I do some downhill riding here in the San Gabriel valley about 35-45mph at times and need a wheel that grips like crazy! I carve to control my speed and dont want any "slide suprises". What wheels are the grippiest possible? NO SLIDING!!!!! ( I kow what your going to say: "At some point all wheels slide". Well, which slide the least?
Last edited by Mescalito; 08-24-2008 at 02:38 PM..
Oh yeah... forgot about those 72a's. The thing is about them, is that if you wiegh over 150-ish pounds, they will deform under your weight, and roll really slowly.
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Evo, Lime BZ's, 50 degree randals, Black JimZ bushings, Edger grip, Biltins
Dervish, Pink Powerballs, Black Paris baseplates, Holey hangers, 85a Venom barrel tops, 78a venom barrel bottoms, Black Panther Ceramics
S9 Wedge, Holey baseplates, black paris hangers, Venom conicals (varying duro's), S9 topshelf wheels, greaseballs
Plan B PJ Ladd Trick board, Venture trucks, Reds, Spitfire wheels
the Earthwings are great wheels, but I think the Avilas are more grippy
Cant quite agree with that. I ve got 75a Avilas and the Superballs. Both are broken in and the Superballs have way more grip. Not sure anymore which grips better when brand new but broken in definatly the superballs. I also think my lime 80a BigZigs grip pretty well. A bit better than avilas but not as much as the Superballs - Just the way I experiance it. Maybe with a different setup and riding style you can get more grip out of the avilas. What I might also note is that the avilas grip insanely in the lower speed regions up to around 20 - 30 mph but then tend to loose lots of their grip.
Other wheels that I have not tried but are reputed to be super sticky are Landy Monster Hawgs (Same mould as the superballs but with a square lip) Seismic Speedvents and the Loaded wheels.
Earthwing slide a's grip really well. I downhill on them all the time.
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At the top of a hill at a very rapidspeed there's only one place to go.
At the top of a hill at a very high speed there's nowhere to go but down.
while wearing a piece of plastic and foam on your head of course.
Pure Grip.....................no Slide!
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