Breaking bearings in...

[Shift]

So, my friend is convinced he gained 10mph on the same hill after skitching up to 50mph on a AT&T service truck. He recently cleaned his old bearings and thinks they needed to be broken in after the cleaning. I want to know if it's true. I seriously doubt it is.

[boarderaholic]

10mph?? I call BS...He probably noticed it rolled alot smoother though...

[Shift]

10mph?? I call BS...He probably noticed it rolled alot smoother though...

Yeah, he says he can cruise at 35 now when it was a chore to hit 25 before. He's a speed skater, but they're the same bearings, so I figure it doesn't matter.

[Snowboarderdude]

ya i would say no except for that skitching up at 50 prolly did get all of the excess lube out which would make his bearings a little faster but i doubt it would be near enough to make him suddenly gain 10 mph

[Undying]

[WolfOnWheels]

[Shift]

That's dumb. So I'm supposed to buy and extra set of bearings if I wanna still skate before the comp. all just to go 1mph faster??

It's not really that dumb. It's mostly marketing, but I can see how brand new bearings might need some breaking in, but this guy's bearings are probably years old and the only thing he did recently was clean them.

[zionboard]

I suppose your friend can exactly feel how fast he's going?
Or did he actually measure these speeds (25, 35 and 50 mph)?

Perceived speed on a skateboard usually is significantly lower than actual speed.

[Shift]

I suppose your friend can exactly feel how fast he's going?
Or did he actually measure these speeds (25, 35 and 50 mph)?

Perceived speed on a skateboard usually is significantly lower than actual speed.

He's never measured his speed. He say's he's been skating half his lifetime and knows how to "feel" speed. I know how speeds fell, too. and there's no way he gained 10mph just because his bearings broke in.

He's talking about the speeds he can run up, not his speed down a hill, by the way. He speed skates.