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| atxJIMatx |
 Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 11:44 am |
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| indeed, they'd probably be a good choice.. they are great wheels. |
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| MileHighSkates |
| Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 12:02 pm |
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atxJIMatx wrote: indeed, they'd probably be a good choice.. they are great wheels.
Yup. I have the 77mm ones on my Bozi, and that thing blazes. The Powerballs are almost identical, but a little smaller (72mm), and I really like those, too. |
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| Homer80 |
| Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 7:17 am |
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It all depends on what your looking for, My favorite all around cruising wheel is a Abec-11 76mm Gumball, They roll forever and they just feel like your on the wave rippin it up. The fastest wheels I have right now for the street are 77mm Strikers at 84a and they aren't really that bad on the rough Pocono roads. I have a set of flashbacks in 81a that I haven't ridden yet ( I'm waiting for my "Trim Delux" to come in). You need to decide what your going to use the board for, " Beer Runs" and "in the car at all times" board you might want to think about Gumballs. As far as wheels past the edge of the board, wedge'em and rise'em Wider is more stable ( I.m gonna get flamed for that). One last thing, Abec-11s are so much better than Kryptos that you cant really go by any recent experiances with them. Like Mark said the duros are way off, the cores aren't set in straight ( Spin a nice new Krypto with spacers and installed right and watch it wobble) And unless you plan on doing a lot of ollies and kickflips then remember "Size does matter" the bigger the better. 
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| AlvaCollector |
| Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 9:29 am |
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Awesome suggestions.
This set up is such a great ride just makes you want to cruise forever.
maybe I will. 
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| theshralpster |
| Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 9:40 am |
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| I am really digging the 81a flashbacks i have on my barfoot. fast and smooth, but when the road gets rough you get a little buzz. |
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| BillyBonebrake |
| Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 11:50 am |
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| live wire |
| Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 4:26 pm |
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| I love the Abec 11 78a flashbacks. Perfect grip and 70mm is small enough to push around on the flats easy. Anything harder than that breaks away in hard turns. My guess with that set up you will not be doing to much "hard" turning because of the wheel bite factor. |
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