Yeah, thanks, the normal Conical is quite close width-wise, but what really matters to me is the riding surface which is considerably wider on the Conicals as compared to the V5. This was a non-issue for me before when I riding mostly F4 and OJs, but after being on the X97 V5s I've grown to like the narrower riding surface.
And yeah, there's of course always the F4 Classic, but still... it's not the same. Y'know. OCD. 
I normally ride 54 or 55mm wheels. Prolly gonna try the X99 V5s next.
I can see the Bones V5 would be good there, but Bones tend to last longer / don't wear down as fast either, at least the places I have skated them, so that is another plus for you on those ones, which ever formula you go with.
The V5 shape never goes over 32 mm wide either, even up into the 55 or 56 mm sizes, which is another plus for you.
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Isent riding surface kinda... irrelevant? As the wheel wear, it increases in riding surface. And it doesnt take long. My wheels go down 2mm in a month, easly.
The wear down factor is exactly one reason why riding surface actually matters.
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How? Spit classics are 33.6mm wide in a size 54, however, riding surface is only 16.4.
A spit conical in size 54, is only 32.1mm wide, but has a wider riding surface of 20.1. It will wear a little bit slower, but it wont take long before they are almost equal, and then the classics will actually have a wider surface.
Wheels wear very fast, imo. I've started buying 54mm wheels (which I hate with passion), instead of 52, bcuz they wear so fast. I cant imagine how my wheels would have been if I skated every single day...
i am very curious the math of the wearing. i wanna know the wearing info of different wheels. i would like to see a poll or discussion topic just for that.
edit: i remember, ben degros said something like "after 6 months, my 52 mm spits wear down to 47 and my trucks dies. i replace them together."
i want to know this type info.
As much as I used to ride bigger wheels, up to 59 mm Bigheads, but more commonly the 56 or 57 mm big wide but rounded profile before Formula Four came out, now I prefer Classics, usually in 55 to 56 mm width if I am skating them from new, but then I like them more when they are at around 53 to 54 mm with a wider riding surface, which is what the Classic Full wheels sort of look like, once normal Classic wheels wear down some, or the Radial shape if you are taking them down further than that.
Even the normal 54 mm Classics shape is nice in 52 mm on a board I have, but with some other wheels, if they are thinner right through, then the riding surface will also stay thin, so they will not widen out as much as some other shapes and maybe perform more like new, or mush out / catch the edges a little less, if that makes sense.
Just to throw in some crazy wheel madness, I have a friend who rides Conical Full 54 mm wheels, from new down to 52 - 53 mm and then I buy / swap him back some new ones for his old ones and use an angle grinder on the edges to round them off a little more, so I have what feels like nice wide, rounded off wheels in about the right size for most of my skating now, where I wouldn't get that size and shape of wheel from anywhere without some skating them in a lot first.
If you are keen, I can measure a few sets and give you some numbers as to what they actually end up as, from every mm from new down to worn out and done, as I have a whole lot of well used, finished with or otherwise random wheels missing full sets or whatever.
Any which way, it is interesting to see how they shape down, from Classic through Radial shape to fat Tablets and whatever else in between.
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