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Heat Hurts Performance of Gyro Mercury F1 Wheels By Francisco Ramirez While the Gyro Violet Mercury F1 wheel continues to be one of our top picks for outdoor skating, we've encountered a couple of issues in the warm weather. The first concerns wear. Skating in the heat, we found that the Mercury F1s shed urethane more quickly than we expected. Of course, all wheels wear more quickly in hot weather. Heat softens urethane, making it less resilient. But we were surprised at how quickly our F1s shrunk in the heat, given their outstanding durability in cooler weather.
We also noticed that the F1s, which were never the grippiest of wheels, slipped even more on hot pavement. We noticed this on the last quarter of our push when accelerating. However, we were able to overcome the problem by combining them with softer wheels. Despite these problems, we still think the F1 is an excellent wheel that provides an excellent combination of price and performance. But if you plan to use them in the heat, we recommend combining them with softer wheels. Here's one combination we liked using all Gyro wheels: a Pink Mercury F3 (soft) at the toe, two Violet Mercury F1s (hard) in the middle, and a Blue Mercury F2 (medium) at the heel. On the other hand, we wouldn't recommend combining them with two of the soft F3s because that reduced roll noticeably. We also found it effective to combine them with Matter wheels. Read full review: Gyro Rolls in With a Winner | ||||||||
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