The wheel in my glider's tail skid lasts for many years and is made by
this compay:
http://www.darnell-rose.com/catalog/index.htm

Click on wheels and look for Extra Soft EZ Roll. The wheel on my glider
is marked X-12-R. There are dealers locally or online.

SP


Simon wrote:
Last winter I had the tail skid of my Mini Nimbus replaced with a
tailwheel
unit supplied by Schempp. It used a rollerblade (?) wheel with a
solid
polyurethane tyre on a plastic hub with two ball-bearings.

After ten landings the hub was cracked and shedding parts and
essentially
wrecked

I manged to find a replacement unit with a lightweight aluminium hub
which
appears to be holding up well.

Trouble is, I found it in the trash can of a sports shop and no one
could
tell me the source.

Anyone out there know where to purchase rollerblade/microscooter
wheels with
metal hubs - I'd sure like to have a spare.