84a or 88a?

**Predicon** · 07-13-2009 04:45 AM

I am buying a new set of abec 11 striker wheels, i will use them for silding and mucking about, but will 88a but too hard? should i go for the softer 84a which wont slide aswell?

**harryhill** · 07-13-2009 05:49 AM

Ive got a set of 88a strickers they slide really good, i wish i had gone a bit softer some of the roads near me are a bit rough but there ok. I recon you could slide the 84 and 81 almost as easy, i supose i depends on the smothness of your roads. I recon you should go with 84 its the midle of the road, that style of the wheel is designed to slide.So both should slide easy enough with some practice. A lot of how easy you slide depends on your set up like your trucks, you need them loose enough to turn into it to try and strt to initiate the slide. Hope this was some help to you have fun

**jessse** · 07-13-2009 06:54 AM

Personaly those 2 make no diffrence.

**luftywaffles** · 07-13-2009 07:48 AM

Make no difference?

Well ok then.

**sethgoesfast** · 07-13-2009 08:29 AM

i bought 88A gumballs i wish everyday i had gone softer becuse it makes carving hard nd bad pavement at death wish at anything over twenty miles an hour

**Bryant@BCLongboards** · 07-13-2009 08:53 AM

Go with 84a, they will slide just as well as the 88a's however they will carve alot better when you dont want to slide! Kinda the best of both worlds...

**JY Jelly** · 07-13-2009 09:32 AM

Between the two I would go with 84a, but personally I think 78a and 81a would be best.

**PhilFTW** · 07-13-2009 09:50 AM

84a

If you are going to use them exclusively for sliding, and will barely ride them apart from that, then you might consider the 88a. But personally, I feel like that's a bit overkill. Like they said above, the 84a will slide very close to the same, but will carve much better.

**Abel** · 07-13-2009 10:13 AM

dont go 88a. your brain will explode.
no but seriously, ive got them in 88a, and i think theyre a tad too hard, 84a should be nicer, and the shape is after all what is the deciding factor. ive got 89a zigzags that grip like a motherfuker

**dgsblb2** · 07-13-2009 12:11 PM

My friend has 78a gumballs and I have 84a. The only difference between them is that mine are lasting a lot longer with the same abuse. Compared to 78a, I am not limited with how deep I can carve.

Bottom line, go with 84a. There is no need to go harder, and they will slide plenty.

**rodgon** · 07-13-2009 02:43 PM

dude.. strykers slide well at 78a. 81-83 should be the sweet spot though. yeah they slide better but less predictable the higher you go in duro.

**AlG** · 07-16-2009 10:37 PM

I've got some 77mm-84a Strikers on my FSM that slide beautifully. I honestly never thought wheels could slide like this. Very controllable and predictable.