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Tue Oct 14, 2008 2:35 pm
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I saw these on eBay, and was thinking with winter coming they sound like a good idea, but was wondering if anyone knew anything about so-called "Waterproof" bearings - has anyone ever tried bearings marketed as such, and skated through puddles etc to see if they rust?
I suspect it's just a gimmick, as I can't see how they can really be waterproof - they need a small gap between the inner ring and the shield in order for them to turn, so I thought I'd ask you guys who've done winter heeling before  |
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Tue Oct 14, 2008 2:52 pm
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| Ehh... Im not too sure about those, but i highly doubt there waterproof. Id recommend going with some crap or viscious bearings. |
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Tue Oct 14, 2008 3:14 pm
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| Solid titanium and ceramic bearings do not rust even in salt water. They're also lighter. Look for those with good lateral performance too. |
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Tue Oct 14, 2008 4:07 pm
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yeah, what heelynut said is right.
I got some ceramic bearings from heeler-store and they don't rust. They're pretty cool 
I'm not sure about those ones though. |
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Tue Oct 14, 2008 4:24 pm
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| Yeah, ceramic bearings are the only bearings that i know for a fact do not rust. The only thing is generally ceramic bearings are at least twice as expensive. At least in skating they are. |
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Tue Oct 14, 2008 5:24 pm
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688s are the same size no matter what they go into.  (Can you even buy 608 ceramics?)
Oh yeah, and Hailwax: Your sig pic is horizontal-scroll large. Mind knocking it down to about 2/3rds or so? |
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Tue Oct 14, 2008 7:59 pm
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| iight i just changed the pic. But just outta curiosity what size monitor do you have? It looks fine on mine. |
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Tue Oct 14, 2008 9:45 pm
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800x600.
I KNOW! I have an old monitor that's served me well these past ten years. |
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Wed Oct 15, 2008 1:02 am
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| Yeah - I have 608 ceramics. |
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Wed Oct 15, 2008 6:10 am
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| Slicer wrote: | | (Can you even buy 608 ceramics?) |
yeah....I used to have some black panther ceramics in my freelines for months, and they never rusted. Problem is...I lost them over the cliff with the freelines x.x |
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| Kain wrote: | | yeah....I used to have some black panther ceramics in my freelines for months, and they never rusted. Problem is...I lost them over the cliff with the freelines x.x |
LOL, sounds like an interesting story I missed somewhere. If you already explained how you managed to lose them over a cliff without you in them please link me up, but if not let me just ask:
How the heck did you manage that? Did you see the cliff coming and jump off of them or something?  |
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| DOH!! I got confused. 608s are the regular size, 688s are Micros. I was wondering if the latter in ceramic exists. |
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| Merrie_England wrote: | | Kain wrote: | | yeah....I used to have some black panther ceramics in my freelines for months, and they never rusted. Problem is...I lost them over the cliff with the freelines x.x |
LOL, sounds like an interesting story I missed somewhere. If you already explained how you managed to lose them over a cliff without you in them please link me up, but if not let me just ask:
How the heck did you manage that? Did you see the cliff coming and jump off of them or something? |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRHRF-ZbmBE&ftm=6
if you watch very, VERY closely, you can see them shoot out from under my feet in a split second. |
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Before thou can blame my soul
With an age of peace"
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