Wheels Thread

[Gray Imp Sausage Metal]

Lukewarm take: OJ wheels are no good

super juices are the only exception to this rule

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Lukewarm take: OJ wheels are no good

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super juices are the only exception to this rule

Eh, I think Plain Jane keyframes would be my exception.

[manysnakes]

Fair point, their cruiser wheels are fine to good.

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Fair point, their cruiser wheels are fine to good.

I think your lukewarm take was the correct one.

[Madam, I'm Adam]

The OJ/Santa Cruz 97a feel like a hard wheel with good grip. The 95a MiniLogo wheels feels extremely soft and sluggish.

Ah, shitballs. Well...maybe the minilogos will work out regardless haha.

[bombsaway86]

Has anyone tried Acid wheels? Black Market has the REM formula wheels for $20 right now so I’m tempted to pick up a set. The only feedback I’ve heard from skate shops is “we sell a lot of them”

[trip35]

Does anybody know which shops in Europe usually get new Spitfire wheels in first? I'm after a set of these OG Fireballs from the latest drop, they're just out in the US but here in Spain we get screwed on customs importing from outside the EU. And I've given up waiting for new radial slims.

[ssbsminotti]

Does anybody know which shops in Europe usually get new Spitfire wheels in first? I'm after a set of these OG Fireballs from the latest drop, they're just out in the US but here in Spain we get screwed on customs importing from outside the EU. And I've given up waiting for new radial slims.

A store called Junkyard here in Norway has got them. Don’t know if that counts as EU.

[big_kev_215]

Has anyone skated the 95a NFG formula?  I skated the Spitfire F4 97a conical fulls for a while in the spring and was looking at the 95a NFG v-shape for a similar crust wheel.  I’ve skated the Loophole v-shape before and enjoyed it.  Are the 95a’s still hard enough to use as an everyday street skating wheel like the Spitfire 97a durometer?

[minilogoflow]

Has anyone skated the 95a NFG formula?  I skated the Spitfire F4 97a conical fulls for a while in the spring and was looking at the 95a NFG v-shape for a similar crust wheel.  I’ve skated the Loophole v-shape before and enjoyed it.  Are the 95a’s still hard enough to use as an everyday street skating wheel like the Spitfire 97a durometer?

I've currently got the 58mm 97a Conical Full on one set up and 60mm V Cut 95a NFG on another. Overall they're fairly similar, the 97a are a little harder and faster on smooth ground and the 95a are faster on crusty ground almost like a faster less mushy Keyframe. My biggest surprise was that although they kill crust, the slide is very similar to the 97a spits and in my case, they slide better even though they're softer. My local is really slick and both wheels grip great and slide great there but I found the spits grip a little better where the nfg break into a slide easier. When it comes to street skating, they slide good on ledges and are still hard enough like the spits that flatground feels normal. Overall, the 95a are definitely an awesome wheel and imo the perfect ATV wheel.

[trip35]

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Does anybody know which shops in Europe usually get new Spitfire wheels in first? I'm after a set of these OG Fireballs from the latest drop, they're just out in the US but here in Spain we get screwed on customs importing from outside the EU. And I've given up waiting for new radial slims.

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A store called Junkyard here in Norway has got them. Don’t know if that counts as EU.

Thanks, I appreciate it. Norway is within the EEA so no customs or tax issues, but they don't have the wheels I was after. I'll save the shop, though, looks good.

[big_kev_215]

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Has anyone skated the 95a NFG formula?  I skated the Spitfire F4 97a conical fulls for a while in the spring and was looking at the 95a NFG v-shape for a similar crust wheel.  I’ve skated the Loophole v-shape before and enjoyed it.  Are the 95a’s still hard enough to use as an everyday street skating wheel like the Spitfire 97a durometer?

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I've currently got the 58mm 97a Conical Full on one set up and 60mm V Cut 95a NFG on another. Overall they're fairly similar, the 97a are a little harder and faster on smooth ground and the 95a are faster on crusty ground almost like a faster less mushy Keyframe. My biggest surprise was that although they kill crust, the slide is very similar to the 97a spits and in my case, they slide better even though they're softer. My local is really slick and both wheels grip great and slide great there but I found the spits grip a little better where the nfg break into a slide easier. When it comes to street skating, they slide good on ledges and are still hard enough like the spits that flatground feels normal. Overall, the 95a are definitely an awesome wheel and imo the perfect ATV wheel.

Thanks for the detailed response!  That sounds like exactly what I’m looking for.  I really like the shape and width of the Loophole v-shape but I find them to be a little bumpy/unforgiving on rough ground and sometimes unexpectedly sticky on slides for how hard they are.  Figured I might as well just get a softer wheel in what looks to be the same shape and it sounds like the NFG 95a might be just that. 

[DirtCat]

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Has anyone skated the 95a NFG formula?  I skated the Spitfire F4 97a conical fulls for a while in the spring and was looking at the 95a NFG v-shape for a similar crust wheel.  I’ve skated the Loophole v-shape before and enjoyed it.  Are the 95a’s still hard enough to use as an everyday street skating wheel like the Spitfire 97a durometer?

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I've currently got the 58mm 97a Conical Full on one set up and 60mm V Cut 95a NFG on another. Overall they're fairly similar, the 97a are a little harder and faster on smooth ground and the 95a are faster on crusty ground almost like a faster less mushy Keyframe. My biggest surprise was that although they kill crust, the slide is very similar to the 97a spits and in my case, they slide better even though they're softer. My local is really slick and both wheels grip great and slide great there but I found the spits grip a little better where the nfg break into a slide easier. When it comes to street skating, they slide good on ledges and are still hard enough like the spits that flatground feels normal. Overall, the 95a are definitely an awesome wheel and imo the perfect ATV wheel.

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Thanks for the detailed response!  That sounds like exactly what I’m looking for.  I really like the shape and width of the Loophole v-shape but I find them to be a little bumpy/unforgiving on rough ground and sometimes unexpectedly sticky on slides for how hard they are.  Figured I might as well just get a softer wheel in what looks to be the same shape and it sounds like the NFG 95a might be just that.

I've got the NFG 95a crust wheels, and can vouch for them.  They feel grippy and excellent for plowing through debris, but at the same time they feel hard and fast and slide better than I expected.  If you're a wheel graphics lover you'll have to get over it though, the print flakes off within minutes.  Doesn't bother me one bit but someone out there might, maybe?

[DirtCat]

(I hate back to back posting but whatever)

Who's got a 50mm wide wheel they really like?  My fat ass is trying to ride this setup without risers for once and the 54s are wheel biting like mad. 

[Goblinoid]

Curious if anyone is picky about what wheels work best for slappies? I definitely noticed that tablets suck, and it made me wonder if there's an ideal shape (hell, and size?). I'd guess big wheels roll over the edge better, but most slappy guys seem to run relatively small wheels...

[Frank and Fred]

I like Tablets for slappies. They lock in great. Conical fulls also. Classics will roll over a curb really nice but won't lock as well. It is nice to have a bit of bite from a wider wheel for grip on a hard carve upon entry.  But I honestly feel any wheel can work for slappies with a few minor adjustments.

[trip35]

Who's got a 50mm wide wheel they really like?  My fat ass is trying to ride this setup without risers for once and the 54s are wheel biting like mad.

Maybe Spitfire Lil Smokies Formula Four, either the tablets or OG classics? They do a 50mm. The tablets aren't wide but the contact patch is, and they're a good price for F4s.

[big_kev_215]

Curious if anyone is picky about what wheels work best for slappies? I definitely noticed that tablets suck, and it made me wonder if there's an ideal shape (hell, and size?). I'd guess big wheels roll over the edge better, but most slappy guys seem to run relatively small wheels...

Conical fulls

[manysnakes]

With the obvious caveat that you will probably get used to anything, I back conical wheels, 100%. Going back after skating Spitfire Classics, I was able to lock into every trick much easier.

[backinaction]

Curious if anyone is picky about what wheels work best for slappies? I definitely noticed that tablets suck, and it made me wonder if there's an ideal shape (hell, and size?). I'd guess big wheels roll over the edge better, but most slappy guys seem to run relatively small wheels...

I backed Spitfire Lock-Ins when you could still find them.  Square inside to lock in like a tablet, but more rounded outside to get on.  Would be nice if they brought them back.

[typeischeap]

With the obvious caveat that you will probably get used to anything, I back conical wheels, 100%. Going back after skating Spitfire Classics, I was able to lock into every trick much easier.

Curious...is this a ledge perspective or transition/coping perspective? Knowing and agreeing that yes you can get used to either.

[beandemon]

Curious if anyone is picky about what wheels work best for slappies? I definitely noticed that tablets suck, and it made me wonder if there's an ideal shape (hell, and size?). I'd guess big wheels roll over the edge better, but most slappy guys seem to run relatively small wheels...

The most difficult wheels I’ve tried to slappy with were OG Powell Peralta G Bones. They’re tall and pretty soft (93a?) with a square outer lip. Just didn’t want to climb. They’d either bounce off or stop dead. They totally ate up the shite pavement at that curb, though.  So nothing too big, soft or square.

[Mbrimson88]

Who's got a 50mm wide wheel they really like?  My fat ass is trying to ride this setup without risers for once and the 54s are wheel biting like mad.

There are some smaller diameter wheels with wider riding surfaces out there, but a set of old worn down wheels usually works just as well and is a lot easier to come across (for me at least) so usually anything that has been bigger and worn down to the point of retiring would be perfect in that situation.

I just put a worn down set of 54 classics on a board, now between 50 and 51, and they are still great for their size and shape.

Just an option anyway.

Curious if anyone is picky about what wheels work best for slappies? I definitely noticed that tablets suck, and it made me wonder if there's an ideal shape (hell, and size?). I'd guess big wheels roll over the edge better, but most slappy guys seem to run relatively small wheels...

I feel like those people who have the technique down could do them on almost any wheel, so it is not so much which wheel works best for them, but which might help in learning them better for someone who is still getting there, to which I would usually say some bigger rounder wheels seemed to work really well a while back for me, then when I tried on another board with smaller old wheels, it was just as easy, with a bit more control.

The first ones I had were old 60mm unknown brand (but similar to the usual 99 duro) in a classic shape, and they worked really well to just smash up over this slightly lower curb that was good to get them on.

People used to do them on all sorts of wheels, hard and soft, big and bigger in the 80s, then small and smaller from the 90s on, but maybe the bigger rounder wheel is a good way to go.

[manysnakes]

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With the obvious caveat that you will probably get used to anything, I back conical wheels, 100%. Going back after skating Spitfire Classics, I was able to lock into every trick much easier.

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Curious...is this a ledge perspective or transition/coping perspective? Knowing and agreeing that yes you can get used to either.

Transition and curbs. I barely have any pop to skate ledges anymore.

[typeischeap]

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With the obvious caveat that you will probably get used to anything, I back conical wheels, 100%. Going back after skating Spitfire Classics, I was able to lock into every trick much easier.

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Curious...is this a ledge perspective or transition/coping perspective? Knowing and agreeing that yes you can get used to either.

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Transition and curbs. I barely have any pop to skate ledges anymore.

Thanks! I was actually swapping my classics back to my conical fulls just as this response came in. Similar experience.

[MysticalTypeExperience]

For a 9" egg cruiser with 8.75" trucks, would y'all rather run 87a 56mm OJ plain Jane Keyframes or 90a 60mm Rat Bones reissues?

[iw0]

For a 9" egg cruiser with 8.75" trucks, would y'all rather run 87a 56mm OJ plain Jane Keyframes or 90a 60mm Rat Bones reissues?

personally, 56 keyframes. but it also depends on what you might want to do with your egg time

[MysticalTypeExperience]

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For a 9" egg cruiser with 8.75" trucks, would y'all rather run 87a 56mm OJ plain Jane Keyframes or 90a 60mm Rat Bones reissues?

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personally, 56 keyframes. but it also depends on what you might want to do with your egg time

Mostly just use it to surf around the bike paths and skate park as a warm up before hopping on the street board. I love the aesthetic of the ridiculously big neon wheels and they match the deck, but the Keyframes are way lighter and probably more functional

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For a 9" egg cruiser with 8.75" trucks, would y'all rather run 87a 56mm OJ plain Jane Keyframes or 90a 60mm Rat Bones reissues?

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personally, 56 keyframes. but it also depends on what you might want to do with your egg time

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Mostly just use it to surf around the bike paths and skate park as a warm up before hopping on the street board. I love the aesthetic of the ridiculously big neon wheels and they match the deck, but the Keyframes are way lighter and probably more functional

i've given it some thought and i think the big wheels are the way to go lol

[thanksgiving]

Loopholes came today... This shape looks really good. Just have to wait for it to dry up!!!