Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Wheel Review- Heartless

So after playing my first season exclusively on Radar Flat-Outs, last August I took the plunge and bought new wheels.  My rational for not changing them earlier was simply that I wasn't a skilled enough skater to take advantage of any better wheels.  Realistically, it may have been the case that they were holding me back.  So last August I ordered in some new wheels, Heartless Voodoo and Breakers.  These were the Burgundy (Voodoo, 86a) and Red (Breaker, 92a) wheels if you go by the colour coding system.  They look like this:


I put them on my skates, and tried them out during our off season, when we hold boot camps for potential new recruits.  After a couple of clumsy cross-overs, I was skating them just fine...  And I loved them.  Nice and narrow, responsive, and light!, and I was immediately more comfortable lifting my feet and moving around the track, jumping, slicing, running and spinning.

As time wore on, I got more comfortable with the idea of harder wheels, and ended up with Creepers (90a) and Vanish (96a), and I've used those pretty comfortably on some pretty slick surfaces.  I've heard people say that things like snowplows took time to relearn or remaster, but I didn't find it true for myself.

Personally, I think they are a great wheel for a mid-point price range.  You can get them here, but I'm in no way affliated with that site, I just <3 Rollergirl.ca.  I also don't necessarily agree with their assessment of what these wheels are and aren't good for.

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