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Originally Posted by Alex Cormier
Nice showing out there today, looked awesome.
Why orange over green or blue for the wheels? Also how often did you change them out?
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Thanks!
The idea to use banebot wheels came from Allen Gregory and 3847's blog. We were originally trying to use colson wheels, but those transferred too much of the frisbee to the wheel quickly and shot very inaccurately. I emailed Allen and asked about how well their banebot wheels were holding up. He sent back pics of all three different compounds (green, orange, and blue). The green seemed to be worn down really bad, the orange and blue not so much. So we purchased both orange and blue.
The orange had much better grip than the blue. When we tried the blue we needed to squeeze the firsbee much tighter to get an accurate shot, even up close from the pyramid. The orange seemed to offer the best combination of wear and grip.
So far we have only replaced the lower rear wheel, about once per competition. We replaced one before Troy, one before MSC, and one before Eliminations today. All the other wheels are "original".
I think the shooter accuracy is actually falling off from what it was at Troy and early MSC, so we might replace all the wheels when we get to Champs just to be safe.
-Adam