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Vanilla Bagels (NYC)
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On 1/31/2001 Glen
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58mm 97's would be better for a smooth park than 70mm 78a wheels. The 58mm's will accelerate much faster. The 70's will feel real slow and sluggish at a park.
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Vanilla Bagels (NYC)
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On 1/31/2001 Nic
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I,ve found a cheap source of 58mm 98a wheels. Would these be ok for vert and park riding(smooth concrete) on a 38" park board, or should I stick with sec9 70mm 78a
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Krypto Pro II
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On 1/31/2001 Pre-School Rider
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JH,I've got one of two sets remaining from(1986?)back in the day(they're now 55mm)and I got them because they were soft enough to grip,had the core for good speed,were radiused enough not to catch on coping,slid with predictablity,and had enough resilience to handle most tarmac surfaces without making my teeth chatter.I just one more set from an old-school skate company,and while my Bones Bombers will out-roll the Krypto's on the local ramp,I can say I was pretty happy with their ride(again!).Overall,they're a competent wheel,but probably not the pinnacle of '80's wheel performance,just a nice all-arounder to have in the quiver.
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Kryptonics Pro11
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On 1/30/2001 JH
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Does anyone have experience with these wheels? I think they're from the 80's, 60mm, 92.5a
????
Thanks
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76mm Formula One EZ-rider (orange ones)
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On 1/30/2001
Chris
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Pourquoi personne ici ne connais ces mega roues ?? Elles arrachent grave et sont vraiment trop belles,tout en etant inusables (1 an de fumage sur bitume et a peine 2 mm perdus !!)
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aluminators
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On 1/29/2001 roger
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Drewdog,
Aluminators are excellent for stand up sliding, punching four wheel drifters in GS courses, etc. But if you are talking about Coleman slide, power slides or leaving huge long stripes of urethane on the road I'd go with something like Exkate Turbos. Both Longskate and Solidskate have them.
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power paw aluminators
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On 1/29/2001
Drewdog
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hey yo. I'm hearing that these aluminators are the dope for sliding. I've ridden my krypto 70's for a year now and got the slide down easy.
now where can I get these aluminators at? Anywhere on the web for some good deals? thanks lots
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99 mm Slick wheels
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On 1/29/2001
SimFucious
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Anyone have experience with them??? How are they???
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Sector 9 76mm
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On 1/29/2001
kaylee
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eric, the bigger hub makes for a rougher ride, less urethane to absorb the shock.
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sector nine 76mm wheels
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On 1/28/2001
eric
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hey i just bought some of these wheels. they are a little
bigger than my 70mm wheels i got stock on my sector nine
longbord. the 70's where super smooth, but the 76's arnt
as smooth but i can roll over way biggger things.
i dont know why they are not as smooth if you know
why e-mail me please
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homemade wheels
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On 1/28/2001
Richard Rendall
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Thanks for the advice on the making and properties of wheels, i assumed it would be a relatively cheap excercise, until reading your replies. i also wonder why the likes of companies like kryptonics dont reproduce their old style wheels from the late 70's does anyone know why they dont do this, having seen a few sets go for at least a hundred pounds on e-bay. i would love toget hold of a set of old reds but i wont pay the ridiculous prices involved in the auctions. i have bought the route70's and the classics but they dont have the same feel as the old wheels. i dont know if this is all in my mind or whether i am right on this call. they did seem to be a lot faster in those days perhaps it was because i was a lot closer to the ground then? anyway thanks again for the advice.
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Homepour wheels
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On 1/27/2001 Nic
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I read in a 70,s skateboard book that a garage wheel production can be started for around $1000. Don,t know how much that would be now days but I would imagine a bit.
Two part urethane kits are availible on the net. Start with a visit to Dupont www.dupont.com (hylene)and uniroyal chemical www.uniroyalchemical.com/vib5004.htm Suss out Adiprene. Dunlop may have some compounds also. Uniroyal are probably your best bet though. There are small manufactures out there, some making good products. I think the small manufactures hot pour their urethane. Herbn,s probably the guy to talk too???
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Exkate Turbo 76mm vs Krypto 76mm
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On 1/27/2001
DT
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Both wheels are very good but they are also quite differant other than size.
The Exkate feels a little harder and is better for sliding.
It will be faster on a smooth road and it also comes in glow in the dark which is cool if you do alot of night riding.
The Krypto feels more grippy and will carve better. It will be faster on a rough road. and they will wear out quicker if you slide.
They are both good wheels and if you plan on doing a lot of bombing i would reccomend buying both wheels to help fill both sides of the spectrum.
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ExKate Turbos & Krypto 76mm
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On 1/27/2001
SimFucious
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Anyone Ride either of these? How grippy are they??? How are they for sliding???
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Homemade
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On 1/27/2001 Duane
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I don't think you want to get into trying to make wheels. Good urethane is usually a two-part mixture which thermosets after thorough mixing, and pouring into aluminum molds. Wheel makers guard the formulas closely. Without knowledge of the formulas, you'd end up with terrible rebound (slow) and poor durability. As for hubs and / or rubber, both require molds which can withstand high pressures of injecting the materials, and start in the tens of thousands of dollars, typically. There are only a few wheel makers that account for most of the brands you see, for good reason. It is not a casual endeavor.
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making wheels from home
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On 1/27/2001
Richard Rendall
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can anyone tell me if it is possible and if so how can you make a set of wheels. from making a mould from an existing wheel to obtaining the correct urethene/rubber for making them. is this possible on a small budget, and is it a feasible proposition.
thanks for helping.
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wheel size
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On 1/26/2001 Adam
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Scott,
I've got the Envy Classic 57" and there's no wheel bite with 70mm wheels with Randal RIIs with 1/2" wedged risers (fat ends facing center). I'd reconsider your choice of Indy 215s -- these trucks have a notoriously poor turning radius, and on such a big deck it's going to handle like a barge. Even with the superior-turning RIIs my 57" barely turns by my standards. I'd recommend eXkate 201 torsion trucks for that deck, in which case you can run 70mm wheels with no risers.
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wheel size
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On 1/26/2001
scott
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hey,
i just got an envy classic 57 and i'm gettin some independent 215 trucks. what size wheel should i get. i have a 3/8 in. riser. this guy told me that 65mm was the biggest i could get without gettin wheelbite. is that right? would 70mm be better? faster?
thanks
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Aluminators
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On 1/26/2001 roger
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Because of the larger core, Aluminators are faster but not as grippy as the same urethane with kevlar cores. How a wheel looses grip, slides and regains full grip is what gives it much of it's character, and this is exactly where Aluminators shine. Their traction and slides are very predictable, it does not all of a sudden get slippery, and hook back up without any chatter. The grip of a wheel is not just at what point it starts to slide, but also of how much grip it has when it is sliding.
btw, when using aluminum hubs, put a thin film of oil on the outside of the bearings, they will settle in better and will be easy to remove (otherwise it's a pita).
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Red Aluminators?
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On 1/26/2001 Herbn
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If you have the whites(74a)i find that while they hold pretty tight while standing,if you lein way over(taking weight off them)and put a glove down(that's where the weight goes to)they slide quite quietly and easily.
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Spitfires (response to Glen)
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On 1/26/2001 Blah
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Hey Glen,
When you talk about spitfire wheels that were slow, which ones were they? One day I decided to try my brother's shortboard at the OB Skatepark, and it has Spitfire "Fuel II" wheels (58mm/95a?), which seemed pretty fast to me, but it was a shortboard so that might make a difference. Anyways, I found out that day that the shortboard really is short.
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aluminators
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On 1/26/2001
k2001
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okay i've had these things a few weeks now and there is no doubt they are fast but i swear they are sliding easier than my 85a gravity street g's
if'n i want to hold tight while snaking down my hill do i need to try the 74a's??!!??
(either way i don't think i'll do the aluminators again just because it's easier to service bearings in a plastic core)
thanks for listening, now back to your regularly scheduled ncdsa
k2001
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70mm Kryptonic Classic K's
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On 1/26/2001 Mike
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Yo I just got a set of these puppies, and they rip. Just the right feel for slide and carves and high and low speeds. They ride real smooth. Even though I'm a die hard Sector fan, I must admit Krypto wheels are da $h!t. Slap em on a Sector and they'll keep ya smilin' and stylin' (especially in a phat color like red or green). Well just given a little review on some groovy stuff. Peace.
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Nineballs
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On 1/26/2001 Herbn
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Will slide ,there are really long red streaks of urithane on some of my hills to prove it.
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9 balls
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On 1/25/2001 Rooney
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Love my nine balls they work good on my giant slalom board.literally giant I like it on tight cones and yes they will slide and I am not a big slider.
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