Compare Gumball's to Flywheels?

[crawdad62]

I just got some Gumballs and fell in love with them. I hadn't bought new longboard wheels in years. I'd been using Kyrptonics and always thought they were super smooth. Well they are smooth but nothing like the Gumballs.

Now I'm addicted to ABEC's and was thinking of going way huge and getting some big 90 or 97mm Flywheels. I've got a board with huge cut outs so I'm not worried about the sized but I'm wondering how Flywheels compare to Gumballs when it comes to smoothness?

Are the Flywheels as smooth on rough pavement? The thickness of the urethane is close to the same but I was wondering if the large hub of the Flywheels makes them rider rougher?

I'm wanting someone that has both in the same durometer (preferably 75A) that can say whether or not the Flywheels are/aren't as smooth of the Gumballs.

[Anonymous]

i have 84A 76mm gumballs and 83mm 78A flyweels and theey ride pretty close to the same as far as smoothless goes the gumballs i think are a little smoother and the gumbalsla re also ALOT Easyer to push around i keep my flywheels for speed runs and thats about it now

[Mile_High_Mark]

I've ridden 75a Gumballs and 75a Flys (83mm). The Fly's ride just a hair rougher, but they're far more predictable as far as break-away and drift.

[roastbeef540]

i think that gumballs are more predictable than the flywheels, and they are more grippy than fly's.... fly's will give out easier in my opinion, because depending on size there is less urithane on them that the gumballs...and theyre centerset so they are better off for like drifing cause you can switch em up... both great wheels.. good stuff