Experimenting
I was experimenting with an old set of rollerblade 76mm 82a wheels that i found at home. I put them on my longboard for drifting and i found they drifted extremely well and smooth ( because of the small contact patch id say)
The only down sides were that they wear really quickly and are slow/sluggish when doing small carves.
This may be a stupid question i don't know, but why are they so slow?
The only down sides were that they wear really quickly and are slow/sluggish when doing small carves.
This may be a stupid question i don't know, but why are they so slow?
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Permalink Reply by Ash on
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i would say the urethane compound used.
take a krypto for example, relatively small contact patch, and it feels kind of sluggish. Then grab a big zig of comparable duro and you will notice a big difference in speed, even though the contact patch is over half as wide again. -
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Permalink Reply by dave k on
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the compression , they are made for 8 wheels to carry the weight not 4 , they compress a large area of the wheel
the narrower the wheel the more compression it has -
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ASRA AdminPermalink Reply by Bugs on -
Rollerbladers have only one foot on the ground for much of the time. The wheels should be designed to deal with there being only 4 of them to support the weight.
I dunno why they're slow. Maybe they're optimised for slicker/smoother surfaces? -
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