In the late 70s, US roller teams were still looking for a speed wheel to beat the World Champions, the Italians, who dominate the Championship with specific wheels called Strada or Mundo.

Avec l'arrivée de Tom Peterson aux commandes de Bravo, la marque produit l'équivalent de la Xero italienne sous la marque Hyper,puis sous d'autres appellations.
When Tom Peterson became head of Bravo, the company started producing a new wheel called Strada, an equivalent of the Italian Xero under the brand Hyper, then through other makers.


Under the Kryptonics brand, the straight-edged wheel will have different names and sizes ranging from 58 to 72mm.
The Roadrunner (beep-beep !) model was developed in the early '80s: here in 67mm

here is the gorgeous flashy red 70mm:
then the Kryptos 72mm

Le rouge est le plus séduisant, on peut également la trouver dans un ton bleu variable du gris au vert.
The racecore is nowadays used for the K76, a classic for longboards.
I like the juicy red ones best, but different harder kinds of blue are available, ranging from grey to green.


This profile was also used for smaller quad wheels under the Rental name - deep colours.

then under impulse, still available today in translucent taints.

The Stradas were a major hit in the early 80s for hard-core slalomers, their reissue in 2000 under the Kryp-Grip name tolled the bells of innovation at Kryptonics.

Their straight profile favours traction-against grip, the challengers being at that time the lippy Turner/3dM, or the Kryptonics slalom which we will deal with later.
Des marquages seront réalisés pour d'autres marques, comme Fibreflex.
Other brands had their own series, like Fibreflex.

Hyper celebrated Tom Peterson in a special model dedicated to him - a great skater indeed.


Today 's Stradas look like this:




or Cadillac, the precursor of urethane wheels.


5 commentaires:
Merci pour ce nouveau beau morceau d'archive. J'adore les Alligators mais je ne connais pas les Cadillac qui m'ont toujours intriguées. Des avis sur la question ?
Mimosa
Race core:
- 1st gen = round holes
- 2nd gen = square pegs
En fait les dernières Cadillacs reprennent la forme des premières roues en uréthane de la cote Est, les Roller Sport ... encore un article à venir !
Merci !
Je ne les ai pas essayées ... Les Cadillacs actuelles ont été relancées commercialement pour le film "Dogtown", elles n'ont plus grand-chose à voir avec les 1eres roues en uréthane de Franck Nasworthy.
I got a pair of them Super Mundo-wheels and they are by far the best ever wheels I've had!! Never rolled so easily on pretty much any surface and further than with any other kind. But seem impossible to find today. Had mine since -97.
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