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The ABEC scale has nothing to do with skateboarding whatsoever.<br \/>\n    In fact, it&#8217;s an American industry standard for machine parts. The higher<br \/>\n    the ABEC, the more precise the machining quality is on the bearing. Now, this<br \/>\n    is crucial in high-RPM machines. At that kind of high speed, a bearing with<br \/>\n    a low ABEC rating will simply explode and fall apart from too much friction<br \/>\n    and not enough precision. However, skateboards never get to that kind of speed!<br \/>\n    ABEC is just used as a marketing ploy to get kids to spend more. In fact,<br \/>\n    you can get completely unrated bearings (e.g. all Bones bearings) that spin<br \/>\n    better than the average ABEC5 mainstream street company bearing. Don&#8217;t pay<br \/>\n    much attention to ABEC. What&#8217;s more important is how the bearings are made<br \/>\n    &#8211; and most street companies use the exact same bearings as all the other companies.<br \/>\n    They just put their own shields on. <\/p>\n<p class=\"qhpe7f2t6jc3u0aun\">\nAlso of note is the legendary &#8220;how fast do your bearings go?&#8221; test. You know<br \/>\nhow it goes; some kid will walk up to you, spin your bearings, and declare<br \/>\n&#8220;mine spins longer\/faster!&#8221; Of course, he then thinks his bearings MUST be<br \/>\nbetter. Not true. Bearings were never meant to spin well under those<br \/>\nconditions. They were built to perform well under the weight of a skater<br \/>\nrolling down the street. As such, the only true test is how long they spin<br \/>\nwhen you&#8217;re rolling.\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/board-crazy.co.uk\/files\/diagrams\/bearing.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"205\" style=\"margin: 0 10px 10px 0;\" alt=\"Skateboard Bearing\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"qhpe7f2t6jc3u0aun\">\nIt&#8217;s probably worth mentioning at this point that some companies use a<br \/>\nthick, viscose gel\/grease instead of the normal mainstream thin oils, which<br \/>\njust run out of your bearings quickly. This thick grease means the bearings<br \/>\ncompletely fail the spin test&#8230; but god, do they roll! And they last far<br \/>\nlonger, too.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"qhpe7f2t6jc3u0aun\">\nSo, how do you know what bearings to buy? It&#8217;s a bit complicated, all this,<br \/>\nisn&#8217;t it? Well, go for experience. If you find some that works for you, go<br \/>\nfor it. I used to use Nicotine bearings religiously before the company went<br \/>\nbust, and only blew 2 in two years &#8211; not bad considering how many<br \/>\n&#8220;mainstream&#8221; bearings I blew up previously. I&#8217;ve heard very good things<br \/>\nabout <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edsbearings.com\/\" title=\"www.edsbearings.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPleasure Tool bearings<\/a>. And of course, see what<br \/>\nother people recommend. Just beware of brand loyalty\/advertising! A lot of<br \/>\nkids will swear by a company just because of the cool image they promote.<br \/>\nFor example, I&#8217;ve heard people say that they love Baker decks, but Birdhouse<br \/>\nones are terrible&#8230; when they don&#8217;t realise they&#8217;re made by the same<br \/>\ncompany, and are in fact the same boards with different graphics. 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