Hate it or Skate it?
I have taken this set of 69mm Powell Peralta DH Primos ( 78a 'Paster formula') down to about 65mm and not had any real issue with performance that I can tell , so far.
I looked at them as I was prepping to go out of country to skate today & wondered if they are dependable to continue trusting them
I have, generally, not experienced the inconsistant or unpredictability that it seems a lot of skaters say a swirled urethane in a wheel brings to freeride in the 5 or so sets I have had like this over the years. Maybe an old set of Elixer seismic might have been bad but it's been a while.
Oddly, I have noticed grip differences in swirled race wheel urethane but not on freeride to a great enough degree I would not skate the wheel.
What's your take?
Those look swirled, but I think that they will probably skate fine. Here is an egregious swirl on my red kevs from last year. When there is a visible height difference on the swirl/not swirled portion, they feel really bad. The swirl on yours looks more mild.
This is a classic powell lack of qc issue. Every green kevin I've had in the past few years was swirled. Purples haven't really had this issue recently in my experience.
@Gabriel Fockler this is consistent w what I've seen around other skaters swirls & appreciated 🙏🏻
yeah, I'm gonna skate them / take with .
I love red Kevin's after skin gone on OMJ
( e: seriously, the higher end brands need to further separate themselves from mids status & sak up to some Premium QC at these prices
the fact I even have to ask or hear from you about raised swirls at >$60 a set is absurd)
Get off the Powells and get on some Real Wheels like Venom, Seismic or Cuei etc
check out the "Halal Wheels" thread to learn more
I had the same issue with my red krimes they were fine at first but started to oval after a while. I would definitely ride em until they are unrideable.
@Brian Lugbill see these nuts
@Gabriel Fockler Im telling the teacher
@Brian Lugbill u hi asf, lol
update : I put these on for some of the steeper runs in Puerto Rico last month; they were awesome , bringing about 15% more grip over 75a ssf .
naturally , harder duro meant that on grippier(newer) pavement they honk loud enough you need not puckclap you're arriving but if you press harder it limits this .
so far, the swirls are not affecting performance I can tell.
