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Skateboarding => Skate Questions => Topic started by: ChildOfTheBurbs on February 02, 2011, 09:40:36 PM
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Does anyone still skate Black Panther bearings? How do they stack up with other bearing companies out there? Abec 7 in particular.
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stop bieng so impatient
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Bones Reds only.
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i stick to my abec 3 world industries with some WD-40 on constant
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mix and match
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anything i can find really. I think i have 8 different brands of bearings in my current setup. After skating a while i realized they all roll and theres not much difference between bearings. I've had reds break in a week and i've had cheap $10 bearings last months.
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Theres really bones swiss and then everything else.
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RockNRons>Swiss>everything else.
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They'd have to be half descent, after all it's what they specialise in. They've been around for quite a while, too, so they must be doing something right.
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Only true O.G.s rock the Slow Juan bearings.
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indy bearings are good, and cheap.
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Ive had the same set of Lucky Abec 5s since last June, and the are great, no problems at all.. Next time, Ill go with Lucky again.
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i had shake junt to test them out
broke the first day
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i had shake junt to test them out
broke the first day
ive had mine for like a year now, fast as ever
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I've skated black panthers for half a year now, still rolling....
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RockNRons>Swiss>everything else.
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spitfire
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get abec 7 baker tweaker bearings. they cost the same as bones reds and are way better.
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Got a pair of reds a few weeks ago and they broke on me yesterday. The shield and the balls were gone and the only thing left was the crown piece and the outer ring on one of them
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get abec 7 baker tweaker bearings. they cost the same as bones reds and are way better.
where do u buy them? local shops or online?
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Only bearings that ever let me down were Shorty's Quickies, way back. Skating Swiss/Reds for years now without incident.
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Diamond bearings suck balls. I had the Abec 5 with in 2 hours 3 of them busted. I had some Modus bearings and the lasted for 6 months. Just can't find them in Cali at all. I got them off Dennis I think.
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okay... ive had my shake junt bearings for over a year and theyre running smoothly and nice n fast even dirt and mud doesnt slow them down...
i was changing my wheels yesterday when i noticed that about half of the bearings are actually broken, like the crown that holds the ball bearings has completley snapped, put them in the new wheels and they still work perfectly. sooo even when theyre broken they run faster than my bones reds, wonder if theyll ever truly break
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If the ball retainers are broken, the bearings can't "work" like they're supposed to. Just because they fill space in your wheel and still allow the wheel to spin doesn't mean doesn't mean they "work perfectly".
What you're saying reminds me of the little kids I see skating around on setups that are completely jacked. Like a kid that rides a deck for months until it's a mushy, flimsy POS with stress cracks coming through the top of the board and a squared off nose and tail. Then they say, "Brand X decks are the best, I've been riding mine for 8 months and it still has pop and it never snapped!"
I'm sure they'll completely fall apart of lock up eventually, only a matter of time.
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yeah i see what your saying, my point was simply that theyre cheap bearings that ive had for ages and are broken but still work better than my bones reds which arent broken
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just buy some reds and be done with it
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Reds all the way but recently been buyin cheap bearing even though there done every 6 months.
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bones reds forever.
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Theres really bones swiss and then everything else.
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Diamond bearings suck balls. I had the Abec 5 with in 2 hours 3 of them busted. I had some Modus bearings and the lasted for 6 months. Just can't find them in Cali at all. I got them off Dennis I think.
off topic, sorta, but dennis durrant is a treat to watch in person! ;)
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indy bearings are good, and cheap.
I wouldn't recommend buying them. I blew out 6 of the 8 bearings in a month. now I just go with the mix and match.
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indy bearings are good, and cheap.
I wouldn't recommend buying them. I blew out 6 of the 8 bearings in a month. now I just go with the mix and match.
I don't know, I bought a pair of indy abec 7's a little over a month ago and they are still going strong. Switched from bones swiss and I coulnd't really tell the difference.
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Bones reds. I got a box of Shake Junt OG's, will try them next.
A few years ago I got FLIP HKD Bearings. Not sure what I was thinking ??? Fucking horrible.
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bearings are the most overrated part on a board.
abec is a industrial norm that only matters if a bearings are used in big machines in factorys.
when skating you wont notice any difference between abec 3 or abec 7.
it's just a trick to make kids buy more expensive bearings.
so stop talking about it.
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bearings are the most overrated part on a board.
abec is a industrial norm that only matters if a bearings are used in big machines in factorys.
when skating you wont notice any difference between abec 3 or abec 7.
it's just a trick to make kids buy more expensive bearings.
so stop talking about it.
At the skatepark a few days ago i was rocking some new wheels and some kid said...
kid: new wheels?
me: yup
kid: what abec are they?
me: (http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgogysXSYI1qgm9u6o1_250.png)
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bearings are the most overrated part on a board.
abec is a industrial norm that only matters if a bearings are used in big machines in factorys.
when skating you wont notice any difference between abec 3 or abec 7.
it's just a trick to make kids buy more expensive bearings.
so stop talking about it.
At the skatepark a few days ago i was rocking some new wheels and some kid said...
kid: new wheels?
me: yup
kid: what abec are they?
me: (http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgogysXSYI1qgm9u6o1_250.png)
hahahahaha, I've had that happen too. I was at the skatepark last week and some kid was chewing this younger kid out for saying he had spitfire bearings, kept saying "spitfire is wheels dumbass, not bearings. Bearings are bones or skate junt." I made a similar face and told him that spitfire makes bearings (along with almost everyone else) and he didn't talk the rest of the time I was there.
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I've had a bad time with element thrift wood bearings. I'm riding some reds and minilogos now. My local shop owner said the only difference between reds and minilogos are the color of the shield and the price. So far so good.
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Not a big fan of my Shake Junt's, I usually just skate Reds or Ceramics. Anybody skated FKD's?
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Not a big fan of my Shake Junt's, I usually just skate Reds or Ceramics. Anybody skated FKD's?
They really fucking suck.
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i would say the same but i think if you are really religious in cleaning and maintaining swiss they will definitely spin faster than reds in the long run. but like i could never tolerate cleaning my bearings like every week. maybe once a month. so my swiss are basically like reds now.
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i always get whatever bearings, pop the shields - good to go.
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i had reds 2 or 3 times in the past and switched to indy bearings to try something new, had them since october or so and they're still going strong.
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been skating Bones Swiss for half a year now...
gotta be honest.
if you put Reds in there and told me they were Swiss, I wouldn't notice the difference.
yep. i went from reds to swiss to super swiss back to reds within a 10 year span. goes double if you actually take care of your bearings.
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I skated Zero's Black Widow bearings when I was like 14. I took a couple pushes outside, they locked up and i fell on my face. I didn't pay for them though so it's whatever. Skating the same Reds for 3 years now, still work.
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been skating Bones Swiss for half a year now...
gotta be honest.
if you put Reds in there and told me they were Swiss, I wouldn't notice the difference.
to me they all feel the same at first, but swiss always last way longer than reds for me before they start to suck or break.
i always get the best bones i can afford. currently ridding ceramics that i got a few years ago and love them.
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I've had the same set of bones reds for 2 years. I clean them out like every 6 months. Still working fine.
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I'm horrible at cleaning my bearings. I've had a pair of Bones Swiss for a 1 1/2 now, never cleaned them. Have to soon though, they're getting slow.
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Damn, anybody know where to find Rock N Rons?
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[quote author=finknoos link=topic=50475.msg1443097#msg1443097 date=1304958500
At the skatepark a few days ago i was rocking some new wheels and some kid said...
kid: new wheels?
me: yup
kid: what abec are they?
me: (http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgogysXSYI1qgm9u6o1_250.png)
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ahhh i love the whole kids comparing abec thing. its honestly hilarious. I cant tell how many kids hopes and dreams i have shattered when i explain that abec means shit. its like i shattered their soul or something.
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[quote author=finknoos link=topic=50475.msg1443097#msg1443097 date=1304958500
At the skatepark a few days ago i was rocking some new wheels and some kid said...
kid: new wheels?
me: yup
kid: what abec are they?
me: (http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgogysXSYI1qgm9u6o1_250.png)
ahhh i love the whole kids comparing abec thing. its honestly hilarious. I cant tell how many kids hopes and dreams i have shattered when i explain that abec means shit. its like i shattered their soul or something.
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or just try and trip them out, if a kid asks you what abec your bearings are just say "abec 51, best shit arround"
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I dont pay too much concern to my bearings. Currently skating some shake junts that are like 8 months old and are still pretty decent, only had like two break on me so far. I also found this big bag of old bearings with all the shields already popped off, so when i break a bearing I just grab one from the bag and put it in my wheel. I wont be needing new bearings for a while.
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I dont pay too much concern to my bearings. Currently skating some shake junts that are like 8 months old and are still pretty decent, only had like two break on me so far. I also found this big bag of old bearings with all the shields already popped off, so when i break a bearing I just grab one from the bag and put it in my wheel. I wont be needing new bearings for a while.
that sounds magical, where did you find that?
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It was laying in a box in my garage. Not sure how I acquired them, I seriously can't remember why I have a big bag of bearings, but i think a friend might've left em here a long time ago and I must've forgotten about them til now. A lot of em still run pretty smoothly, and even the ones that dont end up breaking back in after a few days of skating anyways.
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Bones Swiss, shields popped off is the jam!
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bearings are the most overrated part on a board.
abec is a industrial norm that only matters if a bearings are used in big machines in factorys.
when skating you wont notice any difference between abec 3 or abec 7.
it's just a trick to make kids buy more expensive bearings.
so stop talking about it.
fuck man. the two best sets of bearings i've ever owned were a set of quickies that i popped the shields off and sprayed some shit in, and a set of abec 1 lucky's that i got on a complete i won from thrasher. no clue how, but both sets were incredibly fast. i like skating as fast as possible, so i'm terrified of buying bearings. i'm afraid i'm gonna get a shitty pair that are all slow and lock up. i absolutely hate everything powell related. i've only had bad experiences for the most part, but the reds are decent and usually last a while. skating in new england isn't all that great on bearings and neither is all the sand and dirt and puddles i don't give a fuck about riding through. i had some spitfire cheapshots once. bombed a hill and they whipped me down it, but after a week they went to complete shit. i swear by flip hkd 7's, rush bombers, rush abec 9's, and rush ceramics. at cost they all ran under ten dollars when i worked at a skateshop and they were all amazing. since most places don't carry those i run reds when i have to
when i go skating we end up skating all across the city all day long, so locked up slow bearings can't cut it. i'm all ears on bearing suggestions and how to make them faster.
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I've just recently been given a pair of the reds ceramics, and they are very nice so far. Rolling smooth and quiet as a mouse.
Just curious, whats all this shield popping out talk? I've never heard of it before, so what are the advantages of it?
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dirt going in your bearings.
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I've just recently been given a pair of the reds ceramics, and they are very nice so far. Rolling smooth and quiet as a mouse.
Just curious, whats all this shield popping out talk? I've never heard of it before, so what are the advantages of it?
makes your board louder so you sound totally cool and happenin, like when people take the muffler off their car
but really i think most people dont take them off as much as they fall off over time
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bearings are the most overrated part on a board.
abec is a industrial norm that only matters if a bearings are used in big machines in factorys.
when skating you wont notice any difference between abec 3 or abec 7.
it's just a trick to make kids buy more expensive bearings.
so stop talking about it.
when i go skating we end up skating all across the city all day long, so locked up slow bearings can't cut it. i'm all ears on bearing suggestions and how to make them faster.
go to your local store, they'll pimp your abec.
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Damn, anybody know where to find Rock N Rons?
http://www.rocketsskateboardbearings.com/ (http://www.rocketsskateboardbearings.com/)
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I feel like tbearings are the skate part that actually has the most variation by far. I've had the best luck with reds, luckys of any ABEC (5s were my favorite), and bones swiss. Speed demon bearings and reflex bearings both broke completely within a week for me.
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Ordered some Rock N Rons on the 21st of August and still waiting for them to arrive!
Read some comments on other message boards about their logistics being wonky but had no idea it was this bad! Guess it's even more so with free shipping and me being in Hawaii. Hope the boat comes into port soon!
Got tracking info but it's been displaying: Electronic Shipping Info Received ever since it was reported sent on September 1st.
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spitfire
Yep. I bought some Spitfire Burners a couple years ago and they are still rolling fast and smooth. Aside from 1 of the eight bearings they're still quiet too. The removable shields pop on and off easily for cleaning but the shields have never come off while skating. My next set will surely be Spitfire SwissFires, I'm 100% sold on their bearings.
That said, there are other good bearings out there. The Gravity and Honey bearings are awesome, they're longboard companies so they make bearings for speed.
Not all bearings are created equal, regardless on abec rating. I was sent some Independent bearings a few years back and they didn't roll, it was like every bearing was stuck. I tried breaking them in but after several sessions nothing changed. Onthe bright side I never had to chase my board very far.
I disagree with Pica about bearings being overrated. True, the abec rating makes little difference when skating, but the difference between good and bad bearings is huge. I personally like a smooth and quiet ride and my Burners in a set of 56mm Street Cuts is perfect.
Last thing: stay away from WD-40. It collects dirt and overall it's bad for your bearings in the long run. You should always use a greaseless lubricant. Plain old household 3 in 1 oil is much better and essentially the same thing as the bearing lube sold in shops.
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go to your local store, they'll pimp your abec.
HA~!
Had some Reds on my noob board, slowed down a bit after a few months. got the Triple OG shake junts on my second board and they're still the same as day one.....day one being three months ago haha. One of the shields popped off around the second week and I thought that would fuck it up hut it still works fine.