevant video

There we have it.

100% hype.

so what would you guys say is the best bearing to buy with out going over board. Just as a replacement set for the ritchey..

Enduro abec 3 bearings.

I doubt the best bearing without going over board is that.

Abec 5?

It has little relevance to bicycle wheels. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABEC_scale

It's the quality of the bearing... he wanted higher quality...

seems relevant.

The increased quality doesn't indicate any increase in durability or smoothness, just that they can spin with less oscillation at much higher RPMs than a bicycle wheel achieves.

Sure, but I don't think the guy cares.

He just wants to spend more money.

Just buy $50 bearings so you'll feel better about your bike, dude. You're the expert, right?

NoHandedJess is coming up quick but TheElitePoop is the expert.

Hhahahahaha!

If you want high quality bearings, get a set of SKF bearings.

Guys, guys, guys...

I just want to replace the crap/broken bearings with nice ones. That's all​.