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I’m looking to start skating transition a bit and need help choosing some wheels.
If you were going to skate a large outdoor concrete bowl what Formula Fours (size+model) would you personally want to be riding?
What about for transition at an indoor skate park?
Thanks guys.
I am going to be doing the same and I'm gonna go with 54mm conical fulls. I got them a while ago but was hardly skating. When I got them I had been skating a local park a lot and couldn't get up kickers and stuff. I never skated parks a lot and I didn't really know what to do. When I got the 54mms I was getting up stuff and keeping speed no problem. I'm going with 99a and the full should be good contact.
Solid advice here; 54mm is basically the perfect all around size IMO. Classic fulls would work really well too, if you're looking for a wider contact patch with a bowed sidewall that makes breaking into a slide a bit easier. I've got both classic and conicals and am extremely curious about the full version of both, so let everyone know how it all works out.
I used to skate 99a 54s for street back in the day ( couldn’t drive yet and my tiny Wisconsin hometown was/is crusty AF) so I was considering going a bit bigger. I ride 52mm STF V1 103s on my street board so I figured why not go larger than 54mm if it’s going to literally only be used in the bowl.
Would you say 56mm conical fulls would outperform 54mm classic wides in this case? I’m 6’ 175lbs so I’m not huge but I’m not a small guy either.
Shit maybe I should get 54mm Classic Fulls first and if they’re not big enough I’ll at least have some wheels for when I visit my old hometown.
Thanks guys.
Oh btw semi related question. Do 52mm STF V1s Or 52mm Formula Four Classics have a wider contact patch? I can’t find the exact dimensions of the STF V1s and mine are too worn down to tell.