I road my longboard with bones reds bearings to school in the rain (through puddles etc).and now they spin for about 1-2 seconds.they used to spin for more than two minutes!So, just wondering, what are the cheapest full ceramic bearings to get? I heard that you can ride them in the rain without slowing them down.or should I just lube my reds?
if you don't want to drop almost $100 on ceramic bearings, I'd get some Bones Speed Cream. open up the bearings, give 'em a quick acetone wash (just throw them in a jar with a bit of it, and soak 'em), then give them a couple drops of speed cream before you put them back together. The cheapest ceramic bearings I know of are Sector9 Black Ball ceramics, at about 75 bucks. Rockn' Ron's also makes some pretty amazing ceramics, and they're on sale for 79, but are usually 110 (still a good price for ceramics), and Bones has ceramic Super Reds for 79 too.
Don't bother with ceramics, just get some white lithium grease and coat the bearings in it. Also, free spin doesn't mean anything. My bearings all spin for less than 5 seconds, doesn't bother me any.
