On Jun 2, 6:20 pm, datakoll <
[email protected]> wrote:
> On Jun 2, 8:55 pm, sally <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > "bfd" <[email protected]> wrote innews:[email protected]:
>
> > > Do you have any bike shops near you? My LBS sell Grade 25 bearings for
> > > $0.05 each! If you must mail order, check outwww.biketoolsetc.com
>
> > Postage on small items usually kills the price difference vs. your local bike
> > shop.
>
> add:www.loosescrews.com/
> Nashbar.com
> Universalcycles.com
> one or the other will have a bargain in stock. loose screws are
> chinese 25's for frequent repacks.
> Harris Cyclery sells top grade 25's, highly recommended.
Usually I try to put together an order of $25 to 50 bucks so the
minimum shipping charge doesn't take quit such a large percentage of
the total. I prefer buying online for bearings because there is no way
to know for sure if they are 25 grade. I figure that neither the LBS
nor the on line supplier is likely to bother to switch lower grades on
purpose, but it is very easy to accidentally switch them. It seems to
me that the less they are handled the less chance of mixing.
Also the business of not mixing batches of bearings due to different
diameters. How in Gods name does one know if they are from the same
batch even if they are in the same bag? I suspect that there are a lot
of high mileage bike bearings out there that have mixed batches &/ or
grades. I guess what I'm saying is that I buy gr. 25 batches of
bearings w/ hope they are more likely to be a matched batch & actually
gr. 25 bearings.
I like BikeToolsEtc due to their location (usually 1 day shipping, UPS
Ground),
no sales tax for Calif. & their great customer service. I support Bike
tools etc. in particular because they provide a much needed connection
to unusual bike tools & parts @ one location (& 1 shipping charge). I
also like McMaster-Carr. I could get lost in their on line catalog for
days. I've never bothered to compare prices.
Regards, John