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    Default Re: Show me... abused wheels!

    Quote Originally Posted by RiRak View Post
    depending on where you got them you may be able to send em back, longboardskater took my friends swirling drifters back
    oh really?

    thats where I got them...



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    Default Re: Show me... abused wheels!

    my blue drifters are doing that as well. i get mad vibration at speed but other than that i love them

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    That's the drifters only problem. I loveeeee the whites.

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    Default Re: Show me... abused wheels!

    I never had a problem with my blues, they wore awesome.
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    I know the problem dosent occure on all of them. 1 of 4 of my blues wore to about 53mm clean. But the rest were swirled triangles. And one of my sets of black have em. And one done. Just gotta hope to score

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    Default Re: Show me... abused wheels!

    3 of my blues wore all the way to the core fine except for one that had a wobbly core so i used a ew freeride as a stand in and now im stuck with 3 ew freerides @50mm

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    Wait, you used a different type of wheel to replace one? One being centerset and one sideset, that would be weird.
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    Default Re: Show me... abused wheels!

    it was weird. I put it on the front toeside to try and preserve it but no bueno.

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    Default Re: Show me... abused wheels!

    5 runs down some S turns, didnt really feel like rotating so....


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    Loop De Loop!

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    Quote Originally Posted by jeffrey View Post
    5 runs down some S turns, didnt really feel like rotating so....

    those gravity street g's?
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    Quote Originally Posted by snozzboarder55 View Post
    those gravity street g's?
    Indeed they are. They slide buttery smooth as expected because of the shape, but do not last very long at all, and are pretty slow.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jeffrey View Post
    Indeed they are. They slide buttery smooth as expected because of the shape, but do not last very long at all, and are pretty slow.
    ya i know they are slow as @#$%. i slid them once on flats and never really thought about sliding them again...might have to try this, thanks for the inspiration
    TINKERING WITH YOUR SETUP IS HALF THE FUN OF BOARDING.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jeffrey View Post
    Indeed they are. They slide buttery smooth as expected because of the shape, but do not last very long at all, and are pretty slow.
    Hey jeff u wana lose weight with me? We can go on jogs and such. And when were 100 lbs or wheels will last longer.
    "are we gona skate, or just stand here and jerk each other off."

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    Quote Originally Posted by rube7558 View Post
    it was weird. I put it on the front toeside to try and preserve it but no bueno.
    macs are the best
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    Quote Originally Posted by Georgie808 View Post
    Hey jeff u wana lose weight with me? We can go on jogs and such. And when were 100 lbs or wheels will last longer.
    I noticed that a lot of guys who weigh 120 do not wear wheels fast at all.

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    Default Re: Show me... abused wheels!

    Quote Originally Posted by jeffrey View Post
    I noticed that a lot of guys who weigh 120 do not wear wheels fast at all.
    Damn straight. 8)

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    Default Re: Show me... abused wheels!

    I weigh 130, and I have taken my 81mm Bomb hills to about 77mm so far
    Boards breh:
    Comet Voodoo XL (OG shape) - 50* Calibers
    Carbon Surf Finish Clutch Jailbait - Crails or Paris
    Incline Fro Pick - Ace 66
    Comet Shred 35 - Indy 169s

    Not set up:
    Galac GTCPLDP
    Loaded Dervish

    $70 + shipping for each?? PM me!

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    Default Re: Show me... abused wheels!

    I weigh 130 and I've shreded wheels.

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    Default Re: Show me... abused wheels!

    Quote Originally Posted by poparotc View Post
    I weigh 130 and I've shreded wheels.
    Still happens... just takes longer.


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