Longboard Wheels » strikers http://www.longboardwheels.net Your One Stop Source for Longboarding Wheels Tue, 04 May 2010 17:11:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Abec 11 Strikers http://www.longboardwheels.net/longboard-wheels/abec-11-strikers http://www.longboardwheels.net/longboard-wheels/abec-11-strikers#comments Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:53:38 +0000 admin http://www.longboardwheels.net/longboard-wheels/abec-11-strikers

The Abec 11 Strikers are excellent wheels to get you into sliding and learning those 180 slides in no time.

Here’s the technical info:

  • Developer: Abec 11
  • Name: Strikers
  • Diameter: 66mm/77mm
  • Width:47mm
  • Contact Patch: 38mm/32mm
  • Hub: 35mm
  • Hub Setting: SS Sideset
  • Edge Profile: Round
  • Composition: Urethane
  • Durometer: 75/78/81/84/88A
  • Colors: Green

The Abec 11 Strikers are excellent wheels for people interested in sliding and what a wheel that can break into predictable controlled slides. The round edge profile is a lot less grippy than square and the contact patch is smaller than most other wheels. The 77mm version has a contact patch of 32mm while as the 66mm has a contact patch of 38mm. The two sizes should accommodate most boards out there and are available in a variety of durometers ranging from 75A to 88A. So if you want to learn the Coleman and Sergio but just can’t get your Gumballs to break loose, try these out for starters.

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