The Abec 11 Flywheels are the pinnacle of Abec 11’s speed lineup. As described on their site, they are big, smooth, tank-like wheels for rolling over everything in its path.
Here is the technical information:
- Developer: Abec 11
- Name: Flywheels
- Diameter: 76/83/90/97mm
- Width: 52mm
- Contact Patch: 43mm
- Hub: 45mm
- Hub Setting: CS Center Set
- Edge Profile: Round
- Compostion: Urethane
- Durometer: 75/78/81A
- Colors: Green
The Abec 11 Flywheels are designed with speed in mind, with a hollow hub core that sets more of the mass further from the axis of rotation improving top speed. Their huge size makes them capable of easily clearing road cracks and sidewalk divisions smoothly without losing too much speed. Abec 11 makes four different sizes starting at 76mm like the Gumball and up to 97mm. The contact patch is slightly smaller than the gumballs and with its round edge profile any sliding setup can achieve the fastest controlled slides possible. Make sure your setup can accommodate these monsters since any wheelbite would be disastrous! The only thing that will hurt is your wallet, since these wheels don’t come cheap. But believe me, for any serious downhill enthusiast, these wheels are definitely ones you want to consider. I have 97mm Flywheels on my 80″ Jam Silverback and after only a couple strong kicks it feels like I can coast for ages.
Image courtesy of www.abec11.com
March 20th, 2009 at 5:28 pm
can abec 11 flywheels slide like otanges??