Canabilizing 15 year old setup, can these be skated or nah?
Posted Feb 25, 2023, 8:13 PM UTC
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Plastics degrade over time, too. I would toss them into the bin and get some new ones.
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Those look rough.
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I'd chuck um they prolly hard and dried out. Even some cheap 20 dollars wheels would be better.
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Yeah I thought so just wanted to make sure
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Now you get fresh new wheels though. Don’t forget to replace the bushings too if they’re 15 years old.
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The are fine. The wheels have cured and are harder now. You can skate them.
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Cured?
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Curing is a chemical process employed in polymer chemistry and process engineering that produces the toughening or hardening of a polymer material by cross-linking of polymer chains. Even if it is strongly associated with the production of thermosetting polymers, the term "curing" can be used for all the processes where a solid product is obtained from a liquid solution, such as with PVC plastisols
From Wikipedia. Search cured plastics.
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We used to call jaundice when I worked in a skate shop, Polly turns yellow as it hardens. Those were the best wheels on the market for a long time.
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Can anyone here tel me why the inside is shaped dif instead of just like a str8 circle?
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Skated some 10+ year old 62mm Black Label blood drops today. Skated fine.
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Ricta, crazy
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Anything can be skated with the right attitude.
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Please dont ride these they will explode. Source: bombed a hill on a vintage board they fell apart faster than my mental health.