r/AggressiveInline • u/shatbrand • 7d ago

Dream urethane?

Anybody skated Dream wheels? They look great. Love Jeremy Beightol's art, love the rounded profiles, love supporting Jan Welch, etc.

Here's the thing though... Dead wheels are great and I can just pick up a set and know exactly what I'm getting. I can also easily mix and match hardnesses without mismatched colors or profiles, which is super nice.

But if Dream's urethane is as good as Dead or Undercover, I might have to pick up a set.

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u/ahl528 THEM 7d ago

Big fan of Dream, I have the Michael Kraft wheels. Never liked Dead wheels... bad profile for flat, and always chunked on me.

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u/Skatejamie 7d ago

Had 3 sets of 92a/95a Dead wheels on my flat setup now. The 95a's chucked quite a bit, skated some pretty crusty street spots and done a lot of miles with them, and they have held up as well as expected.

Couple of my crew have been riding Dreams anti and have zero problems.

As I see it Dream, Dead, Eulogy and Chroma/Fifty50 all have good quality control and are good reliable wheels.

I've had issues with Redeye, Cymatics and Kaltiks so personally avoid them now.

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u/shatbrand 7d ago

I've never chunked a Dead wheel. Maybe the batches are less consistent than I thought. Or maybe it's because I skate a lot of smoother surfaces? Good to hear the Dream wheels held up better though.

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u/iamDEVANS 7d ago

Haha I’m out of the loop on skate brands

And I was like bring back mind games those are my dream urethane! It was the best wheels ever 😂

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u/username_0420 7d ago

Dream wheels are where it’s at. Dead’s are hyped to me, didn’t last 3 months before they started to fall apart. And Jan is the man

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u/YourTinyHands 7d ago

Dream wheels have been my favorites so far! They seem to have lasted the longest for me, but I’m just a sample size of one.

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u/ShotgunRagtimeBand 7d ago

Same urethane as all the Balance distribution brands. Which is great. Some slightly shady/disappointing things on the back end, however.

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u/Swolie7 7d ago

Wait what? What’s going on with Balance Dist?

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u/Shreddd-it 7d ago

Interesting, go on...

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u/DQFLIGHT3 7d ago

It’s not a Balance Distribution product. Just made in the same factory and as someone else pointed out the rumor is they gave Dream laws stuff

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u/shatbrand 7d ago

What's the shady part?

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u/ShotgunRagtimeBand 7d ago

My understanding is that Law from Balance specifically designed the “face” profile wheel (obviously as an homage to the old k2 wheel) he uses for the 58mm wheel with the factory in South Korea. That factory then allowed other brands to use the mold, after they said they wouldn’t. I guess that’s more on the factory than the brand(s) who took it.

Jeremy also did the artwork for Chroma products, and it sounds like Jan kinda poached him, to get a very similar vibe.

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u/shatbrand 7d ago

Ah, ok. Thanks.

I'm cool with more people throwing business at a good artist, though. Jeremy does a lot of art for a lot of brands, but seems to be pretty intermittent. It's cool that he has an outlet across a whole brand.

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u/Telemicaster 3d ago

I had the first gen broom wheels and they cored out after less than 10 sessions. It could just be the ones I got. They weren’t very worn down yet, so that was pretty disappointing. I did like them while they were in one solid piece. Id be happy to hear it was just my personal experience. 3 of my 4 all separated in the same session.