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wHAT FORUM IS THIS?
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On 10/20/2004 brad
wrote in from
United States
(155.229.nnn.nnn)
hey, is is the Vendor's Corner or the Wheels Forum?
What happened to Chris's on Speed?
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97mm ASAP
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On 10/19/2004 kiwi
wrote in from
Canada
(67.71.nnn.nnn)
the montreal night bombers
want their big green wheels, before the snow hits!!!!
send to kebbek&pm please
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Felt Tip Pen
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On 10/19/2004
Rodrigo Stulzer
wrote in from
Brazil
(200.140.nnn.nnn)
Get a Felt Tip Pen (that ones used on CD-Rs) and write directly on the whell. Place? Choose the one that you like most.
I draw a line with theses pens in my krypto 76mm to see how long long the line last. Well, the line did not disappeared yet and I suspect that the ink flowed inside the whell, penetrating in the urethane.
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print on wheels
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On 10/19/2004 13
wrote in from
United States
(63.119.nnn.nnn)
A sharpie is a slalom skater's best friend. I buy them by the box of 10. Since I know the print of my beloved abec 11 wheels will come off within a session or two when I get them new I take my swiss army knife and scrape the print off (sorfter duros are much easier) and mark the inside lips with a sharpie. Even when I was with 3dm I marked my wheels, I even have some stradas marked with duros (incase I forgot what they were) though the orange/green/purple/yellow - sometimes pink or blue duro scheme is forever seared into my brain).
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core hardness
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On 10/19/2004 herbn
wrote in from
United States
(205.188.nnn.nnn)
relative hardness,you could have 60D, 75D ect ect, at a certain point you'd make the cores for the bearings to slide together,any stretch in the urithane and the bearings are loose, If you go slightly softer,you still get plenty of bearing support and aliegnment and the core can have a bit of a chamfer and stretch a bit.If you make cores out of metal bearing fit can be great but they get heavy really quick, unless you make them thin,now you get a bit of stretch,you also get a the possibility of unwanted permanent stretch,loosening fit, powerpaw aluminators did this.
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Print on wheels
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On 10/19/2004 Shredder
wrote in from
Germany
(132.230.nnn.nnn)
Hey Chris is there any way to print the duro on your wheels so they stay there? I hate having wheels and I'm not sure which duro they have. Different coloured hubs sounds like a good idea...
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green wheels
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On 10/19/2004 bean-a-reano
wrote in from
United States
(216.89.nnn.nnn)
keep the color. They are fast and obnoxious and i can think of no other way to fly down a hill. They stand out no matter what board you put them on either.
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gleaming the cube
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On 10/18/2004
joseph
wrote in from
Australia
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its a cheesy movie jogger that has lots of 80's skating in it. you can rent it at blockbuster.
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different core hardness
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On 10/18/2004
tyler
wrote in from
United States
(67.83.nnn.nnn)
Different core hardness would be interesting. But would the core flex causing the wheel to deform and possibly reduce speed? Also would it put stress on you bearings? How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop? The world may never know...
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Abec green
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On 10/18/2004
PaipoJim
wrote in from
United States
(67.164.nnn.nnn)
That green is a lot closer to the color of my Abec 11 wheels than the background Chris uses on his posts.
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On 10/18/2004
Márcio
wrote in from
Brazil
(201.3.nnn.nnn)
Green is the collor for thane wheels...
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Up side down...
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On 10/18/2004
Márcio
wrote in from
Brazil
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Black: Good for rubbers
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On 10/18/2004
Chris Chaput
wrote in from
United States
(66.116.nnn.nnn)
Black is the worst color that you would want for urethane wheels. Dark anything is suspect. Not only does it heat up in the sun more, but more pigments, dyes and "contaminants" are added unnecessarily.
The other issue with colors is that it has historically been used as a way of denoting the durometer (Kryptos). Today, many enlightened skaters like to put different durometer wheels and trucks on the front than they do on the back. This means that they'd get a pink and purple setup for rough surfaces and a red-orange combo on their blue board. No thanks. Martha Stewart went to jail for this. Originally I was going to do the Flywheels in gray and put yellow, orange and red hubs in them for the different duros. We only had orange hubs for our first run and so we made them in three shades of gray - "Smoke", "Ghost" and "Charcoal". Nobody could tell what was what. What happens if we wanted more than three duros? Pink, Cyan, Mauve? Next came some "root beer" and "amber" colors. They won the Gravity Games but they looked like mud on TV. I didn't want to be the "Green Wheel and/or Orange Hub" company, so I decided to see how bad green wheels on orange hubs would look. It's either so bad that it's good or it's all good. Vibrant green is a good fast color. Orange is obnoxious. Together, they're fast and obnoxious, just like the designer 8-)
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G R E E N !!!!!!!
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On 10/18/2004
Márcio
wrote in from
Brazil
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Chris
Keep them green!!!!!!
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Regarding color
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On 10/18/2004
Sumdumsurfer
wrote in from
United States
(4.41.nnn.nnn)
Hmm... personally, I don't see the need for Chris to change his wheel color. He's right, it's a fairly young company and it's much too soon to start changing things this early in the grand scheme of things. There are dyes available for those that are THAT concerned with wheel color. My favorite color is orange, but I can never find wheels that I like that color. Well, besides the Manx wheels. LOL! Sorry, Chris. But, ABEC 11 puts out a quality wheel that's very fast and effective. Don't fix it if it ain't broke, I say.
Sorry, just my usual 2¢. Keep up the good work on the wheels, Chris!
SK8/SURF 4 LIFE!
Sumdumsurfer
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Black?
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On 10/18/2004
Jogger
wrote in from
Australia
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I have absolutely no technical experience or knowledge but I'm pretty sure black attracts heat. Where can I see "gleaming the cube"?
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Black wheels
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On 10/18/2004 Longboardloser
wrote in from
United Kingdom
(81.77.nnn.nnn)
Black wheels go faster, but they're a rougher ride on the street.
Haven't you seen gleaming the cube?
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colour
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On 10/18/2004 Yorck
wrote in from
Germany
(82.83.nnn.nnn)
For some reason i think black wheels are stickier in the rain. did you ever try? What happened to your sidecar?
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STRIKERS
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On 10/17/2004
Chris Chaput
wrote in from
United States
(66.116.nnn.nnn)
BTW, Both Bricin at CoastLongboarding.com (who uses the handle "Striker") and John Stryker think that I named the wheels after them. They're both right.
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Names and Colors
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On 10/17/2004
Chris Chaput
wrote in from
United States
(66.116.nnn.nnn)
Believe it or not, I'm trying to keep things simple. I don't want to ever have maore than 7 names for wheels. The human brain can't deal with more than 7 names, digits, whatever. I decided that it would be simpler to have names for "families" of wheels that come in different sizes. All four Flywheels, both NØ SkoolZ and both Strikers would require 8 names, rather than 3, if I didn't. I liked the name Stingers. It was originally a contraction for "STickyfINGERS" and had slalom implications as well. I've discontinued the Stingers because I want more urethane and .400" spacing. The name carries a little baggage and so I decided to come up with a new name. I may have been watching Olympic soccer when I thought of the name. I can denote "gods of thunder, anvils striking while the iron is hot..." It depicts action which I like for a wheel that slides well. The best part though, is that it only replaces 3 of the 7 original letters.
I completely understand that people would like a variety of colors. I won't say "never" but right now it would be a huge mistake on my part to water down the powerful marketing and branding leverage that green is giving me. I'm in a "growth phase" right now. There still aren't very many people who have heard of Abec 11. Green is so easy to spot in pictures and in stores that it would be suicide to give up the most visible differentiating feature of a young product line. For now I suggest that you dye the wheels if you really don't want green.
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Abec 11 Strikers
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On 10/17/2004 Pauliwog
wrote in from
United States
(67.171.nnn.nnn)
John, I do think Chaput has stolen your name bro, you should get a profit percentage plus charge a mispelling surcharge for mispelling your name. Just an idea, just one skater bro trying to help out another skater bro one day at a time, I'm with 'ya man. If you need some leverage, send Q to live at his house until he pony's up with the money. Later-Paul
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wheel color
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On 10/17/2004 herbn
wrote in from
United States
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most of the abec 11 wheels i order are 75a ,though some of the new designs (more thane) make harder duro's seem like they might be a good idea. Anyway , the 96a noskools are unmistakable for 75a's the green is totally different, you'd have to be severly color blind to make a mistake. BUT I do agree that the green and orange is getting a bit tiresome,not bad enough to ride shytonics, but smokey tire silver grey core gets my vote,hey maybe clear core and various colors for different tires . DO you think different core hardnesses might make some difference?
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blue flywheels
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On 10/17/2004 toddc
wrote in from
United States
(68.125.nnn.nnn)
I recall riding some 101mm flywheels in transparent blue - 65a I think at the Presisio a few years back. Way cool looking 'thane.
While on the subject, my flashbacks are a totally different green than (more yellow) than my gumballs....did I get a weird batch?
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wheel color
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On 10/17/2004
tyler
wrote in from
United States
(67.83.nnn.nnn)
I am also for the the change in wheel colors. Chris let's face it, you have two hands up on everyone in the wheel market. With krypto changing their web stie saying that their wheels are not for racing, and you having a wheel for EVERY discipline, why not spice things up a bit? Remember the reaction you got when you did the first green fly's?
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Abe 11 "Strikers" wheels
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On 10/17/2004
John Stryker
wrote in from
United States
(207.175.nnn.nnn)
Chris, Where did you come up with the name for you new "Strikers" wheel? People have been asking me. Thanks John Stryker
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