Micro bearing wheels. Where?!

[ncbrock 0]

Ok the time has come for some new wheels, im not at all pleased with lebeda fuzions. I knew what i was going into when i decided to go with the micro bearings and knew there wasnt that much of availability for the wheels and my god i cant find and decent mini bearing wheels anywhere! please give me a link or something if you find some in 80mm

[nj jester79 0]

i work in a lhs, we carry mini bearing rinkrat wheels, i believe hot shot or hornet, im not sure i know its a red one tho. il be there tomorow or tuesday so i can check for you if you want.

[li7039 0]

the mb816 is RRs mini core wheel

[fatwabbit 93]

i work in a lhs, we carry mini bearing rinkrat wheels, i believe hot shot or hornet, im not sure i know its a red one tho. il be there tomorow or tuesday so i can check for you if you want.

Those would be the Rink Rat MB816 wheels that are the XXX Grip i believe...

[vitaminZ 0]

Any particular durometer? do you need indoor or outdoor wheels? ah screw it I'll post both

indoor: http://www.inlinewarehouse.com/descpage-MB8168.html

outdoor: http://www.inlinewarehouse.com/descpage-LGAM.html

[RevisionHockey 0]

As a potential R&D question here from Revision, how many of you and players that you know are currently using micro-bearing wheels???

Any responses are much appreciated.

Thank You,

Nabeel Gerges

Brand Manager - Revision Hockey

[15yearsofhistory 0]

As a potential R&D question here from Revision, how many of you and players that you know are currently using micro-bearing wheels???

Any responses are much appreciated.

Thank You,

Nabeel Gerges

Brand Manager - Revision Hockey

A fairly small amount to be honest. Maybe 3/16 guys on my team use 'em.

[Thockey17 1]

The only people i know who currently(or have in the past) only use Mini bearings because they came stock on the skates. Once those wheels went bad, usually very quickly, they all switched back to standard.

I'd say the reason for it is quite simply, lack of quality wheels available for them. Lets be honest, the Fuzions,DynastyII, and Zero-G are garbage. They wouldn't even interest me if they sold for half(Zero-G at a quarter) of the price. MB816 is better, but the hub crackings in the past have really driven people away.

[fatwabbit 93]

The only people i know who currently(or have in the past) only use Mini bearings because they came stock on the skates. Once those wheels went bad, usually very quickly, they all switched back to standard.

I'd say the reason for it is quite simply, lack of quality wheels available for them. Lets be honest, the Fuzions,DynastyII, and Zero-G are garbage. They wouldn't even interest me if they sold for half(Zero-G at a quarter) of the price. MB816 is better, but the hub crackings in the past have really driven people away.

Agree with the above... most guys/gals start off with them as stock wheels. There are only a handful who would continue to use them after that.

[ncbrock 0]

i love my mini bearings over my swiss regulars. But the only problem is availibility. If some company made a wheel as good as rink rat MB-816 then id buy it.

[Makoto 3]

I'd say less than 10% of the players I know use micro bearings.

[Okeetee 0]

Use standard bearings instead! My micros busted in about four months.

And I agree with whoever said Fuzions are garbage. Overpriced with a life span of a few quality sessions. I'm finding my Hypers (80 mm) that I bought for $1 per wheel are lasting and lasting and lasting!

[ncbrock 0]

they only break because people dont keep up with them. If you do regular bearing maintnence they will last a while. Which means washing\lubing them monthly. I do that every 2 weeks though.

[vitaminZ 0]

Ive been using micros for years. In my mind its similar to the tapered blade / standard blade scenario. There was a while just a few years ago when tapered blades were pretty hard to find and options were limited, now every company makes atleast one. Hopefully the same will be true of mini core wheels

[saba 0]

If there were move a supply there might be a greater demand. Finding tapered blades if we continue that analogy at least in this area are still hard to come by as are high end wheels, let alone micro bearing

There is also the dogma that microbearing break easier than standard to be overcome

I have wanted a Revision micro for years but keep the price reasonable around $8-$9 otherwise Revision is wasting its time IMHO

[start_today 770]

I think min-bearings just aren't worth it for most people. The average player isn't going to see enough benefit to make it worth their time to buy new wheels, bearings, and spacers.

(I know this isn't really what you asked, but I started thinking about it, so here it is...) Instead of putting money into r&d for mini-bearing wheels, I think revision should put more into advertising and dispersement. I've heard pretty good things about your product, but it seems like rink rats and hyper control such a share of the market that most people don't know much about revision, and revision is hard to find in stores.

Wheels have the potential to have a giant impact on one's game; it's amazing to me how many guys I see skating with garbage wheels and $100 gloves.

[15yearsofhistory 0]

Everybody I've told about Revisions picked up a pair and loved them. The Variants are a top quality wheel, better than any RR's I ever used.

[RevisionHockey 0]

Hope all of you had a happy holiday season and wish you all a Happy New Year.

Thank you for the feedback and the kind words.

If we do make a mini-bearing wheel the pricing would not vary from our 608 wheel versions.

In regards to advertising, we are always weighing the cost of print ads and sponsorships vs. the size of the market and the expected result. We are always willing to listen and consider every marketing opportunity. I believe as our product line and revenue expand, along with hopefully the growth of our great sport you will see more advertising of our brand.

Regards,

Nabeel Gerges