Abec 11 Centerset Freerides

81a
72mm.
39mm Contact Patch.
Centerset.

So I have been riding these smooth mother f*ckers for about a month or two but have only been riding them hard for the past 3 or 4 weeks. I have recently flat spotted mine quite severely so I decided, while I wait for a chance to chuck them on the Lathe, why not do a review :).

Ive always found Abec 11 Classic thane to be amazingly smooth and from those I had tried, I seemed to like 81a thane the most. So I ordered a set but they gathered dust for a month while I rode my Sayshun Plasma A+, but once I finally gave them a shot there was no turning back!

These wheels were soooooooooo smooth I could hardly get the smile off my face that whole day. They are crazy predictable and extended my slides by about 10ft instantly(My standup slides were at about 10-20ft before, now around 30ft).
I'm a bit of a freak when it comes to coning, so once they coned even the slightest bit, I instantly flipped them around and rotated them and found myself doing this every week.:p

Abec 11 Classic thane is my favorite thane out there but it does come with some downfalls unfortunately across the range. While the thane is amazingly smooth and predictable, it wears quite quickly without proper technique. During a session last week they began to flat spot, and by the end of the session they were purrrrrrrring down the road slowing me down. Although this was partly at fault for my technique, I didn't keep my wheels very far above or below 90 degrees which cause them to continue flat spotting.
But luckily there is wood shop nearby I can use to lathe my wheels down.

Anyway back to the review at hand ;).
The small contact patch and round lips shows all the features of your classic freeride wheel and makes the slide all the smoother. As the contact patch is small, it does tend to mean the wheel will slip out under to much pressure so it wouldn't be a great wheel for holding those corners when bombing a hill.
After i shaved through about 5-10mm, I found that the wheels almost got square lips, but didn't affect the slide at all thanks to Abec 11's amazing classic thane formula.
At about $55 shipped from SoCal to Australia, these are a bargain buy for me and a price I couldnt refuse.

If you are a freerider at heart get the aptly named Abec 11 Freerides, because these wheels slide like nothing else but you will need to use the $40-70 every 2 months or so as they do wear faster than other wheels you may have tried.
Amazing wheel, Amazing freeride at an Amazing price! Abec 11= Amazing

-Adam