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This proof about wider wheels not being grippier comes up every now and then. The thing is that this proof is about more contact with same weight. Wider wheels are obviously also heavier, and therefore also grippier.
How much do you think a set of Conical Fulls weigh more than a set of Classics? And compare that difference to the weight of the bearings, trucks, hardware, board, grip and the fucking rider standing on the board. You think that difference in wheel weight will have any noticeable difference in friction on the wheels? And if you notice such a difference, do you also find yourself slipping about uncontrollably after ripping a fart mid session due to the weight you just lost from the fart?
Dude, chill. It was just a thought, and I didn't mean just contact patch, I meant wider as in just that, wider. Scientifically, wider wheels will be more grippy than skinnier wheels because more mass=more weight.
Sorry. Got a bit overly worked up there. I get annoyed by the lack of actual facts relating to skateboarding gear and the insane amount of completely pseudo-scientific things ppl go on about.
I do realise that skateboarding is 95% mental and thus things that have no real effect in physical reality can have a massive impact in the reality of skateboarding of the person who has a certain view on whatever aspect of it it is that they feel strongly about.
I guess I'm a bit overly scientific/tech oriented in general and sometimes get annoyed when ppl are different than me. I do realise that I wasn't being constructive at all and I apologise for that. I really do have to work on that.
The facts still stand though. Surface area/contact patch width is not related to friction whatsoever. And adding <0.1% more weight isn't going to make any noticeable difference.
Ok, friction isn't the appropriate word if you want to be pedantic - how about rolling resistance (of which friction is one of numerous variables including, but not necessarily limited to, wheel diameter, speed, load, surface, micro-surface interactions, environmental variables and all that entails... and so on and so forth). Is that more to your liking?
And I'm actually working on improving my 180s by farting at the exact right moment to help me overcome that last little bit of friction that's been stopping me.
And the doodies are more or less exactly a copy of the G&S rollerballs - the marketing may have been largely bullshit but the last bullet point in the ad there is the most salient and - so far in my experience, accurate, one.