Comments on: The idea came to me…

By: Fitz

Fitz — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 01:08:29 +0000

Digging Type-S cored-offerings at the moment.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 21:00:05 +0000

Cored wheels are garbage. Bought some for my bro a few years back and they rotted out. He still ripped though

By: some kook

some kook — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 16:54:04 +0000

Aluminum-core wheels are nothing new. Gyro wheels had aluminum cores in the 80s (I think) and were reissued a couple years ago.

More recently, Orangatang had aluminum-core longboard wheels last year. They cost more than $100 a set and were a total bitch to get bearings out of. There’s a company out of Europe called DTC wheels that continues to make metal-cored race wheels.

By: Fitz

Fitz — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:51:46 +0000

I have managed to crush a cored wheel (Rictas) probably because they were so hard, and rip the urethane off another (Kryptos) likely because they are so damn soft…

So far, I’ve found the traditional all-urethane 97A wheel to be more than fast enough, and I have countless scars, numerous surgical plates, pins, and screws to back up my assertion.

But you never know. People probably thought clay was the ultimate medium, until somebody tried to fix it. As mentioned above, this could be an interesting idea… Dumb looking though!

By: RH

RH — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 21:43:49 +0000

What’s awesomely crappy about this idea is it’s all cheese form, with no whiz function. Machined aluminum hubs that keep the bearings truly aligned with one another make sense, (and of course have been done), but if such hubs take up most of the diameter, they’ll make for a weird feel unless maybe you go to a higher rebound but softer urethane… and usually the most f icacious solution is just to make your board go faster, instead of hoping your wheels will. But, hey, maybe this purely cosmetic adornment, that doesn’t hold the bearings, will make kids FEEL like going faster, and assaulting the coping or rail at scurrier speeds. Or not.

By: talentlessquitter

talentlessquitter — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 18:21:50 +0000

Alu core Turbines, mmmmmmmm, lovely.

By: mb

mb — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 18:04:04 +0000

Yeah I thought so, pretty sure New Deal did an aluminium cored wheel a few years later too. I guess this kid doesn’t know his history and is doomed to repeat it, with extra ” swag ” as I believe the kids say.

By: Troy

Troy — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:44:13 +0000

Schmitt Stix SS Radials / Red Lines
those wheels where so smooth and fast.. I loved them.

By: mb

mb — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:40:29 +0000

Didn’nt Paul Schmitt do this decades ago? Fairly sure he did and without the embarrassing Jereme Rogers style rapping, dodgy videos and ” well known ” team riders that no one has heard of. I don’t mean to be cruel, you can’t rally knock the kid for trying, but, no, just no!

By: Troy

Troy — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:25:47 +0000

I can’t wait for some idiot to make spinner wheel nuts…
[Please don't make spinner wheel nuts]