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Urethane wheels - Plastics

Yttrium2 - 30-7-2020 at 10:16

What kind of urethane is this again?


Is there anything I can do to prevent cracking of the wheels? Is there some sort of conditioner/moistureizer?
- Does the cracking come from heat? (applying brake)


These wheels on my scooter are like $20 USD each
How can I make them/how are they made?


Is there anywhere I can go for a higher durometer wheel or a wheel that is better? Lighter/tougher



This is a great great great scooter, I highly recommend it. There is one from razor with even bigger wheels, it's got two bearings in the rear wheel which lowers resistance -- but it gets unstable when cornering.


Anything I can do to soup up my scooter? How big of a difference will bearings make, and what is the best bearing and why?



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Yttrium2 - 30-7-2020 at 10:18

Any ideas why the image is coming out upside down?

violet sin - 30-7-2020 at 16:33

They don't open wrong, just look wrong in the thumbnails. I noticed that also.

https://youtu.be/A20BIfn1qAY

https://youtu.be/b7gB9K1j-yg

Yttrium 2.. I just googled "how it's made, polyurethane wheels"

Hit up Google and maybe some scooter forums about the rest yo