Freebord crash - My wheel melted and locked going downhill

[iyoshidrummer]

nman bro, that hill looked amazing

[mckaveney]

that pavement was probably shit hot no wonder your wheels melted.

[mhpcom1322]

@mckaveney It wasn't really hot at all, it was fall and we where at almost 4,000 feet altitude. i'm pretty sure it wasn't the heat from the pavement, maybe the friction got it hot.

[mckaveney]

@mhpcom1322 i meant that the hot pavement and friction are what caused it to melt

[killersushi99]

1 more reason I dont own a Freebord. That and I don't like my skateboard to look like I put shopping cart wheels on it.

[Johnfreeborder]

yeah stock wheels suck not for big or long hills

[Goodcharlotterocks13]

do you have any recomendations of what freebord complete to get? everyone who's boughten the slasher wheels says they love them from the reviews on the website. But people on youtube are telling me just to get the all around package with the smaller wheels which I hear flatspot easier. I probably won't go any faster than 20 mph. And also the all around package might help because i could use my 70 mm longboard wheels for the edges.

[tuliped]

Might not be the wheel's fault - could have gotten a pebble could have jammed where the melt is.

[Goodcharlotterocks13]

@tuliped you can see the part holding the wheel by the bearing is all melted

[malibusteve70]

thanks for changing the title

[scaredbasejumper]

ur supposed to pair small centers with lowriders 65mm or less

[mhpcom1322]

like i said before, it was a factory set up, i got it as a gift last year, i only rode it a few times.

If the wheels don't go together, they shouldn't set them up that way

[scaredbasejumper]

were they joyrides

[scaredbasejumper]

were your centers joyrides?

[mhpcom1322]

not sure, they're all black without any markings. now i have 72 centers and 76 edge. i will try the new set up this week end

[scaredbasejumper]

sry about the double post umm so those were stock centers and it looks like you have after market edge wheels from a longboard

[scaredbasejumper]

it also depends what rocker setting you had on your trucks

[mhpcom1322]

on the one before the last slot, almost all the way out.

[mhpcom1322]

whatever comes with it, they were small centers and 70mm edge wheels

[Freeskifreak]

the big wheels are supposed to be combined with big edgewheels making the rocker not too big. they dont melt only the small centers melt. and only because its made in china doesnt mean its cheap. 90% of what you own is probably made in china.

[mhpcom1322]

It was factory set up with small centers and 70mm outer wheels.