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| Old School |
 Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 2:47 am |
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Location: Chattanooga, TN
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I haven't ridden street in way over ten years, but my old ass wants to cruise the streets this year since I had a gnarly motorcycle wreck in October and my ankle isn't up to half pipe this year. I used to skate slimeballs and sims like these
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SIMS-2-tone-s...sh=item2a2a1fdb8c
My current setup is a ramp setup and those little Darkstar are hard as HELL on the street. No, impossible.
You guys are all from my era of skating the 80's, recommend me something like these I used to skate that are really smooth and roll well on a rough street. I want some "today" wheels I can buy anywhere cheap and ride.
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| Clownbaby |
| Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 3:12 am |
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ORDER OF THE SKULL
Joined: 27 Oct 2009
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Location: Oregon
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Sims street wheels are reallly wide and soft, so they're marshmallow smooth on rough stuff.
But if you're looking for Slimeball shape wheels something like these would be the ticket
http://oldschoolskates.com/detail.aspx?ID=875
Black Label Blood Spots are a similar shape, but a harder wheel. Santa Cruz is reissuing some wheels, mostly harder duro.
There's so much out there to choose from, just depends on what you're looking for |
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| Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 9:14 am |
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ORDER OF THE SKULL
Joined: 23 Jan 2004
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Location: British Columbia
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| Wish I could help. I'm curious what advice you get. The wheel I'd like to try is the Powell dts. Ditch formula? Any reviews on those? |
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| sixpack |
| Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 1:32 pm |
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ORDER OF THE SKULL
Joined: 17 Feb 2003
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| TAOS |
| Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 1:38 pm |
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ORDER OF THE SKULL
Joined: 14 Oct 2008
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Location: Fuck_mOOk FL
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Damn dude, so many choices!
Go with a 56-60mm wheel with like a 90a duro so you can do some slides and get that "bitd' feeling.
If you're just cruising get these:
EBAY AUCTION LINK
This is localmini's (SnB members) store. PM him....
Or just go with some re-ish Rat's....
YTou should buy Buddah's re-ish Ripper too |
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| jacbli76 |
| Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 1:52 pm |
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| i have some powell g bones or krypto superlites for sale |
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| Old School |
| Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 11:21 pm |
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Hell yeah, good stuff here, thanks guys. I like those 80 spitfires just because I can tell those are butter on the street. Leaning that direction at the moment, but not playing fav's. Looking everywhere for inspiration on the wheels. I gotta get bearings with them too because I was loving the cheap ass bones reds on the ramp where I didn't need any high speed bearings, but now I'm gonna be riding a lot of parking lots and hills so I'll need as much distance as I can get. I like those Santa Cruz OJ II Elite Street 60mm 92a posted earlier, but I'm not sure they are soft enough.
I really want some soft wheels to cruise to and do some distance, but I'd give up a slight amount of comfort to be able to slide them easily as I like to go down hills sideways. Those old slimeballs were the shit for going down hills damn near all the way sideways back and forth.
I am going to have to raise the board back up me thinks. I'm running those gunmetal indy low's and 1/4 rubber risers. |
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| Clownbaby |
| Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 11:30 pm |
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ORDER OF THE SKULL
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so you're looking at modern shape wheels too? If you're not concerned with sliding look at Bones ATF (all terrain formula) They have crazy rebound like a superball and roll over cracks smooth without being too slow
oops, reread your post, I doubt they slide..at all
maybe some of those green Rainskates would nice |
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| Old School |
| Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 11:33 pm |
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Joined: 09 Nov 2007
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Location: Chattanooga, TN
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Clownbaby wrote: so you're looking at modern shape wheels too? If you're not concerned with sliding look at Bones ATF (all terrain formula) They have crazy rebound like a superball and roll over cracks smooth without being too slow
I'm trying to decide how much comfort I can give up to be able to get some sideways action on these hills I have around here. I think I'd rather keep the comfort angle. I just don't have access to enough around here to skate it all and decide. It's blind taste testing. |
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| Clownbaby |
| Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 11:37 pm |
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ORDER OF THE SKULL
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Location: Oregon
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| or maybe the orange 85a Rainskates mini-tsunami |
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