Al Dente wheels!!!

[N. "Bowl" Pedrosa]

what about the idea:

Wheels that have a higher duro in the outside crust, and gradually become softer towards the inside....

that would give a fairly big shock absorption, rebound, sliding capacity and a better wear...
correct me if i'm wrong, share your thoughts

[Terrorsathan]

It would have to be bonded together, probably 2 pours bonded together.

Also, Al Dente is softer on the outside, harder on the inside

[N. "Bowl" Pedrosa]

yeah, I thought so, but the name just seemed to fit so perfectly hehehehe, besides the idea is: different duros acting like rings, it could be even more pours to make the change gradually maybe allowing for more energy return...

but thanks on the reply

[tomes]

could be even more pours....
but thanks on the reply

The wheels would be very expensive.

[N. "Bowl" Pedrosa]

probably, yes... until the got used to the manufacturing of it and it becoming common sense

[rube7558]

i think the wheels would hour glass pretty bad.

[BottomShark]

like this?

[AATTYYRR]

like this?

that'd be cool, but i think he meant like around the whole outside of the the wheel, so its soft on the inside, with a thinnish layerr on the outside.

[thatoneblahguy]

what if they're softer on the outside for grip and harder on the inside for speed?

or am i getting mixed up here?

[flannelman]

i think Ricta did something like this with their speed cores years ago. but that was shortboard stuff. i think a harder wheel with a tread of some kind would be better, and easier to accomplish. water wheels, for instance are better because of the several squared lips they have.

[N. "Bowl" Pedrosa]

what if they're softer on the outside for grip and harder on the inside for speed?

or am i getting mixed up here?

yeah, I thought the same sing after a while, it would be very grippy and very fast... so:
soft outside and hard inside for speed and grip
hard outside and soft inside for better slides and bump absorption and freeriding... aah and better wear.


it's a good idea I think...
the photos are not like I meant it... it would be more like concentric rings, hence inner ring, outter ring.

[N. "Bowl" Pedrosa]

i think the wheels would hour glass pretty bad.

why would you think that?

[stringtheory]

It's been done a few times already.

[N. "Bowl" Pedrosa]

It's been done a few times already.

nicee, now we're talking? why isn't it getting mainstream then? anyone knows the cons of it?

[N. "Bowl" Pedrosa]

It's been done a few times already.

nicee, now we're talking. why isn't it getting mainstream then? anyone knows the cons of it?

sorry, double post

[stringtheory]

I assume it's not necessary or has little benefit when you have a wheel with a core already, as most longboard specific wheels do.

[speshlspeclsteak]

that would make them cone retardedly fast and wear badly. i know chapput did a rain wheel with rubber lips and thane middle idk how it worked tho

[AJ]

Double-Duro wheels have existed in skateboarding for years.
I'm not old enough to remember all of them but Vision, Emoticons, Spitfire, Autobahn, Ricta and even Sector9 have made 'em

Its a cool ride, but its weird once your down to single duro cause you've been riding the same duro for a while and you get use to the linear hardening of the wheel as you get closer to the core and then BAM different duro, kinda sucks.

[sk8norcal]

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[stringtheory]

Double-Duro wheels have existed in skateboarding for years.
I'm not old enough to remember all of them but Vision, Emoticons, Spitfire, Autobahn, Ricta and even Sector9 have made 'em

Ya, when I was still a kid in the late 80's Krypto also made some.