This is all I could find. Sharing to save people time / go follow Hoyt on instagram!
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I’ve thought a lot about this.
Even just carving and turning puts a lot of lateral pressure on the bearings.
I would hypothesize that they never became big with longboards and skateboards because of the price. I’ve seen them in the range of $12-$25 each for angular contact 708A. 8x22x7wide
We’re talking about at least $100-$150 for a set of bearings
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Shoutout to our good friends at Hoyt St. for generously donating a Midnight Puck to the BOTY 2020 prize pool.
Appreciate the support!
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@JJHoyt congrats on your purchase of metroboard 
By chance are you going to stock the 155?
I need some and if so how long thanks 
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Yes but we’re still jumping through the legal hoops. Going to be a few months.
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wait what??
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Did you miss that haha
They’re both in oregon so I think they merged
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Absolutely!
I haven’t seen anything about that. Is there some post or news article?
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I couldn’t think of a better match!
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Here are the two statements on Metroboard Facebook group :
TL;DR : not a merger, still two differents brands identities with talented people behind them, some on both. 
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haha, wrong on both counts! Metro is in Vancouver, WA. And not a merger, both companies remain separate entities.
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Lol woops. Apparently my information was incorrect. Either way, looks like both parties will benefit
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Everyone knows that Vancouver is Portland-Lite, Jeff 
Congrats on making this big move! I’m really excited to see where y’all take the Hoyt and Metroboard brands from here. Exciting times!
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lovingly referred to as Vantucky on this side of the river. Lolz.
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dangit where the 
did you say that the Metro tire was getting a slight revision in diameter?
@JJHoyt ah shoot this should not be in the Hoyt. st thread oh well.
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Linkin
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@JJHoyt What are the inner diameters of the 5" & 7" tires? I want to confirm if these are compatible with hubs I already have like Bergs, 6 shooters, MBS, etc. While your hubs also look really nice and high quality, my pesky budget says I can only have tires. And I want both sizes. 
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just scroll up they totally went over that.
jk got you
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For the record, the new Metro 153s should be identical to the original 155s. The 155s weren’t exactly 155mm and we just need a way to differentiate as I expect the vendor to flood the market with the old product. But theirs wont be speed rated and their quality issues will continue.
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