bronson bearings are shit

[rocklobster]

just bring back fkd/hkd’s and i’ll be alright. until then, swiss forever

FKD - nah son
HKD - yeah son

Speed Demons were trash tier. Pig Speedster and Girl Gold bearings were so underrated back in the day too.

[givecigstosurfgroms]

  Reds and chuck em after 4 months or so.

[listentoaheartbeat]

Tried Bronson G3 a year ago, was kind of disappointed for reasons I cannot remember and went back to Bones Swiss.

Recently the Bones started to give up on me, skating through winter might have taken its toll. Since prices for a new set had skyrocketed, I put the G3 back on.

To my surprise, they are really fast with a consistent spin across all bearings. I’ll stick with them for a while and see how they hold up.

[manysnakes]

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I wonder why NHS never offered unshielded hubs for their Santa Cruz mountain bikes. I guess cyclists just can't appreciate the sound of dirt running through raw bearings like skateboarders do.

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Santa Cruz bikes have nothing to do with NHS.

No shit

[Noble Experiment]

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just bring back fkd/hkd’s and i’ll be alright. until then, swiss forever

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FKD - nah son
HKD - yeah son

Speed Demons were trash tier. Pig Speedster and Girl Gold bearings were so underrated back in the day too.

I remember I had a set of HKD 7s many years ago that lasted forever. Popped them shields off, put ‘em in my wheels, and they were good to go; and I didn’t even break a bearing til like a year in maybe. I think they still make ‘em now, I had a set like just last year but they definitely changed em up, they definitely don’t last nearly as long now.

FKDs always started out strong but then they’d shit out real quick.

[Genericwhitemale]

Gotta use those bearing spacers, Pals

[lk130]

Great bearings are great bearings, you can add life to them but it all depends what speed u like to ride. .Reds have lasted me forever, I like my Swiss setup. I had some Pig bearings once and they were really good, Lucky bearings were trash, I also heard the Black Panthers from Shortys were great

[Hinna]