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Wheels in the freezer make them last longer?
« on: July 23, 2018, 08:15:15 AM »
Shecks said it in his mtv cribs episode but is it just another El Toro backside flip?

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Re: Wheels in the freezer make them last longer?
« Reply #1 on: July 23, 2018, 08:54:08 AM »
I think you're actually supposed to microwave your wheels.

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Re: Wheels in the freezer make them last longer?
« Reply #2 on: July 23, 2018, 09:03:49 AM »
I think you're actually supposed to microwave your wheels.

This, and Shoes go in the Freezer.

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Re: Wheels in the freezer make them last longer?
« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2018, 09:45:35 AM »
I like to slow cook them over a few months in southwest texas heat and around 90% humidity to get mine where they can do noseblunts first T.

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Re: Wheels in the freezer make them last longer?
« Reply #4 on: July 23, 2018, 10:45:20 AM »
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I think you're actually supposed to microwave your wheels.
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This, and Shoes go in the Freezer.

don't listen to these tools. bearings go in the microwave, shoes in the dishwasher, wheels in the butt.
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Re: Wheels in the freezer make them last longer?
« Reply #5 on: July 23, 2018, 03:18:31 PM »
Love the sound of my Bronson raws fresh out the microwave

Make sure the wheels are properly thawed before pressing in the scolding hot bearings.

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Re: Wheels in the freezer make them last longer?
« Reply #6 on: July 23, 2018, 03:21:58 PM »
it's 2018 and you're watching 10 year old episodes of Cribs?

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Re: Wheels in the freezer make them last longer?
« Reply #7 on: July 23, 2018, 03:31:29 PM »
I used to boil my bushings before I skated them because I thought that would help for some reason.

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Re: Wheels in the freezer make them last longer?
« Reply #8 on: July 23, 2018, 03:31:35 PM »
I seem to remember reading somewhere that Rodney and him came up with the Wheels in the freezer and shoes in the fridge as a joke to see if kids would do it.

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Re: Wheels in the freezer make them last longer?
« Reply #9 on: July 23, 2018, 05:02:43 PM »
High temps, humidity, and UV light all break down Urethane over time, so cool, dry storage is ideal.  Doesn’t get much cooler and drier than a freezer, but, like a closet should be fine.  Just don’t unwrap them and store them on a roof in Miami.  Or do, it would be interesting to see them after a year.

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Re: Wheels in the freezer make them last longer?
« Reply #10 on: July 24, 2018, 02:20:49 AM »
it's 2018 and you're watching 10 year old episodes of Cribs?

Hey hey... I did the same with my mom yesterday :(


On a serious note: I remember this being a 'thing' here in Belgium for a while.
I tried it once with spitfires and they shattered into pieces when I tried to ollie a gap.

They literally pulled apart around the bearings. That happend twice with spitfires (once with swirled wheels, and one time with a regular white pack...)

Got a pack of free wheels when I told them what happend though and they said it was a thing at the time and suggested not doing it anymore. reason for it was an explanation that had to do with chemistry but also with the fact that not all wheels are 'solid' some wheels have air bubbles etc and they can expand and cause 'cracks'. I don't have the mail any more, otherwise I'd post it.

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(and they give me discounts and free stuff sometimes... so there's that...)

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Re: Wheels in the freezer make them last longer?
« Reply #11 on: July 24, 2018, 02:44:01 AM »
it will make them hard and will roll like shit, speaking of weird things to do with skate stuff though, the story goes that when Brent Atchley road for element, he would get a set a bearings and a heap of socks from the warehouse, pop the shields, chuck each bearing into its own sock, tie them together into like a socktopus and then chuck them in the dryer to remove all traces of oil/lube from the bearing and roll them dry... never done it, but I do love shield-less bearings

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Re: Wheels in the freezer make them last longer?
« Reply #12 on: July 24, 2018, 07:44:21 AM »
it will make them hard and will roll like shit, speaking of weird things to do with skate stuff though, the story goes that when Brent Atchley road for element, he would get a set a bearings and a heap of socks from the warehouse, pop the shields, chuck each bearing into its own sock, tie them together into like a socktopus and then chuck them in the dryer to remove all traces of oil/lube from the bearing and roll them dry... never done it, but I do love shield-less bearings

I gave mine an alcohol bath/dried them out and sprayed some dry silicon lubricant in them and it feels great. I'm sure it's horrible for the bearings or whatever but when it feels right it feels right

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Re: Wheels in the freezer make them last longer?
« Reply #13 on: July 25, 2018, 02:23:56 PM »
Love the sound of my Bronson raws fresh out the microwave

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Re: Wheels in the freezer make them last longer?
« Reply #14 on: July 27, 2018, 06:02:15 AM »
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I think you're actually supposed to microwave your wheels.
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This, and Shoes go in the Freezer.
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don't listen to these tools. bearings go in the microwave, shoes in the dishwasher, wheels in the butt.
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