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SteveClimber Liked a reply to forum topic The Mountain Bike Bearing Discussion

1/3/2025 3:04pm
I think the issue with solid lube bearings is you can't "flush" the dirt that gets stuck in the bearing and wears out the race. With a normal cartridge bearing you can pop the seal, clean the old grease and reapply new grease to get most of the gunk out that causes wear.
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haydenbristow1 Added a reply to The Mountain Bike Bearing Discussion

1/3/2025 1:40pm
I'm not an engineer but after having to replace enduro .axx bearings every few months on mu mondraker foxy (terrible linkage design than bathes the bearings in mud and water with no drainage) I stared looking for a better option. I believe solid lubricated bearings for pivots makes sense. I think sks or ntn has a version. Incredibly hard to...