Grey Turner Avalons
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 4:32 am
Those wheels have served me well as well as their 3DM reincarnations. I still use them. I weighed at most 170lbs and now weigh 150lbs. For me the Grey 85A's were always a better Front wheel with the white 80A's in back. That was always and is still the "go anywhere and be safe" combination. I now mostly use the Seismic Hotspot in Yellow 86A front and White 80A in back, Same wheel only a little bigger, little better but you can't go wrong with Avalons.
One tip: Shave the edges so you have a squared off lip about 1/8" or more all around, then shave even more off the front wheels. That way you won't get the edge catching abruptly if you go into a slide. By trimming the front wheels narrower, you'll go into a 4-wheeled drifting slide instead of a rear-wheel-only fishtail slide which will be much safer and controllable if you have any speed. Also, it will make your front end turn a little easier and faster.
The only time Avalon Grays really lack traction is as a rear wheel in cool weather and if you don't have enough weight on your back wheels(like a lot, with the ball of your foot over or slightly behind your rear truck), but still, I never ride them in back any more, always/only in front.
If the person has 2, buy them and put them in front, if they are selling a set of 4, you can always have 2 boards setup if you buy 4 whites, but you can still run 4 greys all around, especially in hot weather like Noah 'sez. That's my 2 Cents.
Oh yeah, 2 more cents - Someday, someday I'll get Noah, someday. See 'Ya man, hope all is well back east Bro-Pauliwog
One tip: Shave the edges so you have a squared off lip about 1/8" or more all around, then shave even more off the front wheels. That way you won't get the edge catching abruptly if you go into a slide. By trimming the front wheels narrower, you'll go into a 4-wheeled drifting slide instead of a rear-wheel-only fishtail slide which will be much safer and controllable if you have any speed. Also, it will make your front end turn a little easier and faster.
The only time Avalon Grays really lack traction is as a rear wheel in cool weather and if you don't have enough weight on your back wheels(like a lot, with the ball of your foot over or slightly behind your rear truck), but still, I never ride them in back any more, always/only in front.
If the person has 2, buy them and put them in front, if they are selling a set of 4, you can always have 2 boards setup if you buy 4 whites, but you can still run 4 greys all around, especially in hot weather like Noah 'sez. That's my 2 Cents.
Oh yeah, 2 more cents - Someday, someday I'll get Noah, someday. See 'Ya man, hope all is well back east Bro-Pauliwog