Well guys I just thought I’d share I found a set of 53mm f4 classic fulls for sale and swooped them up. They will get here Wednesday and so I’ll post some pics on here and possibly the set up thread when I get them, but just wanted to say thanks to @Mbrimson88 for the info on the sizing and such. And glad I found some
Nice!
Always good to get a set of wheels in the shape and size you wanted.
I guess it's the inconsistent ones that give me pause, like you see sets online where some of the wheels are darker than others, which makes me think they might not ride/wear the same. Maybe if I see a decent price on a set I'll try em out.
Yeah I have bought a few old completes as well as a few left over lots of old wheels from time to time, some of which are super old, eg a late 90s Real 8.25 with Stage 8 Indy trucks and Spitfire Cardiel K-Os 59.5 mm wheels, super old and yellow looking but as they had already been skated, I put them on another board and they were really good, no issues.
Some other wheels, maybe other brands more than Spitfire, went really chalky and one chunked out a lot, but it was only one set that I recall that happening to, with all the rest still skating fine, maybe better than what they would have from brand new.
Any very new original urethane Spitfire wheels often wore down faster and flat spotted way more easily than some older yellowed sets, so I always loved going to lots of different shops on my travels and finding the old wheels or clearance wheels which I thought skated way better anyway.
I recall a well known guy locally here ask me "Why are you skating onions?" which I can understand - why would someone who has access to everything skate such old yellowed looking wheels, but as said above, they skated so much better than newer wheels at the time, so I was not at all worried there.
This was all before Formula Four came out, so there weren't as many options pre 2012, in that regard.
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