Endless Blading Show Episode 12 - The Wheel Show: best and worst wheels for inline skating
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ย. 2024
- This episode of the Endless Blading show is all about inline skate wheels...the best and worst for big wheel and recreational inline skating. I have a giant bin of wheels I’ve skated over the years, and we are going to pull some out and discuss what makes one wheel great and what makes another wheel suck. We will be joined by special guest, Billy Arlew, who burns through new wheels faster than anyone we know, and David from Deez Skates. The three of us are going to get nerdy about urethane formulas, core to urethane ratios, and wheel profiles.
We also will be debuting two new products live so tune in to find out what they are!
What are some of your most loved and most hated wheels you’ve ever tried?
Post-livestream editorial notes:
1. I misspoke when discussing why round wheels are slower than bullet profile wheels. I mentioned friction as the cause. I should have more accurately stated “rolling resistance” or “rolling friction” which results in energy losses as the urethane deforms and recovers as it rolls.
2. If any statements made about any of the wheels presented are factually incorrect, please let us know and we will post corrections. We always want our viewers to have accurate information to make informed choices regarding their skate gear.
Dreamy intro and outro animation courtesy of Vecteezy.com
Thanks for watching three grown men ramble about their personal experiences with various inline skate wheels. A couple of post-livestream editorial notes:
1. I misspoke when discussing why round wheels are slower than bullet profile wheels. I mentioned friction as the cause. I should have more accurately stated “rolling resistance” or “rolling friction” which results in energy losses as the urethane deforms and recovers as it rolls.
2. If you catch anything that is factually incorrect, please let me know and I will post corrections. We want our fellow skaters to have accurate information.
Also if you have additional insight to add regarding specs or construction of a specific wheel, please feel free to leave a comment.
Hella long live 🥱
WIth LED wheels there are awful cores and good cores in terms of the magnetic property. Chinese wheels have awful cores that barely make the wheels light up but you can always buy proper ones. Basically the bad ones have a more brown magnet and the good ones have a black magnet.
About urethane. I don't feel there's too much difference between them. I have all sort of brands for LED wheels and the ones I like the least are the RB Moonbeams just because they're 82A.
None of the wheels I have chunk out or wear out too fast. The chinese ones are 90A so they require smoother surface but that's about it.
My favorites are Flying Eagle Lazerwheelz in terms of quality and tolerances. The logo is awful but you can use nail polish remover to erase them.
Luminous are also great in terms of material but is hard to find cool LED colors on these and is hard to predict how they're going to look. They make weird color with white LEDs inside that don't do the trick properly.
I have also a bunch of Hydrogen that I barely used (came with my twister XT and 3WD) and yes, I can tell they're a smoother ride cause they're 85A and also faster.
About magnetic wheels on metal spacers. I think it would be pretty hard or impossible to make since the magnets probably cannot withstand the heat. it is a shame but good plastic cores can withstand quite some pressure. I never had any break on me.
Another interesting fact is, that the magnets on these cores have a specific magnetic pattern. I tried re magnetizing bad cores and they totally lost their property and the wheel doesn't light up at all.
Final fact, these cores do not work with friction, they work through induction. Just like a PC fan and that's why they don't free spin as long.
54:00 min. warrning: extreme weird imagery 😜
Anyone know if round or bullet wheels are better for slalom?