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haha, I just saw this today ...  I skate 56's most of the time with thunders and no risers and I don't even consider them big.  Once you get used to a 55/56 wheel it's hard to go back to a smaller one since you maintain a lot more speed without working for it and you don't have to "watch out for rocks and cracks" well as much anyway

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Nice, I've gone bigger and smaller than 54mm, but I always go back to 54mm. It's the perfect size, in my opinion.

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For sure. I wanna try 55mm sometime, but that extra mm makes me nervous.

I'd recommend sticking with 54mm. Nothing to worry about with that size. Not too big or small, the sweet spot.

[Zimmer]

I really want to like bigger wheels (for rolling over shitty pavement and such), but I just can't stand the height that comes with risers and big wheels.

What do people like about big wheels?

[Willie]

Bigger wheels lets you skate at a different tempo than smaller ones.

Generally, you'll see very few pure street skaters with anything bigger than 54-56 because ollies and such get sluggish at that point but for tranny you can get higher and faster with way less effort.

To keep speed on bowls with small wheels you need to pump the shit out of them. When I ride 58s or above it takes so much less effort but you may also feel like you have less "twitch" reaction ability.

[Zimmer]

Bigger wheels lets you skate at a different tempo than smaller ones.

Generally, you'll see very few pure street skaters with anything bigger than 54-56 because ollies and such get sluggish at that point but for tranny you can get higher and faster with way less effort.

To keep speed on bowls with small wheels you need to pump the shit out of them. When I ride 58s or above it takes so much less effort but you may also feel like you have less "twitch" reaction ability.

Makes sense, I've got some 58mms I couldn't groove with, maybe ill try them out on some park stuff!

[Monkey_Mcpott]

Switching from originally F4 Classic 51mm 99a (now probably 50mm or 49mm) to conical full 52mm and wow what a difference, love em!

[Paco Supreme]

Hey Lenny, I looked on the measurements chart on spitfires site but I couldn't see the specs for a 53 conical, anyone know the width/riding surface?

[tangar]

Regular conical 53 = Width 32, Riding surface 20

[Paco Supreme]

Good looks Tangar, gnar'd

[Xen]

Bigger wheels lets you skate at a different tempo than smaller ones.

Generally, you'll see very few pure street skaters with anything bigger than 54-56 because ollies and such get sluggish at that point but for tranny you can get higher and faster with way less effort.

To keep speed on bowls with small wheels you need to pump the shit out of them. When I ride 58s or above it takes so much less effort but you may also feel like you have less "twitch" reaction ability.

I typically ride 53/54 mm on just about everything (I don't skate vert) and 54s if they are hard enough, work fine or street and bowls. I can out-speed most people at my local park with 52s/swiss six but I get winded fast.

Depending on what you do on street, you can get away with 54/55s I don't flip in or out (maybe a pop shuv in/out or impossibles, maybe a heel out) but flipping in to me, requires smaller wheels, flipping out you have a bit more time for setup.

[N.L.]

I've ridden f4s since the beginning and finally got a significant flat spot. not bad odds and i was intentionally trying to fuck them up by having a little school yard power slide contest with myself. i reckon i was pretty close to a 10'er... anyway, i do a lot of slides and this is the first time i've fucked an F4 to the point where the flat spot won't fix itself with a few hill bombs. still backing the shit out them.

[144p]

For anyone who was wanting to try a set of the classic slim reynolds f4, my shop has them on sale $24.99, we offer pretty inexpensive shipping on small items or free over $75.00.
http://www.35thave.com/shop/Skate/Wheels/Spitfire/p/Spitfire-Andrew-Reynolds-Sweeper-Formula-Four-Classic-Slim-99a-x16024421.htm

[fulfillthedream]

no more classic slims 


http://spitfirewheels.com/formulafour/

[Level 60 Dwarf Paladin]

no more classic slims 


http://spitfirewheels.com/formulafour/

Nobody rode those things anyway. Classics are already a pretty slim wheel, just seemed redundant.

[mynameisnotjeff]

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no more classic slims 


http://spitfirewheels.com/formulafour/

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Nobody rode those things anyway. Classics are already a pretty slim wheel, just seemed redundant.

I agree, I have seen more 99a Classics and Conicals but, yet to see the slims in action

[fulfillthedream]

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no more classic slims 


http://spitfirewheels.com/formulafour/

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Nobody rode those things anyway. Classics are already a pretty slim wheel, just seemed redundant.

yeah probably the case. i didnt think id feel a difference but the local has like two more sets which ill proably stock up on and be a bit better than to switch it out so quick. (4 months is usually my switch out time)

[Firebert]

I got the slims, I like em a lot for street, but find I ride over the coping too much on tranny

[micky682]

Probably already talked about in the thread, but was it the difference between the radials/radials slims and classics or conicals?

[Xen]

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no more classic slims�


http://spitfirewheels.com/formulafour/

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Nobody rode those things anyway. Classics are already a pretty slim wheel, just seemed redundant.

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I agree, I have seen more 99a Classics and Conicals but, yet to see the slims in action

I've a set of both the slims are pretty damn slim in comparison; too soft for me at 99a.

[GinosGroceries]

Bring back the tablet shape!!!!

[GOATMOON]

no more classic slims 


http://spitfirewheels.com/formulafour/

I had a weird experience with those wheels. For some reason they felt softer than the regular 99a f4's and didn't screech at all when powersliding or reverting which I fucking hated. It sounded like a muffled, wet fart or some shit. Plus I was skating some wide ass conicals before them and they felt like stilts in comparison. I switched to 99a radial slims and like those a lot better.

[sharkin]

my 99 classic slims definitely feel softer than my 99 radial slims

contact patch is several mm smaller but slides less it seems


overall my favorite wheel is the 101 conical full - the controlled slide is incredible

[Jake From State Farm]

Bring back the tablet shape!!!!

this

[tangar]

I'm gonna be trading for some classic slims soon and your comments are giving me mixed feelings. I don't want them to feel too soft but I also was worried about slipping out. When you guys say soft, do they feel grippier or just slower? I'm trying to skate more street and less parks so that's why I wanted to give them a shot.

[Xen]

I'm gonna be trading for some classic slims soon and your comments are giving me mixed feelings. I don't want them to feel too soft but I also was worried about slipping out. When you guys say soft, do they feel grippier or just slower? I'm trying to skate more street and less parks so that's why I wanted to give them a shot.

I didn't notice a difference between 99a classics and classic slims other than gripping slightly less on slides. They'll be fine for 'real' street, especially if you have shit roads.

99a spits just feel super slow to me in parks, even the 101s due (compared to SPF/OJs/Ricta, but these rattle your brain on street).

[calvinsdream]

After a long time of looking, I finally found the F4 101 58mm. It's the classic shape. Excited to see how these work out.

[Rick Sanchez]

Anyone else cop the glow in the dark f4s or am I the only gimp who thought they were kinda cool

[Xen]

Anyone else cop the glow in the dark f4s or am I the only gimp who thought they were kinda cool

I've never seen a set of glow wheels actually glow...

[mynameisnotjeff]

Anyone else cop the glow in the dark f4s or am I the only gimp who thought they were kinda cool

I am considering them but, I want to try out the conical shape and wheels get dirty too fast

Will probably cop the shirt

[Paco Supreme]

Hey lenny, very small percentage kinda question but any plans for a conical full colour in a 53mm? 

Took over a year but this finally happened 

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Anyone else cop the glow in the dark f4s or am I the only gimp who thought they were kinda cool

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I've never seen a set of glow wheels actually glow...

i have a set waiting to be set up with a new board. they've just been sitting in my room but when i turn off the lights at night, they really do glow.