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Enduro Bearings Rolls Out New MAX Solid Lube, Black Oxide Treated Pivot Bearings

Enduro Bearings MAX Solid Lube, Black Oxide bearing line hero(Photos / Enduro Bearings)
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Irwin M. Fletcher once said, “It’s all ball bearings nowadays“. No one knows that better than Oakland, California’s bearing gurus, Enduro Bearings. After three years of extensive development, the newly released MAX Solid Lube, Black Oxide suspension bearing line-up is now available.

Enduro Bearings MAX Solid Lube, Black Oxide bearing line red seal
(Photos / Enduro Bearings)

The new line of MAX Solid Lube, Black Oxide suspension bearings was rigorously tested in the “harshest conditions”. These new bearings represent a significant push forward in suspension bearing tech. They feature a unique lubricant-infused foam polymer that is injection-molded into the bearing assembly.

Enduro Bearings MAX Solid Lube, Black Oxide bearing line cutaway

This polymer replaces any traditional grease or oils that are typically found in bearings. The solid lube polymer fills up the entire bearing cavity. This leaves virtually no room for contaminants or moisture to get in there and create unwanted friction.

Enduro Bearings MAX Solid Lube, Black Oxide bearing line writing on side

Continuing to help keep the bearings free of filth/muck, the new MAX Solid Lube, Black Oxide bearings include “double-lip LLU full contact seals and a tough, surface-penetrating Black Oxide/Magnetite bearing race treatment to increase corrosion resistance and material normalization”.

Enduro Bearings MAX Solid Lube, Black Oxide bearing line orange seal

We’re always looking for ways to improve bicycle bearing performance and durability, says Matt Harvey, co-founder of Enduro Bearings. “Our MAX Solid Lube, Black Oxide pivot bearings are perfect for demanding applications where performance and reliability are critical and regular maintenance is burdensome.”

How it Works

Enduro’s proprietary, all-conditions MAX Solid Lube solution is made up of two parts. First, “a continuous microporous polymer and a proprietary lubricant containing special additives”. Secondly, then the MAX Solid Lube interacts with the moving balls, it is then transferred from “millions of pores to the ball and race surfaces”.

As the bearing continues to move, the combined temperature and pressure release a uniform and continuous film of lubrication. This coating covers all metal parts to minimize friction, in turn, extending bearing life.

When the bearing movement stops, “capillary action returns the lubricant to the polymer’s micropores when it will be stored for future bearing movements”.

The MAX Solid Lube, Black Oxide pivot bearing line includes ten of the most popular 6800 and 6900 series bearings. Additional sizes will be added in the coming months and years ahead. Check the link below for more info.

Cycling.EnduroBearings.com

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Antoine
Antoine
2 months ago

interesting.

Xc_racer
Xc_racer
2 months ago

Cane Creek started using SKF MTRX solid lube bearings back in 2019 / 2020, but bailed on them as they didn’t work as well as advertised.

https://canecreek.com/being-frank-what-could-have-been/

Grillis
Grillis
2 months ago

How is this news? I’ve had these in my bike for over a year. Though, due to injury, they haven’t really been long term tested.

Chih-Yang Frank Chen
Chih-Yang Frank Chen
2 months ago

Enduro is just a copycat. Three years of extensive development is bull shit.

Time Bicycle started this kind of bearing, then Ceramicspeed copyed it, now Enduro copys their ideas.

Robin
Robin
2 months ago

You might to revisit your claims. Solid lube bearings existed before anyone in the bike industry thought of them, so Time did not start this. They simply decided to try something that other industries had been using for quite some time.

As for Enduro’s claim for 3 years of development, incredulity is not proof of anything. Moreover, Enduro likely spent that time trying to develop something that worked better or worked in a way that they wanted. After all, there’s a reason that Cane Creek’s solid bearings didn’t really go anywhere.

So what inspired, by your account, Time to copy the bearings that other industries were using?

Jim Dandy
Jim Dandy
2 months ago

It’s “Irwin M. Fletcher”

Giblet
Giblet
2 months ago

You should move your testing ground to Hebden Bridge in the UK – nothing lasts long here in this environment.

LGonBR
LGonBR
2 months ago

I would appreciate this style of bearings for headsets.

Shafty
Shafty
2 months ago

While this seems interesting, one of the most common cause of premature pivot bearing failure is overloading, and these can’t solve that(duh). They also can’t solve alignment issues(of course not). So, if your bearings are failing due to these issues and not corrosion, the extra expense offers you nothing. Best to do some testing during various stages of assembly to determine if alignment or preload needs addressing.

Brad
Brad
2 months ago
Reply to  Shafty

How do you know it to be true that most bearings fail by overload?

xalt
xalt
2 months ago

You know murphy’s law: water and dust will manage to get inside. It’s just a matter of time.
So how to degrease and clean these ?

tertius_decimus
tertius_decimus
2 months ago

> No one knows that better than Oakland, California’s bearing gurus Enduro.

LOL at that.

There are no “gurus” in the industry other than SKF, NTN and NSK. Period. End of discussion.

Brad
Brad
2 months ago

Any way to back that up beyond just repeating what Hambini has stated?

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