Rear wheel roller bearing help

[teecee90]

Gloss black at a local firm. They are not a dedicated bike part company, but established in 1947 and have done small parts for me in the past which I've been happy with. I've seen car wheels that they've done which looked ok, but I should find out by the end of the week. I do get what you're saying though, buy cheap, buy twice. Can only keep my fingers crossed.

I went for satin black - the gloss black just looked a bit too shiny.


The local firm I used were well established and do a lot of industrial stuff and car stuff (wheels, racing car chasis etc). They have also done bike wheels before, but not many. They didn't get the masking right at all - missed bits that should have been coated (outside face of the bearing holes) and coated stuff that shouldn't (disc/sprocket mounting faces), even though I gave them clear instructions. Also looked like they hadn't cleaned them off properly after blasting - particularly on the inside of the rim where the tyre bead sits. Only paid £100, but cost me an extra £60 to get them stripped by Triple S, so a £160 mistake in total.


Hope you have a better experience than me - let us know when you get them back.