BONES BEARINGS: Everything You Need to Know 

How you think they get that nougat infused into the chocolate?! - precision

Chocolate with 6 balls

Ghana = coco = swiss = toblerone.

hahah truth

Aren’t they like $60 bucks? Y’all overreacting.

Undisputed Attitude sorry 12 year old me didn’t have $60 or parents who would give you $60 for bearings when you could get a working pair for $10

@@GKNW a pair? No wonder they were only ten dollars.....that's only two bearings ;) haha

60$ in 2000 is equivalent to 85$ today,so ,yes that was pretty pricey then and today!

They're still the bearings every other company compares their bearings to...

They’re trash 🗑

They're great bearings!

Same. I have a set of Swiss6 I got in 2012 and I only cleaned and relubed once in like 2021 and they still run super smooth.

That’s fucked lol, they prolly ship em here...and then ship em back over there lol🤘😈🔥

no it’s not costing more it’s just how price conversion works

dang

bro you dont like riff raff?! XD XD

Nahh

My bones big balls kept breaking cages

isnt mini logo also owned by powell ?

@@Anthony-uz5tj yes they are, and I’ve had just as good of luck with mini logos as with bones reds. I’m still skating the bones Swiss 6 that I was talking about here

@@kylemartinpaintings i had a pair of swiss for a long time too then they got stolen my whole board did and i didnt have money to replace it so i stopped skating for years i just finally got a new deck yesterday gotta save up for new set of swiss now

@@Anthony-uz5tj that sucks I’ve had a couple boards jacked

yea but as soon as you dismember one whenever its cleaning time the ball cage breaks easily and it sucks cuz you would not have any extra ball cages and thats the downfall of the bearing in particular its a good bearing dont get me wrong but the ball cages can get reinforced while in production thats the only problem i have with big balls

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Wrong. There are two types of ceramic balls - white (zirkonium oxyde) and grey (silicone nitrite), grey are twice as strong as white, whites are 1.6x stronger than steel. They are lightweight, lower friction resistance, high temperature resistance, higher rigidity, higher hardness, have smoother surface, and higher corrosion resistant. Problem is, if you do drops, you still can damage both types, and steel are simply cheaper to replace. Just don't take steel if your life depends on it. I think bones are overpriced exactly to the pain point, where people would go ceramics instead, but slightly lower. They are handsdown one of the better bearings, but mostly due to lower friction.

@@HECKAKYH-ADEKBATEH Materials Engineering student here. Ceramic is harder than steel and therefore more resistant to scratching. They will last longer. BUT, ceramic is more fragile than steel ands has lower tenacity. Therefore they are weaker against impacts. So the recommendation above is accurate, if you want the absolute best, get ceramic ball bearings for longboarding and steel ball bearings for skating. If you have a lot of money though use ceramic bearings and replace them regularly.

@@TomasLomba I want to question something that you posted - the durability aspect specifically for skateboarding (tricks). I am a 290 lbs guy, who also uses indestructable Capsule deck with all-terrain wheels (86 mindless sucka). I used different steel bearings and they all start to make noise and increase resistance between 1 and 3 months. And I do cleaned and lubricated those, sometimes full cleaning doesnt fix anything and they continue to degrade. But I have never experienced resistance and noise increase with ceramics, they roll and make noise the same way how they rolled a year ago. What I assume is - skateboarding is a dusty and low-rpm workload. Some testers forget this. Plus they sometimes also falsely assume ceramic to be immortal - that is clearly false, I expect both to EOL at some point. But the gradual degrade of races with ceramics balls due to the abrasion simply doesn't seem to be any factor under this workload. First factors seem to be the damage resistance, dust and moisture under low rpm. We are not doing thousands of kilometers at high speeds either. By the time ceramic variant starts to get minor race abrasion and instability from dents in races, steel bearings are long dead, as the dust combined with forces introduces dents and scratches into both steel balls and races. I think ceramic dents in races are not as fatal as the dents in the steel balls that add to non-uniformity plus increase the scratching of race. Plus ceramic balls are much more accurate in shape, so they always distribute the forces and compensate for damage better. Probably also the reason why they have a much lesser roll resistance when loaded (under human body weight). Price isn't a factor, 8 set of SiNi ceramics costs already around $50, same set of very high quality steel is $40. Nearly same. Only downside I found in ceramics is that they are definitely not for "riders" that spend most of the time smashing their board against the wall. Here steel balls will be a cheaper mutilation material. Also I have never done jumps from 1+ meters or higher, I still need my knee joints. I will be happy to also hear your experiences with both types. Best

@@HECKAKYH-ADEKBATEH The thing is that there are many different kinds of wear and deformation a material can sustain. Therefore you can never say one material is better than others (when comparing steel and ceramic for instance) because it always boils to pros and cons. Ceramic ball will be more precise in shape generally since sintering is a more precise manufacturing process. But the same kind of perfection can be achieved through powder alloys of steel at roughly the same price. Again, steel is tougher, ceramic is harder. Steel will show surface wear, dents and deformation much earlier. But also will cope with impacts much better. (to talk about numbers we would need to know the specific alloys). In a high impact situation, steel will deform but ceramic will brake or crack. As a last thought, one can never truly know the quality of steel used in ball bearings because we do not know the specific alloys used. As a side note, bearings use grease, not oil so be careful to keep that in mind because improper lubrication of bearings results in loads of damage really fast.

@@TomasLomba I think the problem here is that you dont skateboard or didnt try highest grade steel bearing and ceramic bearing, maybe. If so I can highly recommend to try. There is quite large difference in roll resistance, noise and durability, not that much difference in price. The ceramic variant needs some practice to get used to as it generally tends to make board .. roll by itself, sometimes from under the feet. But its is addictive, effortless. Skateboard bearings use either pure fine oil or a mixture of oil with a fraction of lithium or lithium graphite greese. The low roll resistance is very high priority. Some bearings are even shieldless (bronson raw) - but I think its not smart. I never heard of cracking/crushing Si4N3 ball, I think only races take damage. No manufacturer uses pure greese, the resistence it introduces kills all the fun. :)

hahah glad you enjoyed!

yep

They should come already lubed up with speed cream! Keep em dry, and keep them dirt free!

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crisp films by using quality components(with a trusted brand name)

Bones Reds are $20 and they’re a pretty good bearing. Redz and Big Ballz are $40 which is pretty good price. Then Bones Swiss are $70 which is appropriate for the engineering of them. As long as you clean the bearings they can last a long time. Bearings and truck bushings are two important things to take care of. :)

@@memorysometimers3067 I get big balls or $25 of amazon.

@@AshleyOnYT hey man just letting you know that Amazon ain't trustable to get legit product

Any bearings in the Swiss line will last years if you clean them. Plus, you are going to get a smoother ride, and you are going to go a little faster. Reds always lock up, and I’ve heard that the reds big balls aren’t much better than regular reds

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sick mate!

ABEC doesn't touch metal quality and roll resistance.

I got reg Redz

noted!

The Super Reds and the Race Reds are the same bearings minus the built in spacers.

Big Riff Raff fan

@@ShredzShop and this is why I should google crap before I say stuff

We have a Alien workshop one, nothing on Satori yet though

@@ShredzShop yeah! I gonna looking for that video

Stoked you enjoy the vids!!!

yep!

ya

go with reds my dude

For £150 a skate.... I wouldn't bother with the ceramics unless I was a sponsored skater 😹 good old reds are fine 😋

Idk

They're the top bearings on the market and the bearing by which every other bearing is measured. That being said, I ride regular Swiss. I don't think you get THAT much extra for a lot of extra price on them. But Swiss are amazing and a little more affordable.

Just larger bearings

I guess they do studies or maby we are stuck in a standerd

Reds are good, honestly for the small extra cost, I'd do big balls.