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Hyper Strada/Rollo
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On 1/15/2001 roger
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Mike,
Hyper Strada are no longer in production and difficult to find. However Hyper Rollo are pretty good wheels for slalom, are currently in production (available at better rollerskate shops), and a great wheel to start slalom with.
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Hyper-Strada
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On 1/15/2001
Mike Gorman
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Can anyone tell me where I can get Hyper-Strada wheels? What other wheel is comparable for slalom racing?
Thanks
Mike G.
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Wheels and wedges for short/mini board
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On 1/14/2001
Misterbill
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The wedges I like are made of a softer urethane and come from Envy, I think Glen has them at Solidskate.com. They are 4mm/15mm at the outer mounting holes. They are drilled new/old school in each direction, so they work perfectly with just about any truck setup. I might also add that they absorb a noticeable degree of shock/vibration, which is helpful on little boards. On a 25" board that has a 16 3/4" wheelbase, running the wedges fat end out was a decision I came to out of necessity. The initial setup with flat indy 136s nearly killed me. The first time I rode that setup and carved a little turn it felt like someone had a rope attatched to the front truck and yanked the board out from under me to the side. Twithcy is an understatement. Now that I let my fat end hang out, the little guy is much more stable. I run the trucks pretty loose, and have 65mm 78A Power Paw Centerlines. At work it gets borrowed alot. Everyone brings it back with a huge grin saying they can't believe how fast and stable it is, but you can easily do 360deg turns in a 4' radius or less. For some reason the 65mm paws really haul ass on the smooth concrete of the warehouse. For some reason all my other wheels(65,70,76mm Kryptos, 59,65,70mm P-Paw, Cherry, 72mm Envy) whether they are the same duro(78) or not, same size or not, the 65mm 78A Power paw centered hubs are the fastest wheel on those floors. They carry speed there that I have not been able to duplicate anywhere else. Iguess bringing two or three boards to work in the car and a couple of extra sets of wheels everyday, and skating every concievable combination every chance I got eventually hit upon a great combo.
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cherry bomb wheels
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On 1/14/2001
the goblyn
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ive been playing with longboards for about 5 years now, and ive tried several wheel, deck and and bearing combinations, ive found the roadie racer payasos(big yellow ones) handle very well, and they also can be slidden if you try hard enough
right now I am running a powell noi kai out longboard with cherry bomb whells, and randal 2 trucks, ive owned a pair of randal 1s and didnt much care for them, except on my sector 9 deck, the randal ones (used to be red) handle great on a
flexy deck with yellow payasos, ive recently bought a pair of swiss bones bearings and dont care for the durability, im gonna stick to german bearings, but the swiss bones worked grat for 6 months i usually get a year out of germans before
they explode, well anyways my favorite trucks are randall 2's they handle on stiff boards as well as flexy ones, and i tend to like stiff boards better, because i ride around town and not as much of my energy gets wasted, but the cramping feet tend to bother me sometimes...
I really like the old oj bullet wheels on smaller boards, they are reversable, and they wear well and and slide really good, and some of the old school powell wheels are made of similar semi hard urathane(i think its made of extra terresrial urathane) that is hard to come by these days, all the skate shops seem to sell anymore is spitfire wheels, sector9 and kryptos are the only ones i see that are soft in shops
you can find the old school oj wheels online from places that have wearhouses full of new old stock,
well ive always wanted to try the randall trucks with floating axles, if anyone has tryed em say something about em, i might just get some someday, but ive never seen em in a store that sells em seperate instead of on a compleate
ive also tried kryptos, but i have a problem with them disintigrating, the yellow payasos also got a little chunked up but there more durable than a krypto, ive also had the the urathane tear away from the wheel and nothing was left but the hub, one it was cause a bearing exploded the other time was for no apparent reason(parked volvos hurt) I wouldnt use kryptos on anything that you wanna bomb a big hill on, but they have a nice feel on the sidewalk
plus you can always trade em to someone for something if you dont like em...
ive also found that indy 215 trucks break very easily and they speed wobble badly no matter what kind of bushing you try(green venture bushings work the best)
a random longboard:Petaluma California
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Wheels on short board
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On 1/14/2001 Gurbo
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Whoopee! Thanks misterbill. The 59mm/74A Power Paws sound ideal. Just let me get this right. With the wedges you put the fat ends facing out for stability and limited manoeuvrability - which seems practical for a short board.
How thick are your wedges?
Carving shortboard
My hands are getting sweaty just at the thought.
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Wheels for short longboard
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On 1/14/2001 misterbill
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For a great small soft wheel check out the 59mm power paws on longskate.com. I have used the 74A and love em. Real fun on my Sector nine mini w/ indy 136s wedged fat end out. Great longboard feel out of a 25" deck with kicktail, who woulda' thunk it?
Bill
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Krypto Hawaii K's on a shortboard?
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On 1/14/2001 Gurbo
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Could anyone please recommend a longboard type of wheel that would fit on a shortboard? The Bones wheels (98A?) I've got on it feel too slippy after the smooth ride of my Kryptos. I'm after a softer wheel (82A?) with a smaller diameter to fit on standard Independant trucks. The Krypto Hawaii K's seem to be the choice but they might be still too big.
Imagine that. A shortboard you could carve on.
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hubs
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On 1/14/2001
hugh r
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centered hubs have the hub place in the middle of the width of the wheel. This means you have the same amount of wheel on the outside edges (beyond the bearings)
off set hubs have the hubs placed closer to one edge of the wheel than the other (usually the inside/truck side) This makes the for more wheel on the outside than the inside.
Off set hubs give an increase in overall width. Centered hubs decrease it. The applications for centered hubs are limited... for most guys anyways... HR
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wheels
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On 1/14/2001
SimFucious
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What is the difference between centered hubs and off-centered hubs??? What are the advantages and disadvantages. What would you recommend for carving?
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aluminators
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On 1/13/2001
k2001
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i got them to slide
:-)
they are gorgeous!
i'm not sure i got the bearings to seat correctly
i hear a little rattle, and i remember reading some posts a few months ago with the same symptom
i turned the deck around and heard a tick (?)
off to the archives!
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70mm turbo
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On 1/12/2001 meila
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not a turbo, mislabeled.
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exkate vs kryptos
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On 1/12/2001
andy
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thanks for all the help, i think i will go with the kryptos.... by the way, maybe you should look at these. it must be a mistake or somthing. on www.freewax.com they are selling "exkate 70mm turbo blacks spft outer + hard hub" ? do they exist or is this a mistake?
nevermind, im happy now. thanks
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Easy Riders, centered and offset
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On 1/11/2001 roger
wrote in from
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Exkate makes both offset and centered Easy Riders. The centered are harder to find, most Easy Riders are offset. So if you want centered you have to ask for them and could be a special order, otherwise you will likely get offset.
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exkate easy riders
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On 1/11/2001
grinch
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hey roger, do you mean that they're also as in both center and offset bearing seats are available? or that they are also centered as well as other wheels (soliskate says tehy're offset, but i hope you're right)? i was thinking about getting some of these (turbos are cool, but not for just cruising around town, noisy as hell anyway), and center set bearings would be a real plus.
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sliding
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On 1/11/2001 roger
wrote in from
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Exkate Easy Riders are also made with centered bearings, this can be a real plus for sliding because you can reverse the wheel and avoid coning. For sliding I prefer Exkates.
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Confusion
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On 1/11/2001 Craig
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Uhh..I think i got confused there!
Did you say 70mm turbos??
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Cool
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On 1/11/2001 Craig
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Cool
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Turbos vs exkates
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On 1/11/2001 Craig
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I initially bought my turbos for high speed, but I presumed that they would be cool for cruising too. Boy was I disapointed! The Turbos are fantastic on a smooth road at high speed. They have the really big hub which hardens the wheel on the road. But the Krypto's are cooler for cruising. They are just softer because there is more urethane, but still fast. Bear in mind I have skated 76mm kryptos, old red 70mm and new 65mm's. I think that they are all cool cruising wheels, and good at speed. I really like sliding my 70mm K's, but my Turbos seem to blow goats in the slides. But, i really am no sliding guru.
The narrower smaller krypto will also have a faster acceleration which is cooler for cruising.
I say go for the Krypto, but if you like the idea of the turbo, I think you should try find the K classic 76mm...that is a cool wheel!
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70mm turbos do not exist
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On 1/11/2001 todcar
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just soo your clear on things, the exkate 70mm wheels are called "Easy Riders". They do NOT have the large hub shared by the turbos, cherries and M-80s. They have pretty much the same profile as the kryptos, pretty much the same hub as the kryptos and are roughly the same width - the only difference is the compound and that is almost the same. If youswapped the wheels and closed your eyes you probably couldn't tell which was which. If you are actually referring to the 76mm turbos - there is a big difference which I am sure the archives can clear up for you.
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ex-kate vs kryptos (once again)
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On 1/11/2001
andy
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i know you guys must get sick of posts like this, but a have this tricky dilema..... i finally found a good distributor who sells some nice 70 mm 78a/84a kyptos.they also have black 70mm 78a turbos. same price. damit
i want something thats good for cruising (kryptos better?) i also like the offset hub thingy idea to get a bigger width on my trucks.
But ive NEVER heard a bad review of the turbos
which will last longer??
which will slide better?? (i only go above 30mph on special occasions!)
please help me out, im far too indecisive
thanks alot
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Cherries and krypto's
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On 1/9/2001 Craig
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Don't worry love, that was just for shits and giggles. I just didn't get a nasty reaction fast enough, and i have more to say. Krypto's are cool wheels, fast and sticky! I dig it. But it is very very irritating the way they "bounce" during fast acceleration...i guess because they have a lot of rubber, whereas turbos don't, so they handle it a bit better.
Onto cherries: I have a brand new set, thanks Chris C for the good price. The Cape Town DHX is the next big thing on my calender, and my big dilemma is this: should i ride the wheels now before the dhx, get used to them, but scrub them, or should i save them in a cool air vaccum in pristine condition, and bring them out only for the DHX??? Bear in mind that i am very used to riding my Exkate Turbos. So if I only ride them at the DHX, I'm assuming that they ride very similarly to the turbos, only with slower acceleration and a higher top speed, and i am assuming that I will get used to these slight differences very very quickly???! I am ALSO assuming that a brand new set of cherries is faster than a scrubbed set(is this right?) I am ALSO assuming that the gummier, new cherries won't slide as much in the corners. How much slower is they're acceleration?
So should i practice on them, or keep them in good condition?
I also recieved with my cherries, a pile of spacers which actually fit the hub. I feel SOOO much better riding with my wheels tightened all the way down, and still spinning freely! Thanks Chaput
Another thought: does anyone conclusively believe that cherries are faster than turbo's? Cherries are bigger and thus i say they would be faster, especially on a straight course. BUT the turbos have less urethane, and would surely be harder, thus a tad faster???!
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Kryptonics
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On 1/9/2001 Craig
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Kryptonics suck. They're the worst wheels I've ever ridden down a hill. They stick too much in the bends, and then let go, sending the rider for a six (kind of like a home run, but for cricket). The very very worst most irritating thing about them is the way the start to bounce when you accelerate quickly. No poo, when i come out of this corner and accelerate from 50 to 70 KM/h over a couple of metres, the wheels bobble bounce vibrate and suck.
Turbo's rule!
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Krypto spacers
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On 1/9/2001 Relic
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If you can't find the 8mm spacers locally, try Glen at solidskate.com. The roller skate pro shop at my local rink doesn’t carry or recommend spacers for their roller skates, but I got three sets from Glen for my Krypto 76mm and Gravity wheels, and they work great!
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Kryptonics
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On 1/8/2001
Danny Connor
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Hey everybody,
Kryptonics are te BEST all around wheel in my opinion. ANY of their wheels are good as far as I am concerned. I have never ridden a krypo wheel that I didn't like. They are just trusty wheels, they wear nicely, and hold up in slides as well as speed. I LOVE THEM!!
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Krypto Classic K 65mm
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On 1/8/2001 Carlos
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I found these wheels in a complete lonboard at a disccount store. According to Kriptonics website the Krypto Classic K 65mm are 78a.
What´s your oppinion about these wheels?
They come with a no name 47" deck, "lucky" trucks and no name ABEC 3 bearings.
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