Upgraded replacement Pulley wheels?
2017 Specialized Diverge Comp carbon.
105 11sp Groupset
ultegra 11-28 cassette
Praxis 50/34 chainrings
Dura Ace chain.
Taken this bike in the road vs. gravel direction. ~4500 miles on the bike. Derailleur pulley wheels are wearing and getting loud, cleaned and lubed them. Thinking about replacing. Not sure what to do.
Anyone have experience with aftermarket pulley wheels with bearings vs. the bushings in my current pulley wheels?
I am seeing them from Kogel, BBinfinite, Omni Racer, and some off brand Ebay options.
Omni racer offers a $50 pair on Ebay that looks well made, includes real bearings, and if I was going to invest the $20 into new stock pulley wheels anyways the net investment into would be $30. Not bad for an experiment. Not sure about $100 for afermarket pulley wheels? Thats aggressive.
I am not looking for massive gains as a result of adding aftermarket pulley wheels, but something with bearings vs. bushings has to be an upgrade. Plus if they support nice shifting performance and look good, thats cool too.
Thanks for any feedback.