Good one Lindsay.

Billy's are indeed the UKs first stockists of Atoms. Though they don't carry the full range all the time. But he will take orders and when I last spoke to him was talking about deliveries fro atom every 4 to 6 weeks, that was in December though.

Graeme the manager is actually Captain Carnage of Romsey Town Roller Billys.

Skate Attack also do fugis though. VonBitch's (LRR) family run it by the way.

Double post, darned servers

Billys.co.uk will be attending the london bootcamp/texas match next week. had a wee look at the price of dukes on their web site; £44.99 per pack of 4. so basically 90 quid. on sincity skates it is £66 but then you pay shipping and tax. not sure what works out cheaper

i got atom 2.0 from billys and they are magic. Staff very helpfull as they did not have what i ordered and phoned me back with alternative wheels

I found this on tinterweb.... i found it helpful picking what durometer of wheel to pick.

http://wftda.com/sponsors/atom-wheels


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Ok, I am *finally* making some sense of this thread.

Billys has atoms in 88a, 93a and 95a.

Basically I'm wondering what a good combination for pushers/grippers is? It's either going to be 88/95 or 93/95.

Does it matter how big the gap is?

I'm pretty heavy. I'm worried about being slowed down, but sick of sliding out on corners in the wheels that came with my R3s!

Generally speaking you wouldn't go for a big difference between your wheels like 88/95. 93/95 would be OK but you would still be down on grip a 90/93 would possibly be good for a first set up.

I use to skate all 93s on my Devil Rays. I then mixed it up with Atoms G Rods and Devil Rays But they are all 93s also, however I put them on in a 1,3,2,4 Combo which seemed to work really well by that I mean each pair were on in diagonally opposites rather than g rods one side and devil rays on the other, if you get my drift.

I can discuss set up patterns if anyone wants, because the general rule of thumb is there is no right or wrong when it comes to setup as long as it works for you.

Possibly the best bet would be to get together with someone and each of you buy a set and then mix it up between you.

LRG have a good system, where they have like a wheel club where everyone puts in a fiver or something and they buy a few sets of wheels and then people try them out for a couple of weeks, before committing to paying out for a set. Older wheels from the pool can then be sold for a nominal fee to newbies so no one has to skate on Kaymans.

Thanks! Awkwardly Billys doesn't do any 90s... Is there somewhere else that might do them? Or how about 88/93?

Also, the atom chart that Lyndsey posted seems to suggest that you will get some grip from body weight and not to go too low? Looking at the chart I'm not sure if we're skating on 'sports' or 'slick' surfaces?

(http://wftda.com/sponsors/atom-wheels)

AND (sorry for all the questions), why would I get Jukes over, say, g or d rods?

Neither Jack Kane nor MB are slick surfaces.

You would be best going for middle of the road, that way it should do well on any surface.

I don't skate with my 95s at jack kane as I can't dig in coming out the turns to get speed. But I am built on the light side, (under 9 stone) But my G rods are fine on that surface.