Gumball Rain Wheels

[ohaithercat]

are they center set?

[CamberLongboards]

a easyer way to do that is ride your board and hold like a mini saw blade onto the wheels itll make perfect grooves

[RushVoltage]

my gumballs had little bubbles... they didnt affect the performance but they made me smile :D

[InDaClub717]

save the shavings!!!! that's like 5 bucks of 'thane right there!!

[MegaDhproductions]

How did you mount them on the drill press? I tried it and couldn't figure it out.

[3rdPartyCheck]

@MegaDhproductions I used a Randal luge truck axle with maybe three or four truck bushings. Put a bushing or two onto one end of the axle with a nut and slide the wheels onto the axle. That's the down part in the vid. You can see the nut and red bushing at the bottom. At the top, slide on some more bushings and then press this into the drill press. The bushings at the top hit the chuck and press the wheels together. Maybe add a little washer over the top bushings if needed.

[2deebeez]

I wish they would outlaw the sale of wd-40 to skateboarders

[Gamerforever1]

Would you like to send me the wheels?. Do not be evil, you're the factories You can do all you want

[harpo10]

Hope your wearing a respirator. That shit WILL give you brain cancer. Ask me how I know.

[bubpo]

@harpo10 how well that give you brian cancer

[AskMitchJackson]

@harpo10 How do you know?

[harpo10]

@AskMitchJackson I knew some people in the late 70's that got it from lathing wheels. The drill press probably isnt as bad as a high speed lathe. I still wouldnt breathe that though.

[AskMitchJackson]

@harpo10 Damn that sucks. I wouldn't fuck around with wheels like that.

[jjjabberjaws]

wouldent doing that make them mad chunk

[3rdPartyCheck]

@jjjabberjaws

No they don't chunk, but then again I wouldn't use them in the dry either.

[zoogles1]

sweet dude i like the drill press grinding=)

[WTFWJD014]

very smart idea...props :)

[LulJam]

how do bearings hold up when it been raining?

i just recently bought a g&s 44'' pintail and was wondering if its ok to ride in the rain.

[ToxicBarracuda]

Don't DON'T ever ever ever ride you bearings after use in rain, always clean them first. Don't know how then just look some videos.

[mxbbirch7]

not necessarily. if you have the ceramic bearings you can ride through the rain all day

[CannedJustice]

@mxbbirch7 only if the entire bearing is made of ceramics (not just the balls)...

for most bearings, only the balls are ceramic, not the rest. Everything else can still rust.

Stainless steel Ceramic bearings would rock this world!!!

[Joshpunksk8]

if you are going to carve or cruz or what ever, the rain will not be your friend in longboarding. Apart from maybe bombing all the types of longboarding involve turning and you need grip to turn. you will slide soooo easely in the rain.

[bradroche1020]

you gotta spray w-d40 or oil in it right after use or they will lock up forever

[rader027]

dont spray wd40 on bearings, they will ride well for a lil while but in the long run you will kill your bearings this way.

[him89]

@rader027 best shit I've found has been triflow.

[codestare]

@him89 and it smells like fucking bananas its awesome

[Quakiemcquakerson]

@rader027 how? :s



[0TheDanishHotdog0]

Only if you have shit bearing you don't care about or if you like cleanng bearings lol

[arizoniatea]

lol no no no you dont want to do that, i had one of the worst experiences with longboarding in very very thin water puddles for sliding, just the slightest amount of water that you get in gets into your bearings and rusts them out and makes your wheels not spin anymore.

[cuzz467]

i would want to skate when its raining even if it stopped water can still get on your trucks and bearing and deck and can ruin it unless your board has like some layer thats meant to take on some water

[jwf1393]

your obviously not from the northwest lol if you live in seattle you ride in the rain or you dont ride at all

[Blaaaahhproductions]

@jwf1393 seattle all the way

[pinkheadphonesguy]

landyachtz sells rain wheels

aqua hawgs biotch!

[wsterfred]

URETHANE DUST IS POISONOUS!

[alhouseboy]

haha nice try no its not

[wsterfred]

i'm pretty sure it is dude.

[QualicumLongboarder]

here let me go scrape my wheel then lick it , ill let you know.

[NickGdude]

@alhouseboy.

im pretty sure it cant be good for you

[wordreet]

LoL! Go for it with a saw!! :-0

But they'll work somewhat like a car tire. The grooves will vaguely channel some of the water and allow the other areas to touch the surface more easliy. And the edges of each groove will act like sharp mini slalom wheel edges, gripping the ground. Who produced some moulded groove wheels a while back? I can't remember.

[AdamTesta]

what exactly are you doing to the wheel? Trimming it makes it easier to ride in the rain??

[azguitarist101]

adding grooves to the wheels increases traction. it's like tread on a car tire.

[reap62]

he's cutting treds in it like a car tire so the wheels dont just roll over the ground they sorta ride and blend in with it so you dotn slide everywhere

[tbrowne121]

i hope you wear a mask cuz urethane is hella nasty stuff and it gets into your lungs and does all kinds of horrible things (lung cancer)

[zaucella]

thats awesome

will you hook me up?

[wiidanny]

like n it.also would like to see some more

[bumbaclot77782]

thats sick dude!

[stcroixsurfer]

very cool, chaput would be proud

[LongboardEnthusiast]

who is chaput

[ChaotiX64]

I'd like my kebab with hot sauce plz! Lol...

[joeydmk]

send me some

please?