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< General ~ Heelys announces new Mega/Plate Style! |
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Sat Oct 20, 2012 3:15 pm
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Location: norcal
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Mazdapride89 wrote: | nevershoutchris wrote: | whyyyyy do you guys like mega wheels? |
Only one reason for me, the ability to drop in much, much better bearings. Like bones for instance. Rolling over cracks is not terribly difficult with Fats, and Megas are no huge improvement IMO.
I used and abused my large fats for 5 years straight, went through 2 pairs of Atomics.
SAME wheels though, ABEC 5. Don't know how, but they lasted. The rubber is hard and still grips, and the bearing are as loud as ford ranger with rod knock, but they FLY.
After riding on Megas for a few months now, my opinion is hard to determine. The bearing upgrades are great, the larger wheels can carve a corner at 15-20mph way better than Fats..
Both style wheels have their uses. I still wear my Atomics if I'm just chiling around. |
But you can upgrade the bearings in FAT wheels too.... |
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Sat Oct 20, 2012 6:03 pm
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Joined: 17 Oct 2012
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Location: SoCal
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True, but with the C clip axle I don't want to mess with it. Unless we are also talking about the coin twist fats, like on my pair of 'Rail's.
At that point, I'd rather have a pair of 'megas'.
The side by side comparison IS interesting though.
Going down a huge hill, my friend on megas with stock abec 7's, stayed right next to me on my worn in fats. Up until the bottom, where he kept his speed and my old bearings started to slow.
Since I can ride on the side of fats hard rubber, and not the soft crap that comes on megas, I find myself liking my old pair for that reason. |
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Sat Oct 20, 2012 6:35 pm
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I have bones reds bearings in my fat wheels. I've found preference to my pair of fats even though they are older than my mega heelys because it's a lot more comfortable and easier to walk with fat wheels in those places you can't heel (like carpet/up the stairs) vs the slimmer profiled megas. |
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