Spitfire formula four

[Croquet temper]

Yeah those didn’t look like og classics at all from the first pic. Still don’t

I think the graphic just changes the appearance of the wheels' width. OG classics are wide ones anyway.

[FirstBlood82]

do you guys like the 97du on concrete ?

for me they felt slow outside in the concretepark but they were great indoors in my slippery park.
might go for 99 outside and 97 indoors

[Frank and Fred]

I like the 97s on rough and crusty stuff and super slippery indoor stuff. Concrete park 99s are faster for sure.

[Sundaynuggets]

do you guys like the 97du on concrete ?

for me they felt slow outside in the concretepark but they were great indoors in my slippery park.
might go for 99 outside and 97 indoors

They work fine for me on concrete parks, though they don’t feel like anything special on that surface. They feel better on concrete sidewalks than 99/101’s though

[Ok]

Lately I’ve been skating venture lo’s, not many wheels coming out in the 50 mm range. How long does it take most, to get a wheel down a few mm?

Other dumb question: because I’m set in my ways (see venture lo’s, decks no wider than 8”), I like spitfire classics. I feel like narrower wheels flip easier. Would a smaller conical full still flip, easily (emphasis)? Looking at 52 conical fulls, vs 53 classics (and will be using regular height trucks), because that’s what is available.

Spitfire 4 really work quite well. I’m not really fond of the baked potato color. Which is dumb on my part.

[iwishilivedinfinla]

tablets

[Mbrimson88]

Lately I’ve been skating venture lo’s, not many wheels coming out in the 50 mm range. How long does it take most, to get a wheel down a few mm?

Other dumb question: because I’m set in my ways (see venture lo’s, decks no wider than 8”), I like spitfire classics. I feel like narrower wheels flip easier. Would a smaller conical full still flip, easily (emphasis)? Looking at 52 conical fulls, vs 53 classics (and will be using regular height trucks), because that’s what is available.

Spitfire 4 really work quite well. I’m not really fond of the baked potato color. Which is dumb on my part.

Some normal F4 classic 99 in 50mm around, from a quick search, but I know there were a lot of tablets, as said above, in 50mm which might still be in stock in a lot of places that I cannot see from Australia in local shops to you in USA.  Here are the links from Paradeworld and I also put in the shop they are selling from above the link so you can check with them directly as another option and save you some time.

Geometric skate shop
https://www.paradeworld.com/products/spifire-formula-4-classic-50mm-99d-90-4493339066422/

Energy skate shop
https://www.paradeworld.com/products/spitfire-formula-four-51mm-99a-tablet-wheels-175-5020309651591/

303 Boards - 50mm
https://www.paradeworld.com/products/spitfire-99-formula-4-classic-multiple-sizes-166-4549594611777/

Pure Boardshop - 50mm
https://www.paradeworld.com/products/spitfire-f4-99-classics-skateboard-wheels-54-1922783969331/

NewYakCity - 50mm
https://www.paradeworld.com/products/spitfire-f4-classic-99a-assorted-sizes-158-4392550039594/


Some of those do have the F4 classic 51mm 99 duro as well in case you were wanting those.

As far as the time it takes to wear down, depends what you are skating but they don't wear down half as fast as the old Spitfires for the most part, so I would think it safer to get the right size from the start if you can.

[Ok]

Thanks, both

[Xen]

Been on a small wheel kick (mainly due to skating the Natas curbs, also the ground is shit so 99a all the way), I'll get them at 51, usually tablets or V3s (current 51 V3s 99a). I'd suggest the 51mm Spit Tabs, 99a.

Also, as was posted a few pages back (I think), F4 lil smokies (it reads tablet but I believe they are just classics based on this pic) can also be found in 50mm if you dig around.

https://www.paradeworld.com/products/spitfire-formula-four-f4-lil-smokies-99-tablet-51mm-44-5994879680677/



Bone V3 50mm 99a:
https://shop.ccs.com/bones-collins-black-sheep-99a-slims-stf-skateboard-wheels-50mm?gclid=CjwKCAiAm-2BBhANEiwAe7eyFKrl8gdyTxlLGfTyK8RF75-gPSXF3OGCXxjg_4Ix9JeKwIJ5INSXWxoCL5MQAvD_BwE

[Frank and Fred]

The 50mm Tablets I got are super fun for flat ground flailing on smooth ground. I vowed never to purchase anything smaller than 54mm but glad I made an exception. Not so great when you hit the rough stuff though.

[Fooj]

The 50mm Tablets I got are super fun for flat ground flailing on smooth ground. I vowed never to purchase anything smaller than 54mm but glad I made an exception. Not so great when you hit the rough stuff though.

Gotta say, the one thing i didn't like about the tablets is that it seemed harder to do any type of crook, like the corner dug into the ledge. Where i could just glide thru on classics. Not sure if anyone else felt this.   

[Xen]

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The 50mm Tablets I got are super fun for flat ground flailing on smooth ground. I vowed never to purchase anything smaller than 54mm but glad I made an exception. Not so great when you hit the rough stuff though.

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Gotta say, the one thing i didn't like about the tablets is that it seemed harder to do any type of crook, like the corner dug into the ledge. Where i could just glide thru on classics. Not sure if anyone else felt this.   

The tablets or the V2s are great for ledges, where both wheels are locked, but I miss having a little bit of lip to roll on.

[Mbrimson88]

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The 50mm Tablets I got are super fun for flat ground flailing on smooth ground. I vowed never to purchase anything smaller than 54mm but glad I made an exception. Not so great when you hit the rough stuff though.

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Gotta say, the one thing i didn't like about the tablets is that it seemed harder to do any type of crook, like the corner dug into the ledge. Where i could just glide thru on classics. Not sure if anyone else felt this.

It might be a little extreme, but I have often used an angle grinder to give old wheels a better shape, mainly by taking off the edge and rounding it in, which works nicely.  You are not touching the riding surface, just the side, by keeping the board set up as complete and using the grinder wheel spinning and making the wheel spin (so the bearings are sometimes screaming) and then put pressure on the side so it wears it down some.

Good to try on wheels you don't really care about first, and yes I have butchered some wheels in doing this, but they usually come up really well and this could be applied to tablets to turn them in to the classic shape too.

[passtheish]

New Conical Fulls 97DU, coming soon

[jay_nev]

Hell yeah. Came to post this. Been holding 97a classics til spring, shit.

[passtheish]

Hell yeah. Came to post this. Been holding 97a classics til spring, shit.

Yea super excited to try em out, hoping the OG Classics in the F4 97du come out soon too

[Xen]

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The 50mm Tablets I got are super fun for flat ground flailing on smooth ground. I vowed never to purchase anything smaller than 54mm but glad I made an exception. Not so great when you hit the rough stuff though.

[close]

Gotta say, the one thing i didn't like about the tablets is that it seemed harder to do any type of crook, like the corner dug into the ledge. Where i could just glide thru on classics. Not sure if anyone else felt this.   

[close]

The tablets or the V2s are great for ledges, where both wheels are locked, but I miss having a little bit of lip to roll on.

So I'm usually not a classics guy (visually I don't like the golf ball look they put off, especially on small trucks...yeah yeah, looks) but threw on some 99a 51mm f4 classics and the crook game is back on point, especially slappy crooks (been skating Radial Slims/Tablets and Bones V3/V2) specifically slappy front crooks and started working on fakie (switch?) fronts...might just have to stay on classics.

[fakiefs180]

Does anyone here maybe know if the Lock-In's will ever be sold again? Always wanted to try these. Best of two worlds in my opinion. Rolling up curbs for slappys, locking grinds in on ledges. At least in my theory ^^

[Xen]

Does anyone here maybe know if the Lock-In's will ever be sold again? Always wanted to try these. Best of two worlds in my opinion. Rolling up curbs for slappys, locking grinds in on ledges. At least in my theory ^^

They didn't do anything a Conical or Tablet don't do except screw you on being reversible and keep their gimmick.

[Eric Dolphy]

Does anyone here maybe know if the Lock-In's will ever be sold again? Always wanted to try these. Best of two worlds in my opinion. Rolling up curbs for slappys, locking grinds in on ledges. At least in my theory ^^

Dunno, maybe discontinued because they weren't popular. Asymmetrical wheels are not practical. They sucked for crooks too, same problem someone above was having with the tablets

[fulfillthedream]

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Does anyone here maybe know if the Lock-In's will ever be sold again? Always wanted to try these. Best of two worlds in my opinion. Rolling up curbs for slappys, locking grinds in on ledges. At least in my theory ^^

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Dunno, maybe discontinued because they weren't popular. Asymmetrical wheels are not practical. They sucked for crooks too, same problem someone above was having with the tablets

what was the whole deal with people on here skating them backwards?

seems like the most popular shapes are ; classics and conical fulls

[Fooj]

I wish regular radials and classic fulls were more widely available. i like the rounded edge with some surface for grip

[z_tx]

Does anyone here maybe know if the Lock-In's will ever be sold again? Always wanted to try these. Best of two worlds in my opinion. Rolling up curbs for slappys, locking grinds in on ledges. At least in my theory ^^

you can still find lock ins (limited sizes) on paradeworld

[Mbrimson88]

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Does anyone here maybe know if the Lock-In's will ever be sold again? Always wanted to try these. Best of two worlds in my opinion. Rolling up curbs for slappys, locking grinds in on ledges. At least in my theory ^^

[close]

Dunno, maybe discontinued because they weren't popular. Asymmetrical wheels are not practical. They sucked for crooks too, same problem someone above was having with the tablets

[close]

what was the whole deal with people on here skating them backwards?

seems like the most popular shapes are ; classics and conical fulls

When lock ins become lock outs?

Funny though because the OJ Elite has the asymetric shape, so you can skate them on the rounded side, or on the conical side and they work just as well either way depending on what you want to achieve, so in theory you can skate the Spitfire lock ins either way, having either a tablet face or a conical face on the inside.

An interesting thing with two different sets of 99 duro 55 mm lock ins that I have seen is the bearing seat is offset towards the conical "front" side on one set, and then offset towards the tablet or "back" side on the other set, maybe the first set being very old and the second set being fairly new, but it definitely makes for a different setup.

I also saw this recently, where Alex has his on the tablet / flat face out in the pic, but round the other way in the clip.

Interesting!

[fairydinkum]

New Conical Fulls 97DU, coming soon

ah! My new favourite wheel!

[sammyz]

i wonder how different these 97a's would be from my slimeball 97's

been riding the slimeballs recently after being 99a classics, and have to say for grinds im really enjoying the width and square edge of the slimeballs

[sharkin]

97 conical full would be like a slightly squarer slimeball

sounds like a good wheel for crust

[sbmfj]

Had apair for FF that chipped. Emailed Spitfire, and got a new set in the mail yesterday!
So stoked!
And they threw in some wax and a face mask!

Thanks Spitfire / DLX.

Spitfires for life!

[Sundaynuggets]

i wonder how different these 97a's would be from my slimeball 97's

been riding the slimeballs recently after being 99a classics, and have to say for grinds im really enjoying the width and square edge of the slimeballs

How do they slide?

[sammyz]

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i wonder how different these 97a's would be from my slimeball 97's

been riding the slimeballs recently after being 99a classics, and have to say for grinds im really enjoying the width and square edge of the slimeballs

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How do they slide?

They slide fine when i want them too, but when i don’t  they have good grip and i don’t ever feel that ill slip out