Life Span of Urethane Wheels

How often do you get to that point? On my drive wheels I have the bones RACE reds ($25 a set but worth it for sure) and I haven’t changed them for 6+ months. Maybe they’re sealed better with the extended race :thinking: Up front on my SF Truck Im running Abec3 EMQ bearings with contact rubber seals and they’re silent after a few months of service too.

That being said, I don’t commute, but I’m oceanfront with sandy salty roads

After 50-70 km and I’ve seen at least 20 of them chipping really quick. Tbh I’ve never seen one that didn’t chip. My 97 mm flywheels started chipping after ~1000 km but they are still fine after ~2500 km.

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Superfly chunk easily during the break in process when the mold edge is still on them. They take about 75 miles to break in… That is their most venerable point is new…

A tiny bit more? How much did you get them for including shipping?

Superglue? I wouldn’t have expected that to work.

Its really that simple?

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During the summer my bearings seem to be fine the whole season – but as soon as I run in snow and brine I start eating skate bearings for breakfast, so the cheaper, the better

I think my wheels speak for themselves… :slight_smile: it really is that simple… You don’t have to do it weekly… I just ride 250-300 miles a week so it’s something I pay attention to and do in that 250-300 mile cadence.

It works well because the excess wears off quick, but the thin bonding in the cracks keeps the urethane bound so the wear Patten is correct. So you don’t end up with an out of round wheel/non balanced wheel like with other solutions like epoxy. And as the surface wears, new cracks will form. Previous cracks will wear away and not continue splitting inward, and be fresh urethane underneath… Ongoing cycling of new cracks, glued cracks, worn away cracks for the life of the wheel.

Edit: this has been glued since the first 75 miles, with superglue it’s still here thousands of miles later

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I’ve been wanting to find something to repair wheels and have kinda been on a passive lookout for a good candidate, but… for some reason I never thought to try the stuff I had.

I use superglue for everything, I keep Superglue, JBweld and Duct tape in my glove box.

I would have thought it would shear along the crack, or it just wouldn’t bond properly.

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I added a picture above :slight_smile:

Also here is a freshie…y’all got me looking at my wheels so here is to show I just slap it on and wait for it to dry

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Couple rolls up and down my street later… 15336808861484332482575906182789

Yeah some need refilled a second time. But alot of them, you will see a super white cut or pit that was filled in the middle of the glue mark. All the excess wears off quickly leaving just the solid white filling.

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It was like $45 shipped for a set of four.

I somehow cant believe that you are getting them that cheap delivered to your door, being that I buy 500 at a time…But hey! what do I know? I’m just a guy tht has them in stock and could have shipped you a set in like 3 days…

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Yep :sunglasses::sunglasses: that’s … That is why I say, should have ordered from you instead of waiting a month… Just saying… :yum:

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Awesome @Deckoz, thanks for saving my 107s with these tips. Luckily I still don’t have any major chunk, so now with this proper care they should look good for a long time.

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Where can you buy them?

Dito. I was on the fence after hearing about all the chunking issues but after your tip I ordered me some black 107s.

Thanks @Deckoz

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I too bought them at $84(including shipping) for 8 pcs. I asked how much they would charge(including shipping) for a lot of 100 pcs, they said $9 per piece. Piece means tire+tube.

I buy them from the manufacturer a little cheaper than that. But I have to front the cost of buying them in bulk. Shipping is usually more than $400. Storing them, boxing them up, and handling returns or warranties. What do you think that’s worth? Is it worth supporting someone from your community that took the lead in Spearheading Pneumatic 6" wheels for skateboards? Or is it better to order from them and wait a month and a half. Who do you talk to if a tube has a funky valve? Not me right?

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Lol, PSA: @psychotiller kicks ass

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No no you are absolutely right. Even before I bought these, I thought $55 for a set of 4 is great value. It only makes sense to order directly from china if one is ordering in bulk. I am collecting items for a new ambitious board that’s probably not going to be built for 4 months or so, so I didn’t care about the waiting part.

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Dude I’d order them from you in a heart beat even though the delivery is probably the same because we are all one big community. Is that sycophantic? Shit probably but I wish I had the balls to do what you have done so keep on spearheading!! Expect an australian order for a set of sixes, pulleys and tyres v soon.

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