WTF Invention Shark Wheels

seems interesting, but I'm wondering if they will deteriorate the same way as regular, round wheels. Like, if you're doing some crazy power slides or only using them in a certain way/direction whatever, what if only one of the ridges gets worn down? Or all the ridges don't get worn down evenly? Maybe they've thought about this, but maybe not..
 
Hmm...

Well first of all skateboarding is one of the most image-driven sports in the world so I don't see anybody using these weird wheels. Long-boarding may be different.

I'm not convinced about the lower contact area translating into noticeably lower rolling resistance. I would expect the hardness of the surface to have a greater affect on this scale. I could see these patterns deforming more than a traditional wheel and dissipating energy that way, resulting in "worse" rolling resistance. On the other hand, this pattern might deflect small rocks out of the path of the wheel, rather than bumping over them, improving rolling resistance.

As for sideways traction, the static and sliding friction should be the same because its independent of contact area. So then you're looking at a tread pattern looking for grip rather than a flat surface... it should have more grip.

I haven't though about wheels in a while, all I think about these days is processes.
 
Its still a circular wheel though... if you look at it from the side it is still a circle
 
exactly-- its really just the tread that is different. The inventors of boggers and thornbirds don't claim to have "reinvented" the wheel.
 
i could see these being good for riding where there's a lot of small rocks, pebbles, sand, etc. it seems like they'd deflect the item to the side as opposed to just being stopped dead in your tracks....there's nothing worse than that...hate that shit. but i don't know that i'm buying some of that other bs....no way they're noticeably faster....
 
Seems like just wheels that look dumb. I can't imagine there being actually any benefits to the shape. Not sure about the longboarding market, but I can tell you it's definitely not going anywhere in the skateboard market.
 
to me it seems like a pretty basic idea and something that is not very different than a regular wheel, but is presented as "new and revolutionary" or whatever. when its not. its still round, its not a cube or square shape at all.

i mean, its a cool concept, and some of what hes saying has merit (I didnt even watch the whole video) but its not as groundbreaking as it seems. its more of an adaptation of a regular cylinder than a cube, and the fact that the six 90-degree bends all fit into a cube while maintaining a circular profile is really not that amazing and sortve coincidental.

I'm not gonna bother looking into it any further than that because its summer and my brain is on vaycay holla
 
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