It doesn't seem consistent with the lock-ins full description from the catalog:
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A wider version of the lock-in shape.
Asymmetrical shape and design, featuring a conical cut profile on one side and a straight edge "lock-in" cut on the other
Radial full are coming in 54mm. Not a new shape per se but a new diameter option for radial full
Anyway Lock-Ins Full and Radial Full 54mm are the only wheels that could be considered new in the Summer catalog
i think Radial full suck, they make your hanger so tiny
I guess it just feels like a “ramp wheel” shape to me and Spitfire has always been more of a “street wheel” brand. That said, these look much better than the regular Lock-Ins to me. Aesthetically, I never liked the Tablet half on those (even though I don’t mind the look of Tablets in general).
For anyone who has had old Lock Ins, does the current back of the wheel look a lot more rounded than it used to?
The first set of those I got seemed like they were so very sharp on the back edge of them, not quite to a point but definitely way more Tablet sided, but seeing the new ones now, they are way more rounded.
I did also notice that the older ones did sit way more offset in covering more hanger, whereas the newer ones sit way more offset out not covering much past the washers on the hanger. No idea when that shape changed, but it has for sure.
That new shape looks way more "normal" sort of like the mini combo wheel shape, as earlier stated, but I still prefer any wheel that I can flip over and still ride the same, way more than an asymmetrical shaped wheel.
Curious to see these, but not curious enough to buy a set.
Did spitfire give up on the slim wheel market share?
Seems like bones never even tried to get any of the wide wheel share either.
Funny you say that because most shops didn't want to touch the wider Bones wheels and there were some very big wide wheels around, maybe still around, but the V6 shape is the newest one and is round and full.
Can't remember the shape but the SPF 60mm big round ones were 40mm wide and I had a number of those pass through my hands for the guys who wanted something like the Spitfire Bighead shape in 59mm x 39mm sizes.
Looked them up and P3 were the wide ones.
https://www.basementskate.com.au/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/bones-wheels-shapes_3_1-1.jpgI guess too, seeing the smaller Spitfire Lil Smokies, or just the regular F4 Classics, or Tablets, or even Conical shape, there are still a number of options for slim wheels, but they definitely are not the slimmest wheels on the market, as per some of those Bones STF wheels under 30mm wide, or the STF V3 like 54x30mm with thin riding surface, which is what one of the spono guys would always ask for.
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