Skateboard Bearings
Bearings Eight bearings, two bearings for each of the four wheels. Animation of a ball bearing. Red dots show direction of rotation. The two concentric circles that the ball bearings ride on are called races. Bearings: In skateboarding bearings allow for the smooth turning of a wheel on its axle. Bearings consist of 6, 7, or 8 balls enclosed in races between two shields encased in a disc-like body. Bearings can be measured by an ABEC rating. Skateboard bearings typically come in sets of eight and are inserted into both…
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