One Drop Flat Bearings Are Outdated: Change My Mind

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Overview of shapes

History of / differences between different concave bearings?

[image] OK so there are a variety of concave bearing shapes: obviously, pure smooth concave, the “O” of bearing shapes if you will concave but with a center channel indent for the string angled down to the middle, the “V” of bearing shapes if you will the most common type: flat in the center, but the sides angle up, the “H” of bearing shapes if you will. I’d say 80% of the “concave” bearings I encounter are this type the least common type, a combination of V and H, angled steps i…

• Flat is… flat. Simple.

• CT is flat in the middle, angled up slightly on each end. I would kiiiinda put DS and “pixel” in this category as well (four “steps” meaning the middle is relatively flat and the sides are angled up more).

• Pure concave, V, and string groove are all strong centering and conceptually really do force the string into the center at all times.