I got these wheels from flatfacefingerboards i have been riding them for like 2 days however i wanted to do a review so enjoy i dunno what put but whatever.





Shipping
shipping took 2 weeks and 1 day from america which is pretty standard so ill give them 10/10

First impressions
My first impressions, I thought "they look sick" ! they came in a little bag which is very professional and little oak wheels stickers are awesome, The wheels them self looked super soft, until i set them up, the wheels are super grippy 10/10

Performance
The wheels are very grippy and very smooth, I really like how you can have the wheels any way you like and the fact that they are made out of polyurethane (like a skateboard) which makes the wheel really realistic the wheels are very squeaky, which is pretty sick, like when i do a power slide they squeak really loud and say if i did a front-side 180 heel flip it means the 180 has to be a 180 or the wheels will just screech which indicates your not doing a full 180 and improves your riding as you get used to them with these wheels i learn't quite a few tricks over the past few days i have learnt nollie laser flip, nollie back foot impossible and 360 pop shuv its (proper) these wheels are amazing and you should buy them. they are the best wheels i have ever had! to summarize this product i will give it an overall rating of 10/10

go check out flatface and oak wheels to buy yours now www.flatfacefingerboards.com and www.oakwheels.com

by the way they were 26 quid shipped from flatface (around 26) or on oak wheels they are about the same price

very nice review callum pal.

nitromelvin wrote:

very nice review callum pal.

Thanks haha didn't know what to put never done review lol

Cool review, especially the pictures.

Anyway, I'd usually leave it longer than 2 days when starting a review.

Also, how do the Ytruck hangers and China bases work out for you? You have the original Ytrucks kingpins in the bases too?

Xi wrote:

Cool review, especially the pictures.

Anyway, I'd usually leave it longer than 2 days when starting a review.

Also, how do the Ytruck hangers and China bases work out for you? You have the original Ytrucks kingpins in the bases too?

They work fine honest, i had to put new ones on but i couldn't be arsed paying 6 euros for shipping to be honest and aswell i did the review so early as i have had the wheels before

i am going to just buy new ytrucks and maybe base plates for those ones but theres no point if they work fine, to be honest they work better !

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Nice Review Callum!

oaks are sooo high up on my want list. great review!

Got a set for a little more than a week (second hand set) : there awesome, can't decide between Subs quartz and them for my main setup.

As Callum said, you MUST be clean or the wheel will stop the deck. They are not "slidy" like most of the FB wheels. Feel like semi soft skateboard wheels, really good sensation on the ride.

I had V1 and V2 Oak, which I didn't like (they where ovales, bearing keep sliding of wheel, and every known problemes those wheels had), I had the chance to get cheap second hand set, only to try, and really love them !

haha im glad Frank.

v1/v2 oaks were full of problems...also 'potato' like.

the rv oaks are best. no competition. i dont know why Kerry/Billy/everyone dont ride them.

^someone should give me a set, then I'd certainly put them on a second setup to try them. XD

haha but i only have 1 set

The only reason I never got oaks is due to the nuts sticking out of the wheel so much, fearfull it will destroy my desk

Ironfingers wrote:

The only reason I never got oaks is due to the nuts sticking out of the wheel so much, fearfull it will destroy my desk

Haha you should see my brr box 3 reloaded

Ironfingers wrote:

The only reason I never got oaks is due to the nuts sticking out of the wheel so much, fearfull it will destroy my desk

It make the FB look like a real skateboard tho. Like it, and it doesn't bother at all.
The only thing I can add, I put micro washer (one each wheel) one BRTwides, to fit better on 32 deck (and btw, you can put dual bearing on BRTwide without inverted locknut !)

[quote="Grendel"]

Ironfingers wrote:

The only reason I never got oaks is due to the nuts sticking out of the wheel so much, fearfull it will destroy my desk

It make the FB look like a real skateboard tho. Like it, and it doesn't bother at all.

i really like the look aswell oaks for life <3 < i sound sad but Oh well!

Grendel wrote:

Ironfingers wrote:

The only reason I never got oaks is due to the nuts sticking out of the wheel so much, fearfull it will destroy my desk

It make the FB look like a real skateboard tho. Like it, and it doesn't bother at all.
The only thing I can add, I put micro washer (one each wheel) one BRTwides, to fit better on 32 deck (and btw, you can put dual bearing on BRTwide without inverted locknut !)

sure. this is exactly what i do....i think you have to with oaks, as the bearings are centered.

blosom wrote:

haha im glad Frank.

v1/v2 oaks were full of problems...also 'potato' like.

the rv oaks are best. no competition. i dont know why Kerry/Billy/everyone dont ride them.

This is the first reason:

Ironfingers wrote:

The only reason I never got oaks is due to the nuts sticking out of the wheel so much, fearfull it will destroy my desk

If they made them off-set, I would buy a set.

Grendel wrote:

Ironfingers wrote:

The only reason I never got oaks is due to the nuts sticking out of the wheel so much, fearfull it will destroy my desk

It make the FB look like a real skateboard tho. Like it, and it doesn't bother at all.
The only thing I can add, I put micro washer (one each wheel) one BRTwides, to fit better on 32 deck (and btw, you can put dual bearing on BRTwide without inverted locknut !)

But real skateboards shouldn't need to have the axle sticking out that much. I freestyle skateboard and I usually choose my setup - deck width, truck width and wheel shape/size so that I can do railstands comfortably.

Also, microwashers are expensive for what they are and also hard to obtain (if you know somewhere other than Redemption and No Comply that have a lot of these in stock and cheap, please tell me). I am not sure if they will fix the problem though.

The other main reason I don't use them is that I already have Close Up bearing wheels. They are off-set and won't make the axle of the truck stick out a shit-ton and ruin surfaces when skating. Also, as they are my sponsor, I now have no reason not to use them. I currently have 7 sets of Close Up bearing wheels and I don't think I will ever stop using them.

They ride really smoothly and make awesome screeches. They grip well and are quieter than conventional fingerboard wheels. Overall, I think they perform nicer and are much cheaper than Oaks. You might disagree with this last part but once I return to England later this year, I would be perfectly happy to show some people first-hand my many sets of Close Up bearing wheels that all perform great - even my set that I dropped in a saucepan of noodle soup - on two occasions!

blosom wrote:

Grendel wrote:

Ironfingers wrote:

The only reason I never got oaks is due to the nuts sticking out of the wheel so much, fearfull it will destroy my desk

It make the FB look like a real skateboard tho. Like it, and it doesn't bother at all.
The only thing I can add, I put micro washer (one each wheel) one BRTwides, to fit better on 32 deck (and btw, you can put dual bearing on BRTwide without inverted locknut !)

sure. this is exactly what i do....i think you have to with oaks, as the bearings are centered.

I do this with all wheels since I got my ys a while back, I don't like my wheels to move around to much on the hanger but it seems to slow my wheels down significantly

Hey, between Flatface g5 blackriver edition wheels and oak wheels, which is better ?

AyieYeaah! wrote:

Hey, between Flatface g5 blackriver edition wheels and oak wheels, which is better ?

G5's are pretty much one of the hardest wheels on the market and oak's are the softest, so it's up to your preferences. So if you like hard wheels get g5's and if you like soft wheels get oaks. If you don't know which ones you like test them both.

test oaks first I am so happy with mine, but due to complecations I only have 2 but I will have alll of them soon LOL

Ohhh your 1 day in from doing a really bad bump ahah oh well what do you meen only having 2 man ? 2 wheels ?

yeah my first packages (with all of them) was lost somewhere in the post office, and Ricardo confused me with other client that complained about whatever, so Ricardo was going to sent him the 2 wheels because of the screwed up one, but he sent them to me, and now I'm just waiting for the other package, the full set...so I'll have 6 Royal Blue Oaks <3 I asked Ricard if he wanted me to send the 2 wheels back, it wasn't a problem for me, but he said the I could have them because he confused with the other dude, and I was like....awesome!

Luis Correia wrote:

yeah my first packages (with all of them) was lost somewhere in the post office, and Ricardo confused me with other client that complained about whatever, so Ricardo was going to sent him the 2 wheels because of the screwed up one, but he sent them to me, and now I'm just waiting for the other package, the full set...so I'll have 6 Royal Blue Oaks <3 I asked Ricard if he wanted me to send the 2 wheels back, it wasn't a problem for me, but he said the I could have them because he confused with the other dude, and I was like....awesome!

haha awesome hes sorted ricardo