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[Qbot2640]

Just throwing this question out there - since I have no experience with these at all...but how would Colson wheels compare? It seems a much more affordable option than the expensive polyurethane material from McM.

[Knufire]

Originally Posted by Qbot2640

Just throwing this question out there - since I have no experience with these at all...but how would Colson wheels compare? It seems a much more affordable option than the expensive polyurethane material from McM.

I would imagine Colson wheels have a significantly lower CoF on a tote or can than a softer polyurethane compound.

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by Knufire

I would imagine Colson wheels have a significantly lower CoF on a tote or can than a softer polyurethane compound.

Agreed. The polyurethane has a non-sticky tackiness that grips things very well which other treads don't seem to. The 2010 balls, 2013 disks, 2015 bins, etc...

All said and done a mcmaster based polyurethane custom wheel is about 2-3 times the cots of a banebots wheel, but will last far far longer and performs great deal better. The relatively thick tread has some give/compression which helps as well.

Colsons are slightly cheaper, would last presumably as long, but not perform nearly as well (they're really a different kind of tread with different design constraints).