not better, just different the tapered rollers are preferable if you switch to disc brakes, but the ball bearings work fine [if not overtightened or too loose], and in fact are still used on some pretty high dollar machines
"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir "When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me Some TF series details & TF heater pics
