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Ride snowbards have skate wheels for sidewalls
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Ride is taking cues from the skate industry with its solution to the vibration issue. The brand’s new urethane-sidewall technology, known as Slimewalls is more forgiving than standard sidewalls and is available in the Mobility series. “The urethane sidewalls are just like your skate wheels,” says Ride Marketing Manager Tara Miller. “The hardness of the Slimewall fine-tunes the way your board interacts with the snow, wood, or metal surface you slide on.”
do u think this would work or is it a gimmic and why noy use them for dampens inside the board on the edge?
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urathane would be too brittle wouldnt it ?
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no, it would work well aslong as it bonds well.
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wait so will you be able to pick the durometer (hardness i think) of the "wheels"
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the only problem i can see with this is that when urathane gets too cold it will freeze and not be any more forgiving and probably break more. sounds like hype to me. but it could work really well for spring/summer riding.
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sounds like a REALLY good idea, cept ^ is rright. urathane changes drastically with temperature. weight may be an issue thou. urathane prety heavy
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yea sounds like a hype thing. If you have ever skated when its cold you know what happens to urithane when it gets cold. I dont see it being any better than what they have now
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