I would try to protest your salient observation, but you're right. This part of California is not really a good place to test for the kind of environmental carnage this bearing needs. I am going to mix this up and use a ceramic bearing on one side and a standard 440c on the other and see with time if one gets rougher than the other. And if it ever rains, I will consider that an excuse to ride as opposed to the usual "I'm melllllltiiiiing" run and hide from the weather approach. However, for the sake of reference, I think Hope are speccing Enduro bearings these days (but probably not the ceramic ones).
Jan. 25, 2022, 8:01 a.m. - Mike Ferrentino
I would try to protest your salient observation, but you're right. This part of California is not really a good place to test for the kind of environmental carnage this bearing needs. I am going to mix this up and use a ceramic bearing on one side and a standard 440c on the other and see with time if one gets rougher than the other. And if it ever rains, I will consider that an excuse to ride as opposed to the usual "I'm melllllltiiiiing" run and hide from the weather approach. However, for the sake of reference, I think Hope are speccing Enduro bearings these days (but probably not the ceramic ones).