Anti reverse clutched 73x43mm V classic wheel. V shape reduces weight of wheel. Outside width of bearings is 32.5 mm wide with 8 mm axle bolt machined flat on 2 sides for a 6 mm dropout on your forks. Axle lenght is 70mm. Includes two 8 mm nuts not pictured.
Speed 2 rubber.
To retrofit these onto Swenor Fibreglass Classics you'll want to use our 8.75 mm thick wheel spacers for total thickness of 50 mm between forks. No charge for the spacers. Just let us know.
To retrofit onto IDT classics, request the 8.75 mm spacers (no charge) plus extra 1mm of spacers for each side of the wheel ($5 extra for all these). Inner fork clearance is tight using these on IDT but fit.
238 grams per wheel including bearings and axle, but not the axle nuts.
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V wheels are Stable!
I recommend these wheels for striding. I put 2 in front with normal rear wheels. Skis feel very similar. However skis track straight when striding with little effort. Double pole with Kick is also easier at high intensity. For LSD on rolling terrain this makes roller skiing more enjoyable. Skiing with proper technique is easier. The only drawback is that with less rubber touching pavement sometimes slips a little on a slick road. However the slipping encourages proper weight transfer.
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Great! Here's my 4 takeaways.
1. The V Wheels are better at navigating through gravel on pavement without hanging up than the IDT OEM wheels. The groove and beveled edges seem to channel the gravel out of the way even when I deliberately try to get the V Wheels to hang up. 2. The V Wheels are slower (I have speed number 3 fronts) so they are safer on downhills than IDT OEM. The increased resistance of the V Wheels improves striding and makes double poling more realistic. My roller ski speeds with V Wheels come close to matching on snow speeds for a cold, sharp-snow day. 3. The V Wheels make you stand on a flat ski - no cheating. The radiused IDT wheels allowed the skier to ski straight even if the skis weren't flat to the ground. 4. The V wheels are firmer they do tend to catch harder in cracks in the road or sidewalk. This is not a problem, just something that requires awareness. I gladly choose wheels catching in an obvious crack over wheels catching on a little piece of gravel.
