Bones HardCore Bushings

[TheFreshSC]

medium bones get very very soft and will break if you tighten them. get hard bones bushings if you like a medium feel. they're magic

[able]

I'm for the blue ones, all the way! (super soft)
cause I'm down for all things dangerously loose

[Inbred Jed]

also:

the next time you're paging through the newest skate magazine, take notice how many people in that magazine are using them, it's pretty nuts

but my magnifying glass is in the shop.

[rlang]

In 25 years I've never thought to care much about my bushings.  Always just used the Indy bushing until the trucks died.  About a month ago I got on some Bones bushings and I'm kicking myself for not having done so sooner.  They are soooooo much better. 

[CrookieMonster]

medium bones get very very soft and will break if you tighten them. get hard bones bushings if you like a medium feel. they're magic

That's exactly what I've got goin on.

I got a set of Theeves and they came with bones bushings.

[WWD4D?]

I've never had a problem with indy stock bushings or breaking em in. I do notice that they do tend to chip and crumble very easily though. I might just have to give the bones bushings a try one of these days...

[gripittoripit]

  just got me some yellow ones, they are super responsive. love em

[Rutger Hauer]

I got 149 Indys, I like to ride them more tight than loose and I've had the Bones bushings, the hard ones, for one session but I have to say they are pretty damn good. The boards feels snappier as the trucks return more quickly from turning. Though I have no idea how they will feel in long term but the first feel was that I'll always ride these things.
If the first session feels like you don't have to worry about shit, I think then you're on the something good.

Fuck yea. Been skating almost everyday and they're still going. Same feel as the first day. Fresh.

[alrightythen]

Just put in some yellow mediums in my indys a couple of days agp. Been skating them with both washers in to give them that perfect medium feel. Just hope they dont break. For you who had yours break, when did it happen? like right away or after some days?

[CrookieMonster]

wow bringin it back. after a bit they broke but ive been on the hards and had no probs

[pandarelated]

I'm for the blue ones, all the way! (super soft)
cause I'm down for all things dangerously loose

i love the blue ones. in indy 139 standard. its like your riding giggly lose trucks. but they snap right back in place. best equation for really lose, but not wobbly..

[Twig88]

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I'm for the blue ones, all the way! (super soft)
cause I'm down for all things dangerously loose

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i love the blue ones. in indy 139 standard. its like your riding giggly lose trucks. but they snap right back in place. best equation for really lose, but not wobbly..

I had a couple of sets of these for that reason, but the hard plastic bit cracked on both trucks, on both sets of bushings 

[grimcity]

khiro and grind king make the same type of bushing.

I like Bones, but Khiro has an insane amount of choice... I have a set of Indys that I mixed some Softs (lower) and Med-Softs (top) and they feel awesome. I like the built in-washer bushings and the Bitch bushings they make, too.

[Rutger Hauer]

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I got 149 Indys, I like to ride them more tight than loose and I've had the Bones bushings, the hard ones, for one session but I have to say they are pretty damn good. The boards feels snappier as the trucks return more quickly from turning. Though I have no idea how they will feel in long term but the first feel was that I'll always ride these things.
If the first session feels like you don't have to worry about shit, I think then you're on the something good.

[close]

Fuck yea. Been skating almost everyday and they're still going. Same feel as the first day. Fresh.

Mine are now gone. The pushings blew on to the bottom ring. I'm definitely going to get another pair of these right away. They didn't last forever but there was no sketchyness with these, not ever for one session.

[Crazy Ralph]

been riding the mediums for a while now. my first pair did get soft, but only after like 5 months, so I'm still backing em.

[Randozzi]

been skating my mediums for a long time and they are fine, great bushings. bought another set for back up.

[ticklefingers]

My right foot is fucked. Fucking rolled ankle, ingrown big toe, and today i got a fucking blister on the bottom of toe #2. FUCK this foot.


i ride medium bones bushings though.

[yeahisaidit]

I've never had a problem with indy stock bushings or breaking em in. I do notice that they do tend to chip and crumble very easily though. I might just have to give the bones bushings a try one of these days...

Indy bushings are great after they're broken in. The way I see it, bones mediums feel how I want all bushings to feel, but they come without a break-in period. They make new trucks feel as if you've been riding them forever. Since I don't get any sense of accomplishment of breaking in stock ones, if they keep making them, I'll keep buying them.

also:

the next time you're paging through the newest skate magazine, take notice how many people in that magazine are using them, it's pretty nuts

This

edit: Here's one example: Rick Howard and his Indys

[CrookieMonster]

This

edit: Here's one example: Rick Howard and his Indys

That's one convincing Lakai comercial

[Lafy]

fuck tensor trucks..wait am i doing it right? sigh i hate those things

[gaunting]

i really don't get how people ride the yellow ones without a bottom bushing, shit is so wobbly, hard is the wa to go, has anyone seen the black bones bushings, shit's look fuckin weird.

[floop]

i bought some on a whim and was going to put them in but the silver cap thing wouldn't fit.  then i read that you don't need it.  but it just looks too weird to me not having it on there so i couldn't deal.

maybe i should try them

how much can it really matter though? 

i've been drinking

[ticklefingers]

i bought some on a whim and was going to put them in but the silver cap thing wouldn't fit.  then i read that you don't need it.  but it just looks too weird to me not having it on there so i couldn't deal.

maybe i should try them

how much can it really matter though? 

i've been drinking

you're not supposed to use the silver cap. ... i think?

[Tuna]

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i bought some on a whim and was going to put them in but the silver cap thing wouldn't fit.  then i read that you don't need it.  but it just looks too weird to me not having it on there so i couldn't deal.

maybe i should try them

how much can it really matter though? 

i've been drinking

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you're not supposed to use the silver cap. ... i think?

you think correctly.

[floop]

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i bought some on a whim and was going to put them in but the silver cap thing wouldn't fit.  then i read that you don't need it.  but it just looks too weird to me not having it on there so i couldn't deal.

maybe i should try them

how much can it really matter though? 

i've been drinking

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you're not supposed to use the silver cap. ... i think?

yeah, i figured that out after reading about them.  it just looks too weird to me without the cap.  i couldn't deal.  i'll probably try them though to see what they're like

[overheated]

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i bought some on a whim and was going to put them in but the silver cap thing wouldn't fit.  then i read that you don't need it.  but it just looks too weird to me not having it on there so i couldn't deal.

maybe i should try them

how much can it really matter though? 

i've been drinking

[close]

you're not supposed to use the silver cap. ... i think?

[close]

yeah, i figured that out after reading about them.  it just looks too weird to me without the cap.  i couldn't deal.  i'll probably try them though to see what they're like

I thought the same thing, tried them without the cap, and now cant imagine how i got by without them. I'm a heavy bastard and I seem to destroy the stock indy bushings, but the bones have held up well and always skate perfectly.

[burm]

I have hard bones on my cruiser, and if I've been commuting to work with it for a few days it's always a bit of a shock when I step on my regular board with wobbly Aces. I should probably get some yellow ones for the Aces, the stock bushings are ok but they're falling to pieces.

[alrightythen]

Im skating the yellow mediums now with the bottom washer on. Feels perfect right now.

[cheep]

been riding the same set of yellow ones for close to 2 years now... no problems at all and they feel perfect.

[niclopse]

mine didn't last very long until i started catching wheelbite like a motherfucker.

then i said forget all this, im just gunna get thunder 147 hi's and be set for life.