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Something I've been curious about for a while now.
Which is better for slappys, cheap bearings or good expensive bearings?
I've been skating the cheap ones but after a while they roll like trash. I'm thinking about switching them out for some better ones but not sure if the "better" bearings will hold up against slappying all the time.
Doing slappies wrecked my first-generation Quantum Atom bearings, but my Bones Swiss bearings are still going strong after three years of more or less continued use and lots and lots of slappies.
Just last week, I finished cleaning & relubing a set of 12 year old Bones Swiss that felt pretty jacked after that long of an interval without any service at all. These things were even in a set up that wound up spending the entirety of “the pandy” stored in a damp (flooded) storeroom & have the rust marks on the exposed outer edge of the races to show for it. Suffice to say: they were feeling kind of “chunky” when rotating.
Anywhooo… these things aren’t rolling like new, but damn!!! They came correct after an acetone bath & a drop of speed cream.
They are once again silent, smooth & fast.
You might pay more for these Bones Swiss jawns, but I’d like to see a set of cheap bearings come back to life this well, never mind lasting through (at least) 12 years of abuse with zero maintenance up until the point that I “treated” them recently.