Powell Peralta Rat Bones Re-Issue Skateboard Wheels

That is what a kid 30 years my junior said when he tried my board that had these. I even compared them on smooth asphalt with my real old-school Sims B-52s with Swiss bearings and they are much faster! The smaller wheels on most modern skateboards make popping ollie style tricks easier, but for practically everything else, these rule! And these are made in the USA too. Update 1/20/2011: I setup 3 skateboards. My Rat Bones board (Powell Daggers deck with Indy 169's), a new school board with Indy 139's and nice Bones STF 53MM wheels, and a Sector 9 Longboard: 1. New School - Easiest to pop Ollies and do modern kick-flip style tricks. The small, lightweight Bones STF wheels really work well here. Skating the downhill parking lot into the skate park, it is good for about 10MPH all the way down. I complete the frontside turn at the bottom and basically stop at the small drainage ditch before entering the park. Kind of boring. 2. Rat Bones: Start heading down the downhill parking lot. It is a cold day and I have the park all to myself. As my speed increases I can start to feel the windchill. About halfway down I'm going a little faster than the new school board. Cool. Wait a second! I am still going faster - too fast to jump off and I still got a way to go before making the turn. I think I am in trouble. I hit the turn still accelerating and thinking I am about to eat it really bad. A hard longboard style frontside turn slows me enough that I can ollie over the ditch and into the park and up the volcano. The Rat Bones are also faster in every part of the concrete park, especially the pool and half-pipe. 3. Longboard - Sector 9 boards and wheels are also made in the US like Powell decks, Rat Bones and Indy trucks. It is a longboard - well suited for high speed carving and a smooth ride. The Sector 9 wheels are smoother than the Rat Bones but slightly slower. Bottom line: For most types of general riding, these wheels are Da Bomb! Get a set. You might have to use 1/4" risers to avoid wheel bite. Also, be careful the first time you skate something that you are used to in new school wheels. You might find yourself going a lot faster!

i weigh 82kgs and ride cruisers, skateboards and longboards. i've tried many different brands (sector 9, orangatang, abec11, bones, etc) and i find the Powell Peralta, 60mm, 85A, (44mm width) wheel ideal for all terrain riding....soft enough to be quiet, smooth and fast, and also hard enough to slide down tarmac and be durable. sugary buttery slides (not icey). i believe that the 90A duro would be too hard and noisy. the width of the wheel is also ideal. not too narrow, not too wide. very stable at speed down tarmac roads but not too wide for skating on flat roads and surfaces. i've tried the 88a duro in abec 11 noskoolz and they are loud compared to these i strongly recommend these wheels (60mm, 85A) great value for money. i've ordered more sets because these are well worth it

Love these. Been riding Rat Bones for years. 60/85a is perfect all around. And the black goes with my new Indy Blackouts.

Before I transitioned to a much more cushier ride in the form of a longboard, I used a skateboard on my many treks throughout the land. You see, I'm that dude who can't do s*** on a skateboard except propel it forward. I was a tool who bought a pimped out Alien Workshop skateboard from Zumiez with all the premium fixin's. All to the tune of $250. I used it solely to get around places, I initially bought some Ricta Chrome wheels back when I had no idea that not all wheels shared the same hardness. So you can imagine my surprise when I'm rolling out in the mad streets in my area (rich in rocks and pebbles, mind you) with my little 95a Ricta wheels. Eating pavement was a normality at that point in my skate life unfortunately. I learned the errors of my ways. After many many mishaps, I soon realized I needed wheels that suited my needs best. Alas I came across these cushy wheels after much research online. These felt like a godsend compared to the Rictas. I was soon shredding though the pebbles and rocks, not that I still didn't bail attempting the most rudimentary of tricks, I just bailed at a significantly lower rate. These served me for around a year and half and now sit collecting dust as my skating tastes have refined and I retired from street skateboards after realizing I was a TERRIBLE skater. These handled the abuse admirably. they get my stamp of approval.

These are exactly the same wheels I rode in the mid-80’s. Great urethane at 90a for street cruising and transition. They were shipped quickly and packed nicely.

I bought a sweet new mini logo to replace my original Rodney Mullen mutt from the mid 80's, and had not realized that now people are using granite as wheel material. After falling and hurting myself a few times (not insignificantly) I realized something was wrong, and I started to suspect the wheels which sounded like rifle shots over sidewalk cracks (54mm 101a c-cut trick wheels). These 60mm 85a wheels transformed my board from a torture device to pure fun. No falls and more smooth, quiet distance per push. Worth every penny. It would be nice if the clean, cool lettering on the wheel was more durable.

Best pool board wheels hands down. Never flat spot, roll fast, great grip no matter what surface, butter.

I bought it cause my local skate shop don't have color wheel. Yeah it's not about the color it's about you ride the board. Or does it? Anyway felt good cruising my board.

Pedí estas ruedas y recibí las ruedas Lonseka de Powel Peralta tbn, pero la forma y la serigrafia no es la misma.

Muy buen material y la dureza súper bien, pronto compraré otro juego

Arrived in mint condition! the cadillac of skateboard wheels, get you some!

Those are perfect wheels for my cruiser board. I will buy them again for sure.

Ces roues sont juste géniales, la dureté est parfaite, ça accroche juste ce qu'il faut. Montées sur des Indy trucks High 129 avec des Bones Reds le tout sur une Powell Peralta Mini Cab Dragon et voilà la board parfait pour cruiser.