75a Flywheels... WTF are they for?

[B-Boy Megatron]

So I got a set of 90mm ones for REAL cheap. I thought, "hmm, 75a should grip well", but they SUCK in garages (no grip), they bite unless my trucks are pretty tight, and they are scary and unpredictable. Now wtf do I do?

I thought they were supposed to be drifty and fun... I'm so disappointed. Sliding them is a cataclysmic, bone-shaking suckfest.

Should I save them for real hills and real asphalt when I go back to school, or should I sell them to an unsuspecting victim?

[gabriel[abc]]

90mm? lololol

90mm's and up are typically most used for luge or if you have something like a rolls rolls

[B-Boy Megatron]

yeah, but they have a huge novelty factor.

and that's about it.

[DRC]

yeah, but they have a huge novelty factor.

and that's about it.

I could only think of 90mm flys being used on an evo, DHR or something else with HUGE cut outs. Or a luge.

[skeeterdechico]

75a flywheels are probably the most predictable drift to hooking back up for dh purposes. That's pretty much what you get when you buy wheels that are over the 80mm mark. Wheel bite is you not setting your board up correctly. They are centerset with a small contact path so they are meant to drift.

[Gearfire]

Yea the 75a isn't the problem. It's the 90mm.
76mm 75a Flywheels are one of my favorite wheels.

If you want to get some use out of them take a belt sander to them while they're mounted and let them spin while you create a florescent green desert in your garage.

[Doors]

Bought a set of 78a 90mm flys a while back, now there worn to 80mm... if you can get them cheap they are a great deal, so much thane to shred

[B-Boy Megatron]

hahahahahahahaha

"Wheel bite is you not setting your board up correctly"

the cutouts on my Spooky are too small. I'm not gonna top-mount it, i've already got a topmount.

i would love to have a fluorescent green desert, though.

[babaffo]

yeah... 90mm... dumb...

[Dimm]

I hate flywheels. Use them for offroading. I was surprised when I realized I could longboard on gravel with those wheels.

[Hanael]

topmount them on a dropthru. it should work a bit better.

[PresidentBoneyPoney]

I have 90mm 75a fly's and the work great for garages and hills. Maybe they're just wrong for your deck?

[skeeterdechico]

hahahahahahahaha

"Wheel bite is you not setting your board up correctly"

the cutouts on my Spooky are too small. I'm not gonna top-mount it, i've already got a topmount.

i would love to have a fluorescent green desert, though.

uh yeah. If the cut outs are too small you shouldn't put them on that board because that would make them the wrong wheel for that board, so... you pretty much set up your board like an idiot.

[BAUER]

.. there for skateboarding.

i mean for you they suck, thats fine.
but its depends 100% on your style.

some prefer 75a flywheels for downhill, some may prefer 100a slide wheels.. who knows.

when people say "which wheel is best for.." is all BS.

whether you like precision trucks for dh, or randals.
whether you get speedwobbles at 10mph to 80mph, its your experience and STYLE.

i prefer lime bigzigs, which have thick non round lips for soft wheel sliding. most prefer a round lip which have less grip like durians.

just a little knowledge from skater to skater.

have fun, and go skate.
(btw its 2:30 in the morn. and im VERY bored)

[Oligreen]

Im pretty sure the spooky was designed for sideset wheels, much less than 90mm. i seem to remember it was originally stocked with 80mm blue kryps. if you really want to run those wheels you could make the cutouts bigger on the spooky, other than that i'd say your pretty much out of options.

[B-Boy Megatron]

spooky runs fine with flies for fast runs, but can't be loosened up enough to do standies and shlt. I've figured out a different setup that might work... we'll see. i'm glad it's a good wheel after all, just gotta break 'em in GOOD.

[WTF]

90mm flys are what I started longboarding on. I've been so accustomed to it that I'm thinking bout selling my otangs in-heats and durians and just keeping he 85mm speedvents as my grippy wheels and the 90mm flys as my drifty/slide practice wheel.

Like BAUER said, it's all preference. Sure the 90mm flys are heavy and big and not as agile as your typical zig or otang. But they also center-set, round lipped, extremely predictable, flipable, last for freakin ever, and handle bad pavement 100x better than your typical 70-75mm wheels.

It's all what you make it dude, everything has advantages and disadvantages use it's strengths for you. Better yet, if you hate them so much lemme pm you my shipping address and I'll take em off your hands for you. I'll even pay for the shipping.

[Stupendous Man]

Bauer's got the right idea.

You kind of opened yourself up to some negative feedback by creating this thread with such a name, and especially by judging a wheel so harshly before they were even broken in.

Every wheel has a purpose, and a place. You just have to find where they belong in your quiver. Just because you might not have a board that these wheels are meant for right now, definately does not mean the wheels suck. Alot of people have wheels sitting in a box, not because the wheels suck, but because they may not feel As perfect for that style, for whatever board, at that time, as the wheel that Does feel Perfect - for That style, for That board, for That time...

Capisce?

[jmasta]

I could only think of 90mm flys being used on an evo, DHR or something else with HUGE cut outs. Or a luge.

or a Demonseed

90mm 75a fly's are the sickness

[Terrorsathan]

I just got a set of 83mm 75a for 20 bones... Can't wait to shred em. Obviously, they're chattery at slower speeds but, I haven't taken them fast (20+) yet.