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Articles About Skate Wheel Bearings

Articles and information about the type of rolling ball bearings used inside of skate wheels. Includes articles by bearing manufacturers, experts in the field, and long-time skaters.

Feed Your Bearings
Cliff Chi, the owner of Sonic Sports, talks about lubricants for skate bearings, including the difference between grease and oil based lubricants, and the difference between petroleum based and synthetic lubricants.

Zen and the Art of Ceramic Bearings
Mechanical engineer Kyle Milliken discusses the pros and cons of ceramic bearings and bearings with a high ABEC rating.

The Bearing Maintenance File
Tony Chen's SkateFAQ was one of the first inline skating Web sites on the Internet and his very detailed "Bearing Maintenance File" is considered by many skaters to the definitive article on how to clean skate bearings (from SkateFAQ.com)

Bearing Up: ABEC = HYPE?
Are skate bearings with a high ABEC rating (5, 7 or 9) worth the extra money? Here is some very practical advice from Tony Chen (from SkateFAQ.com)

An Interview with Ed Lynn of Pleasure Tool
In September of 2004 Robert Burnson interviewed bearing expert Ed Lynn of Pleasure Tool. This 3-part interview includes a general introduction to buying skate bearings and some tips for servicing skate bearings (from The Inline Planet).

Articles by Bearing Companies
  • Technical Articles About Bearings (SKF.com)
  • Bearing Questions and Answers I (MiniBearings.com.au)
  • Bearing Questions and Answers II (Pleasure Tool)
  • Bearing Design and ABEC Ratings (NinjaSkate.com)
  • Types and Features of Roller Bearings (NSK.com)
  • Quality Bearings Technical Section (QBCbearings.com)

    More Skate Bearing Articles
  • If Bearings Could Talk (FaSST.com)
  • Dan Kibler on Skate Bearings (GetRolling.com)
  • Swiss or ABEC Bearings? (InlineNow.com)
  • How Bearings Work (HowSTuffWorks.com)
  • Guide to Rolling Element Bearings (U.Bristol)


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