Looks like Tensor is upgrading to their MOC 5 to the MOC 9 SS edition bearing. Doesn't look like the regular Oust MOC 9, but I'm going by an ad, I haven't seen them in person. Carl is also applying his knowledge to wheels and trucks as well and working w/ Mullen and designing new Tensor Trucks and a...

The 130's should be suitable on a 7½ wide board. If you don't want your wheels to stick out at all, you might have to go with the 110 though. The Grippin is centre-set, but it's still fairly wide.

The final version came w/o inner shields and with the crowns facing the other way to allow easy access for cleaning and lubing.

Must be prototypes in that picture.

if Chris' manufacturer is selling him graded bearings, with the attendant price differential, and they're not actually making the grade, then both Chris and consumer are getting screwed. My point exactly. I am not trying to "call him out". From all the posts I've read of Chaput's, he seems to care ...

So what are the various theories behind the number of balls per bearing?

A conventional bearing has 7 balls, but I've seen:

Reflex 9 balls
Reflex 8 ball
Bones Super Swiss 6 ball

Finally got to see the ad for myself and it looks like Tensor is using the <b>Oust Moc 5 Street</b> bearing. This is the one with the non-removable metal shield with a small hole in it so you can re-lube it.

W. Kilmer, First, just why did you single out Chris Chaput and ABEC 11? Weren`t there other companies pointed out by Ron`s cohort? Chaput is an active and candid poster, and he moderates this forum, so it seemed like a good choice. Could it be that the bearings were manufactured and sold to Chris a...

Naming a company ABEC 11- a non-existent bearing rating- is deceiving, dishonest and impudent. In addition, it creates confusion such as in “I use ABEC 11’s ABEC 5’s”. Naming a company “Pleasure Tool” is provocative, vulgar and bold. On the one hand, it clearly establishes a sexual reference. On th...

I wouldn’t worry too much about stated ABEC spec - A bearing’s high tolerance is lost as soon as you start skating with them anyway. I don't care about general ABEC ratings, but if a bearing company is going to offer their bearings in 3 different grades with three different prices, then I think the...

Three brands and no General Bearing Forum seems a little skimpy, especially for a site that has a Griptape and a Riser forum :P

What if we we want to discuss Bones and all the other bearing companies out there?

FWIW, recent measurement of Biltin showed that the Abec 7 model measure out to the same as the Abec 3 Biltins. Similarly, the Pleasure Tools Abec 7 has tolerances in the 3 range as well. He says this is common with the Chinese bearings and that Chris and Ed may not even know that their suppliers ar...

Latest Transworld has a Tensor Bearings ad and they are "powered by Oust". So did Dwindle buy Oust or did they just get Oust to manufacture Tensor bearings?

I thought Rodney Mullen only liked products made in China

So will the 3-TC still be in production now that Dan Gesmer has taken over? Just curious.

Daniel Gesmer wrote:Wow, well thank you very much for writing such kind things about me, Adam. But I'm somewhat bewildered that you should do so right after spending ten minutes listening to me rant about difficult customers!

So let's hear it, I like difficult customer stories!

Thanks for the reply, very informative. You are doing some amazing things on what most would consider a primitive board. You must really have that set-up dialed, it would be a really quick turning board with a deck & wheelbase that small, and the responsiveness of Seismics. I'm surprised you even bo...

But are they actually <i>in stores</i>? I know that they've appeared at various events, and a few people have been test riding them. I'm really looking forward to trying these out!

First off, it's a great video. I like that you don't see your trucks just as a specialty slalom truck. But I have a few questions... I don't know if it's the camera work, but it looks like you are <i>really</i> hauling ass in the hockey court. But can you describe the board you're riding? It looks l...

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Does it rhyme with pain?

Interesting...

So what are the school of thought on making the truck itself out of titanium instead of aluminum?

That would be interesting to know. Did anyone do it before the original Indepedent Suspension truck? They were the first I'd ever heard of it.

Has <b>G&S</b> ever considered or prototyped vertical wood layups for any of their slalom decks? AIUI, vertical ply is stronger and provides a livlier flex (although I can't really say I have any complaints w/ my horizontal plied FibreFlex slalom). Some of the FibreFlex longboards are vertical ply, ...

So how does FibreFlex rate in the world of foam core slalom decks, which seem to be so prevalent today? Are they going to:

a)Stay the course and remain a viable alternative for competition slalom.

b)Focus on the nostalgic and recreational market.

c)Consider new constructions.

Interesting, thanks for the info. It's really hard to fault slalom deck manus for pricing, it's amazing we have so much choice compared to a few years ago. Plus the fact that decks don't really wear out. But the one problem is the beginner who doesn't have access to other slalomers and their setups....

I was at your site, and I noticed that your new truck, the R3, has gone to a titanium axle. What happened?!?

I don't recall the Aggro w/ a floater axle*. I <i>do</i> recall the truck that was simply called the Tracker Floater. I have a set. These came out in the early 90s, and they were put out as a solution to slipping axles and axle jams when street skating went super-tech. You couldn't slip the axle, si...

Nice looking truck: http://www.climaxmfg.com/trucks/images/offset2.jpg http://www.climaxmfg.com/trucks/images/offset1.jpg But I am really surprised at the cost ($130 each). I figured that if they were going to be made at the source, by Tracker (instead of a 3rd party mod) that it would bring the pri...

I know there was quite a buzz about a new GW slalom truck at time. But it also felt a little like they were jumping on the bandwagon (albeit a <i>tiny</i> bandwagon). I don't think it's too late for GW either, but it doesn't really feel like their heart is in it. It doesn't feel like their heart is ...

Nice looking truck. I saw the 129 & 139. Hanger is considerably cleaner and refined. Baseplate only has new school mounting pattern now though. New baseplate also has holes for weight savings, and the it will only accept the new round Indy kingpins now.

Kind of sad. Gullwing has a lot of goodwill with old school skaterboarders who remember them from the 70s, but the SL 2002 doesn't seem like it has been a success at all on the retail level. I wonder how Gullwing is keeping it together at all these days. Not popular at all with kickflippers. They're...