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Wheels and wheel hardness - 07:53 06 Jun 07 Unlike some I really liked the wheels that Salomon made for their FSK range, they were quite hard wearing for all the street skating. Unfortunately, with Salomon pulling out the market they are no longer available and I need to look for replacements.

My Salomon wheels have a hardness of 83A
My indoor (soft) wheels have a hardness of 74A

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Re:Wheels and wheel hardness - 11:52 06 Jun 07 I'm not really that fussy about wheel spec. The ones I've got on at the moment are 80mm 78A from Decathlon and were put on new for Le Mans last year. They're now down to an average of 77mm after about 250 street miles.

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MCS

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Re:Wheels and wheel hardness - 12:30 06 Jun 07 I don't have a problem with the FSK wheels.

They do tend to slip a bit indoors when new, so best run-in with a bit of outdoor use.

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Re:Wheels and wheel hardness - 12:44 06 Jun 07 geek ! Skate Monkey !

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dogsbody

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Re:Wheels and wheel hardness - 12:45 06 Jun 07 I don't have a problem with the FSK wheels.I don't have a problem with them either other than you can't get them any more

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Re:Wheels and wheel hardness - 12:46 06 Jun 07 Lemming, out of interest how hard are your 100mm?? From now on I am ROT26 encoding all my messages for added security - Twitter Status

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lemming

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Re:Wheels and wheel hardness - 12:50 06 Jun 07 Dunno - I'd have to have a look. I don't know stuff like that off the top of my head!

Stars are supposed to be quite grippy though. I know that Matters are the wheel of choice for the actually fast people. ! Skate Monkey !

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MCS

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Re:Wheels and wheel hardness - 14:56 06 Jun 07 dogsbody wrote:
I don't have a problem with the FSK wheels.I don't have a problem with them either other than you can't get them any more

Oooh. I must have bought the last set from Proline last month.

Has Ed! still got the set he was selling last year?

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Evy

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Re:Wheels and wheel hardness - 15:20 06 Jun 07 The 84mm ones I have on my new frames are 84a.
So far so good, nice and grippy, i'll let you know how long they last.

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lemming

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Re:Wheels and wheel hardness - 18:55 06 Jun 07 85A

I think that there's a lot of variation between brands as well, so an 84A by one company could be completely different to the same rating by another company's wheels. If you care. ! Skate Monkey !

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