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Bearing Spacers
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On 7/16/1999 Gunnar Southswell
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In San Diego, you should be able to get smaller bearing spacers at Hamels in Mission Beach.
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krypto 70's
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On 7/16/1999
daniel
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you can get the route 70's to slide? i dunno if it's cause the size of my trucks (215's) or what, but i find the wheels a little too grippy to pull that kinda stuff. do you position your foot right over the truck or what?
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Krypto 70- Re: Jerry and Daniel
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On 7/16/1999 mule
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I ride the Krypto Classic 70mm in both clear and blue with
NMB bearings and 10mm spacers. I've had know problems at all
-they are so quiet you scare the hell out folks when you pass
because they can't hear you coming. If your experiencing any
noise you probably have the wrong spacers or loose axle nuts.
With the right spacers and speed rings ( skinny little washers)
on the inside and outside of the wheel, you should be able
to make the axle nut fairly tight ( don't reef on it though)
and the wheel will still spin free. The speed rings are very important here!
There should be no back and forth play between the wheel and axle at all. If your
inner bearing is 'slipping out' at all, you almost certainly
have a loose axle nut. To work correctly, spacers have to
be exactly the right size. Both bearings should be fully
seated and the spacer should only move a little bit in an
unmounted wheel. If the bearings don't fully seat- the spacer
is too wide, if the spacer rattles around in an unmounted
wheel, the spacer is too narrow. Good luck, and check out
the spacer post on the liks page- he describes this better than I do.
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RE: Kryptos Route 70 vs. Super-G 73
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On 7/16/1999
Rest Camp HUI
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I tried them both and the Kryptos are better. More grippy, controlled slides are a breeze and they aren't as noisy as the Super-G's
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krypto route 70
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On 7/15/1999
Jerry Norbury
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I've just got some of these in in 'clear'.
I am somewhat surprised, they appear to be harder than my old series 2 reds.
Can anyone confirm this?
I also have a problem with these wheels; they seem to squeak or rattle. I have brand new "china bones" bearings and fitted the bearing spacers that came with them.
Does anyone know if these are the right size?
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krypto route 70
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On 7/15/1999
daniel
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i haven't seen anyone with the G-3's, but i've been skating on the krypto's since april. good, sticky hold in hard turns and great cruising wheel. the only problem (maybe someone can help me w/ this) is that my bearings slip out of my wheel a little on the inside. but definately worth trying out.
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Wheels in Boston
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On 7/15/1999 Matt
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Luke check out underground skateboards on Comm ave in Brighton. It's on the side street next to the big Ski Market near BU. They have 70mm kryptos and hyper wheels. The guys in there are pretty cool. Where do you skate in Boston?
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looking for fat wheels
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On 7/14/1999
Luke
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hey guys,
anyone have any used wheels? im looking for some very large
and very soft wheels for cruising. if no one has any used
ones does anyone know where i can buy them (online,
mailorder, or in the boston area) If u can help me, write
me an email at LukeDT@yahoo.com, thanks
Luke
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krypto
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On 7/14/1999 dan
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does anyone know when the Krypto site will be back up.
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Kryptos Route 70 vs. Super-G 73
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On 7/14/1999 Chris
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Which one is better? Whats faster grippier...?
Thanx
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Green Krypto Hawaii
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On 7/13/1999
Gabe
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Anyone use these wheels? I don't use normal Kryptos anymore because the ones on my freestyle deck are falling apart.
Peace
Gabe
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center vs.offset
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On 7/13/1999 Mule
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I think it's all about how you want to ride. The offset hub allows for
a wider, lower deck without wheel bite even with wide
trucks like RII's. That works well for carving, cruising,
and some pretty hard turns on a deck big enough for walking
tricks. Lot's of aggressive sliding is going to require a
harder wheel with a centered hub if the slides are going
to be precise or predictable. There is a big softy with a
centered hub- the Karma 78a 72mm.
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Center v. Offset
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On 7/12/1999 Rich
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My take on why most soft wheels are offset is this. When the softies started to make a comeback in around '94 it was hard to get wide trucks, thus having them offset got the most width out the set up. Also i can't remember a soft below 80a wheel that has had true center set bearings. I reckon that the reason would be that they would feel squidgy (great technical term) when carving hard. When you get harder formulas this wouldn't happen and you can them have the advantages of center set bearings. Just a thought anyway.
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XT Handling
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On 7/12/1999
Steve
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XT A/T handle great on the road. They don't slip and slide at all. They roll over everything you will encounter that would stop a normal wheel. I was skating my A/T's on the San Jose State campus yesterday. It was fun. Then I rode the 7th street parking garage. You could do some light slalom in that place, but it's also just fun to climb the stairs to the top and ride the whole way down. The Scott's garage is crazy, I wouldn't do that without some tight turning trucks.
steve
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wheels
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On 7/12/1999
herbn
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off set wheels seem to grab harder ,more traction. when they wear uneven you can't really flip them. originaly wheels were centerset (tiny roller skate wheels)then they picked up outside lips for traction, then when wide trucks became more common wheels became more centerset, but nothing is absolute and offset wheels are still very common ,I think they might be cheaper manufacture, and need to be replaced more often, win/win
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wheels
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On 7/12/1999
gizzchicken
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Just one more question from the novice.
I was just wondering what the point of offset hubs is. How does it affect performance?
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XTs
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On 7/12/1999
gizzchicken
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I've been considering getting a set of XTs myself, mostly for getting around on campus (heh, make the security gaurds pretty happy there eh). How do they handle on road though? And what kind of board/truck setup would be best for offroading? You know, smaller board, wheel cutouts, that kinda thing.
gizz
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XT A/T
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On 7/11/1999
steve
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Grass sliding??? What an incredible idea!! I know what I'm doing today. I never thought of that. Yeah, there's no way I'm going to slide my wheels on pavement. They're too soft, and even if they did break loose, I'm not going to go wearing out $60 wheels like that.
steve
PS: Try Armor All on your XT brand wheels. It looks sick! All I need now is rims....
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XT A/T's (Part 2)
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On 7/11/1999 Bricoleur
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Thanks for the response! (Either the system orders things
by title) or I was sending my response to your first message
almost the same time you were writing the followup. :)
The wheels *are* soft....I don't see a lot of sliding
potential aside from on grass. They do suddenly open up
a lot of potential riding sites around here though, which
is cool.
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Re: XT AT
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On 7/10/1999 Bricoleur
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Nifty that you don't get wheelbite, but how? What kind of
trucks are you using with them? I'm using a set of
Tracker B-2's I had kicking around.....
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XT A/T's (Part 2)
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On 7/10/1999
steve
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(sorry, I hit tab and enter and accidentally sent it early)
I have the 114mm (about) XT A/T's, and I don't get the wheel bite problem. I have indy 215 and the standard risers. Well, I really don't think I get wheel bite, but if I do, I can't tell while I'm riding, so it's ok. I guess if you want to rise it more, you should buy those shock absorbing pads to augment the ridiculous softness of the A/T's. That way the ride is better than that of the common Cadillac.
steve
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XT A/T
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On 7/10/1999
steve
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I have the 114mm (about) XT A/T's, and I don't get the wheel bite problem.
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XTreme Wheels Xcross
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On 7/10/1999 Bricoleur
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I finally got my pair of Xcross wheels a few days ago. They
feel great, and really do glide over anything, but even
with one inch risers wheelbite is inevitable, even at
slow speeds. I'm using them on my 48" Satalite, which has
some raised area around the wheels; I can't imagine trying
to ride them on a new-school or flat deck. Anyone come up
with any solutions to this? I'm figuring I'm going to have
to add a second set of risers, or try them with a set of
trucks with a slightly higher profile.....
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Formula 1
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On 7/9/1999 Lono
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Where can you get Formula 1 wheels on the web?
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formula 1 big black clouds
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On 7/8/1999 herb n
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My first softy dh wheels and man are they fast,they totally change the way my board handles. Backside turns are more drawn out because the wheels don't drift into turns,straightline my board feels twitchier,but they can be slid "colmann" style if I really need to.I was really cranking though turns on my third run,after i thought i might loosen up my trucks a bit and and board just spun out on a transition between turns and off I was on my own sliding down the road for a longtime in a tippy toe and slider glove push up, I touched the side of my leg for a brief moment so I got a slight roadrash but really nothing for the speed I was going. On hard highspeed turns I have a little trouble with traction,I may look into a truck with a mellower turning angle so the board will be leaned more and may foot will therefore be less likely to slide off the board.
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