Kogel Ceramic Derailleur Pulley Review

You can get them for road and cross conditions so naturally i chose road for the smoothest friction.

Kogel ceramic derailleur pulley review.

Recently we have been receiving an increasing amount of questions about oversize pulley wheels. Looking for that badass oversized pulley look but without affecting shifting accuracy. Find our narrow wide pulleys. Kogel has several versions of them.

We spent a full winter and spring riding these. There are two main reasons for stepping away from the traditional 11 tooth derailleur. Dura ace r9100 ultegra r8000 and 105 r7000. Kogel s latest ceramic oversized derailleur pulleys take a fresh look at pulley design maximizing pulley size and improving efficiency for any derailleur.

The silicon nitride used to make ceramic bearings combines a set of material properties that makes it perfect for bicycle bearings. Our latest oversized derailleur pulleys feature larger tooth engagement and add a chain catcher on the lower pulley guaranteeing accurate shifts and better chain retention on every ride. Compared to the stock sram pulleys the difference in bearing friction was very subtle but we were drawn to the aluminum wheels. These pulleys fit on your stock cage no need to rebuild the derailleur these pulleys fit the latest generation of shimano derailleurs.

Kolossos customizer lets you mix match colors. At kogel bearings we believe ceramic bearings set the gold standard for your bicycle bottom bracket derailleur pulleys and wheel bearings. Kogel says their kolossos cages are 2x stiffer than stock pulley cages and about 3x stiffer than their competitors. Road seals are for the absolute maximum efficiency in reducing friction but are not recommended for riding in weather or high wear and tear environments.

They also work well with the long cage of a sram wifli setup by using the standard cage on your sram or shimano derailleur and. Retail price should be 399 same as the sram and shimano units. Review kogel ceramic pulleys shave off some time. With a couple of allen wrenches and a few minutes we installed the pulleys on our sram eagle rear derailleur.

Tacx teflon derailleur pulleys with ceramic bearings 11 teeth shimano campagnolo. Pulleys seem to be the next choice for watts savings after bottom brackets. The pulleys of choice for me was the aluminum derailleur pulleys with ceramic bearings. Kogel kogel derailleur pulley hybrid ceramic 11t shimano campy sram 10 11sp black blue.

With the ceramicspeed osps system and kcnc s being very visible in the market and recently sram introducing a 14 tooth bottom pulley for their eagle derailleurs it sure is a trend that did not go unnoticed. These aluminum derailleur pulleys spin on kogel s grade 3 abec 5 hybrid ceramic bearings with cross grade seals.