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| rightfootforward |
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| mosu101 |
| Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:05 am |
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Soy based wheels 
Who'd a thunked it!
Would look forward to a report on this if any hippy skaters are brave enough to try them out in between hugging tree's and bouts of herbal self medication!
(seriously I would like to hear if these wheels are good/bad/indifferent) |
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| slavadov |
| Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:08 am |
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mosu101 wrote:
Soy based wheels
Who'd a thunked it!
Would look forward to a report on this if any hippy skaters are brave enough to try them out in between hugging tree's and bouts of herbal self medication!
(seriously I would like to hear if these wheels are good/bad/indifferent)
i think silverfish had a brief write-up when sector9 released their soy wheels. ya might check over there. |
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| motorpsycho67 |
| Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 2:13 am |
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slob-air wrote: I'll never ride Seismic's greasy urethane again. The only time I've ever eaten shit racing was on Seismics—rear broke free and back flipped me onto my head.
I bet it wasn't the Black Ops urethane. |
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| slob-air |
| Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 2:45 am |
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| I have those too. Not a fan. Horrible coning on them. Still greasy. Kind of like Dan. |
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| Gary In VA |
| Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 12:07 pm |
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| If you don't have a lot of big hills you might want to look at wheels in the 66mm size. A lot of downhillers run that size on slower more tech courses. I'm a big fan of Seismics Black Ops thane. |
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| rightfootforward |
| Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:36 pm |
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Gary In VA wrote: If you don't have a lot of big hills you might want to look at wheels in the 66mm size. A lot of downhillers run that size on slower more tech courses. I'm a big fan of Seismics Black Ops thane.
I am looking at wheels in that range. This place is pretty flat so I do a great deal of pushing as well.
I want something in the 66 or 67mm range so my kick is not to stretched out. |
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| Gary In VA |
| Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 2:16 pm |
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| Earthwing, Gravity, Seismic, ABEC11 all have wheels that are downhill worthy in the 66mm size. |
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| rightfootforward |
| Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 3:13 pm |
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Yeah I have some of the ABEC11 noskullz in the 87/88a? formula but when I am on them they seem a little harder.
Kind of slippery for my tastes.
I think the next wheel I roll will be something more close to 80.
I am new to this wanting to go as fast as I can down a hill with confidence thing so I want as much grip as I can get. |
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| Gary In VA |
| Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 3:39 pm |
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| If you want some ABEC11 wheels for DHing that are in the 66mm range look at the Retro ZigZags. You need a square lipped wheel to give you traction in corners. You can get the ZigZags in a lot of different duros. |
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