UPDATE.......a little wear but nothing even close to other wheels ive tried.. stll grippy and fast ,, (people) you need to clean your wheels for them to work correctly... EACH TIME YOU SKATE !!!!!!!! CANT SAY THAT ENOUGH,keep them out off your car trunk,heat,sunlight,THESE THINGS WILL DISTORT THE WHEELS SHAPE AND PERFORMANCE GREATLY!!!!!AND store at room temp youll be amazed!!!!RUBBING ALCOHOL ..NOT THINNER, THINNER MAKES THEM HARD,BRTTLE,EDGE CHUNCKING (MOLECULAR BOND BREAKDOWN IN THE URETHANE))) BUYING MORE :)THANKS AGAIN!!!!!

Bought these maybe 5 months ago MAX, and I really only skate (roller derby) about 3x a week. I read a few reviews before I bought them about the hubs falling out, but I ignored them because they are so beautiful. Well lemme tell ya, when 5 of my 8 hubs are gone and now the insides are yellow and brown...they aren't so beautiful. They worked really great for about the first month. Then my first hub fell out in a game, then 4 more over the next few months. These are a fast and grippy wheel, but defiantly not meant for derby. Would be a great recreation skater's wheel.

FASTEST WHEEL I HAVE EVER SKATED ON!! WITH (OUTSTANDING) GRIP ON A SLIPPERY FLOOR ... HIGHLY RECOMENDED , EVEN THOUGH MY WEIGHT IS #150 THE 98.5A GRIPS LIKE FLY TAPE AND ROLLS EXTREMELY FAST WITH AWSOME REBOUND.. THEY ALSO HAVE A DIFERENT FEEL TO THEM WHILE ROLLING UNLIKE MOST URETHANE WHEELS, LOVE EM ALL THE WAY AROUND, EXCEPT LONGEVITY???? STILL NEW!! WILL POST AGAIN LATER ON THAT ...

I've been skating these wheels for about four months, no problems. I know two other people running the same wheels and we all like em. I run mine with ceramic bearings and whoa are they fast.

my friends hubs popped out of his