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I spent the weekend skating the Ricta NRG's and I'm pretty damn impressed. The most noticeable thing is how well they hold speed. I had the Ricta's on one setup, sml's on the other (both with the same bearings) and the Ricta's were night and day faster.
Steve - I really like the profile on those Ricta. How are they on rough streets? Are they hard to the point of rattling your teeth out? I would definitely be down to give them a try at some point. They look good.
We've chatted about this
They are hard, keep in mind they are 81b, not 83b so not any harder than a regular 101a but also a bit grippier than F4s or STFs; they felt like ABs/smls but that could be due to width as well; last I knew they were poured at mearthane along with the rest of the NHS stuff.
I found them to be extremely smooth and as Ricta (and Steve) claim, very, very fast (I think I brought that up before), so much so that in a park setting everything else felt slow (especially those ABs) I even swapped bearings to make sure that wasn't the speed variable; on regular streets and sidewalks they felt great. They are certainly not as hard as the chrome cores (which I loved).
I can send a set of 53s your way if you are interested, let me know!