Picked up a set of the Ricta NRG 53 Sandovals + Indy Black bearings.
Bearings appear and feel to be of high quality, black casing, red inner (one bearing comes with a shield off so you can see the labyrinth/grit blocking cage; when you take them out there is a shield with little instructions where you just removed the bearing telling you to pop it in.
- Bearings are super quiet and smooth time will tell how they hold up
- Wheels come 'stone ground' like Pi Wheels do, what that means is that the riding surface has no tread (yay) and they are not smooth, they have a coarse texture to them so on first skate they felt already broken in.
- They're hard (duh) but not teeth rattling like chrome cores (my driveway isn't the best for sliding and I'm sick so did't put them through any real terrain yet)
- They're light (like most rictas that aren't the optix which felt more like OJs in weight and ride), yes weight doesn't matter but these really feel light in your hand, my last set of speed rings felt the same way as if they aren't as dense somehow.
- They slide and chirp great - feel like Rictas, they don't feel like STFs or F4s.
- Shape-wise they resemble the Autobahn classic shape, not too thin, not too wide, like a slightly narrower STF V2