Bearings in 1992

[m477]

We should have an "Old Timer" sub-forum.

[bailgun]

concrete disciples.

[Hefeweizen]

I don't think any of us are over 50 either.

[dtotherob]

here's what i do.  buy wheels and bearings. skate the shit out of them until they're worn.  buy more, repeat.

my wheels and bearings usually last the same amount of time so i change it out like a nascar pitstop.

[susej]

What were the ones that everybody seemed to have in the mid-80's?... NMB's? 

[dtotherob]

/\word.

[susej]

Seemed everybody had NMBs except the kids with paper routes, who had GMNs. 

[dtotherob]

sounds about right.

[asdf072]

That's what's great about bearings now. Even the worst ones are pretty decent. NMBs were rideable, but way crappier than Reds.

[m477]

Am I the only one that cleans bearings around here?

[asdf072]

Am I the only one that cleans bearings around here?

I take the cages off and everything. I get extremely nerdy with it.

[Jason Shrack]

Wern't those the Singaphores?(sp?)  I think they were.  11 bucks a set and you were ready to roll.  I think NMBs were my first set of bearings.  I didn't know how to put them in so I used a hammer!!

What were the ones that everybody seemed to have in the mid-80's?... NMB's? 

[dtotherob]

Am I the only one that cleans bearings around here?

i used to, but now i can't be bothered.  if i'm taking bearings out of wheels, i'm replacing them.

[m477]

Am I the only one that cleans bearings around here?

I take the cages off and everything. I get extremely nerdy with it.

Werd - same here.

[m477]

Am I the only one that cleans bearings around here?

i used to, but now i can't be bothered.  if i'm taking bearings out of wheels, i'm replacing them.

But think of the cost savings!1