Originally Posted by
niznai
Not if you have a lathe. Granpa is right, and I can true and clean a set of wheels quicker than you can get your new ones out of the bag and off the plastic tree. A good strong pair of scissors down the middle cuts the tire in two halves, one attached to the inside, one to the outside of the rim. Rip these halves off the rim (if you're lucky they come off clean) and you're ready to spin them in the lathe.
Thats of course true, and the percentage of racers here, who have access to a lathe? Id say low lol. Sure anything can be done with the right tools, but for most racers, I've seen some bad glue jobs on reused wheels. Also from my experience on the rug, I wouldn't want to reuse wheels anyhow, as with constant knocks on the boards, getting them true again isn't possible. Id rather put my faith in a clean set of wheels.