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Shark Wheel to Reinvent Skateboarding Experience

posted by Woods on Friday May 23 2014, @03:52PM   Printer-friendly
from the shark-is-the-best-kind-of-wheel dept.

buswolley writes:

A California-based company has a new kind of wheel for skateboards that delivers a novel shape and claims a special ride experience. This is the Shark Wheel, not circular, not square, but something more interesting. The wheels appear as square when in motion from a side view but the wheel geometry is more than that. The wheels feel circular to the rider, and viewing them along with more details may help to clear the mystique. The wheels are made of three strips each; these create a helical shape when they roll, and they form a sine wave pattern. When the wheels make contact with the ground, good things happen, say the team behind the wheels - the user gets speed, better grip, and a smoother ride.

 
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  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday May 23 2014, @05:56PM

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Friday May 23 2014, @05:56PM (#46830) Homepage Journal

    Skaters hate rocks.

    Truer words, my friend, truer words. Back when I skated pads were something your girlfriends* wore every fourth week or so. Even tiny rocks meant you got to go stumbling (extremely lucky) or leave some face, palms, elbows, and knees on the pavement.

    * Yes, girlfriends. Computers weren't much of a thing then, so my nerd-dom hadn't yet begun.

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