Pneumatic wheels

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@cdn @Okami @dsmudger I’ve been riding the skikes for a while and I’ll confirm what @cdn says about wobble. The quality control reflects an obvious truth; they are meant for a kid’s scooter not a grown person, and certainly not for esk8. Here’s me quoting myself because it’s relevant:

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The search for good AT wheels is tough! I currently used modified 5 inch skike wheels and they are pretty good, here are some thoughts on them:

The high psi means low rolling resistance so they are fast, but still smooth out the roads. I don’t fear every pebble or crack on the road.

The tires aren’t very robust so the drive wheel tire burns up pretty fast (I get about 120 miles per drive wheel tire).

The QA for the tires and tubes is not very good, so it’s common to get a tube or tire that is not true and has significant wobble even though it’s new. I’d say about 30% of tires or tubes have a problem.

Skike stopped making them. Once I use up the spares I have, I’ll need to look for a new AT wheel.*

I think that 5 inches is the sweet spot between good road performance but still compact enough to carry around like a skateboard; 6" might be OK as well. The new 7" Evolve wheels look OK. My first choice if I could start over would be @psychotiller’s hubs.

*note: they appear to be in production again after a long time being OOS.