Abec 11 Updates

[Sinister9]

If you read through the thread it says the end of this month-ish. But eventually is a better guess.

well i hope it is the end of this month....i want those soooo bad. Why does it take so long to get production going. It's not like it's a question of whether or not enough people want them.

Just hurry and make them lol

everyone prey aha (\<<<said the atheist

[XxTQxX]

well i hope it is the end of this month....i want those soooo bad. Why does it take so long to get production going. It's not like it's a question of whether or not enough people want them.

Just hurry and make them lol

everyone prey aha (<<<said the atheist

really...like once the molds are done how hard could it be? i mean this is their profession...

[flannelman]

really...like once the molds are done how hard could it be? i mean this is their profession...

and as professionals, they wont deal subpar equipment. i dont know exactly what it takes to make a wheel but here is my guess. (i watched picture-picture when i was a kid)

1 they make the plastic mixture for the cores
2 they test every batch of plastic for the right formula and consistency
3 they mold the cores
4 the wash them/ and finish them
5 they transport them to the final assembly area
6 they make the urethane mixture
7 they test its consistency
8 they place the cores into the molds by hand
9 they pour the thane
10 they let is partially cure in a storage area
11 they separate the wheels from the molds
12 they sit around for at least a month curing
13 they then print on the wheels
14 they then package the wheels
15 they box up the wheels and move them onto trucks
16 they take several days to get to their stores
17 they are processed into inventory
18 they are then bought, repackaged, and shipped

i would guess that different hardnesses of thane take different times to cure. they will all have to wait until the longest cure time is done, so they can all ship together. i am more than likely missing a bunch of steps. there is payment processing, third party handlers, inspections, and all sorts of other and stuff that you never think happens. they have to create a giant stockpile of wheels before they can release them. it all has to be synchronized. if all that stuff was set in motion a moth ago, then we will see out wheel this next month.

Chris' dreams don't make wheels appear on his desk. he isn't the shoemaker with little people coming in at night and making wheels for him. it isn't magic, though i am sure that right about now he wished it was magic. they are all probably still beat from that bushing sale

with all that said, i am already designing a deck to put them on.

/rant

[Kenny_Ledesma]

and as professionals, they wont deal subpar equipment. i dont know exactly what it takes to make a wheel but here is my guess. (i watched picture-picture when i was a kid)

1 they make the plastic mixture for the cores
2 they test every batch of plastic for the right formula and consistency
3 they mold the cores
4 the wash them/ and finish them
5 they transport them to the final assembly area
6 they make the urethane mixture
7 they test its consistency
8 they place the cores into the molds by hand
9 they pour the thane
10 they let is partially cure in a storage area
11 they separate the wheels from the molds
12 they sit around for at least a month curing
13 they then print on the wheels
14 they then package the wheels
15 they box up the wheels and move them onto trucks
16 they take several days to get to their stores
17 they are processed into inventory
18 they are then bought, repackaged, and shipped

i would guess that different hardnesses of thane take different times to cure. they will all have to wait until the longest cure time is done, so they can all ship together. i am more than likely missing a bunch of steps. there is payment processing, third party handlers, inspections, and all sorts of other and stuff that you never think happens. they have to create a giant stockpile of wheels before they can release them. it all has to be synchronized. if all that stuff was set in motion a moth ago, then we will see out wheel this next month.

Chris' dreams don't make wheels appear on his desk. he isn't the shoemaker with little people coming in at night and making wheels for him. it isn't magic, though i am sure that right about now he wished it was magic. they are all probably still beat from that bushing sale

with all that said, i am already designing a deck to put them on.

/rant

Cores are made of thane.

[flannelman]

Cores are made of thane.

and now i know.

[Longbord1]

Knowing that they are both grippy.

Should i go for the ridiculously huge ones, or the kinda of huge ones?

[a_speck_of_dust]

ridiculously

[Kenny_Ledesma]

Knowing that they are both grippy.

Should i go for the ridiculously huge ones, or the kinda of huge ones?

That's what she said.

[SpeedFiend]

Knowing that they are both grippy.

Should i go for the ridiculously huge ones, or the kinda of huge ones?

77mm or whatever is all ive been thinking about for days

[xedell]

Cores are made of thane.

thane IS plastic

and not all cores are thane such as kripto cores but those suck (well they feel good imo but they have no durability and don't bond to the normal thane right)

[anatharc]

77mm or whatever is all ive been thinking about for days

Knowing that they are both grippy.

Should i go for the ridiculously huge ones, or the kinda of huge ones?

Huge wheels the new SF fad?

(screw you <70mm wheels )

[stringtheory]

Actually they were the old fad...maybe a renewed fad now. lol...

[flannelman]

Actually they were the old fad...maybe a renewed fad now. lol...

more of an now affordable bandwagon. we are all older now. we have jobs. and now we can spend our money, not just or Check from Grandpa for being alive another year.

i have never ridden a wheel bigger than my in heats. but they hydroplane way to easy, and thats not a good thing. for instance one time around midnight i was longboarding back to my dorm, with a shovel in hand, and i hydroplaned into oncoming traffic.

a big wet/dry wheel is what i have been wanting since that day.

[stringtheory]

Whatchu talkin' bout Willis? It's width not height that causes hydroplaning. i.e. surface area. If a big wet dry wheel is what you want 85mm Aqua Hawgs have existed for years. The dimpled Centrax is a wider wet/dry, not necessarily bigger.

That being said, what I was saying had nothing to do with wet/dry anything. It's more a commentary on the 'Fishy bang wagon. Wheel sizes come in and out of vogue.

[flannelman]

Whatchu talkin' bout Willis? It's width not height that causes hydroplaning. i.e. surface area. If a big wet dry wheel is what you want 85mm Aqua Hawgs have existed for years. The dimpled Centrax is a wider wet/dry, not necessarily bigger.

That being said, what I was saying had nothing to do with wet/dry anything. It's more a commentary on the 'Fishy bang wagon. Wheel sizes come in and out of vogue.

i know its not height, but rather width that hydroplanes. but with most wheels, if you have height you have width, and if you don't have width, then you will not have optimum grip while dry. i know about the Aqua hawgs. i want an "all around" wheel that is wide for dry, but can handle a mist on the ground without sliding out. the centrax seems to be that wheel.

and i agree with the fish band wagon statement. i just dont follow it myself. i buy gear that i need when i need it (if i can afford it).

[skully]

Knowing that they are both grippy.

Should i go for the ridiculously huge ones, or the kinda of huge ones?

Depends on how long you want to wait too:

The 83mm version is like a "Momo Light" which uses the same footprint, but has a smaller core and more flexible lips. It's taller, wider, heavier, stickier, but may be too much wheel for the average Joe. The 83's will be released well after the 77's, but both before this season is over.

[Sinister9]

Depends on how long you want to wait too:

damn! why cant you just release them all at once? It's ok i rather wait then buy another set of wheels when i should be saving for the centrax. 83mm is gunna be amazingly smooth and grippy for my DH setup. With my landy board and crail speed trucks ill have virtually no speed wobble lol. Should be sick bombing down our sick hill Backside in rocklin

[thatoneblahguy]

damn! why cant you just release them all at once? It's ok i rather wait then buy another set of wheels when i should be saving for the centrax. 83mm is gunna be amazingly smooth and grippy for my DH setup. With my landy board and crail speed trucks ill have virtually no speed wobble lol. Should be sick bombing down our sick hill Backside in rocklin

bu-bu-but turning is fun

[Alpha06]

Any updates/pics/anything on the liquid trucks?

[Sinister9]

bu-bu-but turning is fun

it is...so WHEN i want to carve a mess around after an intense day of DH, then ill loosin up my trucks and use the wheels grip for me when rippen around corners