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Wednesday, 14 March 2012

Landyachtz Zombie Hawgs 80a

80a
76mm High.
33mm Contact Patch.
Sideset.

When I first got these wheels I was pretty surprised at how chunky they actually were, I knew all the numbers (now long forgotten) but for some reason these seemed larger.
These were my first slide wheel bigger than 70mm since Durians and I was a little dubious about chatter, threw them on my omen pike and all thoughts about chatter or icey crappiness simply left my mind.
These wheels did make me high side and tear most of the skin off my hip first slide simply because I wasn't ready for how much grip they actually had! (Still not much)
But after my initial fail they were sweet, I don't honestly know a wheel I could compare them too, the urethane has a super dry chalk like feel as opposed to say, a Tweaker which feels more greasy.
I had heard these wheels slide quite well on rougher roads so I took them to one of the rougher Down Hill runs in my town, this road is one of the nicest tech runs in my area but the surface kind of kills it but these wheels definitely made it a lot more fun.
One thing I was shocked at was how fast they wore, even on smooth road that normally doesn't eat wheels, I could actually watch them get smaller as the day went on. That being said the size of the thane lines was absolutely ridiculous and they were so easy to control at speed I was getting a bit carried away with the standies.
They  gradually feel dryer/chalkier and more controlled as they wear down and I would say they are one of my top three wheels (Being Tweakers, followed by these, followed by Tunnel Krakatoa's).
They actually stayed pretty round considering the shallow depth of the urethane and my Gumby style of riding and only flat spotted within a maybe 3 mm of the core
All in all a great wheel for busting out some serious "oh shiii" slides at a jam but as a use everyday wheel they wear a tad fast for my liking, definitely worth a try though, I will certainly be getting another set.

-Painy

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