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Skateboarding => Shoes & Gear => Topic started by: 256 Ply on July 19, 2014, 06:32:16 PM
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Just saw this press release recently:
(http://www.wreckwheels.com/images/home.jpg)
I hope things are well with you. Things are great here. Besides my continued commitment to managing Darkstar Skateboards and merchandising responsibilities at Dwindle Distribution, I have teamed up with the world's leading urethane manufacturer, Aend Industries, In a joint venture -completely separate from the Dwindle -to create a new company called Wreck Wheels.
I am proud to welcome you to the World's Best Urethane. Made exclusively at our factory in the USA, our proprietary Ruin Formula utilizes the highest quality compounds, curatives, and components. This high performance formula welds 30 years of lab development experience, advanced processing techniques and extensive street testing into the world's most flatspot resistant, fastest & longest lasting wheels.
Wreck is more than just a marketing company that slaps it's name on OEM urethane... we are a true wheel brand - the factory, chemist, and manufacturer - who controls the process from A to Z. Our formulas are exclusive to Wreck, and all our urethane is made in our state-of-the-art facility in Huntington Beach, California.
It's worth mentioning that Wreck Wheels outperform existing wheel brands in both abrasion (wear) testing, and rebound (speed) testing. Nothing on the market compares to our quality and performance. Wreck's Ruin Formula surpasses Bones, Spitfire, and Ricta (among others).
I have developed this formula through extensive testing, skating, and refinement with decades of urethane experience and I stand by this statement 110%. Below are some recent test results that show the amount of material lost and percentage rebound after conducting wear and speed testing.
Brand Material lost % Rebound %
1 Wreck 5.90% 72%
2 Spitfire 9.10% 69%
3 Bones 10.30% 60%
4 Ricta 22.90% 65%
5 Gold 23.40% 67%
6 Pig 25.30% 67%
Abrasion test video: ( wear test )
http://vimeo.com/97349506 (http://vimeo.com/97349506)
Rebound test video: ( speed test )
http://vimeo.com/98596035 (http://vimeo.com/98596035)
The launch of Wreck Wheels has just begun and the World's best urethane is now available for everyone to shred through Eastern and Ocean avenue distribution.
Www.WreckWheels.com (http://Www.WreckWheels.com)
@WreckWheels > Facebook, twitter , youtube, instagram, vimeo
[Edit: typo]
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thank you chet thomas for publishing a report that spitfires are better wheels than bones
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thank you chet thomas for publishing a report that spitfires are better wheels than bones
Haha! While reading that report, I was thinking somebody's gonna say it.
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I bet they rattle the fuck out of your teeth on a sidewalk... I'll stick with Spits.
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thank you chet thomas for publishing a report that spitfires are better wheels than bones
We were all thinking it ;)
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thank you chet thomas for publishing a report that spitfires are better wheels than bones
We were all thinking it ;)
Indeed!
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chet should extend it to a board brand and put greg lutzka on
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Great branding.
Not!
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Did a "field test" with these wheels for a norwegian mag yesterday, I'll post the video later today.
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I remember dark stars anti flatspot wheels being surprisingly good, if these are anything similar I would be interested to try them
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Did a "field test" with these wheels for a norwegian mag yesterday, I'll post the video later today.
good or not ? answer dude !
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thank you chet thomas for publishing a report that spitfires are better wheels than bones
Somewhere, Tracer weeps.
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so aend has made element darkstar and plan b wheels
http://youtu.be/7y34fbwBvl0 (http://youtu.be/7y34fbwBvl0)
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I remember dark stars anti flatspot wheels being surprisingly good, if these are anything similar I would be interested to try them
I rode a set waaaaay back, they were fine.
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Stresstest - Wreck Wheels (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3s4_lZz5B4&feature=youtu.be#)
We managed to give them a little bit of flatspot, but I'm pretty sure they would just roll out if I continued skating with them.
On the other hand, they are way too grippy for my taste. You really have to lean in to make them powerslide, I'll stick to STFs.
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Man, all that and just a "little bit of flatspot" - I'd say these are pretty decent wheels, at least by that measure
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A good buddy of mine managed to get quite a few sets of Wreck's in various sizes to try out (I guess he knows people, hah). He posted a photo on Instagram of his wheel package. I hit him up and asked him if I could get a set to try, and he said yes. I'm stopping by his place later tonight to grab a set. I'll report back soonish with how they skate and how I like them.
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Curious!
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Bi Curious!
8)
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Hungry
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I remember darkstar wheels having a really good team and really good reputation back in the mullen vs song days
Wreck is a horrible name though and Ill stick to my spitfires
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Hungry
(http://i.imgur.com/UJ2thik.jpg)
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^^^ it's as thought you looked though a window into my soul.
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jesus christ are you one of those tumblr faggots who makes "soft net" art or what the fuck ever
sooooo sick
(http://www.medienkunstnetz.de/assets/img/data/2453/bild.jpg)
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So does this mean no knights in black armour?
Will they match my Darkstar / Kreeper set up?
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jesus christ are you one of those tumblr faggots who makes "soft net" art or what the fuck ever
sooooo sick
(http://www.medienkunstnetz.de/assets/img/data/2453/bild.jpg)
did u just f'n "soft" shame me?!?!
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So i set them up last night, and skated all night with them. For an 83B duro wheel, they sure are on the grippy side. How can a wheel be that hard and still be that grippy? I was expecting something like an STF with that duro, but it's totally different. I was skating a manny pad and trying a manual BS 180 out and I couldn't get the 180 revert out at first because of how grippy they were. I really had to put a lot of force in my shoulders and turn hard for it to work. Usually I just slightly turn and they go with me, but not for these.
Sliding aside, as for the overall feel of the wheel, I didn't really like it. I can't really describe it since they have a feeling of their own completely different from F4s or STFs, but they just don't feel right for me.
I don't care how durable they are or how much rebound they have, if they don't feel right, then it's over.
Gonna get a few more sessions in with them, and if i still can't learn to like them then I'm putting back on my worn but still good 101 F4s.
Sorry Chet.
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give them a few more sessions and tell us about the positive aspects too
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So i set them up last night, and skated all night with them. For an 83B duro wheel, they sure are on the grippy side. How can a wheel be that hard and still be that grippy? I was expecting something like an STF with that duro, but it's totally different. I was skating a manny pad and trying a manual BS 180 out and I couldn't get the 180 revert out at first because of how grippy they were. I really had to put a lot of force in my shoulders and turn hard for it to work. Usually I just slightly turn and they go with me, but not for these.
Sliding aside, as for the overall feel of the wheel, I didn't really like it. I can't really describe it since they have a feeling of their own completely different from F4s or STFs, but they just don't feel right for me.
I don't care how durable they are or how much rebound they have, if they don't feel right, then it's over.
Gonna get a few more sessions in with them, and if i still can't learn to like them then I'm putting back on my worn but still good 101 F4s.
Sorry Chet.
The 'super hard but still don't slide' description sounds like Landshark HxC wheels. When it came it came to like a tailslide or lipslide it was fine but powerslide or even a little revert they stuck like glue. I completely lost flstground cabs with those fuckers because they wouldn't even slide the last ~30 degrees, and I haven't had them that good even since.
I doubt I ever would've tried these anyway but was kinda hoping the hear good feedback, options are good and all.
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So does this mean no knights in black armour?
Will they match my Darkstar / Kreeper set up?
haha i rode those darkstar wheels when darkstar was just a wheel company and they had those no flatspot wheels when the company first came out. they were actually pretty good, i didnt buy a shit ton of them but thats probably because they lasted a while. werent too sticky too.
too bad chet didnt test a prize fighter wheel in that sample, i would be curious to see how theyd fair in the same scenario.
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They should do another test of PFC, AB, PRC, SML, Momentum, Satori, etc. I know they are going after the big boys, still...
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Chet Thomas can do no wrong, I believe in him, and the wheels. Video proof doesn't lie
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Got my Wreck 55mm today (I ordered the square cuts but they sent me the original cuts :( it's as if I'm destined to not ride a square tablet wheel, F4 fulls vanished, got sent the wrong shape) anyway I noticed they looked more round than I thought they would be but was too stoked and set'em up took them out for a couple of hours to test them out, initial thoughts:
Wrecks feel like hard OJs, this is a good thing. OJs tend to feel 'dead' to me, these don't.
They don't feel rock/tooth-chattering hard like STFs or F4s do on rough terrain but they are still hard.
They feel like wheels! STFs/F4s/Autobahns (also poured at Aend, like Wreck) tend to have a plasticy feel (f4s less so than STFs).
Wreck come treaded, this sucks, I hate treads. Pi Wheels come with 'stoneground' riding surface, best fresh wheel feel ever.
They slide very well and very controlled, I never felt like they were going to slip out on me so they don't have that wooooooooooooooah feeling you get on F4s right before they cut loose ;)
I've been riding F4s mostly (switched from the 101a to 99a) and a set of 100a Autobahns which I found too grippy and not hard enough yet have a nice screech. Don't get me wrong, I love the F4s (never been a fan of STFs), and F4s slide sooooo well at the cost of being so damn hard. I'll probably bit on the Conicals unless the wrecks let me down, which is doubtful.
Here's a shitty clip of me skating around on a shitty, rough-ass road on fresh wheels (and deck/bushings/bearings) to let you hear how they sound and see a slide or two, oh and one trick. I'm not kidding when I say this is shitty; I've not been out skating at all this week except to commute and this was a cold start on a new ride =D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ofr_zHXnvjk&feature=youtu.be (http://"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ofr_zHXnvjk&feature=youtu.be")
I know it's shakey, there's one FS 360 slide in here, I didn't think I would get it around given the road/treads but they did it and two impossibles (one you can't see but you can hear it,).
I think they didn't screech on my setup as the wheels are snug to the nut/axle and this usually deadens it for some reason.
It's still too early to tell (and I won't get to try them on transition until next weekend) but it seems like they are on point. They feel great and if they last as long as claimed they're going to do well.
give them a few more sessions and tell us about the positive aspects too
Totally agree, I doubt the treads are even gone yet (treads suuuuuck, we all know it).