Recently forked out for a set of Reynolds Soft / Slidey Spitfires - it’s the most I’ve ever spent on a single skateboard item (my eyes are still a bit watery tbh).
My wheels rarely leave the ground these days so it’s probably a worthwhile investment.
How do they compare with Dragons? (if you’ve ridden Dragons)
I’ve not tried dragons… or these quite yet.
I’m a convert- rode 99a spitfires for years, then 97. Then when they resurfaced the bowl
I go to and it was really slippery I tried dragons to see if they gave me a little more grip and I really like them. Not soft like cruiser wheels but with a little more give than rock-hard wheels
They’re mad expensive now. I’ve been on the same set of F4 Classics (99/54) for nearly 3.5 years, bought a new set in Feb and still haven’t put them on.
Said in another thread they feed harder now (same with c10 year old F4 99 Radials I have) so well past their best.
Setting them up when I set my next board up which I may do on my birthday in a month. Exciting!
I have a rain setup with filmer wheels but I kind of want to give those Reynolds Soft Sliders a go, only heard good things about them.
I posted a bit more in detail higher up but basically, the Soft Sliders are closer to a regular wheel aka harder. I can relatively comfortably skate Soft Sliders on smooth, hard ground where the Dragons do feel a bit ‘soft wheel-y’ on really good ground. On the flipside, Dragons are much better on really rough terrain. I like the Dragons for cruising, occasionally doing a trick, and messing about with various powerslide-y things, but I’ve replaced Dragons with Soft Sliders (Classic Shape) on my main setup. I want to get another set but they are so spenny.
Tried them out earlier on some crusty Suffolk sea defence.
I think I love them.
I’m probably gullible but I ended up buying one of those Kape boards.
The video sold it to me.
The designer was saying wood is great for boards because the fibres transmit energy, but those are often short and they degrade quickly with use, so he designed a board based on end-to-end glass fibres, with foam pockets near the edges to reduce rotational weight and make flipping easier.
Could be complete bollocks - I had my fingers burned recently with inverted kingpin trucks that just worked loose. But whatever…
Kape deck, Lurpiv trucks, what wheels and bearings are you riding and are your truck bolts titanium?
Look at you with your fancy skateboard
I know, I know.
All I can say is I haven’t been sucked down the ceramic bearings/ titanium bolts rabbit hole. Yet. Regular bearings (2-year old Bronson G3), regular mounting bolts. Dragon wheels.
I knew they’d be dragons 
Let us know how it rides I’m pretty interested to hear how it is!
Yes - even as I typed the word dragons I knew that was just the sort of thing that was going to typecast me. But against that, they’re genuinely great.
I’m giving it a first ride after work and I’ll update you.
I’ve tried Dragons and wasn’t massively impressed they were pretty fast and smooth but overall just felt like regular soft wheels to me…I was expecting more slide!
Haven’t tried the Reynolds Spitfires yet. I’m a big fan of Spitfire F4 97s if you haven’t tried them…best wheels IMHO.
he’s riding lurpiv on a fibreglass deck. its going to be dragons all the way.
Guilty as charged.
But it could have been worse. It could have been those weird square wheels. Sharks or whatever they’re called.
You’re all good mate. You know how resistant to change skateboarders are in general. We’ve all seen a thousand gimmicks come and go
The (Acme iirc) 1 bearing wheel was my fave
Gimmicks is it? As if Tracker trucks weren’t bad enough already, they released Tracker B52 Floater trucks in ‘93. Trucks with axles designed to slip back and forth to stop wheel jams when you primo’d. You needed two skate wrenches to sort your wheels out but they ‘solved’ that problem by updating to e-clips instead of axle nuts to hold your wheels on which turned an absolutely terrible idea into a guaranteed unsellable bag of shite.
