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This might sound crazy but how hard would it be to turn a barrel bushing into a conical bushing with very limited tools? Is it even possible or worth it? I want some hard conical bushings but they all come in the worst colours like black or purple.
I've tried that before, it's easy just with a knife and sandpaper. BUT everytime I did it I went too far and ended up with an extremely unstable bushing. Don't take too much off or it's gonna be a bushing for kids only
I feel like bushings in conical shapes have a lot more give than cylinders, so while you can still have hard bushings, technically, the same duro would be hard in cylinder and only medium hard in conical shapes.
Of course there are other factors at play, but from having some that are supposed to be the same duro in both shapes, this is always the result.
That said, the very hard bushings often don't have much give at all, so could probably do with a bit of shaping down, but as said, check the shape of the conical ones, where the upper half is still cylinder and just a smaller part conical, when compared to some of the tops, which have a lot more give, when they have a very tapered shape.
What options do you have available for bushings and what duro are you using or wanting?
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I know some of the most common like the Thunder 100s do come in a few colour options - black in the rebuild kit and blue in the tube (previously yellow from the old range) as well as red 97s, which are all conical shaped, but then other brands in cylinder like Indy 96 yellow (which have a lot more give) and Doh Dohs 100s, DLX Supercush (in short supply) or the other various brands that cater to other forms of skating, that do have colour, size and hardness options.
Mini Logo hard 100 red cylinder
Shortys / Doh Dohs white 98 cylinder, 95 red
Pig has bushings that people have said are ok, in all colours in all duro options, so white, army green and mid blue I think, although I haven't seen any in person.