Author Topic: Best wheels that aren't made by a skate wheel company? (Read 6434 times)

Archers of Chaka · « **on:** April 07, 2011, 01:14:57 AM »

Just a question outta curiosity. What would you guys say are the best wheels that aren't actually made by a company that specializes in making skate wheels(spitfire, momentum, hubba, pig, etc.)? i've skated AWS wheels and they sucked. Wouldn't slide worth a shit. They did stay white for a long while though before they started yellowing, which i guess is kind of a plus. I've heard bad things about girl/chocolate/skate mental wheels too. I've heard baker wheels aren't too bad. Opinions?

Ivor86 · « **Reply #1 on:** April 07, 2011, 02:17:24 AM »

The blueprint and Unabomber wheels i've had were good. Death wheels are the shit! Although, I think they have a dedicated wheel team now so not sure if that counts, ha.

Filip · « **Reply #2 on:** April 07, 2011, 03:31:24 AM »

My friend has some Element wheels, and he says that they are the best he has ever ridden.
Also I heard that Consolitated wheels are tight.
Toy Machine.

finknoos · « **Reply #3 on:** April 07, 2011, 03:36:22 AM »

if you like hard wheels that slide all over the place then these are prety sweet

Hercules Rockefeller · « **Reply #4 on:** April 07, 2011, 03:42:22 AM »

buy bones. its simple like that. i have tried many many different sets of wheels, and they simply are the best.

guapo · « **Reply #5 on:** April 07, 2011, 05:44:03 AM »

Quote from: Hercules Rockefeller on April 07, 2011, 03:42:22 AM

buy bones. its simple like that. i have tried many many different sets of wheels, and they simply are the best.

brokenheadphone · « **Reply #6 on:** April 07, 2011, 07:20:30 AM »

Most wheels are made by a factory that specializes in pouring urethane for different applications. Any company that uses Creative Urethane should be pretty good.

sk8_stuff · « **Reply #7 on:** April 07, 2011, 07:30:16 AM »

Quote from: Hercules Rockefeller on April 07, 2011, 03:42:22 AM

buy bones. its simple like that. i have tried many many different sets of wheels, and they simply are the best.

True. Been skating for 13 years and Bones are the best no contest.

InternetDaddy · « **Reply #8 on:** April 07, 2011, 09:00:50 AM »

baker and deathwish wheels tend to be decent because a lot of their team riders just ride their wheels. Reynolds is on baker wheels if I remember correctly.

Cold Pizza · « **Reply #9 on:** April 07, 2011, 09:21:29 AM »

Quote from: sk8_stuff on April 07, 2011, 07:30:16 AM

Quote from: Hercules Rockefeller on April 07, 2011, 03:42:22 AM
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buy bones. its simple like that. i have tried many many different sets of wheels, and they simply are the best.
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True. Been skating for 13 years and Bones are the best no contest.

Bones are insanely slippery pieces of shit..............if kids over waxing stuff wasn't bad enough, we have all these super hard wheels now that make everything feel pre-waxed.

H8R part 4 · « **Reply #10 on:** April 07, 2011, 09:46:40 AM »

FYI, spitfire is a wheel made by a board company and they aren't what they used to be.

theres no best wheel made by a board company because board branded wheels are all produced by other wheel/urethane manufacturers. all they do is print their logo on them.

Firebert · « **Reply #11 on:** April 07, 2011, 11:22:04 AM »

Quote from: InternetDaddy on April 07, 2011, 09:00:50 AM

baker and deathwish wheels tend to be decent because a lot of their team riders just ride their wheels. Reynolds is on baker wheels if I remember correctly.

he rides for them, he doesn't actually ride them

Archers of Chaka · « **Reply #12 on:** April 07, 2011, 04:00:53 PM »

Quote from: viva hate on April 07, 2011, 11:22:04 AM

Quote from: InternetDaddy on April 07, 2011, 09:00:50 AM
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baker and deathwish wheels tend to be decent because a lot of their team riders just ride their wheels. Reynolds is on baker wheels if I remember correctly.
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he rides for them, he doesn't actually ride them

Yeah, I remember seeing a picture of him not too long ago and he was skating some spitfire classics.

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Most wheels are made by a factory that specializes in pouring urethane for different applications. Any company that uses Creative Urethane should be pretty good.

Who do they make wheels for? Can I get a list?

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buy bones. its simple like that. i have tried many many different sets of wheels, and they simply are the best.

I dunno, even though bones makes bearings too, I've always just thought of them as a company that would count as "only specializing in wheels". It's like the side of bones that makes bearings and the side that makes wheels are two completely different companies.

Eddy · « **Reply #13 on:** April 07, 2011, 04:12:44 PM »

i had some flip wheels back in the day and were good

bones wheels = insane good

pica · « **Reply #14 on:** April 07, 2011, 04:22:23 PM »

i don't get the sense of this topic...
i'd say get some bones anyway.

sk8_stuff · « **Reply #15 on:** April 07, 2011, 04:42:41 PM »

Quote from: Cold Pizza on April 07, 2011, 09:21:29 AM

Quote from: sk8_stuff on April 07, 2011, 07:30:16 AM
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Quote from: Hercules Rockefeller on April 07, 2011, 03:42:22 AM
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buy bones. its simple like that. i have tried many many different sets of wheels, and they simply are the best.
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True. Been skating for 13 years and Bones are the best no contest.
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Bones are insanely slippery pieces of shit..............if kids over waxing stuff wasn't bad enough, we have all these super hard wheels now that make everything feel pre-waxed.

If you tried the SPF wheels for skating parks you would probably think different, maybe not. But I ride STFs and they work great for street. Last a long time and grip fine for me.

TwisT · « **Reply #16 on:** April 07, 2011, 05:13:22 PM »

my wheel history for as far as i can think back

my aws wheels where okay i guess (they were amazing for like a week though, i remember being stoked on them)
spitfires where a dissappointment
black labels blew
element cores feel out
ccs cores were crap
then i got some wheels for a board i found that where good i think they were some local brand
autobahns weren't that bad
then organika wheels that where cool, but they maybe the same formula as goold wheels since they are kayo
now i got bones, since like december, no complaints

Doogie Howser Ph.D. · « **Reply #17 on:** April 07, 2011, 05:42:12 PM »

Palace wheels

barbaricious · « **Reply #18 on:** April 07, 2011, 08:07:50 PM »

Quote from: pica on April 07, 2011, 04:22:23 PM

i don't get the sense of this topic...
i'd say get some bones anyway.

seconded. bones stf are the shit! also on the topic of best wheels by non wheel company, had baker terry kennedy wheels once, cant say for all their wheels but they were insanely soft, no good.

Upgrayedd · « **Reply #19 on:** April 07, 2011, 08:57:55 PM »

long time ago i had these big fat red zero wheels from back in the tum yeto days. loved those tings with all of my 16 year old heart.

tre killa · « **Reply #20 on:** April 07, 2011, 08:59:20 PM »

I want to get some hi fi for my next wheels

Archers of Chaka · « **Reply #21 on:** April 07, 2011, 09:41:12 PM »

I've heard great things about hifi wheels.

Hercules Rockefeller · « **Reply #22 on:** April 08, 2011, 01:30:13 AM »

one thing i might have to add to my "buy bones" statement:

if you?re not trapped in austria and actually have access to more than 5 wheel companies, i would go and try SML, HIFI or Paradise wheels for sure. i?d be really interested how those feel.

Filip · « **Reply #23 on:** April 08, 2011, 02:18:40 AM »

Oh, and one of the dudes around here, he always skates Darkstar wheels, and I have never seen him having a flatspot or anything, so I guess they are kinda good..

Deep Cover · « **Reply #24 on:** April 08, 2011, 02:48:59 AM »

Only non wheel company wheels I've ridden were Habitat & Enjoy & both were terrible.

Anyone ever had Teenage Runaway wheels? Really want to try some, however they don't ship out this way.

Doogie Howser Ph.D. · « **Reply #25 on:** April 08, 2011, 05:46:20 AM »

Teenage Runaway Wheels are REALLY good

tom · « **Reply #26 on:** April 08, 2011, 01:07:27 PM »

i had a few sets of teenage runaway wheels about four or five years ago(?). i remember them being pretty good. i've also always loved that company based on the graphics and stickers alone. they had a 'fyodor dostoyevsky the original emo" graphic that i flipped my shit over. i don't know if their urethane has changed at all, but i'd still ride them regardless any day if i could ever find them
i used to blow through sets of wheels in 2-3 weeks, so i was constantly buying new wheels. i loved hubba and spitfirs even if they didn't hold up the best compared to other brands. a few years ago a bunch of posters got f1 samples from spitfire. of all the sets of wheels i've had i have to tip my hat to them. i assume those hubba ones are the same formula since the regular wheels are anyways. i could never get into bones. i have a long standing hatred towards powell and i don't think their stuff is what it's cracked/hyped up to be. the bearings max out and lock up, the bushings explode, the wheels look like plastic toy store wheels, the wheels don't feel right, and the shape of their boards are horrible

krookedjuice · « **Reply #27 on:** April 08, 2011, 09:56:42 PM »

that's weird seeing all these bad spitfire experiences. i've skated so many sets and only had one bad set which they replaced for me. bones wheels are great though.

pizzafliptofakie · « **Reply #28 on:** April 08, 2011, 10:03:27 PM »

As lame of a company as it may be, Darkstar urethane is actually legit.

poopmonkey · « **Reply #29 on:** April 11, 2011, 05:27:04 AM »

darkstar was a wheel company before it was a board company right? i remember them always trying out new technologies and stuff, mullens behind it obviously. shouldn't be too bad.

Author Topic: Best wheels that aren't made by a skate wheel company? (Read 6434 times)

Cold Pizza

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