Labeda Wheels

[smtevo 0]

I am getting some new Labeda wheels soon and was wondering everyones thought on the various models. Please dont respond with Labeda sucks, I only want people to tell me why or why not they like the certain model. I am debating between the Dynasty 2, the Fuzion, and the new Addiction.

[littlehockeymatt 0]

i heard the dynasty is a pritty good wheel it has good grip, durabilty.

its a good wheel

[Joel12 0]

I have bought 2 sets of labeda fuzions, with the mini core. I like their stickiness, but they really aren't that durable. I practice on epoxy cement, and its really slippery its hard to find wheels that work on it. The fuzions do ~ ok, the reason the floor sucks is because its always so dusty, it wasn't made for roller hockey anyway... it was made for quads. You can also really tell when its cold outside, they aren't half as sticky, sometimes I would just heat them under a hand dryer to get them squishier.

When I do travel with my team on weekends to play tournaments and stuff on sport court, the wheels seem to really take a beating. I just got back into roller hockey though this year because there is no ice team at my school. I played ice all through high school and college made me go back to roller. I played when i was young, back when Mr. stickies were the bomb, so its been a while since I have had experience on wheels. I don't really know what like a good life span for a set of wheels would be. I have about a 3 month season with 2 practices a week and maybe 9 weekends out of the season I go play to play 4 games on sport court, and i went through 2 sets of wheels in that time.

Hope that helps, I'm also trying to do some research on wheels at the moment, try to find something slightly more durable. The stickier wheels you get, generally the softer it is, and more expensive, and they fall apart faster too. My next wheels i think are probably going to be some revision gold/platinum combo or the Labeda addictions if i read a good review on them. The MB816's from rink rat appeal to me as well, i have heard good things from them. I might wait and see how Eschelon does too (the kryptonics/hyper/BSB combo company, www.eschelonsports.com )

One more thing, i bought 4 72mm labeda millennium wheels for the front of my hi-lo's. Those are pretty awesome, good stickiness and quite durable, that was a good purchase and i really would recommend those over the fuzions personally. You save a lot of money that way too.

edit: added labeda in front of millennium

[ncbrock 0]

i dont like the fuzions, they started chunking and cracking in a month or two. dont know about the dynastys though

[fatwabbit 93]

I had some fuzions, and played on sport court... no issues at all with the wheels, and I'm pretty hard on my wheels (215lbs at that time)

[Bender 0]

Millennium Grippers, from my experience they have good grip and are fairly durable as well.

[fieldofdreams 0]

I've always used Milleniums and the Grippers. I think the Grippers are the best bang for the buck. I have about 50 or so games on my Grippers, and I've only needed to rotate them once. I play on Sport Court if that means anything.

[vnderachiever 3]

I've been using the labeda dynasty x-soft's on my 2008 boss's, and the dynasty II x-soft's on my cobalt q's. The DynastyII's have held up quite nicely comparably on an epoxy floor, but the sportcourt chews them both up. I'm waiting to check out the addictions when my LHS gets them. Supposedly they've got a really nice stick and are really durable. We'll see.

[teamlabeda 1]

For epoxy floors you should never use X-soft or some soft wheels as those are designed specifically for Sportcourt type surfaces. Your best bet and bang for the buck would be to use the medium Gripper it will give you great grip and good wear.

[vnderachiever 3]

thanks for the insight teamlabeda.. I went from a soft Hyper trinity (which was slipping all over the place) on the epoxy floors to the dynasty x-softs and they give me a GREAT Stick. I'm a bigger guy (6'3 275) but havent had any problems cracking them or anything. Will a medium gripper still give me the same grip?

[teamlabeda 1]

For your size and weight the wheels should be ideal. Even though the urethane is a little harder it is designed to flex giving you a bigger footprint for grip and you should see great wear!

[vnderachiever 3]

Thanks for the help!! Gonna shoot down to the store tonight and set myself up with them!

[Joel12 0]

Hey teamlabeda,

I'm at about 150 lbs 6'0'', and my practice rink is some really slippery epoxy covered cement. Sometimes its slippery because its dusty, even when its not dusty though it's still pretty slick. I have tried the fuzions on them and they just get coated in dust and slide around. Occasionally i get them to stick on a stop, but wide fast turns are impossible, my feet slip while crossing over. What wheel, if anything would you recommend for this?

Also tell me about the addictions, whats their ideal use. I'm kinda skeptical that a hard wheel like that can be used for indoors.

[teamlabeda 1]

Hey Joel,

I would trying using a soft (white) Gripper versus using x-soft for cement.

The Addiction is designed for sportcourt type surfaces only. Even though it is using a harder outer formula it is designed to work with its multi layers to still grip. I know it sounds crazy but we have been working on this wheel for years. I have been skating on them for over a year and the grip is good but the speed, roll and wear are awesome!

[WALEED 0]

Team Labeda- Do you think the yellow grippers will hold up on an outdoor court whose surface isn't too bad(more towards sportcourt than concrete) or are thier better labeda wheels i don't know of. By the way, i'm a big guy(240lbs). Thanks

[Invert 13]

I'm not team Labeda, but my guess would be the Shooter is what you need. The combination of weight and surface leads me to believe a Gripper is too soft and would wear down rather fast.

[Joel12 0]

Hey Joel,

I would trying using a soft (white) Gripper versus using x-soft for cement.

The Addiction is designed for sportcourt type surfaces only. Even though it is using a harder outer formula it is designed to work with its multi layers to still grip. I know it sounds crazy but we have been working on this wheel for years. I have been skating on them for over a year and the grip is good but the speed, roll and wear are awesome!

Thanks, I think I'll try some of the white grippers out for my practice rink when the season starts up again. I like that they are cheaper too.

[DoubleT96 0]

I've been using the labeda dynasty x-soft's on my 2008 boss's, and the dynasty II x-soft's on my cobalt q's. The DynastyII's have held up quite nicely comparably on an epoxy floor, but the sportcourt chews them both up. I'm waiting to check out the addictions when my LHS gets them. Supposedly they've got a really nice stick and are really durable. We'll see.

I've had two sets of dynasty X-Softs for use only on sport courts and I have to say, each set has cracked pretty quick....I feel the old Millennium Grippers were better.

[smtevo 0]

I tried to order some Addictions from my team and apparently they are only out in 80mm right now so I ended up some Dynasty 2's. I hope they last a little longer than people are saying.

[cougarscaptain87 12]

haha yeah i got a set of dynastys 2s as well, looks like well find out together!

[vnderachiever 3]

* I'm using them on outdoor sportcourt thats got the little holes in it for draining, so that plus whatever debris is on the rink is probably whats destroying my wheels. I LOVE them but they do get visibly chewed a bit.

[teamlabeda 1]

Hey Waleed what wheel setup are you on all 80's, 80/76. etc.?

[WALEED 0]

teamlabeda- I'm using a 80-76-76-72 setup.