Speed Metal bearings come in Abec 3, Abec 5 and Abec 7 speed ratngs. The Speed Metal Abec 7 line comes in two professional skateboarder signature series. They are: Speed Metal Abec 7 Bam Margera Wrecking Balls. Wrecking Balls come in a pink and black heartagram designed bearing tin. The second set are the Speed Metal Mike Vallely Abec 7 Lightnings. The Mike Valley Lightnings were released in either 2001 or 2002, where the Bam Margera Wrecking Balls were released more recently.
In 2003 Speed Metal bearings was researching a new skateboard bearing technology. Skaterboarders at the Vans skate park in Orange, CA witnesses a very strange bearing design by some Speed Metal team riders. Word has it that the bearings were completely encased in a sheet metal cover with one spinning axis in the middle of the bearing. According to these reports for local skateboarders, the bearings looked like UFO/alien technology! Whatever those bearings were, nothing Speed Metal has ever distributed on the open market has ever looked like such a bearing.
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Speed Metal Abec 7 Mike Vallely Lightnings Skateboard Bearings
Reviews by Real Skateboarders:
S. Blakeman 2-2-09
Now since i seem to be on a down slope, the Speed Metal "Mike V A7's" - can i say "s#!t"? well basically nuff said. they look to have the quality of a mid BONES Bearing -but- only maintain a mid level speed for an A7. now dont get me wrong, its a very smooth mid speed, but thats about all your gonna get. their almost exactly like riding the "Black Widows". Overall - didn't even work well in my long board.