people always say there bearings make them go faster but i dont think this is true. in my experience its more the wheel you ride that affects speed. size hardness are both factors but bearings just dont make a significant difference. as long as they spin freely and smooth it doesnt matter whether there swiss ceramics or abec 3 because the extra friction in the threes isnt enough to slow you down. unless the threes are rusted and dont spin. is this true? would others agree? ppeople seem to think the bearings have engines or something. i just use 18 dollar redz and keep them in good shape and they work fine
it does effect speed and ill tell you why.. i tested once for a class project on which bearings when broken into go faster... bone swiss, abec 7 bearins (i think rush), bones ceramics and bones reds. abec 7s- they run for about 14-17 seconds if you get 3 good pushes.. bones reds- they run for about 19-22 seconds in 3 good pushes bones swiss- run for about 26-35 seconds in 3 good pushes bones ceramics- runs for about 32-36 seconds in a 3 good pushes.. see it was an experiment in the 7th grade now im in 9th... we did 3 test runs on each bearings first it was the abec 7s, reds, swiss and then ceramics... so yess bearings do effect your speed... but i use reds cause there cheep and i dont wanna spend 90 bucks on ceramics that will break on a 10 stair and bones that give u too much speed when ur doing a simple 5 stair
well bearings do make a difference but it will go faster with lube other wise its still fast and effects the over all speed
sometimes its all about the bearings if there cheap i've used speed demons witch aren't that good but i just got some element and they are why faster then the speed demons so i think it all depends on the person as they say to whom there own.
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Ive had all types of bearings from stock bearings (abec's) to Swiss ceramics. If they are both new then I agree they generally don't make much difference in speed. However, the huge difference is when you get them wet. Generally, the stock bearings get terrible, but the Swiss's generally seem to stand a little bit longer. It's really up to how you treat your bearings.
