Spitfire formula four

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Wish F4 OG classics were easy to find here, local shop is in lie support apparently

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I am not 100% sure if they will ship to you, but I found a few from German shops.

https://bonkers-shop.com/de/products/spitfire-formular-four-og-classics-green-52mm-99a-wheels?pr_prod_strat=e5_desc&pr_rec_id=9030137f2&pr_rec_pid=8658232901948&pr_ref_pid=8658278613308&pr_seq=uniform

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Thx but €68 is way too much for F4, here you find them usually for €52 but mostly classics, tablets and CF. Just the other day I got some tablets which are not my fav shape but couldn't say no for €27

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The prices have gone up in the EU. €65+ is the normal now unfortunately.

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new releases are 75€ in France

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I was bugging about them going for $45-50 but some shops in the US are still selling for $40. If someone is buying 3+ pairs of SFs, it’s sadly cheaper to get them shipped from an American store.

Maybe, DLX can eventually expand to pouring wheels in China to reduce costs for the rest of the world. If I had to pay 75 euros, I would only skate 58-60 mm to get my money’s worth.

Were colors always a thing with F4? Outside of pro wheels, I never saw colored wheels in catalogs or in bigger shops.

Lightly a thing. Orange is my shit for sure but spit always gets fancy with the orange. Making orange and pink or orange and red. Spanky got an oraanfe wheel not long ago. Was too small for me tho.

These colours pictured make me think this

Fuck you Powell black
Fuck you Snot icey blue
Fuck you twice Powell black

[roba]

Fuck me I just saw that the big beatdowns are 85 euro in France. Thank fuck I skate 52's and have a few sets.

Source of the price:
https://vegaskateshop.fr/shop/skateboard/roues/roue-street/roues-skateboard-spitfire-formula-4-big-beatdowns-62mm-99a/

pinch me

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Fuck me I just saw that the big beatdowns are 85 euro in France. Thank fuck I skate 52's and have a few sets.

Source of the price:
https://vegaskateshop.fr/shop/skateboard/roues/roue-street/roues-skateboard-spitfire-formula-4-big-beatdowns-62mm-99a/

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pinch me

I still haven't seen um.
I can't justify purchase still. It sucks but I gotta eat. I still don't wanna have a boss. Or co workers..or customers... Eating trash few times a month is worth having totally command of my existence. Never borrow and try not to ask for shit.
Cuz that's ugliest. Being a bum and asking people for loans or charity is FUCKIN FUCKED to my brain.
Gotta pay to play yo. Really want um but I probably would just ride um once a month when hills are available.
Massachusetts is largely flat. I know you're probably thinking bullshit but most bad ass like get you fearing for your life hills are not ideal. Less you wanna burn out a shoe avoiding a dead end all day.  God help you if someone turns the corner on the t stop and you gotta plant without wobbles to avoid a head on with a person who thinks fuckin invasion!

You gotta get up north to like Conway area.
Or There's a killer hill next to weirs Beach where the family trailer is. I think it's rt 9. It's right on the lake straight and smooth. Started bombing it in the mid 80s when I was trapped on family vacation. See yah at dinner skater haters. Im grabbing bandages and the hydrogen peroxide now so I don't gotta come back under any circumstances period.

Endless roll out. Puts you right where the beach is. The sand collects on the lowest level so it's almost always clean.
Hit that fuckin shit all day.
Also there skate parks everywhere now. So I can disappoint my family extra by only coming around when it's time to swim and eat. Typical Flea instinctual behaviors.

I still need tho. I giggle thinking about it. The 62 is probably more my shit but can you see me tearing ass going 45+ all fuckin day in my studded vest and swim trunks.

Is weed legal in NH? If I can blaze at the same time. With my current Purps. Might break on through to the other side. Welcome back Mr cotter. You found the secret tape as well as where the government hides interdimensional travel.

Thanks High Speed!

[moonordie]

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Fuck me I just saw that the big beatdowns are 85 euro in France. Thank fuck I skate 52's and have a few sets.

Source of the price:
https://vegaskateshop.fr/shop/skateboard/roues/roue-street/roues-skateboard-spitfire-formula-4-big-beatdowns-62mm-99a/

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pinch me

Thank God I don't live in France

[tuesday]

OK, I got a case of madness. I am starting to doubt my eyesight. Are OG classics fully symmetrical or slightly asymmetrical?

[Mbrimson88]

Were colors always a thing with F4? Outside of pro wheels, I never saw colored wheels in catalogs or in bigger shops.

I think there have mostly been a few colour options from drop to drop, but definitely not as many as used to come out, when every drop had a lot of coloured staples, not just one off here or there.


Also depends on the shop or even the distributor in various places as to what you would see or not see.  Some shops will never get coloured wheels, others get any and every option and lots of them, depending on what might sell well, or what the customer base prefers too.

OK, I got a case of madness. I am starting to doubt my eyesight. Are OG classics fully symmetrical or slightly asymmetrical?

@tuesday All the wheels in the range besides Lock Ins (and Lock in Fulls) are symmetrical in shape, so you can skate them either way and they should be the same.

That is not to say that some might be a little here or there, as I have found in the past, but I think certain pics or angles of pics can also highlight one side more than the other, which then makes people question what they know.

Any time I took pics of wheels I had machined down, they always looked bigger / rounder on one side and people would often ask why I did that, but by eye, not picture, they are the same.


* When I am setting up a board, I will always check after I put bearings in and sit the wheel on the axle both ways just to see and sometimes there is one thread showing from one side, two from the other side, but I really don't think there is anything to worry about.

[tuesday]

@Mbrimson88 thanks a lot for the clarification! Was really helpful.

[Xen]

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https://nocomplyatx.com/collections/wheels?sort_by=created-descending

OG Classics come in colors:
https://nocomplyatx.com/collections/wheels/products/spitfire-formula-four-99a-og-classic-skateboard-wheels?variant=43753648554169

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Bad.Ass

Shame they don't make more size options for each color.

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Sticking to even numbers 52 / 54 /56 makes sense from a SKU perspective, 53 and to a lesser extent 55 are less popular and always on clearance so it'd make sense for them to shrink their product range.

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That's different sizing, I want more colors in the same size I'd jump on some 52s if they were blue.

Anyone find these at a reasonable price? USD $54.58 (including shipping) is not happening.

For those stateside SoCal has these at regular price and some cool new red/white swirlies (that have since been removed from the site).

[texastoast]

ik it’s been said a bunch but when a 60mm classic wears down to 55-57mm. its just the perfect width

was skating conicals and didnt really like how they locked in. classics are alot more forgiving imo

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OK, I got a case of madness. I am starting to doubt my eyesight. Are OG classics fully symmetrical or slightly asymmetrical?

Mine are grindered too much to tell. They're almost like lock ins now.

I wanna say that I noticed they are but in a way that you gotta look that the tooling on the sides to really see.

[Pasta Monster]

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https://nocomplyatx.com/collections/wheels?sort_by=created-descending

OG Classics come in colors:
https://nocomplyatx.com/collections/wheels/products/spitfire-formula-four-99a-og-classic-skateboard-wheels?variant=43753648554169

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Bad.Ass

Shame they don't make more size options for each color.

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Sticking to even numbers 52 / 54 /56 makes sense from a SKU perspective, 53 and to a lesser extent 55 are less popular and always on clearance so it'd make sense for them to shrink their product range.

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That's different sizing, I want more colors in the same size I'd jump on some 52s if they were blue.

Anyone find these at a reasonable price? USD $54.58 (including shipping) is not happening.

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For those stateside SoCal has these at regular price and some cool new red/white swirlies (that have since been removed from the site).

The swirlies are listed again but those are of the Classic formula—not F4.

TGM has their colored OG Classics for $45 shipped:
https://tgmskateboards.com/skateboards-longboard/skateboards/wheels/

[moonordie]

Reynolds 93

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Reynolds 93

My hairs are on end

[RichardBarkley]

Siiiiiick. I loved my dragons but let's be honest they didn't slide that great. If these slide even a small bit better I'll be so happy.

[Nth syd bear]

Yo. Shit just got interesting 

[Mbrimson88]

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I wonder if they are just a sample set, or they are actually in full production now???

Thinking they are in full production if they are in a card and shrink wrap package like that, but who knows.

[Banned from the room]

I'm curious about one thing. Will changing direction over a barely wet surface make you eat totally shit like the dragons do?

With the dragon any trace of damp will cause you to slip out

The 97s spits have zero problems with soaking wet surfaces I did it the other night. Might've been yesterday?

For a dry warm day tho. Those 58x33 dragons fuckin slide. I prefer them to the stf and the spf for slides. I love it all tho. A slide is a slide. It just so happened that f4 of all three current formulas is the top slide.

It's fuckin perfect amount of grip and slip.    Id marry it if I didn't already get married to macaroni and cheese in the 3rd grade.

[Banned from the room]

Soft sliders is a dope name tho.

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I'm curious about one thing. Will changing direction over a barely wet surface make you eat totally shit like the dragons do?

With the dragon any trace of damp will cause you to slip out

The 97s spits have zero problems with soaking wet surfaces I did it the other night. Might've been yesterday?

For a dry warm day tho. Those 58x33 dragons fuckin slide. I prefer them to the stf and the spf for slides. I love it all tho. A slide is a slide. It just so happened that f4 of all three current formulas is the top slide.

It's fuckin perfect amount of grip and slip.    Id marry it if I didn't already get married to macaroni and cheese in the 3rd grade.

If you really try to then you probably will. I never experienced this with dragons and I usually skate at pretty high speeds because I love to cruise around haulin ass and we've bunch of hills for downhill action. F4 97s definitely grip better but they're also noticeably slower everywhere.

[DarkPools]

Those (presumably) samples Spanky got have a noticeably whiter finish to the wheel than the traditional yellower/browner finish on F4 wheels that we're used to seeing. Unless, I'm confusing it with the wrapping. That may turn some off, but if they work, HELL YEAH!

[moonordie]

Wonder why Reynolds was the chosen face for 93. I would expect somebody like... Idk, but not him for sure. Always stoked to see Boss stuff

[tuesday]

Total consumerism, but I am hooked already. Can't wait.

[Daydream]

Need

[144p]

Classic and radial shapes will be available early next month.

[Fartknocker415]

Wonder why Reynolds was the chosen face for 93. I would expect somebody like... Idk, but not him for sure. Always stoked to see Boss stuff

Just a theory but maybe because he is older pro and the new genre of softer wheels that still slide is kinda catered to older skaters because the softer wheels are more gentle on the joints

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Those (presumably) samples Spanky got have a noticeably whiter finish to the wheel than the traditional yellower/browner finish on F4 wheels that we're used to seeing. Unless, I'm confusing it with the wrapping. That may turn some off, but if they work, HELL YEAH!

The newer F4's of all durometers have all been noticeably whiter from what I've seen. I'm talking batches from about 6 months ago to now.

[DarkPools]

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Those (presumably) samples Spanky got have a noticeably whiter finish to the wheel than the traditional yellower/browner finish on F4 wheels that we're used to seeing. Unless, I'm confusing it with the wrapping. That may turn some off, but if they work, HELL YEAH!

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The newer F4's of all durometers have all been noticeably whiter from what I've seen. I'm talking batches from about 6 months ago to now.

Interesting! I have 4 sets I bought well over a year ago (maybe longer?) on good holiday sales before the drastic price jumps on skate goods occurred. They're all a shade of the yellower hue.

Have you or anyone else noticed these recent batches with whiter finishes performing any differently? I would think not, but I'm curious

[WideFeet]

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Those (presumably) samples Spanky got have a noticeably whiter finish to the wheel than the traditional yellower/browner finish on F4 wheels that we're used to seeing. Unless, I'm confusing it with the wrapping. That may turn some off, but if they work, HELL YEAH!

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The newer F4's of all durometers have all been noticeably whiter from what I've seen. I'm talking batches from about 6 months ago to now.

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Interesting! I have 4 sets I bought well over a year ago (maybe longer?) on good holiday sales before the drastic price jumps on skate goods occurred. They're all a shade of the yellower hue.

Have you or anyone else noticed these recent batches with whiter finishes performing any differently? I would think not, but I'm curious

Yes, all F4’s are whiter.

I would guess they made that decision based on Powell/Bones making their wheels off-white/tan colored like Spitfire was doing

I honestly missed having white wheels.

[Xen]

Wonder why Reynolds was the chosen face for 93. I would expect somebody like... Idk, but not him for sure. Always stoked to see Boss stuff

Maybe he was pushing them for it? Plus he's an older dude he (like Prod and tons of other pros) have been low key using them so maybe they're after that old knee demographic ; hell Bones even called out The Boss for riding dragons a while back on insta. Also 'Soft Sliders' isn't targeting young bucks, that's for sure.

Or, they're just hooking up The Boss on the first release to line his pockets as everyone that was shy on dragons/x99s (not matter how good they are) and didn't bother with them will on these...because branding.

Either way people are going to be setting up them, soft sliders on them easy riders… what’s next for thunders? Trucks that turn like indy called  Quietstorms?

[boofactory]

Talked to the secret tape who just got a pair of 93s and he confirmed that they do in fact, SLIDE! My right knee is really looking forward to trying some. If I don’t keep them on my main board, I’m sure they feel great on my film board. Been using the 97s for years on my main set up