Muse
About
- Username
- Muse
- Joined
- Visits
- 86
- Last Active
- Roles
- Member
Comments
-
I bought a set of 16 Kwik Ceramic Gold Nitride coated bearings from Rollerskateusa.com a couple days ago. A member here, an engineer, said he's used and tested dozens of bearing sets and that this is his favorite. $129, and that's the price everyon…
-
How do I determine if a skate shop is a verified dealer?
-
Been skating streets (all kinds of conditions, often real bad) for over 30 years. Early on I used wrist guards, IIRC elbow guards too, but eventually got so confident I never use those, but I never skate without some kind of gloves on... full finger…
-
Ha, that's rich! I only started using gasoline around a month ago. Most places online don't say to use it and I even found one that said don't. But I recall having read I can use gasoline (well over a year ago) and one day filling my car's tank, I p…
-
I did some scouting around last night, trying to figure out what those contraptions are all about. Watched a couple of videos on Youtube by gals who demonstrated cleaning bearings (1) and (2) replacing wheels. I think they may both have worked for t…
-
Is a bearing press just to get the bearings in and out of the wheels? I can do that without a special tool but maybe the tool's a better idea and less apt to damage the bearings. Yesterday I just used a small hammer and a dulled nail to remove one b…
-
Hmm, just saw the last two posts. Been fretting over this for weeks and a week or so ago ordered two different sets of 16. Both ceramic. I was seriously considering Bones Reds but saw several posts at Amazon from buyers who said they'd gotten awful …
-
How would you know what contributed to a bearing failing? It doesn't "decides to fail." It fails! I've had 2 failures within 1/2 a week. I must do something NOW! Been researching bearings and just haven't come up with a brainy idea what to…
-
That's a very interesting and detailed thread, with links. I haven't watched the videos yet. I saw some mention of acetone, which I've used in the past. Now, I wouldn't hesitate to use acetone on bearings that are all metal but I saw mention of plas…
-
Well, here's the thing, I guess. I took up skating by myself, nobody showed me anything. Well, a guy showed me how he set up his skates, he attached basketball shoes to his trucks, but that's it. I don't think we talked about bearings or bearing mai…
-
You people probably know that the usual Rx for PF is stretching your calves regularly. The worse problem you have the more attention you should pay to regular stretching (internet search for details). Inserts are often proscribed, too. Superfeet, or…
-
Can I get recommendation(s) for a particular set of bearings for long lasting safe outdoor street skating on quads?
-
Wonder if I can get recommendation(s). I'm a quad skater, outdoors. I posted in the evidently now defunct www.skatelogforum.com/forums asking about bearings and spacers. One poster recommended "100% stainless steel bearings with black ceramic S…
-
Whoops... a couple hours ago I ordered my first ceramic bearings: Oldboy Premium Ceramic Skateboard Bearings (608RS ZrO2 at 8 x 22 x 7 mm) for Standard Skate Board Wheels - Good for Longboards, Quad Skates, Inline Stakes, Rollerblades and Scooters …