Forget ceramic. Forget ultra-super-duper-hella-blinger cartridges from “Ultimate Bearing Co”.
What you want, is this:
Yes, I do realize that there’s cardboard fluff on the axle nut. That wheel just came out of a shipping box and I’m too lazy to re-shoot the pic. Focus on the bearings. A touch of light oil and these will spin FOREVER.
Sweet, Trois Etoiles spokes? I’ve got a set that look a lot like that, with Nuovo Record road hubs and Mavic tubie rims (my first tubies, 35 years old) hanging out in the garage. I should go take some pix…