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Re: Best Wheels For Drop-Center Drivetrain.

One alternative would be Colson wheels with the dead axle hub from WCP. These have excellent traction stock and even better traction if you cut a custom tread pattern into them. They also wear slower than any other common FRC wheel. The downside is that they're a bit heavy. You're looking at $7 per wheel and $15 per hub.

You can also go with either VEXPro Traction Wheels ($14+$3 hub) or Andymark Performance wheels ($26). The AM wheels are a bit pricier as they're machined out of aluminum vs the VEXPro wheels which are glass filled nylon, I believe. The advantage of both of these wheels is that you can choose your own tread to put on the wheel. Common choices are the typical wedgetop and roughtop treads available from many suppliers, or the blue nitrile tread from McMaster which is used by many teams over on the west coast. When the tread wears out, all you have to do is replace the tread instead of the entire wheel.

Due to the balance between performance and cost, 5188 chose to go with Colson this past season, and they've been wonderful.
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