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Benjyboard wheels

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I have a few sets (Not Benjy) that I’ll post up when I figure out how

Arrow CalTraks & Traknology and West Country big reds from memory

does anyone know which wheels this company made? sounds like they made some brand names ,if they were producing the claimed amount then they must have made some for well known skate suppliers?

I don’t know what wheels the “Thought Factory” produced but this add from Uniroyal Was a little less subtle about the brands it produced.
There were some really crap wheels about I had the mis fortune to own a set of “Griptonics” which were May made by lotus they were terrible.

griptonics were the blatent 1st gen kryp rip offs werent they? the majority of uk wheels were crap,you could get away with poor decks to start with as they still served a purpose and most riding was freestyle to start with but the wheels really showed up as the weak points, i think this was made worse because they were always fitted with crap bearings too,nobody was going to spend more on bearoings than the wheels themselves cost

Sold a few things on eBay so was hoping about in my boxes

Here are a few Caltraks by Arrow have another set somewhere too, good quality YoYo copies quire soft.
The yellow one is the only one discolouring.

Bought these Yellow Birds to go on a G&S side cut reissue as I can’t afford Rollerballs

which came first,the lunar fireballs,yellow birds or rolllerballs? ive been after some rollerballs as well but they seem to go for stupid money always,i should have bought some a long time ago as nobody seemed interested in them as they were a bit of a gimmick back then,anyone ever ridden a set?

looking at the ad above,what were the octoplus? never heard of them,would love to see what they looked like ,theres a set of flexello flames on ebay every now and again

punkboy wrote: Tue Dec 21, 2021 6:24 am looking at the ad above,what were the octoplus? never heard of them,would love to see what they looked like ,theres a set of flexello flames on ebay every now and again

There are a lot of wheels their I’ve never heard of, bitd a mate came back from Skating at Southport Skatepark having bought a set of SAL wheels, they were translucent green and really fast but never seen another set or an ad for them since.

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if you want vintage wheels then mad rats your man,cmon pete get some pics up ,if you start posting now you should be done for xmas

Yeh get some up I’ve started moving the wheels into categories now as well such as sims kryptonics Alva etc rather than having them all in one topic