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Originally Posted by look 171
sourcing the correct size and quality bearings will difficult locally. Quality is the key to those bearings for that hub. The typical bearings sold in the local bike shops are not polished well at all.
If you can use those Campy hubs, you are golden. They are good hubs. Oil holes in the center of the hub? If not, any modern Shimano (Ultegra) hubs will close to being as good as those old Campys, that's only IMO. It takes a lot to kill them. I have tried to kill off a set of Dura-Ace wheels I built for over 7-8 years. Over hauled the a couple times. Gone through some broken spokes and a set of rims over those years. I think I still have them. Bought factory build wheels after that and never looked back. I bought Mavic wheels usually.
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These guys would be my go-to for new steel bearings…
https://wheelsmfg.com/ball-532-25.html
Have a BB from them which is very good… easy to service and durable. Better than the equivalent Shimano one: albeit more expensive.
They do answer tech questions so perhaps worth a chat.