I’m thinking of looking in to these. Just for fun. I live close enough to ABI industries in Oakland. I was able to get some bearings at the source for a decent price when I needed a special size for Mk1 Avio drives. There’s also a cheaper option in the 608 LLB. I’m wondering what the resistance may be like on these since they are primarily for cycling
Is that so the bearing inner race is tight on the axle?
Misumi I found the best prices for good Japanese bearings. I’ve been looking for a bearing quality guide. You can pay up to 20x as much for the same bearing. I’m sure to a good extent you get what you pay for but still wish there was someone doing comparisons somewhere. Other than a hardness test how would they test roundness? I’ve seen people do informal testing on a lathe but never roundness testing. Bet there’s a cool trick to see how round something is.
In my opinion 2RS bearings with heavy grease are the best. They have high rolling resistance but who cares. I am not the one pushing the board. Wh/km also doesn’t seem to be affected too much.
whoa - is that where all the whirring / creaking noises come from in my silent push boards? For the longest time, I could not put a finger to it and it’s been bothering all my skate seshs. Thanks for the tip!
Just want to add some feedback on a bearing experience. New build with Heady shake bearings. They have not worked out well after less than 80 miles. Two let loose while still in the hub. Two more are garbage and won’t spin. The other four(from the front) still spin but are awfully noisy. Nothing like the race reds I just received. I’m a big boy and will probably be hard on bearings, but that was awfully quick. I ordered the race reds with integrated spacers, so I’ll report back any feedback.
Moving forward, I’ll likely order stock of generic and just swap them regular. The reds were ordered due to what could be here fastest.
Sent pics of the bearing failure to Zealous a little over a month or somethin ago. They wanted the failed bearing and said they’d send a little over a pack-o-new bear rings for it.
I sent it in, neva herd bach
I got honeydik’d
They did mention something about wanting to design an esk8-centric bearing tho
Not sure where else to put this but just here so it’s searchable
9.525mm by 22mm bearings are just R6 bearings. (Inches instead of mm). You’ll find more options from cheapos to ceramics under R6-zz for metal r6-2rs for rubber sidewalls
Just like these on Amazon for 9$ instead. 9.525 mm is harder to find options for.
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If u call locateballbearings.com they have them at that price. He’s trying to get rid of them and says selling them for his cost. He was hoping id take them all