CLYW and iYoYo have announced a new collaboration…but it’s a bearing, not a yoyo! Pixel Bearings are a collaborative release between the two companies that, unlike most collaborations, looks to be an ongoing project rather than a one-time release. Here are details from the CLYW website:
We’re excited to announce a new collaboration with iYoYo…Pixel Bearings!
We’ve always wanted our own special bearing. It’s one of those things…we always thought it would be neat to design a bearing that worked *a little bit better* in our return tops. Our friend Dave Geigle at iYoYo had an idea, and with some back-and-forth collaboration between him and Chris, Pixel Bearings were born!
Each Pixel Bearing features a series of eight steps, starting at the side walls and staggering down to the center of the bearing. This allows the string segments to micro-adjust and move past each other easily during complicated tricks. Eight steps…8-bit graphics…you see where we’re going with this. 😉
Pixel Bearings come lightly lubed from the factory. If you want your performance boost now, we recommend that you go ahead and clean the bearing before play. But if you’re patient, and willing to wait a bit longer, give it a single drop of your bearing cleaner of choice and then play it semi-responsive for a while and let the lube naturally break down over time. Could take days, could take weeks, but the end result will be a naturally broken-in bearing that plays crazy smooth with killer spin times.
Available soon at your favorite CLYW retailers!
We’ve got three of these Pixel Bearings to give away…just comment below and tell us why you want one, and we’ll pick three random answers to win a free Pixel Bearing. Winners will be selected Wednesday, June 22nd at noon EST.
Congratulations to Dylan Lear, JB, and Zach Smith on each winning a Pixel Bearing! Please check your email, and respond with your mailing address. Thanks, everyone!
Who won?
Would love to try a new bearing as I have never tried a concave bearing.
Would love to throw it in my new ocean blue Manatee and have the 2 newest great things by you guys!
Well, what serious player wouldn’t want one? lol, ummm the real reason that I want one is so that I can try it out, maybe use it for a competition or something.
I dropped my throw in a lake and wrecked the bearing
I like to try new things
To many flat bearings want to try something new.
Looks cool. I don’t have many bearings, so it would be a good replacement if one dies.
I´m allways looking for good bearings! haven´t found THE bearing right now, let me try one in my Avalanche 🙂
you guys always have made awesome throws and especially been one of the leaders on ingenuity and design,and iyoyo has done nothing but make great quality return tops,so this is prolly just another hop in the correct direction,would love to try it,no matter what though ill just end up buyinng one,i know it’ll be a great step in the right direction
Those look like some mighty fine bearings you have there. I would love to improve my quality of life and play with one of those bad boys in my good yoyos.
Who doesn’t want free stuff? Plus, 8 bit video games like the original mario are so fun, and is a cool concept to put into a bearing.
I want one cuz I am super OCD so I constantly am trying new bearings in the search for the perfect bearing, and this could be it 🙂
I have only ever used stock bearings that come in my throws, I would love to try something new and different.
I am interested in this Pixel bearing due to the nature of this partnership, which at first sounds a bit odd but soon makes perfect sense! I’m excited to see the soul of CLYW and the precision of iYoYo’ German roots to coalesce into something amazing!
This is also compounded by the fact that the bearing’s design itself seems to be rather innovative and would probablylend itself fantastically to all styles of play.
I’d like one because I want to see how it compares to the DS bearings by YYR since they look quite similar.
Because I like retro items, anything to do with jojos
I’m curious as to the 10 or 8 ball question too.. Still love to test bearings!
I want one for my YYJ Revolution. The stock bearing makes too much noise.
Sorry… forgot to finish…. I absolutely love these two yoyo companies. i have a big dipper and i would probably put the bearing in that pr my barracuda. I love the pixelated logo and would love to try one. I would also like to use this in worlds this year. these two companies make very great yo-yos and can’t wait to see what there bearing is like!!!!!!
i would like to win one!! so i can use it in my nice throws get that pepsi challenge going~
I still play original Nintendo games, so this will make my yoyos more old school, yet new.
I need a pixel bearing to go in the Yeti 2.0 I just preordered!
Always want to try new bearings. Looking forward to giving this a shot.
Cool name, interesting concept
Need a new bearing for my Steel, I might have slightly damaged the Konkave bearing when yoyo met chair in the middle of a horizontal combo.
I don’t have much experience with “special” bearings.. So it would be a great thing to try out and experience ^^ New things are good, It can teach you something or maybe just give another feel to it completely. I’d love to have one
That is one hell of a sexy bearing, would love to try it in my new OD downbeat (blasphemous, I know)
Clyw and iyoyo are by far the last companies I thought would do a collaboration. I have to try this out!
I have a CLYW borealis. The ctx in it is the bomb but I do like dif e yo konkaves a bit better. Would love to try the new bearing If it plays like a blend.
they look like any other bearing but I need a new bearing.
I want one! I’m a longtime fan of CLYW, and I really trust your products. Chris’ designs have been killing it lately and I’m stoked to see how this bearing works. Ive tried many different bearings and haven’t been in love with any of them so I’ll be making an order of pixels regardless.
Looks like a quad shield, could have potential as the duals are considered top tier.
Want one in my attempt to find the ultimate bearing.
I’ll be receiving my new iYoYo FiRROX tomorrow! I would love to try this bearing in my new throw, and try it in my Avalanche as well!
I love my CLYW orca ! I would love to try one !
This sounds awesome; I’d really like to try one of these
In my collection, my two favorite throws are CLYW’s Puffin 2 and iYoYo’s Steel; it would be awesome to try the collaboration bearing on each of those amazing Yoyos!
The most important factor in a good bearing is the quality of the engineering. Considering both company involved, I’m sure this will be a great bearing!
I’ve always wanted my own pixel bearing. It’s one of those things…
Looks interesting!
I am the current Texas state champion. I want this bearing to use in my competitions. Looks like an awesome bearing.
That looks super awesome!! I want to try one!
I would very much so fancy a try at this bearing 🙂
These new bearings sound awesome! I’d love to try them so that I can excel faster in learning to throw, and also to give you guys feedback on what I love about them or what could be improved. That way, these bearings can become even better, and throwing will be even more of a pleasure.
I had a bearing once.
I want it!
I love my YYR DS bearings and these looks like they could be even better
I’m all for innovation and I would love to try this out the concept sounds great. And I want one because I have 8 bit pixel tattoos.
Looks really great an i need a new bearing for my iyoyo2 anyway^^
I would love to try out some 8-bit pixel bearing just to try a new type of bearing and compare it with the other type of bearings i already have.
/Pether
a bearing a day keeps the doctor away
I don’t see anything new. It is pretty much like a KonKave … and its limits (cross multiple string sections in the center).
In my opinion the best profile for bearings remains the central trac, with a central flat part to accommodate multiple string sections and side slides to keep away the cord from the response system
Cause Pixel Bearing is awesome name!
Well, I love yoyo, i love CLYW and I love Pixel Graphics so I really want to try one of these Bearings :3
I’m very intrigued by the shape of the bearing and with the reputations that both iYoYo and CLYW have for putting out good products, I can’t wait to try one when they release. I’m excited to see what both of these companies can produce when working together!
My friend of mine doesn’t have his own unresponsive bearing rather he is using the ( responsive ) slim yyj bearing for his competition throws …..
The question is not why do you want the Pixel bearing, the question is why would you not want the pixel bearing. To that question I say there is no reason not to want one. 😉
A pixel bearing would be very nice to try out because I’m in need for more bearings.
Cause they look really nice
I would love one because i want experiment more in my yoyo style. I am relatively new at yoyoing, 1+ years, and haven’t found “me”. The description that you gave makes me feel like this bearing will alow me to experiment any spectrum of yoyoing and help me find “me”. Plus yoyos, clyw, and new technology ROCK!!!!
Looks good not why
10 balls or 8?
I would like the pixel bearing for a yoyo. Am modded. For a person Who is in wheelchair. Am teaching Them How to yoyo.
I’m really curious to see how the feel of these differs from a standard concave bearing
They sound great and I want to try one!
My friend doesn’t have his own unresponsive bearing, and he couldn’t afford to buy one, he is always use a slim bearing from yyj ….
I like that the concept here isn’t just to simply center the string, it’s refreshing to see a new thought process applied to bearings. Can’t wait to try one out!
Would love to try them out!
because why not
because…it’s a new bearing? and I give them all a go? because I love them? bearings give me feels?
My friend doesn’t have his own unresponsive bearing, and he is always use a ( responsive ) slim bearing from yoyojam , it’s so sad that he couldn’t afford one……
I want one because I like the look of the bearings and the look of the logo.
Well, just wanna try it
I would love to have a pixel bearing because of my lack of experience in different bearing shapes. I own a few flat bearings, a konkave bearing, and a center track bearing, and each one provides a different feel for the yoyo. I would like to see how this combination of a konkave and center track shape affects the yoyo’s play on the string and its response. CLYW and iYOYO are both amazing companies, so a collaboration with them both should turn out great!
I want one because I am ill-funded, and lack quality bearings in my yoyos.
To be honest, it’s human nature to want shiny things that I don’t have. And this is both shiny and not in my possession. Thus, logically, I want it. 🙂
Ive been into design for years. This would be interesting to see if there is any performance increase with the shape.
And who doesn’t need new bearings..
I want one because they look rad and I love the things Chris and Dave create!
Love new stuff and could always use a better bearing in one of my favorite throws! !
Pixelated bearing sounds weird enough to me. I’d like to try one.
Wow, those look really interesting. Do you know what merrivale they’re made out of? Probably just stainless steel, but I’m curious.
This comment totally wasn’t just for the giveaway. What’re you talking about?
Looks interesting, would love to try one