Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 11:41 pm
It seems that either its raining all over the world, or we are all forum junkies. Either way this turned out to be a entertaining thread...
No to some answers,
@Don - if Horsti and Lucagioni has not returned yet I'd be careful if I were you. Hamsters on steroids are nothing that you play with, don't close the lamp when you go to sleep and always keep something sharp and heavy within reach.
@Steve - Fred knows more then he pretends to. Six wheels means four hampsters, but also less sole on the breaking shoe. I've seen people not being able to stop at all (I think thats why the ambulance is always at the bottom of the course).
And to be a little serious for a few seconds. I only have 78a and 84a. I put the 78a in the back and the 84a in the front. Its very convinient to not have any choices, you never use the wrong wheels.
I bought mine in the fall 2005 and I think they were something that Chicken brought to Sweden during the european championships in July 2005. Don't know what batch that makes, but you probably know.
I sincerly think the manxs are very good wheels, I ran grippins during 2004/2005 and was pretty sure I was gonna win the swedish championships 2005 but didn't stand a chance during the first event, so I bought my manx during the second event and improved 0.4-0.5 seconds right away. Needless to say my grippins are not on my board anymore but work fine under my computer to keep dust from being sucked in.
I haven't tried 3dms since 2003/2004 so I can't say much about them, perhaps they are great. The zig zags I've tried was about the same time wise (we always practice with timer and mostly spray paint the courses so that you can come back and try again), but had a harder sound to it, and not quite the same grip unless you go pink. But thats just my opinion.
I think the wheels have great grip and when the lose grip they slide short and grip right back. The worst thing about them is that they are hard to find...
No to some answers,
@Don - if Horsti and Lucagioni has not returned yet I'd be careful if I were you. Hamsters on steroids are nothing that you play with, don't close the lamp when you go to sleep and always keep something sharp and heavy within reach.
@Steve - Fred knows more then he pretends to. Six wheels means four hampsters, but also less sole on the breaking shoe. I've seen people not being able to stop at all (I think thats why the ambulance is always at the bottom of the course).
And to be a little serious for a few seconds. I only have 78a and 84a. I put the 78a in the back and the 84a in the front. Its very convinient to not have any choices, you never use the wrong wheels.
I bought mine in the fall 2005 and I think they were something that Chicken brought to Sweden during the european championships in July 2005. Don't know what batch that makes, but you probably know.
I sincerly think the manxs are very good wheels, I ran grippins during 2004/2005 and was pretty sure I was gonna win the swedish championships 2005 but didn't stand a chance during the first event, so I bought my manx during the second event and improved 0.4-0.5 seconds right away. Needless to say my grippins are not on my board anymore but work fine under my computer to keep dust from being sucked in.
I haven't tried 3dms since 2003/2004 so I can't say much about them, perhaps they are great. The zig zags I've tried was about the same time wise (we always practice with timer and mostly spray paint the courses so that you can come back and try again), but had a harder sound to it, and not quite the same grip unless you go pink. But thats just my opinion.
I think the wheels have great grip and when the lose grip they slide short and grip right back. The worst thing about them is that they are hard to find...
