Power Kite Forum

Quality Hubs and Rubber for my landboard

Houston AirHead - 14-4-2010 at 08:48 PM

I got my core 95 from mbs new about 14 months ago, every thing is great except for the trucks, hubs.

the vectors have cracked on me twice now and ive blown out the locking mechanism with the twistar hubs about 5 times now, MBS sent me new stuff but could only do it once, ( i started getting needy) chris at mbs said i was riding the board to hard for the model and suggested i upgrade to a more durable board.

anyways

i need new hubs and wheels. some one said ground industried makes the best if i remember correct...

are all of their hubs bomb proof? DAKITEZ is selling a set of GI hubs and tires im prolly going to get if i can get some good reviews on them:puzzled:

are these babies metal hubs or plastic?


VEGAS WHEELS

erratic winds - 14-4-2010 at 09:19 PM

vegas are all plastic. shiny middle hub is still plastic. outside hub is still plastic.
I've broken one outside hub piece in the year+ i've been on my GI prodigy, and I am 6'1" and @200lbs.(damage quite like how my avatar got cut off, lol)

IMO, great bang for your buck, but may not be what you need if you're already going thru MBS wheels....you might want to up the level and get the terraintulas... they are the GI "crossair" design but out of aluminum and carbon fiber instead of composite materials...

But then again you can go fully balls to the wall and get your own custom hubs milled for reasonable prices(honestly, reasonable. CNC milling is not cheap) by a boardmember.... Bladerunner got custom milled ones for his rollerblade coyotes!


I personally hope to progress in my riding enough to need the tougher wheels, but when I do, man those vegas hubs are getting the "bazooka" 120mm street wheels and a new home on my longboard.

indigo_wolf - 14-4-2010 at 09:34 PM

The center on those babies are plastic with a metallic paint coating.

Nothing is bombproof.... well, some things might be but the cash register will ring for a good long time.

In terms of durability, it probably goes something like this:
Vegas Hubs
Multi-Hubs
CrossAirs
Terraintulas

There might be some leapfrogging depending on what kind of abuse you put on it.

Erratic Winds cracked a Vegas hub, but not sure how.

The Vegas hubs are probably weakest at the black plastic tabs that the centers are joined to and the very rims. They also use the bolts with the smallest socket which may be prone to stripping if the bolt/screw gets cantankerous.

The Multi-Hubs are beefier, but slightly older tech. The connection bolts and nuts are not stainless. Surface rust is can happen fairly quick and will continue unless tended to.

The CrossAirs aren't as beefy, but they are fiberglass reinforced to make them more tolerant of impact/shock.

The Terraintulas can tolerate higher tire pressures, it's metal (albeit painted). They are also 2.5+ time more expensive than the CrossAirs.

ATB,
Sam

Houston AirHead - 14-4-2010 at 10:12 PM

Holy cow i want those bazookas, honestly why do they chage that much money for them though? it makes me sick.

i love kiting on pavement, thats why i bought the roadies from mbs thinking they would last, i thought wrong, after about a mile on pavement they were shredded.
there needs to be a landboard wheel shop, exclusive to hubs and wheels

Quote:
Originally posted by erratic winds
vegas are all plastic. shiny middle hub is still plastic. outside hub is still plastic.
I've broken one outside hub piece in the year+ i've been on my GI prodigy, and I am 6'1" and @200lbs.(damage quite like how my avatar got cut off, lol)

IMO, great bang for your buck, but may not be what you need if you're already going thru MBS wheels....you might want to up the level and get the terraintulas... they are the GI "crossair" design but out of aluminum and carbon fiber instead of composite materials...

But then again you can go fully balls to the wall and get your own custom hubs milled for reasonable prices(honestly, reasonable. CNC milling is not cheap) by a boardmember.... Bladerunner got custom milled ones for his rollerblade coyotes!


I personally hope to progress in my riding enough to need the tougher wheels, but when I do, man those vegas hubs are getting the "bazooka" 120mm street wheels and a new home on my longboard.

erratic winds - 14-4-2010 at 10:37 PM

If you're all about the pavement then I think you should contact GI directly and ask them for "a set of the multi-hubs mounted with the street slicks" or something like that... right indigo_wolf? I do believe I've seen you mention that they were available in limited supply directly from GI... I don't recall where in the chaing sheik (can't ever spell that right) catalog there were appropriate sized street slicky tires.

indigo_wolf - 15-4-2010 at 04:37 AM

;-)

Cheng Shin 8-3.00-4 smooth tires. I think BGSurfer-OldGuy said that he has been running the same set for 3 years and going strong.

There are a list of sources in the "daft idea" thread.

ATB,
Sam

PHREERIDER - 15-4-2010 at 05:40 AM

for me the vegas are very light and went through them like a bag of popcorn.

crossairs are good to go! hey the alloy stuff breaks too! too stiff too brittle

there's a "toughness" recoil factor with the resin. the TRISPOKE by mbs are by far the thickest i 've seen. super beefy old school but a bit weighty compared to the crossairs.

light and durable= GI CROSSAIRS

I HAVE THE SLICKS(LONGBOARD)WHEEL SET FOR THE GI ....fun if you have downhill spot.

hey pavement will destroy your gear. tires like erasers! gone before you know it

B-Roc - 15-4-2010 at 06:04 AM

I've been riding the same set of GI crossairs and bionic trucks for the past 4 years and they are holding up well. My son has MBS trispokes and I agree with phreerider, those things are super beefy and likely can handle a wicked beating but they are a bit heavy and not at all flashy.

I love my GI gear and mine is all the older stuff but its held up so well there's been no need to replace most of it. The only problem I had was with the first generation of Mak tires. I blew sidewalls on three of the four tires and replaced them with MBS tires. But GI now is on their 2nd gen Mak tire so those might be better.

DirtDave1 - 16-4-2010 at 01:24 PM

New Crossairs and MAK are the way to go. The Bazookas are so much fun and they cost so much b/c the are solid urethane. Go with the green.

McDuck - 16-4-2010 at 07:54 PM

I'll back up the Crossairs as well. For the price they can't be beat. That being said I'm still on my first set of Vegas hubs and I haven't had any issues with them.