Wheels Thread

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A new contender has entered the ring?
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I came to ask the same. They look really good!

Look ALOT like tablet f4

[Murge]

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I came to ask the same. They look really good!

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Look ALOT like tablet f4

They kinda look like they have a bit more of a radius than a tablet. Like a classic and a tablet had a baby. I’m very interested.

[lemonchicken91]

https://landyachtz.com/collections/hawgs-wheels/products/chubby-hawgs-60mm

Friend gave me these off of his pre-bought landyachts sidewalk surfer thing
Threw them on my fat deck without risers and they are def harder than 78a but that could be the core. Not skatepark wheels by any means but been loving ripping around the neighborhood on them, would recommend for your cruiser if you want to be able to slide a lil bit while monster trucking crust
cant believe no wheel bite yet honestly but im sitting on these high ass Caliber brand trucks

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I came to ask the same. They look really good!

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Look ALOT like tablet f4

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They kinda look like they have a bit more of a radius than a tablet. Like a classic and a tablet had a baby. I’m very interested.

Yeah they look like a good wheel. The shape is a bit different than a tablet now that I'm looking at them better. I wouldn't mind trying some either.

[scrub74]

I just got these 54mm conicals to try out.  I usually ride 54 F4 classics in 99 (have the 97s on my slappy board and they rule) but wanted to try a slightly different wheel. Of course, it has rained every day since I got them.

[backinaction]

ok I have one last bones question. sorry for deleting my other posts I was kind of in a bad state that day

my local shop has these Bones Fatties 99 on close out. in 54 and 56. I am going to go on a road trip next week where I hit up a bunch of Evergreen parks in CO and MT.

I am thinking of these wheels on an AntiHero Beach bum board as a weird surfy park cruiser. I have never ridden that kind of park. I also dont know anything about these wheels, I must have missed when they came out. do you think that will work well for that situation ?  I will have a normal set up as well.

Yep.  The 99s aren't as fast as the 103s or F4 101s, but are right there (or a bit faster) than the 99 F4s.   Our Evergreen park is about 3 years old and was super slick when it first went in.  The extra grip of the 99s may be helpful.

Evergreen parks are flowy and lots of launch transfers, so I like at least an 8.5, but often skate a 9.25 in them.  The flow of the park and absurd lack of coping often means that they become collision-fest once they get busy.  Go on off hours or plan on running over some kids.

[Mbrimson88]

ok I have one last bones question. sorry for deleting my other posts I was kind of in a bad state that day

my local shop has these Bones Fatties 99 on close out. in 54 and 56. I am going to go on a road trip next week where I hit up a bunch of Evergreen parks in CO and MT.

I am thinking of these wheels on an AntiHero Beach bum board as a weird surfy park cruiser. I have never ridden that kind of park. I also dont know anything about these wheels, I must have missed when they came out. do you think that will work well for that situation ?  I will have a normal set up as well.

Reading over your older posts, the Fatties as much as they are a wide wheel have a very minimal contact patch, so hopefully more what you would like, very much like the classic full Spitfire shape but with the classic contact patch.

I bought a set here in AU as they were on sale as well, really good looking wheels for people who like the big round shape, but yet to put them on a board or anything, but I do have some of the other 99 duro in another shape I got second hand and they feel good for most surfaces.

I would be thinking the bigger the better too, but that is just me.  Either 54 or 56 would be great when new, both being 37mm wide.

[TheCrimsonShroud]

Anyone ever use Satori Vintage/Big Link/Mandala wheels? I can get a set for like $20 and I'm interested.

[onkalo]

Anyone ever use Satori Vintage/Big Link/Mandala wheels? I can get a set for like $20 and I'm interested.

If they are the new ones that came out when Satori came back they should be decent. Poured by Creative

[TheCrimsonShroud]

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Anyone ever use Satori Vintage/Big Link/Mandala wheels? I can get a set for like $20 and I'm interested.

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If they are the new ones that came out when Satori came back they should be decent. Poured by Creative

Poured by Creative tells me all I need to know lol. Thank you.

[moonordie]

I just got these 54mm conicals to try out.  I usually ride 54 F4 classics in 99 (have the 97s on my slappy board and they rule) but wanted to try a slightly different wheel. Of course, it has rained every day since I got them.

Gnar going your way, I feel you brother

[TheCrimsonShroud]

Anyone ever leave a little play in their wheels? Like, don't tighten the but all the way so the wheels/bearings have like 1-2mm off wiggle.

[big_kev_215]

Anyone ever leave a little play in their wheels? Like, don't tighten the but all the way so the wheels/bearings have like 1-2mm off wiggle.

I’ve done this for my entire skate life for no real reason and at this point I don’t know if I’m helping or hurting myself

[GardenSkater77]

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Anyone ever leave a little play in their wheels? Like, don't tighten the but all the way so the wheels/bearings have like 1-2mm off wiggle.

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I’ve done this for my entire skate life for no real reason and at this point I don’t know if I’m helping or hurting myself

Makes the board less dead on the drop. There is a good point. The board sound is less poppy when the wheels have no play.

[Mbrimson88]

Anyone ever leave a little play in their wheels? Like, don't tighten the but all the way so the wheels/bearings have like 1-2mm off wiggle.

Absolutely 100%

The number of times people have asked why their board is so slow and it is because they tighten things up too much, even with spacers, the bearings spin much more freely with a bit of play.

As said, it also makes the board sound more normal too, and by normal I don't mean shieldless messed up bearings screaming, more just sounds a bit more crisp overall, and makes my Spitfires bark when I slide too.

* I always ride with shields on and for the most part fairly silent bearings.


Each to their own though, as I know one guy who cannot stand any noise coming from his setup and that includes tightening things down almost too far, but that is his choice.

[j....soy.....]

I think most people tighten it down, then back,it off 1/16th of a turn......

[TheCrimsonShroud]

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As said, it also makes the board sound more normal too

Exactly. It just sounds right.

[bbk]

I put one extra speed ring in the inside and then screw the nut on flush, so I keep the axle protected and still have some wiggle room so the bearings can spin freely. I've done this since I was a kid and messed my axle up and didn't know about rethreaders.

[rocklobster]

I've started to go 3 washers on the inside 1 on the outside. The wheels I was riding were starting to get pretty skinny and more truck room without riding a bigger truck is always nice.

[moonordie]

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Anyone ever leave a little play in their wheels? Like, don't tighten the but all the way so the wheels/bearings have like 1-2mm off wiggle.

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I’ve done this for my entire skate life for no real reason and at this point I don’t know if I’m helping or hurting myself

Same here.

[TheCrimsonShroud]

high west energy

Got some defect Bones 100s V5 on eBay to try the shape cheap. The only defect is one of the wheels is a different cut on the inside wall. So far I dig em. Getting much more pop them my other wheels.

[Firebert]

Getting much more pop them my other wheels.

C'mon on now, this has to be a joke.

[Xen]

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Getting much more pop them my other wheels.

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C'mon on now, this has to be a joke.

Taller, perhaps?

[TheCrimsonShroud]

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Getting much more pop them my other wheels.

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C'mon on now, this has to be a joke.

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Taller, perhaps?

Not quite. These are 54, and I ride 52/4/6 depending. I got more pop because these are harder than the cruisers I had on it. I'm 200lbs and the 90a's I had on were smooth as silk, but definitely mushed under my weight. Made it hard to even Ollie.

[Painted Baby]

^From what I've been picking up around here, eBay is flooded with bootleg product so just be sure to vet your vendor there. A lot of Spitfire's were being sold on there when there was an industry wide shortage that predated Covid.

[TheCrimsonShroud]

^From what I've been picking up around here, eBay is flooded with bootleg product so just be sure to vet your vendor there. A lot of Spitfire's were being sold on there when there was an industry wide shortage that predated Covid.

Thanks, man. I actually got this guy from a thread here. He sells factory blems at a discount. Which is good for trying shapes and formulas.

https://ebay.com/usr/marcs_board_shop

[Mbrimson88]

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^From what I've been picking up around here, eBay is flooded with bootleg product so just be sure to vet your vendor there. A lot of Spitfire's were being sold on there when there was an industry wide shortage that predated Covid.

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Thanks, man. I actually got this guy from a thread here. He sells factory blems at a discount. Which is good for trying shapes and formulas.

https://ebay.com/usr/marcs_board_shop

Not that guy but another one maybe ten or more likely fifteen years ago was a great one to get those from, cheap and decent wheels, which still performed exactly how they should, as he had an inside with Skate One / Bones who would get all the slightly bubbled / discoloured / any other issue Bones wheels for so much cheaper than regular product.

When looking through his feedback, so many different types of Skate One wheels, 5000+ 100% positive feedback and definitely seems legit.


The fake thread is here, if anyone is interested:

https://www.slapmagazine.com/index.php?topic=115386.0

[TheCrimsonShroud]

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^From what I've been picking up around here, eBay is flooded with bootleg product so just be sure to vet your vendor there. A lot of Spitfire's were being sold on there when there was an industry wide shortage that predated Covid.

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Thanks, man. I actually got this guy from a thread here. He sells factory blems at a discount. Which is good for trying shapes and formulas.

https://ebay.com/usr/marcs_board_shop

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Not that guy but another one maybe ten or more likely fifteen years ago was a great one to get those from, cheap and decent wheels, which still performed exactly how they should, as he had an inside with Skate One / Bones who would get all the slightly bubbled / discoloured / any other issue Bones wheels for so much cheaper than regular product.

When looking through his feedback, so many different types of Skate One wheels, 5000+ 100% positive feedback and definitely seems legit.


The fake thread is here, if anyone is interested:

https://www.slapmagazine.com/index.php?topic=115386.0

Pretty sure this dude has an in. All his stuff is Powell. Be it Bones, Rats, etc. Now I’m cruising eBay looking for fakes. $30 for Bones Swiss?

[lemonchicken91]

tablets have more contact surface than classics yeah?

Been on OJ conical fulls forever and want something slightly less chunky but still grippy enough

[TheCrimsonShroud]

tablets have more contact surface than classics yeah?

Been on OJ conical fulls forever and want something slightly less chunky but still grippy enough

Yeah, Tablets are 20mm and Classics are 15.5 on a 52mm wheel. The only bigger patch is the Conical Full.