best wheel for tennis courts?

[gsdateg]

I am mostly just a ice hockey player but me and a few teammates like to practice couple times a week off ice during the summer. We all bought the same skates (Bauer Mega 50) because a local place was blowing them out for like 69$. Well we only play on tennis courts and the the wheels on them do not do good on the tennis courts at all. We played for maybe a total of 4 hours (rotated after every hour) and just about everybody needed new wheels after that. What are some good brands/models of wheels that will stand up alot better to the tennis courts we play on than the wheels that came with the skates did?? I would like to get alot more than 4-5 hours of playing time out of a set of wheels.

[tryandstopme]

I am mostly just a ice hockey player but me and a few teammates like to practice couple times a week off ice during the summer. We all bought the same skates (Bauer Mega 50) because a local place was blowing them out for like 69$. Well we only play on tennis courts and the the wheels on them do not do good on the tennis courts at all. We played for maybe a total of 4 hours (rotated after every hour) and just about everybody needed new wheels after that. What are some good brands/models of wheels that will stand up alot better to the tennis courts we play on than the wheels that came with the skates did?? I would like to get alot more than 4-5 hours of playing time out of a set of wheels.

your megas probably came with a "multi-surface" wheel, and tennis courts eat those for breakfast as you found out. get some hyper pro 250's. they're probably the best bet, but tennis courts are hard on any wheels.

[DannyG]

brand or model is largely gonna be irrelevant...hard-asphalt-concrete (all outdoor) surfaces are about the same when it comes to polyurethane...

pay attention to the durometer of the wheels, however. I have no dea what the Meg-50's came with, but 82's are the bare minimum lowest that you should look at for outdoor use. 84's, 86's, all the way up to 90's are what you should use...

I apologize in advance for proposing you don't know, but the durometer level is noted with the "A" notation on the wheels...82A, 84A, etc...note that those brick-hard tiny wheels that come on extreme skates come close to 100A. That's why they last forever while rolling through skateboard parks and the sidewalks.

The harder wheels with the higher durometer number will last outdoors.

[CUDangled]

I would suggest 4 Goodyear tires. Use these to drive to an indoor sport court.

:D
Sorry, not trying to be a jerk, just couldn't resist that one.


Yeah...DannyG is right, for outdoor (concrete) the brand/model is pretty meaningless. Grip really isn't an issue there...

[gsdateg]

I would suggest 4 Goodyear tires. Use these to drive to an indoor sport court.

:D
Sorry, not trying to be a jerk, just couldn't resist that one.


Yeah...DannyG is right, for outdoor (concrete) the brand/model is pretty meaningless. Grip really isn't an issue there...

We dont have anything like that anyhwere close to where I live. So tennis courts are the smoothest surface Ive been able to find, just sucks they eat through wheels so quick. I ordered a set of those hyper pro 250's so we will see how those do. Hopefully they last alot longer than the first wheels.

[CUDangled]

When you say they "wear down quick"...how fast is that?

Any wheel will wear...but true outdoor wheels shouldn't wear all that fast.