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Drakey

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Wanted; more wheels! - 21:56 03 May 05 Ok after the fun at Camberley on Monday i have totally trashed a set of wheels, i'm going to be skating London with wheels smaller than aggressive wheels! anyone got a supply of cheap wheels?

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dogsbody

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Re:Wanted; more wheels! - 00:38 04 May 05 I'm surprised as you got your skates after me (I think!) and I'm still on my original wheels... and you had hockey wheels in for a while!!

Anyway, What sort of spec are you after? Really cheap that you can change more often or more expensive that should last longer?

A very quick search on the web and the cheapest by far were Proline, still expensive when buying a lot though!

Post edited by: dogsbody, at: 2005/05/04 00:46 After my car accident (not my fault) it's now cheaper for me to cancel my car insurance early and take out another year with someone else! - Twitter Status

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lemming

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Re:Wanted; more wheels! - 08:24 04 May 05 I got some well cheap ones from kateskates.co.uk. Purposely cheap thouhg, the quality wasn't great. Good enough for inside though. They get mashed really quickly outside as I discovered at the weekend... ! Skate Monkey !

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padrino

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Re:Wanted; more wheels! - 09:23 04 May 05 I would advise caution when buying cheap wheels!

If you remember, last year I put some cheap wheels on my K2s and couldn't believe how much slower the skates were. I thought it must have been the bearings so I put my good(ish) bearings with my cheap wheels and they were still slow. The only solution was to get some good wheels! (which I then trashed at Eastbourne

) Any married man should forget his mistakes. There's no use in two people remembering the same thing

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dogsbody

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Re:Wanted; more wheels! - 11:29 04 May 05 BTW - If anyone has any more suggestions for links to add to the Web Links pages then please feel free to submit a site yourself (Submit WebLink) or PM me and I'll add it

I will add http://www.kateskates.co.uk and http://www.statesideskates.co.uk/ now. After my car accident (not my fault) it's now cheaper for me to cancel my car insurance early and take out another year with someone else! - Twitter Status

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dogsbody

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Re:Wanted; more wheels! - 01:51 11 May 05 Just found this info on another forum.

Lidl are doing a Skate wheel set that includes:

4x Transparent high rebound 80A PU wheels
8x ABEC5 quality chrome steel bearings
4x Aluminium spindles
2x Hexagon keys

Price per set - £5.99 (While stocks last)

£11.98 aint too bad for a (cheap) set of wheels, bearings and accesories!! After my car accident (not my fault) it's now cheaper for me to cancel my car insurance early and take out another year with someone else! - Twitter Status

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