Bearing choice guide
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TUC
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no my axels are fine and my cores arent ovalised, i just ordered some abec 7 black panthers though, do you think they will still be as fast as my bones swiss?
also because the bearing slots in my proto wheels were machined too big for all the little kids who dont know how to use a bearing press what do you think would be the best way to secure the bearings in the wheels? i had been cuting up strips of a sticker but it sort of gets in the bearings, would super glue be better?
ConnorD
Steel Member
black panthers are decent, my reds have lasted me ages longer and spin faster. Black panthers get sooooooo much play in them, its not even funny. I just put them in my back wheel like 3 weeks ago and theyre already sounding like a trainwreck when i drop my scoot.
Anthony_Q
I got myself banned.
obviously if they are rusted and clogged they arent good, but as far as speed is concerned you wont feel much of a difference between abec 3 and abec 7 when you are riding. as long as they spin right it really doesnt matter.
and the ratings have nothing to do with how fast they are, it has to do with precision. as soon as you start riding them the rating goes down.
alight guys, sorry to blow your bubble here but...
an ABEC rating is the over QUALITY of a beaing, not neccicarely the speed
for instance:
my friend has 120$ bones swiss ceramic labyrinth bearings, and i had reds, i could feel no difference in the speed, if you want to go really fast, look into harder wheels, not better bearings, bearings will help you go faster to some extent, yes, but bearings are judged based on strength and smoothness, not speed, because lucky abec 3 bearings are pretty damn fast, about the same as my 40$ panther swiss', if not faster and they blow
so your paying for smoothness overall, not speed
an ABEC rating is the over QUALITY of a beaing, not neccicarely the speed
for instance:
my friend has 120$ bones swiss ceramic labyrinth bearings, and i had reds, i could feel no difference in the speed, if you want to go really fast, look into harder wheels, not better bearings, bearings will help you go faster to some extent, yes, but bearings are judged based on strength and smoothness, not speed, because lucky abec 3 bearings are pretty damn fast, about the same as my 40$ panther swiss', if not faster and they blow
so your paying for smoothness overall, not speed
Anthony_Q
I got myself banned.
exactly. im riding bearings from a kmart board, heelys, and a razor a model and people always ask me why my scooter is so fast. im riding the old yak skats, after a year they are so much faster then they were idk why.
http://www.skatelog.com/bearings/abec-quotes.htm
"Does ABEC affect the speed of your skates? No. Not unless you are skating at 330 mph."
risser
Member
this, I will never spend money on bearings because I always have some old stock bearings around and they're fine for me.
there going faster because they have worn down
since the balls wear down the bearing has more play, meaning less pressure so the balls in the bearing moves much easier, and obviously the bearings will get faster and faster until the balls become too small, fall out of the cartridge, and the bearing breaks
Anthony_Q
I got myself banned.
nahh they have been sitting on my desk for a year so i decided to ride them. i guess the urethane got better with age or something because they were not as fast over a year ago.
Anthony_Q
I got myself banned.
urethane takes time to cure apparently. but not that long. but im sure that these wheels are different than they used to be.
Jacob Alexander
Steel Member
I'm rockin the bone swiss precisions, been lastin about 8 months just the four bearings itself, and i mostly rid street
D)
Anthony_Q
I got myself banned.
no. unless you're going the speed of sound abec ratings dont matter, and bearings dont matter.