Different Types of BMX Bearings

On an BMX bike there is a great number of differentaround the 100 to 400 dollar range. The high quality
BMX bearings. These bearings range everywhereones are found on such bikes as the Colony
from on your back wheel, to your front wheel, yourEndevour or Bloody Oath. These bikes can cost up
bottom bracket and even your headset. They workto and over 1000 dollars.
to reduce the friction between each part in order toThe last main type of bearing can be found in the
make your bike run smoothly.headset. This is the bearing that is used to allow your
The bearings in your back wheel can range in qualitybars to spin freely and smoothly in your frame. As
and design. The quality generally ranges from a lowwith every other type the quality of these bearings
quality to a high quality. Each BMX brand generally hasranges, however over a far lower range then the
a large range of bearings covering all the differentothers. Generally all of the heatset bearings cost the
qualities. For example the bearings within asame amount. The only price ranges are dependant
WeThePeople Supreme hub are on an extremely highupon the brand and slightly on the quality.
quality, however the ones on the lower rankedBasically its safe to say that a BMX bike is full of
cassettes are worse.BMX bearings of different qualities generally
The bearings in your bottom bracket are also ofdependant on the price. This is true for all the
ranging qualities as different bikes are designed to bebearings except those in the headset, which are
under different loads of stress. The low grademore depandant upon the brand.
bearings are generally found on low grade bikes,