How to: Trim inner or outer lips

[~Nick~]

in my opinion hot wire cutters work best, its a clean straight cut and really easy

[D.T.]

ho, urethane is toxic? i always thought it tasted kind of good??? oh shoots!!!!

[Muttlips]

Heard of another nifty idea about this the other day from a respected skateboard prefessional (for those of us who don't have a drill press):

Get a decent rasp, hop on your board, cruise down a gentle hill, and trim away. I'd measure & mark the wheel beforehand so you can see about where you want to trim it to (and it'd probably be a good idea to do this where you can watch what you're doing & not have to worry about traffic). I haven't tried this yet, but I plan to with an old pair of Avalons I'd like to trim down. Marv said he was going to try it as well. Anybody else ever tried or heard about this method?

I know it may be less precise than the typical trimming methods, but I'm all in favor of low-cost low-tech solutions, provided they can get the job done well.

[Ogre]

You, can even do it with the wheels mounted to the deck w/ a belt sander!..you simply set the deck on edge and place the belt sander at the outer edge of the whell and start sanding!! The angle you hold the sander at spins the wheel at speeds to get a uniform result.. don't be afraid, just do it!!! I've done over 20 sets this way and it takes 10 minutes a set!! Piece of cake

[LandLockedboardingGS]

I sanded down BigZigs for the rear of my LBL EDDIE......Worked well for adding some slidage in parking garages since the back of the board narrows a lot....then I put shoe goo on the outer rim to semi protect and reinforce the sanded down edges....I used a belt sander...but the disc part.....

[Thunder]

woah i need to do that to my big zigs!

[kissmedeadly]

Chris and Dave, I remember when guys were trimming their Avalons and Avilas doesn't the outside lips on those types of slalom wheels allow you to rebound better when passing cones, especially when running steeper tight or hybrid courses with big offsets?

[Reece Man]

Originally Posted by kissmedeadly

Chris and Dave, I remember when guys were trimming their Avalons and Avilas doesn't the outside lips on those types of slalom wheels allow you to rebound better when passing cones, especially when running steeper tight or hybrid courses with big offsets?

I know this is old but I'm just replying for anyone else who may have this question. The reason you radius the wheels is to gain more speed for DH or to make your wheels drift a little easier (or in my case to avoid wheel bite). I did it to my front two purple O'tangs and it took me about 10 minutes. It's not as scary as you think it is.