Wheels Thread

[Xen]

Y'all glossing over these:
https://www.ouroskateboardwheels.com/product/white-caramel-wheels-8mm

[PatrickSkateman]

I rode quite a few sets of Prizefighter Cutlery Wheels in 2011. Those were so good.

[DeepSpace9mm]

Y'all glossing over these:
https://www.ouroskateboardwheels.com/product/white-caramel-wheels-8mm

Gonna need some much much bigger pants if I’m rocking 8mm wheels. 

[Murge]

Those dueling dragons look nice. Also looks like a classic with a wider contact patch. I just wish they was 54mm. I wonder if he could make them larger in that shape.

Also for all the people that want green venture bushings this may be the ticket for the green bushings.

[Xen]

Jaws been riding them dragons/x97s for 10yrs....dayum

https://www.skateboarding.com/trending-news/aaron-jaws-homoki-has-been-doing-those-huge-ollies?fbclid=IwAR3-jNuJThgGAq56WidXCJC4thb7MnMUtMKrDRrCDUPJTQ7HJnnTgZyWRIY

Also, another official ’coming soon’ from bones about the x99a in the insta thread

[Steely Daniel]

Y'all glossing over these:
https://www.ouroskateboardwheels.com/product/white-caramel-wheels-8mm

Lol some BMXer came up to me at the park a few months ago and had that whole Caramel setup... I've posted about that a few times though.

So as to not spam this thread I did set up some new wheels today. 54 mm SML Mike Arnold Big Wave Vcut conical. I like them a lot better than my 56 f4 conical fulls actually. They feel very similar but just different and smaller enough to make a difference and clean up a lot of my flat ground tricks.

[rocklobster]

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Y'all glossing over these:
https://www.ouroskateboardwheels.com/product/white-caramel-wheels-8mm

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Lol some BMXer came up to me at the park a few months ago and had that whole Caramel setup... I've posted about that a few times though.

So as to not spam this thread I did set up some new wheels today. 54 mm SML Mike Arnold Big Wave Vcut conical. I like them a lot better than my 56 f4 conical fulls actually. They feel very similar but just different and smaller enough to make a difference and clean up a lot of my flat ground tricks.

Good to see you post my dude @Steely Daniel .

Been riding the 53mm AG Formula Classics for a few months and I've got zero complaints, no coning but they've started to widen out with wear. Got a load of them on clearance so I'm stocked for the next few years, and they make great presents for homies birthdays.

[cliff]

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Y'all glossing over these:
https://www.ouroskateboardwheels.com/product/white-caramel-wheels-8mm

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Lol some BMXer came up to me at the park a few months ago and had that whole Caramel setup... I've posted about that a few times though.

So as to not spam this thread I did set up some new wheels today. 54 mm SML Mike Arnold Big Wave Vcut conical. I like them a lot better than my 56 f4 conical fulls actually. They feel very similar but just different and smaller enough to make a difference and clean up a lot of my flat ground tricks.

[close]

Good to see you post my dude @Steely Daniel .

Been riding the 53mm AG Formula Classics for a few months and I've got zero complaints, no coning but they've started to widen out with wear. Got a load of them on clearance so I'm stocked for the next few years, and they make great presents for homies birthdays.

Really appreciate you guys supporting Sml.!! Glad to hear the feedback from the uber product people of SLAP. Been a rough year and a half but we're still small enough (pun intended) to navigate the slow down.

[roll_dog]

Jaws been riding them dragons/x97s for 10yrs....dayum

https://www.skateboarding.com/trending-news/aaron-jaws-homoki-has-been-doing-those-huge-ollies?fbclid=IwAR3-jNuJThgGAq56WidXCJC4thb7MnMUtMKrDRrCDUPJTQ7HJnnTgZyWRIY

Also, another official ’coming soon’ from bones about the x99a in the insta thread

Makes me wonder if they are axing 99a STFs. I'm still salty about how much worse the "dirty birds" were than the bleached white ones. No idea why they made that move

[Murge]

Just saw bones post about the x99s in a v6 shape. That v6 looks line a wider v5. Less like a conical and more like a classic. So it sounds awesome. I just hope the x99s slide as good as spits but don’t feel icy and I’ll be sold.

Unpopular opinion. Bones has better shapes than spits. But spits urethane is better.

[Xen]

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Jaws been riding them dragons/x97s for 10yrs....dayum

https://www.skateboarding.com/trending-news/aaron-jaws-homoki-has-been-doing-those-huge-ollies?fbclid=IwAR3-jNuJThgGAq56WidXCJC4thb7MnMUtMKrDRrCDUPJTQ7HJnnTgZyWRIY

Also, another official ’coming soon’ from bones about the x99a in the insta thread

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Makes me wonder if they are axing 99a STFs. I'm still salty about how much worse the "dirty birds" were than the bleached white ones. No idea why they made that move

Fear of continued dwindling marketshare to spit is the only reason I could see...color aside, those bleached white Easy Street wheels were soooooo good, so much better than the current 99a stfs formula.

The advent of Dirty birds changes the entirely of the bones line (except spfs for some reason).

If those easy streets were still made it's all I'd ride (currently running x97)

https://www.skatedeluxe.com/blog/en/bones-wheels-easy-streets-skate-test-review/



PP marketing is garbage these days, catering only to old heads....the new blood team...well we all know that roster to some extent but they're just not heavy hitters like bigger teams with bigger pros (I think Alves is underrated)....They've got Dan and Andy right....RIGHT?

[iw0]

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Jaws been riding them dragons/x97s for 10yrs....dayum

https://www.skateboarding.com/trending-news/aaron-jaws-homoki-has-been-doing-those-huge-ollies?fbclid=IwAR3-jNuJThgGAq56WidXCJC4thb7MnMUtMKrDRrCDUPJTQ7HJnnTgZyWRIY

Also, another official ’coming soon’ from bones about the x99a in the insta thread

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PP marketing is garbage these days, catering only to old heads....the new blood team...well we all know that roster to some extent but they're just not heavy hitters like bigger teams with bigger pros (I think Alves is underrated)....They've got Dan and Andy right....RIGHT?

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agreeing with this & from my perspective spitfire's marketing feels like they are selling you a tool/part vs PP's feels like they are selling you a lifestyle, which is fine but not my thing

[Xen]

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Jaws been riding them dragons/x97s for 10yrs....dayum

https://www.skateboarding.com/trending-news/aaron-jaws-homoki-has-been-doing-those-huge-ollies?fbclid=IwAR3-jNuJThgGAq56WidXCJC4thb7MnMUtMKrDRrCDUPJTQ7HJnnTgZyWRIY

Also, another official ’coming soon’ from bones about the x99a in the insta thread

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PP marketing is garbage these days, catering only to old heads....the new blood team...well we all know that roster to some extent but they're just not heavy hitters like bigger teams with bigger pros (I think Alves is underrated)....They've got Dan and Andy right....RIGHT?

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agreeing with this & from my perspective spitfire's marketing feels like they are selling you a tool/part vs PP's feels like they are selling you a lifestyle, which is fine but not my thing

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Imagine having Dan Corg as a 'face' of your company via social media....compare that to say Asta and SC....

[Murge]

Is Paul blart and bones saying Reynolds buys bones?

[dr.prestige]

Is Paul blart and bones saying Reynolds buys bones?

Drew is a known tinkerer and experimenter with product so I would not be surprised if he does buy Bones wheels but that is super duper uncool for Bones to put him on blast on their IG like that unless he's already left Spitfire or they aren't referring to Drew

[Xen]

There’s one Boss…but yeah that blast…far as we know he’s still on spit…

[Mbrimson88]

There’s one Boss…but yeah that blast…far as we know he’s still on spit…

And Koston was still on Indy...


Nah jokes aside, going back over Boss clips and the funny thing is they do look a lot like Bones wheels in a lot of those clips so who knows?!?

Either way, I know the Spitfire > Bones or Bones > Spitfire conversation could go on a whole lot longer than it needs, but they are both top wheels.

I just prefer Spitfire and that's fine with me.

[iw0]

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Jaws been riding them dragons/x97s for 10yrs....dayum

https://www.skateboarding.com/trending-news/aaron-jaws-homoki-has-been-doing-those-huge-ollies?fbclid=IwAR3-jNuJThgGAq56WidXCJC4thb7MnMUtMKrDRrCDUPJTQ7HJnnTgZyWRIY

Also, another official ’coming soon’ from bones about the x99a in the insta thread

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PP marketing is garbage these days, catering only to old heads....the new blood team...well we all know that roster to some extent but they're just not heavy hitters like bigger teams with bigger pros (I think Alves is underrated)....They've got Dan and Andy right....RIGHT?

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agreeing with this & from my perspective spitfire's marketing feels like they are selling you a tool/part vs PP's feels like they are selling you a lifestyle, which is fine but not my thing

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Imagine having Dan Corg as a 'face' of your company via social media....compare that to say Asta and SC....

savage mental exercise


in wheel news, it looks like loophole has their wheels up on their site for ordering, profile pic of shapes as well

[DERBY]

who the fuck even likes paul hart?

[Murge]

who the fuck even likes paul hart?

No one. Or no one that’s respectable.

[rikki]

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Jaws been riding them dragons/x97s for 10yrs....dayum

https://www.skateboarding.com/trending-news/aaron-jaws-homoki-has-been-doing-those-huge-ollies?fbclid=IwAR3-jNuJThgGAq56WidXCJC4thb7MnMUtMKrDRrCDUPJTQ7HJnnTgZyWRIY

Also, another official ’coming soon’ from bones about the x99a in the insta thread

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PP marketing is garbage these days, catering only to old heads....the new blood team...well we all know that roster to some extent but they're just not heavy hitters like bigger teams with bigger pros (I think Alves is underrated)....They've got Dan and Andy right....RIGHT?

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agreeing with this & from my perspective spitfire's marketing feels like they are selling you a tool/part vs PP's feels like they are selling you a lifestyle, which is fine but not my thing

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Well put.

[rikki]

Hey, how are them Spitfire 80HD wheels? Compared to e.g. Super Juices or similar? Been meaning to set up my old 9" pool shape as a cruiser and frankly I have no idea where to begin with wheels. The streets here are mainly crusty asphalt.

[Frank and Fred]

80Hds are a soft wheel that are shaped and feel a bit more like regular street wheel. They had some issues but apparently the new versions are good. I personally really like the way they look and feel. You can skate them a bit more like a regular wheel. OJs are rad cruiser wheels and will probably roll over really terrible ground better but are less conducive to doing other stuff. Just my humble opinion.

[pops]

Hey, how are them Spitfire 80HD wheels? Compared to e.g. Super Juices or similar? Been meaning to set up my old 9" pool shape as a cruiser and frankly I have no idea where to begin with wheels. The streets here are mainly crusty asphalt.

I don't think the 80HDs will slide at all but I have not ever ridden them so I cant confirm. I ride the Super Juice minis atm and they are fast af and roll over anything but have zero slide. They also feel hefty because they're so wide but I got used to it fast and can pop some flips too. I believe the Spits will be much easier for flips.

[logjammin]

Short story regarding SkateOne’s amazing customer service:

I emailed them about my 60mm dragons that have insane bearing slippage and they got back to me immediately, requested a video and after some quick back and forth they sent me a new set all the way from cali that got here in two days. They were definitely different than the original set. No tread this time, more natural colored and felt bouncier and softer. Fucking amazing wheels man, in that size and OG Rat Bones shape they blast through even the roughest pavement. Unfortunately the slippage is still happening but not as bad as the first set. If they had plastic cores they would be unbeatable. The amount of speed they keep for being so soft is crazy.

[goodatmeth]

Short story regarding SkateOne’s amazing customer service:

I emailed them about my 60mm dragons that have insane bearing slippage and they got back to me immediately, requested a video and after some quick back and forth they sent me a new set all the way from cali that got here in two days. They were definitely different than the original set. No tread this time, more natural colored and felt bouncier and softer. Fucking amazing wheels man, in that size and OG Rat Bones shape they blast through even the roughest pavement. Unfortunately the slippage is still happening but not as bad as the first set. If they had plastic cores they would be unbeatable. The amount of speed they keep for being so soft is crazy.

Have you tried degreasing the outside of your bearings and the bearing seat? That might be the real problem

[Phao Lo]

Short story regarding SkateOne’s amazing customer service:

I emailed them about my 60mm dragons that have insane bearing slippage and they got back to me immediately, requested a video and after some quick back and forth they sent me a new set all the way from cali that got here in two days. They were definitely different than the original set. No tread this time, more natural colored and felt bouncier and softer. Fucking amazing wheels man, in that size and OG Rat Bones shape they blast through even the roughest pavement. Unfortunately the slippage is still happening but not as bad as the first set. If they had plastic cores they would be unbeatable. The amount of speed they keep for being so soft is crazy.

I had the same issue with both 52mm Dragons and 55mm V5 X-Formula 97a -- the inner bearings on my toe-side wheels would slip causing the wheel to seize up.  I gave up and went back to Spitfire 97a. Never had this issue with any other wheels I've skated.

[logjammin]

To be fair this issue has happened with a few different wheels in softer durometers of different companies but by far the bones dragons were insanely bad. Almost completely coming out of the wheel just from powersliding real quick or fs slashing coping. Slappies were a nightmare. And yeah, I tried every solution imaginable. Seems like plastic cores or harder wheels are the only solution. But both aren’t as desirable for me these days.

[Sloppy Krooks]

I need to find someone with a lathe.
I have 2 prototype sets of the dragons in 90a and 93a with cores, but the wheels are a bit too wide. If I could shave them off a bit they’d be perfect for some of the streets and older parks here in Japan

[Mbrimson88]

I need to find someone with a lathe.
I have 2 prototype sets of the dragons in 90a and 93a with cores, but the wheels are a bit too wide. If I could shave them off a bit they’d be perfect for some of the streets and older parks here in Japan

An angle grinder has less quality control but is way easier to use and more readily available.

Not for everyone, I would be the first to admit, but a little practice on other wheels or even just taking it slow and not going too hard and it usually works well, especially more for sidewall shaping, rather than anything else.