I have recently purchased a longboard with abec 5 bearings. I have a regular board, with abec 7 bearings. I plan to use the longboard more, and i want to no if it will work to use the regular boards bearings for the longboard. Anybody know?
It should not matter. And correction... The less balls in a bearing the faster it would roll because each ball doesnt need to turn as much to make it all turn. Anyway... Abec doesnt matter much to do with skateboarding it just means how small the tiny allowances in each bearing is... So it doesnt affect skateboarding much. Its mostly for machinery... BUT yes the bearings should work fine for the longboard.
You probably know that the more bearings (in this case 7) the longer the board will role. It all depends on what you want. The best thing you can do is try out all of the possible combinations (and you only have two, so it shouldn't take that long).
regular skateboard bearings are the same as longboard bearings. i suggest getting bones reds . theyre cheap (15 bucks) and they last long. they have removable shields so theyre easy to clean. if you want a really good quality bearings, probably the bestest bearings in the world, get Swiss Ceramics. theyre expensive though (over 100 bucks) but theyre worths it.
