Im in the process of building a 2nd buggy and I am trying to come up with a plan for wheels and bearings. My first buggy used standard wheelbarrow wheels /tires (brass bushing for bearings). Unfortunately, they got eaten by salt water.

Wondering if you guys have any suggestions that would be:
-decently corrosion resistant
-lower friction (than brass wheelbarrow bearings)
-not too expensive

thanks,
Mike

Oh yeah- $5 each chrome steel w/rubber dirt shields, 35mm(1 3/8") OD and 5/8" ID. Haven't ordered mine yet but will soon. They will drop straight in to my barrow wheels. Oh yeah and they have a snap ring on one side of the outer race. Part #99502HNR at bearingsdirect.com.

they make them in stainless too,many more $$$$ though.

To find bearings you need to know the inner and outer diameter. Peter Lynn and Libre buggies of current vintage use different bearings for front and back wheels. The bearings sizes for libre and pl are the same. I have found that the cheap Chinese bearings on ebay work fine. These are usually sold in lots of 10 or 100. After shipping it worked out to about bucks to change all six bearings. At that price it is cheap enough to change your bearings and forget about cleaning and lubing.
I bought two lots of ten back bearings and one lot of front. The cost with shipping was about $60 US for five changes.
S

For anyone purchasing bearings the thing you want to look for when purchasing bearings are the measuring rubric and the difference between shielded and sealed. XxYxZ X=ID Y=OD Z=Thickness of bearing face to back. Shielded has a thin metal sheet covering the face on both the front and back of the bearings - this shielding will allow water and dirt into bearings and evetually cause a premature seizing of bearings. Sealed are the way to go - they have a rubber seal on both sides of the bearing and do a good job of keeping out contaminates from the bearing, radically improving the life of the bearing.

Anybody have a cheap source for wheels too? My last set came from 3 different trash piles (the result of 6 months searching).

Rubber prices right now are seriously overinflated - no pun intended - so finding cheap tires is a matter of scouring the internet (craigslist for the cheapest) or local curb trash day piles.