Reinventing the skateboard wheel

[Alex]

I doubt these slide for shit, but I'd like to try them and see how much farther they roll on a push: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/06/this-guy-reinvented-the-wheel-by-turning-it-into-a-cube/276705/

Even if they make a 100 D street wheel, unfortunately the shape screams of a tricked out longboard, scooter, etc. gimmick.

[jimi420]

When I read the title I thought "What asshole is trying to 'reinvent' skateboarding this time?"

[JamesNtheGntPch]

they seem like they would chunk if you tried to gap something big and wear faster in general.  i could see longboarders adopting them, but not skateboarders.

[troy]

i would still be down to slap em on my cruiser!

[foureyedjim]

From one perspective, I think the idea is pretty cool

Too bad the wheels look like piles of shit.
Also doesn't look practical for street skating

[AfterEight]

wow that is so fucking regular

[slapthesenuts]

You wouldn't be able to lock into a grind on a ledge either without a square-ish edge.

[oyolar]

I didn't trust it once he let it out that he doesn't understand what a cube is.

[atswimtwobirds]

wow - hopefully this fucking shithead is rich, because his idea is bitch.

and this little business venture will be decayed by christmas.

drones in the fucking sky and dudes are turning circles into squares.

i would legitimately love to punch this man, or throw a 12 pack of

budweiser at his head in noe valley. drehobol watching.

[gnidraobetaks]

this thread already exists doooood.

[layzieyez]

this thread already exists doooood.

Start a third one.  I fucking dare you.

[ThugWaffle]

this thread already exists doooood.

They look like toothpaste.

[srsbsnss]

Teenage runaway put out square wheels years ago and they looked way better than these.

[SKATE DAD]

they seem like they would chunk if you tried to gap something big and wear faster in general.  i could see longboarders adopting them, but not skateboarders.

[TheDraught]

dude should investigate whether they flatspot or not.

[landCow]

I don't know, they are kind of neat and the theory behind them sounds alright. honestly I wouldn't mind trying taking them for a quick roll on my cruiser just to see how they work. but they will never sell. A few longboarders maybe but for street skating they are not practical at all.

[MostlyLurkin']

I was waiting for the Formula Four's, but now I might just get these instead


...or not!

[pinche gringo]

Whatever. I stopped caring about wheel technology a long time ago. Good luck. I hope this guy is the next Mark Zuckerberg, so I can still not care.

[StimCoCruzer]

great idea, but i wouldnt want to be caught dead with that stupid looking thing on my board.

maybe make a tire for a humvee that shape. or something