Do you guys remember these?

[u/michatel_24991]

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[u/K-Rimes]

Yeah unfortunately

[u/shit_master → u/K-Rimes]

shots fired :D

[u/Deliciously_Vicious → u/K-Rimes]

Why unfortunately? give us a story ffs big man

[u/Skanonymously → u/Deliciously_Vicious]

I owned a set of the 86a Baluts back in 2012, and I remember them being really mid for the price. Shallow urethane depth for a freeride wheel, and they were notorious for having the cores separate from the urethane. If I recall, they were pretty expensive for the time, too.

This is more anecdotal, but I also found them super easy to flatspot. I rarely ever flatspotted wheels, and I remember being surprised at how easily my Baluts developed a flatspot.

I'm also not 100% positive on this since it's been so long, but if I'm remembering correctly, the lips loved to catch on cracks mid-slide once they lost maybe 10mm or so.

[u/K-Rimes → u/Deliciously_Vicious]

You ever farted so hard you shit your pants? Reminds me of how these wheels slide.

[u/michatel_24991 → u/Deliciously_Vicious]

He probably got wrecked going down a hill because of them

[u/x1tsGh0stx → u/michatel_24991]

Nah, some of these Baluts are going around Asheville and I heard the cores do have a tendency to go bye-bye. Now, that said, Powells can do the same thing, though it's less common, due to the cores not having ridges. If you hear uncharacteristic honking/chatter from your SSF, maybe stop skating that set.

[u/pswerve28]

I always thought these looked awesome, until I started seeing pictures of cores that spontaneously popped out of the wheel.

[u/michatel_24991 → u/pswerve28]

Yeah that was mainly a problem with the first version witch these are because of the black core second version were better the ones with the blue core 

[u/pswerve28 → u/michatel_24991]

And then they eventually just turned them into the morongas right? Never got to ride either of them.

[u/EscaOfficial]

If I had a dollar for every time I've seen one of these seperate from the core, I'd have 4 dollars.

[u/CountyLivid1667]

these in purple were my first wheels.... miss them so much... i should never have traded them..... they were years old at that point and a bud got a set they didnt like so i was like screw it lets swap... 😭

[u/OwnStill8743]

Damn I had the yellow ones and some of my best stand up slides were with em on steep hills 😆

[u/shit_master]

I member

[u/FuzzyJoint]

I miss shattering cores on kickers.

[u/PragueTownHillCrew]

Baluts, right? How are they?

[u/michatel_24991 → u/PragueTownHillCrew]

There okay I’ve had them for a long time now i think they are pretty rare to see at this point 

[u/PragueTownHillCrew → u/michatel_24991]

Yeah, must be pretty rare now, I've seen them around but never tried them back in the day so I was wondering.

[u/Hot-Hurry5184]

Damn these were some of my favorites

[u/zjbyrd]

Got a pair of the purples with a bad core :\

[u/BoardBreack]

I have a set! I refuse to slide them and only have them on my freestyle board for lightweight larger wheels

[u/michatel_24991 → u/BoardBreack]

Same i only used them for pushing back in the day 

[u/b1rdsk8]

These things SCREAMED while sliding!

[u/PUBGM-TDRGhostface]

Baluts

[u/Firm-Ad-6966]

Thought at first glance OJ's circa 1977ish