http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJeFB6SRslk

not sure if this is a re-post or no?

 

weds FTW

 

Cheaper wheels are generally weaker, but that test seems a bit arbitrary to me... when is the force going to be punching at the wheel from a 90 degree angle like that?

Also, weds will break too at a certain point, so it would have been a little better to show at which point weds break vs. a specific imitation wheel... showing the actual strength

 

that imitation wheel got pwned!!!!

 

The narrator did mention sliding in to a curb, which is a pretty common occurrence.

 

seemed a bit quick for just a curbing to me

 

curbing and sliding into a curb are two different scenarios

 

the way vegan phrased it being a common occurence I am pretty sure he meant curbing. Sliding into a curb is not common

 

Nope, I meant sliding in to a curb. "Common" is relative. As far as catastrophic failure of a wheel is concerned it is common. This being pothole season, you may already be forgetting the sliding season we just left behind. :-) The wheel impacts have changed from the horizontal to vertical.

 

true, although here in MN not many if any people use s2ks in winter and if they do they use stock wheels or steelies... Either way I would never argue that imitation wheels are as strong as authentic. I believe you get what you pay for. I just think a vertical test would be a better test since most damage I see to wheels are bends/cracks caused by potholes or some other vertical force. I see a lot of curbing but most of the time I've seen wheels after sliding into a curb it was at a higher speed and no wheel would survive