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xtreme 8 balls
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On 6/19/2000
rob k
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does anybody have any experience with these wheels once they loose there roundness? they are totally stable, but are a little slower. no sliding too.
thanks,
rob
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Creepers
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On 6/18/2000 Herbn
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Well, they're NOT new anymore, got a bunch of rides in at Sibald,(45mph,optional 90 deg. l.turn at the bottom) the first carving stop slide,50 foot red urithane arches leading into the first driveway after the hard left,and they were definitely showing wear,right side edge of all four wheels. Well I got up to my car,and with skate key in hand i figured out the solution; swap hangers ,and do it again,oh yeah! Oh by the way the extra width on these wheels (over sectors) is added to the inner lip even though it looks just like a Sector the inner lip is deeper,and the outer lip is thicker,no surfacing,but the formula is unchanged.Great riding wheels that handle a limited amount of abuse,more than Sector 9 balls but not like Cherry bombs. They evened out nice lost maybe a millimeter, and I may stay away from abusing them,maybe not.I'd like to get a max speed out of them while they're still in good shape.
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Creepers
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On 6/17/2000 The Enchanting Wizard of Rhythm
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These wheels sound pretty good... does Accel Wheels have some sort of web page or catalogue that I could check them out better? (Or is there anywhere else that I could check them out?) Thanks.
Skate 4Ever
sK
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risers
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On 6/17/2000 brian
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not stupid, not smart, unstable.
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Risers
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On 6/17/2000 Anthony
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Can you have risers too high? im thinking about adding about an inch riser to my exisiting 1/8 riser pad to maxamize the turning ablities of my board.
What do you guys think?
Stupied or Smart?
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Creepers
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On 6/17/2000 Herbn
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after the previous post i noticed what the creepers really resemble,Sector 9 70mm nineballs.They don't have the surface grinding hence 71mm instead of 70mm,it doesn't seem to make much of a difference ,they definitely share the back half of the mold(identical),but the front lip looks thickerer,lay'em down on their side and; cool! they're 44.5mm wide instead of 42.3mm, like the Sectors, i'm happy that they're not just Sectors with different graphics, that would be boring, and thats 2.3mm extra traction and durability.Durability is something that I've critisized about my first nineballs,they seemed really light(low density urithane)these seem like they may have a slightly denser formula (the new Sectors also)I'm going to check that,I know someone with old sectors that have very little use and I'll weigh'em and compare.I brought my gold speed demons out of retirement for this test,they were put away not because they were worn but to try the Swiss Bones Ceramics,which were real fast,but i put them back in their case to try the 6900 series industrial bearings,which are pretty fast and smooth but the spacers need a little work,and i may soak and triflo these bearings instead of waiting for them to break in,actually I should probabely skate more,to test all this stuff,The Speed Demons are still right in there with any bearings and they can be bought pretty cheap,stick with the golds stay away from the newer transparent shields. On the road,only one ride so far, they're gummy and grippy and fast,it was my first night ride in a while so they probabely weren't as fast as they seemed ,i had a really fun ride,down a really fast hill in Alpine,(Eisenhower,Truman,Kennedy,three streets linking 3 hills; 45,40 and 25 estimated top speeds)I loosened my trucks all the way(orange Indy bushings in Randles),you could turn the washers by hand and just turned up a storm, they were reluctant to slide but scrubbed alot of speed when they did(thats a good thing), the next couple of rides will be on progressively tighter trucks and at higher and higher speeds,I love new wheels,free new wheels are even better,and free new wheels that are really good and definitely worth recommending, well it don't get much better than that,yeehaa. very good wheels ****1/2 stars out of 5 stars pending high speed tests.
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Creepers
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On 6/16/2000 Herbn
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he,he freebies.From Accel Wheels, Mike Valleyle is affiliated with this company (got cored 50's to which will be reveiwed by some on else,somewhere else) My unridden review goes something like this; 71mm,78a they look like a Krypto product,by the coreshape,though the wheel has a shape different from all Krypto's i have in stock,(maybe rt65's but bigger?)they're reversable ,though the back lip is meatier than the front, so they may ride a little different when flipped. Hmm not much else to say ,I'll bolt them up and ridem tonight,see ya tommorrow.
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air filled wheels?
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On 6/16/2000 micha
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hi,
just yesterday i saw someone riding a kickboard with very
big wheels(also pretty wide) in our city.
the wheels seemed to be made of ruber and airfilled, so is
there anything similiar for longboards ('cause i hate kick-
boards)?
Such wheels seem to be pretty good for cruising arround in the
city, since they 'll go over even the biggest cracks on the road.
you have to know that inner-city streets in europe are often
covered with stone plates - not asphalt...
thanks, ciao,
micha
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Exkate costumer service
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On 6/16/2000
Lonecore
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Hi Hugh,
thanks for calling them again. It seems that their email server is down. I'd like to call them too, but I think my talking english isn't very good. They wouldn't understand what I want :-)
I hope to hear from them soon.
Greetings,
Ueli
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Ahh fuzz
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On 6/16/2000 wiggy
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Fuzz where i a decent place for us to set camp up bude way for this comp, for me bird and two mates?
how those 82a kryptoes slide? i neeeeeeeeeed a sliding wheel.
Surfed perfect manorbier the other night pure carving perfection.
wiggy
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Wheel Rotation?
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On 6/15/2000 FUZZ
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I'm wondering if there's a standard for wheel rotation.
Switch like an X first, then front to back?
Stoned & Confused
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HEEEEELlllllp
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On 6/15/2000 Grey
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Question: Getting new wheels! Heck Yeah!
well this my problem. I have 65mm right now. Im thinking about getting 70mm. whats the difference? can you guys give me the pros and cons? also, will i need a riser pad for it? for the 5mm upgrade?
cool
thanks guys!!
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WWWIIIDDDEEE wheels
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On 6/15/2000 Glen
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I remember the Sims Bowlriders and Ampul who used to knock off everyone else's products. They didn't suck...they wished they sucked. They would have needed much improvement to work their way up to the level of "sucked".
OJ's and Road Riders and later Powerflex, Bones etc. were much narrower and subsequently were much better than the Bowl Riders and their clones. Actually my old Road Rider 4's are about the same size as my Freeride 65mm and my Power Paws 65mm wheels.
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Sims Bowlriders
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On 6/15/2000 todcar
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were 2" tall and 2 3/4" wide. From what I gather they were pretty slow and hard to turn. There were also many knock offs in the same size that really sucked. The Sims were ridden both for slalom and bowl and did accomplish the feat on making a wider footprint before trackers came out.
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exkate and shipping
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On 6/15/2000
hugh r
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Lonecore,
I just got off the phone with Sandy at Exkate. She was very nice and has promised to get to the bottom of the shipping issue on your wheels. She agrees that the amount of money charged against your card seems quite excessive. I hope to hear from her soon... HR
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gravity 85a
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On 6/15/2000 wiggy
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I need to know wheather they slide in a similar way to a 78a gravity as i have used the 92a and it was a complete dog to slide around.
Please help as my wheels disapear quicker than my girlfriends.
wiggy 'a few wheels short of a set'
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wide wheels
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On 6/14/2000
hugh r
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Oh how soon old guys forget...
The wide wheels were cool looking back in the day. Wider was new and meant that increased traction was coming our way.
In reality scomo, the wide wheels (bones/oj etc...) were actually very good for pools and concrete parks... HR
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wide wheels
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On 6/14/2000 Adam
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I'm laughing. Laughing because I was one of those kids seduced into the "Wider is Better" scam of the late 1970's. Let me tell you, those extra-wide wheels were a joke. Incredibly slow, harsh rides, and slow. Did I mention slow? They just wouldn't rolllllll. I'm referring to the litany of clear red urethane models that poured forth (sorry!) after the success of the Road Rider 2-4-6 series. As Pre-School notes, there were exceptions, the most notable being the almighty Kryptonics series 1.
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Big Wheel review/Wide ones
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On 6/14/2000 Pre-School Rider
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Scomo,check into the Links here at Lonecore.Last time through there I saw a review of some wheels,including Exate Turbo 76mm.Otherwise,try a Search of say 76mm wheels,or 80mm wheels,etc. Nick,Old School wide wheels did stick pretty well,especially ones like Bones,OJ's, PowerFlexes,Kryptonics,UFO's,and Park/Road Riders.If you want newly-made wide riding wheels,try Payaso Roadie Racers,or Exate Turbos,or Power Paws.An aside note;Hyper Strada and Super Mundos in a 78A are dang sticky,despite being 42mm-46mm width range.
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wide wheels
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On 6/14/2000 nick
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Can anyone tell me how wide wheels ride.I just scored some late 70,s magazines and noticed heaps of the wheels to be realy wide (ie. across ways). Is this to make up for narrow trucks, or do they grip better? I,d imagine they would be hard to slide and maybey slower , but grip the road on tight turns really well.Any ideas?
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kryptos
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On 6/14/2000 scomo
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I have had route 65s, route 70s, and hawaii ks(blue. I think i like the hawaiis better just because they don't wear down as fast as the softer route wheels. I think my hawaiis are 82a or 84a and the routes are 78s. The hawaiis are a little sticky during slides. They grip the road unexpectently and I have gotten shot off the board several times. Anyone have a review of a good larger wheel (76mm and up)?
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Hawaii
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On 6/14/2000 Herbn
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oops, got a little distracted then hit submit .What I ment to say was,I don't have any Route 65's on hand at the moment,so i couldn't say for sure, but it might be a different core,like the classics (76mm)or just swirlier color,could be just a cosmetic difference.
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Hawaiis
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On 6/14/2000 herbn
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don't have currently so i say
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Spitfire 71mm "bigbeatdowns"
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On 6/13/2000
sktr4lfe
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If you ride smooth terrain, I`d highly reccomend these wheels. Rock hard but amazingly grippy on smooth roads. I think these were probably designed as BIG vert ramp wheels so they would probably make excellent park wheels. I`ve noticed zero coning, and keep thinking I should rotate them, but haven`t. Almost scary fast.
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Kryptos Route 65
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On 6/13/2000
Sarah
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So how do these compare to the Hawaii's and Classics?
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