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So are regular radials like worn down classics?
I want like a worn in 55mm classic, would a 53 radial be like this or should I just get some classics and skate them down?
exactly that. The og Classic feels pretty much that too. Wide contact rounded edge. Og is a worn classic with weight relief in my minds wheel chart.
I think the Radial regs comes in 57mm as the tallest size i think. Id skate the shit outa that thing.
Im 110% a OG/Coni Pal as my first choice shape. I like to grind. the friction free side cut is all flat bars best friend for especially cross locks on flat bars. Pool coping too i believe. Radials have a tendency to throw me up on the deck until the wheels been grinded flat on the inside part. same with curved ledges. Id prob go lock in 57mm as my third choice these days
I like Classics when they are down a mm or two as well, which definitely feels a lot like Radials with that added width and slightly more grab on to coping.
Others I skate with don't like how easily Classics or any rounded edge wheel get on and off coping or edges, so they are more in the OG Classic / Conical Full and sometimes even Tablet type of wheel, but I guess anything with more of a sharper edge on top, often with a wider surface, but more commonly with a cutaway to the inside of the wheel, which is the main difference between any of those and the Classic / Radial shapes, which are more rounded from the bearing through to the outside edge.
As to which wheel is better, if you can get your hands on Radials in 53 or 54 mm sizes, sure, but if all you have access to is Classics, then a 54 to 55 mm classic might take a bit longer to wear down / given you a longer life of wheel anyway, but at some point, it will feel much more like a Radial as you wear them down.
OG Classics / Conical shaped wheels get really sharp on the edges after wearing down a few mm, which is why I use a grinder and round off the sharp bits on older wheels to recycle them into decent smaller wheels.
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