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Re: Need 1/2 in key banebot wheels!

We ran into the same issue with our intake late in the season. Banebot has nothing in stock and has no urgency in getting more of them in stock. A couple alternatives we found to work:

Hubbed colson wheels from vex pro. Unmodified, they were okay, but cutting/melting grooves in a pattern greatly improved their grippyness.

We ended up using vex versa wheels with a rubber cylinder glued onto the outside of it. I can get more info on it if you want. We were even getting better results than with the banebot wheels.
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