changing wheels quickly

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Permalink Reply by Jacko on July 6, 2009 at 9:16am

we can change wheels in 1 minute... its called a skate tool.
dudes at the top of the hill at an IGSA race in the semis and the finals get off the shuttle bus and are given the '1 minute warning' till their heat starts and they still have to change wheels man, so they just do it really quickly

Permalink Reply by Dale on July 6, 2009 at 11:41am

yeah, as long as you have your spacers and/or bearings already in the replacement wheels, it shouldn't take long.

Permalink Reply by ^^^DRE^^^ on July 6, 2009 at 12:51pm

biltin bearings?

Permalink Reply by jay cottrell on July 6, 2009 at 1:10pm

ok nice , ive never been involved in a pro event so im unaware of the 1 minute warning , and yeah ive heard of a skate tool lols. was just pondering if a quick release mechanism could have any benifits. In hindsight it probaby use to take me about 25 seconds, thats 8 wheels not 4 .

Jacko said:

we can change wheels in 1 minute... its called a skate tool.
dudes at the top of the hill at an IGSA race in the semis and the finals get off the shuttle bus and are given the '1 minute warning' till their heat starts and they still have to change wheels man, so they just do it really quickly

Permalink Reply by leighgriffiths on July 6, 2009 at 3:05pm

andre's got the right idea, get Biltins. no more fucking around with speed rings or spacers at the top of the hill.

Permalink Reply by Jacko on July 6, 2009 at 6:03pm

its not that hard to do... even with spacers and speed rings and all that shit...

Permalink Reply by Fitz on July 6, 2009 at 7:16pm

Never seen em dude.
Sounds very interesting though.

Permalink Reply by DA BEAR on July 6, 2009 at 7:31pm

I'm useing about 5 sets of Biltins and like em for the ease of swappin wheels, though nothin in lifes exact,
not even the cores in good wheels, and your matchin steel into a "plastic",
so i've found it can take a bit of time for the Biltins to find a happy place/sweet spot in nearly all my wheels.

I think the cores eventually flex a bit too mold to the dimensions of the Biltin spacers only then will the Biltins
wear in and run nice.
If its still on the web read PVD's blog on spacers,( i thought i was a bit anal when buildin somethin).
Wayne.

Permalink Reply by Fitz on July 6, 2009 at 8:00pm

DA BEAR said:

If its still on the web read PVD's blog on spacers,( i thought i was a bit anal when buildin somethin).

http://www.peterverdonedesigns.com/skatebearings.htm
Agreed.
So anal it makes Bruno look hetro!

Permalink Reply by Phill C on July 6, 2009 at 8:11pm

Hey Jay, I have a mate who still races rollerskates (easy to win when your the only one!) and has started producing wheels which he is selling by the truck load in America. Anyway He too has those quick release things and makes them himself. However I wouldn't go anywhere near them for downhill! What he does is hollow out the end of the axle and puts a spring in there. on top of the spring sits a ball bearing. he then has the pivoting lever on top of that with a pin going through it. Sure it locks on but all that stops the pivot from coming off is a split pin the size of a twig. It would be unreal if it could be done in a way that was hardcore, but the way it is done for Roller skates works for them because all of their weight is spread between eight wheels.

Permalink Reply by Marek on July 8, 2009 at 8:02pm

I put Builtins on my Otang In Heats which have a plastic core and they have a distinct rattle after being installed compared to my cheap as $20- modus bearings. I think the Builtins rattle not because of the spacer fitting but in the bearing themself. Good for convenience but I'm not totally convinced of the bearing quality.

Permalink Reply by Marek on June 22, 2010 at 11:05am

This is vid from Virage shows how to change wheels and save you having more than one set of bearings. The Clayton Builtins.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGXI1P3n8Hc