Melted wheels...:(

[Commiesk8er]

I had to replace my bones reds a couple of days ago, and I had no money, so I used some extra bearing I had that spun a tiny bit better. Anyways, apprently one of these stopped spinning while I was boarding, it just started spinning on the axle itself and created so much heat that it melted the core of my krypto hawaii. Luckily I just bought some new wheels before it happened, abec-11 flashbacks-88a, and those are really nice. Perfect for sliding and carving both! Anyways, just wanted to relay my sad story and give the flashbacks some feedback!

[Jax]

Oh my word I have never heard of that happening before. That sucks man. Someone must have thrown a stick into your spokes for the bearing to stop like that. Crazyness.

[odin]

yeah- i did that to my flowlab getting towed behind a car. i knew the bearings were bad but kept going and melted the crap out of several wheels from the inside.

[ol'dude]

Bearings are cheap, replace them often! If not, clean monthly.

[Commiesk8er]

I'll never use $hitty bearings again, I know that much. I don't want to melt my new flashbacks 8)

[Docter M]

reds. cant go wrong for $16.

[sven sven svensen]

yea...reds

[Gaylon]

yea...reds

I've tried a variety (including PT), and, for the price, I think Reds are perfect. I've turned a few friends on to Reds, and they all thank me profusely. Maybe not so important for short board trickery, but critical for longboard cruising.

But, I still like my Swiss. I haven't cleaned them in 6 months, and they still out-cruise my son's Reds. Or, maybe it's because I've got 40# in dead weight on him?

[SLCMunchie]

i know thisn't a red related post, but i recently bought soem pleasure tool bearings. very fast and easy to clean, plus at the price they are sold for, you can buy two sets of them for the same price as reds. they also are shipped very quick. it only takes two days for me to get them.

[streetsailer]

I will second the two thumbs up on Pleasure tool bearings. Still riding my sealed 7's after two months of landsailing and hard carving. Still going strong. Awesome bearings, awesome price.

[odin]

Hear, Hear!

[Anonymous]

go to irs lugestore and they have warp speed ceranics for 14 bucks. they are soooooooo much better than reds.

[atxjimatx]

dude i f you keep an eye out on ebay you can get warpspeed ceramics for 2.99 dude charges a lot for shipping and won't let you combine; but thay are pretty good...

[R]

I've used Reds almost exclusively until I stuck in a set of Bones Swiss. It's like going from Pinto to Porsche. Only one of my boards has the Swiss but eventually as my other Reds wear out I'll replace them with Swiss.