DIY Wheels - Hollow Wheels - Very Comfy

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Well, I had to ask.
I have a set of Momentum Comfort wheels that did not function as advertised (greater comfort than other wheels compared to it on videos). They are unrideable for my purpose of long distance cruising on city pavement.

The Canadian import duties were minor. The UPS brokerage fee was substantial. Always ship to Canada by USPS (US postal service), they do not charge a $30+ brokerage fee.

Good luck selling your new wheels.

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Here are the core geometry changes I made in Hollow Wheel V3 Performance:

  • Made the “arms” longer. This provides more support to the structure and increases reliability.
  • Made more contact points for suspension inserts
  • Redesigned for better load distribution, maintaining low weight and high performance.

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Maybe just me, but I think I’d be willing to revisit the wheels if:

  1. Get rid of the taper so the grip is consistent during acceleration, braking and cornering. I know you built the taper in intentionally, but eskate wheels/trucks don’t have the geometry of cars. We can agree to disagree but I just don’t buy that the taper helps cornering grip in eskate application. I think the decreased contact patch hurts the grip in every scenario, whether straight or cornering.
  2. Make the wheel one piece. The interface where the two pieces come together is a weak point. I’d rather have a non-adjustable, one-piece wheel.
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Doug comes here for a design review, these wheels are not marketed towards the DYI crowd that understands some of the things you bring up. The taper, and adjustment is just sizzle, and not actual steak. Sales and marketing guys like to say “it’s not the steak it’s the sizzle” that sells.

Sending an updated set of wheels to those who had to modify the early versions to work, or had failures would go a long way towards getting some positive thoughts, but we aren’t the intended market.

I do have a set of wheels V2 I think, had to modify to work, they are available if anyone is interested.

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Thanks @kkim0228 for speaking your mind. I really appreciate it.

To address your first concern, V3 has a reduced negative camber (taper) to 0.5 degrees, improving the wheel’s ability to maintain full contact with the road. In V2, it was 3.5 degrees. This means V3 has a broader contact patch than V2.

The wheel’s core has been overhauled as well. The internal structure and design of the wheel have been redone from scratch. The new material used in V3 strengthens the core-to-urethane bond to handle heavier and harder riding.

This improvement is based on all the learnings from V2 and extensive lab and wheel testing.

I will compare V2 and V3 in coming days.

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