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Worst thing about Thunder is their stupid risers and stupid bushings. They make you buy their branded accessories/hardware like apple. But I am an iPhone guy so 🤷.
It's the same thing. Spitfire just calls it "D" for durometer, but it's still using the same "Shore A Scale" of hardness. So a Spitfire 99d wheel would be the same hardness as a 99a in any other brand. I hope that clears it up! 👍🛹 - Tim
slip ons good for chill skate mini ramps slappy curbs.. go to market office or whatever.. got this 2016 and. it felt so good when it's already worn out.. beaters..
Speed is the other metric. And speed is going to be different on crust / average pavement / park. I have the Dragon, X97 and X99. I prefer the X99 because I spend more time in the park but they are really close to the 97 on pavement, and smoother than an F4 99 or STF 99.
Nah, it's simple. Just pick some trucks that's the same width of board you ride/want to ride. I'll help you out. What width of deck do you skate? And I'll send you a list of trucks that will fit. 👍🛹 - Tim
good luck with thunders. i think you need a press of some sort to pull it off withought wrecking the baseplate. I made a jig out of hardwood and still destroyed the baseplate.
I'd say the OJ Double Duros had the best 'hard wheel like' screech when sliding. The Powell Dragon wheels were the most quiet when sliding and rolling in my opinion. I hope that answered your question! 👍🛹 - Tim
@@tacticsboardshop I’m new to skating, I just bought a Santa Cruz cruiser for 200 dollars, I don’t know how long those usually last but it would be crazy to spend that kind of money every 8 months.
The trucks and the wheels and bearings will last much longer than the deck. But if you're just cruising on the board and not doing a bunch of tricks and beating up the deck it'll last years. My cruiser/filmer board (it makes plenty of appearances in these videos. It's got a crazy shape and the graphic is a stack of oreo cookies lol) has lasted me about 7 years and I haven't replaced anything on it and it still rides great. 🛹👍 - Tim
i got a set of 58mm dragons. im a wheel guy and these will change your life and i cant live without them. i havent tried all of these wheels but i generally steer clear of slow js and any other santa cruz wheel. spitfires are spitfires. get the dragons your welcome
The new edition of Slime Balls are perffect for all around!!!I have a bunch of longboard and shortboard wheels!Magots Slime Balls are the ones!!! Btw,ALL wheels slide!!!You or need more speed,more carve and pre warm the wheels first,thats why most of them screech,after warming them they will make the buttery slide sound!!! Other thing to have in mind is bearing seat on the wheel core,if its centered or off side,wheel diameter,type of the wheel lip and contact patch
Going from Dragons to Spitfire 93s, i can say that spitfire are MUCH faster and require less pushing on crusty Canada streets. Both great wheels though.
I agree you did a great job. You should have thrown the OJ Keyframes in there, they don’t slide, they don’t power slide. They do have pop tho, more than some of the ones you tested. It’s cuz they have a 101 core with 87duro outer. Spitfire has a wheel called the sapphire with a 101 core and 90a outer so you should test those against each other.
The Spitfire Sapphires look pretty cool! I didn't do the keyframes because they're a designated cruiser/filmer wheel and don't make any claims that they are good for tricks/slides. I picked a few of the wheels that were claiming that they were softer but could ALSO slide. I've always been skeptical of that claim, but also, I like to skate the slipperiest wheels I can find. It was a fun experiment none the less. Cheers! - Tim
well, ima have to watch this a few more times. ded ass was wondering how to pick a wheel for a cruiser i wanna be able to take to a park from time to time.
Pressed in metal shields can be taken off too although more tedious, u can clean the bearings and use them without shields just fine. I skate like 2$ aliexpress bearings like this just fine
I wish there would have been some kind of comparison of the ability to hold a carve/turn when going fast, without slipping out. I love the spitfire 93a, and I think their best unique attribute is feeling genuinely good on smooth and rough ground. But they can almost float too much if I’m trying to make a line with a carve in it. You kind of mention this with the powerslide test, but didn’t really quantify it. Still, best comparison of these that I’ve seen so far!
Great video Tim, needed this. I've been skating dragons for about a year at this point and they seem to slide great for how soft they feel on the streets. But I do feel like they can get a little bit sticky mainly when pinching tricks on flatbars like smiths or feebles. A friend of mine has the X formula and they felt a bit to hard for crusty streets and don't seem to slide as well as my dragons. I think I need to try the spitfire soft sliders
I think if this could have been done with the same or similar shape or contact patch wheels, and you included speed/distance test to see how far they would actually roll down a flat area after gaining the same amount of speed from an incline, it would have given us the better comparison. If the softer wheels could actually roll significantly farther than the harder ones on the list, some sacrifice on the slide could be acceptable.
You are kinda correct on the powell and bones wheels that they have grip, but the slide at the break of traction comes in progressively and doesn't get icy. Spitfires are definitely harder than the Dragons, and the have the icy slip that we are familiar with.
Got the F4 93 radials in 54 and 58. I actually prefer the 58 because they’re smoother. My 17 year old 49mm skating self is shaking his head at what I’ve become
It’s interesting because I realized that it’s all about technique, the more I focus on technique I can skate any size wheel and truck size, but for a long time I couldn’t Ollie with anything bigger than 52mm. Now I’m skating the same wheels as you, 58mm spitfires F4 conical fulls, and love em. I also ride some 60mm Powell dragons and some 54mm Oj key frames. The keyframes give me the most pop, and best all around wheel. Out of those 3. To me. But that’s all for rough spots not skating park or rails.
