This might be my favorite vid of yours. Coming from traditional longboards my whole life, I absolutely love riding street wheels on my electric board. Great insight! 💪🏽
ok I will try again. I just find that the streets in a lot of areas around me are so terrible, it's just too hellish to ride street wheels. Constant chattering is just too stressful. I'll give it another shot though...
I've been getting kind of crazy on my longboard lately and am trying to decide which electric board to get. I would like to get a 2 in 1 but I think I would ride the street wheels most of the time unless im at the Moto X track. Street wheels are one of those eye candy things that givesme an urge to collect as many different ones as I can get my hands on. It's fun to change the look and mix them up.
yep yep! 2 in 1 boards also have more power than a regular street board like a exway flex or a backfire zealot. also, u MIGHT winde up loving all terrain tires. so its good to be able to have the option. i truly love them both. also, 2 in 1 boards can have a larger wheel diameter without wheel bite. most street boards can get wheel bite with bigger wheels. use my discount code when u make a purchase!
I have a backfire hammer sledge 4wd and I want to put street wheels on it. What kind of pulleys and belts should I be looking at? I have the dad bod‘s by orangutan 105 mm.
I dont own a hammer. But i do know u need larger belts than normal with that board. Also the pullies I believe are proprietary so i think u gotta stocky with the kegal pullies that they use
Now be honest, was that free wheeling segment of the road a downhill or not? was it a hub motor or riot? I'm never seen any riot freewheel that much. Or was it the board doing all that? Secondly, could you give me your top 3 2 in 1 boards for a 231lb 6"3 guy who craves range but, a but a lil bit of speed won't hurt? by the way I live in Poland so, any links you leave should be shipping to Poland.
Fred excellent video 100 percent agree 👍 coming from longboarding background. Loaded wheels are great. You have stoked that passion to go back and practice on a regular board urethane is 👑 king.
Great vid man…I can now take that vid off my list. I’ll just do a 30 sec vid that says, “Hey ESK8 world. Go watch this vid on wheels. “ You really covered a lot. I am a cloudwheel fan…do like my limited number of street wheels though. I am kind of curious as to your thoughts on ABEC versus Kegel hubs. I pretty much run ABEC. Thoughts? Keep up the great work Dude!! 🤟🛹
I just did a ride with my new 165mm Meepo Cyclones today and it’s almost like cheating. They make it so easy that they take some of the thrill out of it. Street wheels may become my go-to for solo rides
This is basically how to street skate 101, this is how I got around my city when I was a teenager on a regular skateboard. Push as fast as I could to the next bus stop. Ollie up/drop down stairs and never stop. Skate or die 🤙
I have a beast board viper and 1 of the wheels has started to bubble. 450 km about right . Or what I expected. So looking at the evolve wheels to replace . Do you think the 107's would be better than the 97's . This is my first branch out in wheels .
Street wheels aren't as comfortable as like cloud wheels but They last far longer than any of those.. I've put 500 miles on my 97mm street wheels and they have outlasted 6 wind wheels already and they don't have much damage on them at all
Just bought the Ares x1 with your code 🤘 I’m hearing pneumatics can be a maintenance pain. I carve around as much as you do, are there wheels you recommend for this board?
@@esk8unity have you tried them? I know everyone hates the gummies and would be really sad to drop 400$ on wheels that suck. Definitely want to stay urethane
@@JakeyyFD iv had gummies from trampa and they were terrible. i have these new boundmotor slime wheels. there pretty good actually. i have the flash and the flash has red hubs. not blue. and the slime wheels i have are white. so my setup is white slime wheel with a black plastic normal AT hub. when i get some free time, ill make a qk video..
been riding my zeus (OG) since feb stock w/ clouds, maaybe I'll try out the urethane that came with it. Montreal is known for its potholes but I know my paths well enough by now.
Hey man I know you ride in NYC. I'd be interested in seeing how you deal with choosing wheels when dealing with city traffic and city pot holes in traffic. I'm dealing with LA traffic and shit roads on a daily.
I had big AT wheel envy back when I rode a hub board but then I went on a Florida vacation and rode the silkiest asphalt I have ever seen. Now that I have a 2 in 1 board, If I went back to Florida, I would leave the AT wheels at home and just bring a few sets of street wheels.
when esk8rs ride at wheels very often, it kinda suppresses their street skating skill don't u think? i notice several people prefer at wheels because it of course give the most comfort ride, but because of that they don't experience the fundamentals of street riding. i think learning to ride street wheels on shitty roads is pretty important, that skill gives the better chance to not eat shit often (refer to dru's meepo voyager video🤦🏻♂️). and i totally agree with you about the benefits of 2n1, riding at wheels with street riding experience is way more fun than riding with no street wheel riding skill
120mm cloudwheels.. and “comfort” is a very subjective term.. i enjoy 85mm orangatangs on bad roads. doesnt bother me. but if u want your “comfort”, try 120 cloudwheels, or Hoyt abec 111 wheels. or my favorite big wheel Boosted 105mm
For me street wheels feel like I'm a part of the board or the board is an extension of me. AT wheels and cloud wheels the board feels dead or numb. Its hard to explain but that's the best way I can describe it. It is more comfortable but just doesn't feel right. Maybe because I'm coming from learning on a non powered longboard. Better range and more acceleration is a bonus too considering I'm a heavy rider.
do you also live in a place where all roads are super smooth like the ones in the video ? cause once your going over cracks and footpath gaps for 30-40 minutes, you start hating how much street wheels are a part of your feet
@@umarrauf9331 I ride a mix of things. Cracks and footpath gaps don't bother me. Super rough asphalt on the other hand does suck on street wheels. There are several stretches in my area that feel like they put tar over coarse gravel and that is murder on street wheels. Not only is it uncomfortable but dangerous as the board is all over the place under you. In that scenario I will agree that AT wheels would be better.
@@umarrauf9331 dm me on IG. my roads are FAR from smooth.: i drive to different residential areas to get smooth roads: every town; every city; every country has a combination of bad and good roads. vibrations just dont affect some riders like others.. almost every single review i put out, i have a segment of how the wheels/board reacts with bad streets. same with this, and same with one of my earlier street wheels titled “i wish i can ride street wheels but my roads are too bad”. check it out
@@esk8unity 100% agree. I will say when you find that perfectly smooth road it’s next freaking level. In my neighborhood there’s a stretch of asphalt that is only about 40 yards. When I hit it all I can think is why aren’t all roads like this! Smooth as glass.
The problem for me is only concrete roads in my area, no asphalt. Hitting rocks and imperfections causes the board to slide out drastically and unexpectedly, I’ve only fallen in street wheels. Never fallen on ats. Though If I had asphalt I would prefer street.
meepo comes standard with 32T kegal. that will help u reach higher speeds cuz the smaller wheel will diminish ur top speed. but the power from the smaller wheel would be great.. so 32 is good.👌🏼🤙🏼. u can get 32-36-38 from evolve and verreal too
Thanks for sharing your thoughts! It really got me thinking about the wheels, and now I'm pretty sure I don't want to buy 120 cloudwheels as wanted before. Had 105 clowds, they seemed pretty heavy, but handled the bad roads well, now I'm thinking about a medium-sized board with street wheels.
yep. 97mm evolves (will have a bit of play with normal abec pullies, but its fine whats its bolted in) cloudwheels are good. hoyt abec 111 are good for biggg soft wheels.. and if u wanna go cheaaap, but underrated.. wowgo, enskate, verreal and many others make that 90mm deep dish wide contact patch wheel. . my favorite abec is the evolve 97s
Great video Man, I've been learning a lot from you. Bought my Meepo V4 620w on July 1st, then after 1 week decided to go with the Hurricane. I'm coming from snowboard which I ride every winter. I haven't ride a skateboard since I was 15, I'm 46 now but so far so good I would say. Quick question please. I'm weight 175, looking between Caguama 85mm and boosted 105 Cali ride , the new one. I kind wanted to master the street wheels b4 go to AT that I actually thought was very smooth, but didn't get the real riding feeling like been in tune with the skateboard as you like to say. Please give me your thoughts. Thx P.S or should I stick with the 90mm stock from Meepo for a while?
thanks bud! i’m glad i can help… the hurricane is great. 2 in 1 board allows u to change from HUNDREDS of different wheels. the stock 90mm wheels are pretty good. theres better and theres worse. but definitely ride em for a while and AT. it will make u a diverse rider. i alwaysss suggest more wheel options. more options the better
Or hit cracks and small potholes if you live in the Northeast US. Will never use anything except pneumatics again I don’t think unless I move elsewhere
