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It seems, radials took my slappy crooks. The double edge curb i usually skate is slightly higher than regular curbs and with the radials I very often just slip out to noseslide or even overshoot to boardslide. Too scary. Back to conical fulls i guess. Bummed, because unlike how they look.
Are the new Radials bigger than your usual / older Conical Full wheels?
Size of new wheels is often something that people overlook, but is not the be all and end all to how things feel. I had a lot of tech tricks going back in the day on wheels that ended up being very small, then when I got new wheels, nothing worked as I was used to due to the wheel size difference. This was back in the day, not current skating, so the old ones were probably 50 mm or under, the new ones 56 mm or so. I do notice this on different setups now though, so even the same shape wheel in different sizes can perform differently for me.
The funny thing is the edge of both Radial and Conical Full is fairly much the same from new, both slightly wider with a smaller or lower edge, compared to rounder wheels like Classics, so it would be interesting to compare and see how much different they are in size and shape, right where they would touch anything like the side of a curb if you are slapping or popping into anything.
Curious to hear any which way.
Same size as usual. 54 mm. I have the feeling that the slightly rounder edge is making me slip out more easily, since I sit nearly perpendicular in crooks and the radials don’t have enough edge to keep me locked in. Might be a mental thing though, since I don’t have that problem on one sided curbs. Madness.
This is going to sound insane, but I like the classic and conical (regular) lock over radials. Somehow with radials, I think it’s a combination of the width with rounder edge. I feel like with Classics I get closer to edge of truck, but radials push the balance point “in” a bit, and things get kooky. Where I seem to notice the difference the MOST is on f/s feebles on transition—good feeling lock on those with both Conical and Classics. Do them with radials, and some twilight zone shit starts going down. Not the wheel for me.
I had some larger Radials on the other day and almost got stuck on coping more than once just doing any number of usual five or fifty revert tricks, then tried the same on bigger Classics and was back to normal again.
Funny that the Radial shape works to a point but then actually kind of holds on a bit more like some of the more squared edge wheels on my mini ramp, in much the same way that Conical Full wheels feel, but I guess it was more of a surprise than anything as I was thinking they would come in easily like Classics.
Once adjusting to how they felt, it wasn't a big deal, but just goes to show the different shapes really do play such a big part in how I am used to skating.
It doesn't help that I round off any wider edges on wheels just a little with the angle grinder so I can feel more like I am on fat or worn down Classics, but I don't ever recall the Radials feeling like that in smaller sizes. These ones were brand new 55 mm Oski wheels, whereas I would more often have worn down 54 or even 53 mm Radials on other boards.
I slightly rounded off these ones too and they felt way better and more comfortable, but that is just me and I am not saying I don't like Radials, more so it was just a surprise how they gripped, but overall I think I would make any slightly more rounded edge wheel work better than a more square or sharper edge, at least for what I usually do now.
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