Got 2 solid hours on these so far:
1. I was spost to receive the V1, but honestly don't think that's what I got. My wheel looks like a Radial Slim. Pretty sweet shape honestly.
2. The 52mm 93A are potato yellow, different color than the 54's. One side is shiny.
3. Bearing seat with the hubs was really tight.
4. They are smoother on asphalt than 99A F4 and power slide the same but with no bark. I maybe have to initiate the slide harder. No issue on reverting tricks or anything.
5. They have that kinda dead cruiser wheel sound when you set your board down.
6. They power slid normally on rougher concrete I will skate a smooth park tomorrow. They were noticeably better over the worst shit in my neighborhood. I don't have much time on the 97A Spits because they slid worse at my normal spot so I didn't skate them very long.
Other than that I do not think I am picky about wheels, however, I would prefer more of a classic shape with a bigger sidewall radius.
Also got about 2 hours on the same 52mm 93as, potato yellow, one side shiny one side matte, different color to the 54s I got. Core is white.
Yesterday I mentioned that first impression was that its more difficult to break into a slide than the 90a. That went away after I wore through the shiny layer of the contact patch.
Skated about half a mile in the from 16th mission in SF to this schoolyard. The ride was wayyyyy nicer getting to the spot than 99a f4s. These do still feel like a quiet soft cruiser wheel after all, though noticeably less so than the 90as. Feels a lot softer and smoother than f4 97as which to me feel very much like a hard f4 99a, just a tad more forgiving.
Spot had black top asphalt which the wheels handled and slid on fine. Skated a perfect metal coped ledge and it was fine. Haven't had enough time on them yet, but based on this session I'd say they definitely don't slide, revert and respond quite as well as 99a f4s, although probably nothing that would hold me back significantly if I really wanted to take the time to get used to it.
Maybe objectively you can get them to slide just as much but they have the dead sound and gummy feel of a cruiser wheel, and the slide is dead quiet which definitely throws me off a bit. Can't skate quite as well without the tactile feedback. I don't revert any of my tricks but I imagine if you do, they definitely would feel a bit weird but you could probably get used to it. Also they definitely pitch you a lot harder than a hard wheel if you wheelbite.
Definitely haven't tested them enough, but so far I don't really see these as a replacement for formula fours. You absolutely will lose out on the ground feel (great thing for cruising or really rough ground), bark/screech and some slide. They kinda seem like a different category of wheel entirely.
If I skated street and rougher spots more, I would possibly consider adopting these, whereas the 90a was too cruisery for me to even consider that. But if you predominantly skate smooth spots then these definitely aint it.
What I would like to see is a wheel that still feels like a hard wheel, maybe something like feels and sounds like a 97a f4 or even a tad softer than that, but slides as good or better than the 99a f4 and isn't dead quiet on the slides. Maybe the 95a or 97a would be what I'm after?
So my experience is quite different to some of yours, where the consensus seems to be that they feel like a 99a f4 that rides a better, and not cruisery at all. Definitely less so than the 90as, but these still feel like a soft wheel that you could skate very well if you wanted to, and not a hard wheel that handles rough ground like a soft wheel. I can't imagine the hub is making that much of a difference either.
Here's a b2b clip of my friend and me (he did the fakie nose on 99a f4s, I did the sketchy nollie 180 sw 5-0 on the 93a with hubs).
His wheels are clearly much louder than mine on the rollaway, and also the sound of his landing is more crisp and high pitched, whereas mine sounds a lot more gummy and dead like I did in on a cruiser wheel (because I kinda did). The difference is much more apparent in real life, but even here you can get a slight idea.
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