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Skateboard Bearings:  If you find yourself with a cheaper skateboard from Target or Wal-Mart have no fear.  Do you find your friend's board tend to be faster than yours?  Do what I did, fix yourself up with some new skateboard bearings.  Pickup some ABEC 5 or 7 skateboard bearings on eBay. I found mine on ebay, checkout my list of bearings auctions.   You will be amazed how much the speed of your board changes with just simple $10 upgrade to some good ABEC skateboard bearings.  Also don't forget some new skateboards wheels.
 

         

 

Bones Reds Bearings for Skateboards

Bones Reds Bearings for Skateboards
Bones REDS are the best popularly priced bearings you can buy. REDS were developed to be an affordable alternative to Bones Swiss. They feature ground and superfinished chromium steel balls and races, a high speed, removable nylon ball retainer, Bones Speed Cream lubricant and a removable, non-contact, frictionless red rubber shield. This combination of Skate Rated™ design, quality components and careful quality control makes them faster, smoother and longer lasting than any other skateboard bearing in their price range, so let the good times roll with Bones REDS. Strong Fast Longer Lasting Pre-Lubricated with Speed Cream™ Easy Cleaning & Relubricating Removable High Speed Nylon Ball Cage Non-contact, Removable Rubber Shield Bones Skate Rated™ Design & Quality* Each package comes with set of 8 bearings, pre-lubed with Speed Cream, instructions and a sticker.



The key to cool tricks and higher speeds are the bearings.  Clearly one of the most important parts on a Skateboard are the Bearings.  There are 5 ABEC Ratings - 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9. There are 2 Types of Lube for the Bearings - Oiled, or Greased. Most Skateboards wheels take 2 Bearings per Wheel. Depending on how fast you want your bearings to go you must decide on OIL (The fastest) or GREASE (The least Maintenance) If you dont keep oil or grease in the Bearings they will run Metal to Metal and will seize from Friction and Heat and break apart. See the guide on Bearing Maintenance.

 

 
This pages was updated: Sunday, August 17, 2008