# The 0A Thread (Fixed Axle & Modern Responsive) **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [June 20, 2019, 3:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-0a-thread-fixed-axle-modern-responsive/304228 "2019-06-20T15:36:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![adamantiumpops](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/adamantiumpops/32/198285_2.png) [@adamantiumpops](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/adamantiumpops)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 7:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-0a-thread-fixed-axle-modern-responsive/304228/222 "2019-10-09T19:06:57Z")
Got any pointers for Varials and Kickflips? ---
**Author:** ![beeebon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/beeebon/32/30672_2.png) [@beeebon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/beeebon)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 7:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-0a-thread-fixed-axle-modern-responsive/304228/223 "2019-10-09T19:09:23Z")
Oh man this is just too good! ---
**Author:** ![TheThrowingGnome](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/thethrowinggnome/32/14231_2.png) [@TheThrowingGnome](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TheThrowingGnome)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 7:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-0a-thread-fixed-axle-modern-responsive/304228/224 "2019-10-09T19:25:01Z")
You are the honorary ElSalvador national champ in my book!!! 🏆🥇🎖🎗🏅 Edit: possibly the most inspiring thrower on the forum too!! ---
**Author:** ![Myk\_Myk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/myk_myk/32/63087_2.png) [@Myk\_Myk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Myk_Myk)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 7:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-0a-thread-fixed-axle-modern-responsive/304228/225 "2019-10-09T19:36:23Z")
So many great, but really difficult tricks in this thread! I have a couple of original tricks that should be more in reach for many of us. I have got to post them for the rest of us to have fun with! Plus, I’d like to see what @edhaponik et al could do with one of them called “Chalk Line”. Does anybody else have some less difficult tricks to share? ---
**Author:** ![EOS44](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/eos44/32/47059_2.png) [@EOS44](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/EOS44)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 8:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-0a-thread-fixed-axle-modern-responsive/304228/226 "2019-10-09T20:16:25Z")
Yeah! Learn them backside and not frontside like the one i posted here! That would make it way easier to land. For some reason my brain thought this would be the natural and most easier way to do it but it is not (Maybe that’s why i had to grind a lot to land it). The toughest thing to figure out is how to make the yoyo spin on it’s vertical axis cleanly. The hand twist you have to do is a very refined movement. Practice that a lot. Please learn it the way Ed teaches it here lol. [https://www.instagram.com/p/BmrD1RIndo3/?utm\_source=ig\_web\_copy\_link](https://www.instagram.com/p/BmrD1RIndo3/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link) ---
**Author:** ![EOS44](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/eos44/32/47059_2.png) [@EOS44](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/EOS44)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 8:18pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-0a-thread-fixed-axle-modern-responsive/304228/227 "2019-10-09T20:18:50Z")
Thank you! \<3 ---
**Author:** ![adamantiumpops](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/adamantiumpops/32/198285_2.png) [@adamantiumpops](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/adamantiumpops)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 10:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-0a-thread-fixed-axle-modern-responsive/304228/228 "2019-10-10T22:45:39Z")
[https://www.instagram.com/p/B3dGXGohg2f/?igshid=1tquxvw5yte33](https://www.instagram.com/p/B3dGXGohg2f/?igshid=1tquxvw5yte33) ---
**Author:** ![EOS44](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/eos44/32/47059_2.png) [@EOS44](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/EOS44)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2019, 1:21pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-0a-thread-fixed-axle-modern-responsive/304228/229 "2019-10-11T13:21:13Z")
720 varial! said 540 earlier ![com-resize(18)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/a/6/d/a6ddbf8cb9451ac39b8b47705a384b96bbe1ddde.gif) slomo ![com-resize(17)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/d/a/2/da2fd4d8fd6a746685f84d89cf3c568adfae916b.gif) ---
**Author:** ![edhaponik](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/edhaponik/32/150896_2.png) [@edhaponik](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/edhaponik)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2019, 1:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-0a-thread-fixed-axle-modern-responsive/304228/230 "2019-10-11T13:23:28Z")
That’s a 720 :wink: 2 full spins. 540 you’d have to catch in reverse Trapeze or Bro. ---
**Author:** ![adamantiumpops](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/adamantiumpops/32/198285_2.png) [@adamantiumpops](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/adamantiumpops)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2019, 5:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-0a-thread-fixed-axle-modern-responsive/304228/231 "2019-10-11T17:24:45Z")
God I feel like I’m so close to landing Varials consistently, then I try again the next day and can’t land one. ---
**Author:** ![EOS44](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/eos44/32/47059_2.png) [@EOS44](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/EOS44)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 8:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-0a-thread-fixed-axle-modern-responsive/304228/232 "2019-10-12T20:50:54Z")
It’s a tricky one for sure. have you tried both directions of spin to see what’s easier for you? ---
**Author:** ![adamantiumpops](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/adamantiumpops/32/198285_2.png) [@adamantiumpops](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/adamantiumpops)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 9:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-0a-thread-fixed-axle-modern-responsive/304228/233 "2019-10-12T21:35:29Z")
Sure have! Haven’t been able to get consistent on a legend wing, no jive in 🦋 mode, Skinflint, f44 Jason, proyo, Irving, butterfly xt, Deep State, 650b, and 🦋 Bumble bee. ---
**Author:** ![zslane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zslane/32/19816_2.png) [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 10:10pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-0a-thread-fixed-axle-modern-responsive/304228/234 "2019-10-12T22:10:28Z")
So I take it that wood fixies typically come with wood axles, right? So what do you do when the wood axle wears out? ---
**Author:** ![adamantiumpops](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/adamantiumpops/32/198285_2.png) [@adamantiumpops](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/adamantiumpops)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 10:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-0a-thread-fixed-axle-modern-responsive/304228/235 "2019-10-12T22:19:35Z")
Some are replaceable by design (see TMBR threaded wood axles), and others can be drilled and a new one reglued (carefully by yourself, or professionally by the maker). ---
**Author:** ![zslane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zslane/32/19816_2.png) [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 10:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-0a-thread-fixed-axle-modern-responsive/304228/236 "2019-10-12T22:37:36Z")
> [@adamantiumpops](#): > > or professionally by the maker Which kinda assumes the maker has time for this and/or is still in the yoyo business… Are metal axles used very often in wood fixies? ---
**Author:** ![edhaponik](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/edhaponik/32/150896_2.png) [@edhaponik](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/edhaponik)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 10:47pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-0a-thread-fixed-axle-modern-responsive/304228/237 "2019-10-12T22:47:32Z")
They really don’t wear out too fast. It is a good idea to have a few extras around. I probably have 100+ extra No Jive axles and I rarely replace them. I find I wear out bearings quite a bit quicker than most modern hardwood axles, but that’s also a function of how I play them. Metal fixed axles are pretty uncommon but not unheard of. The Duncan Butterfly is an obvious example but to me that’s not an ideal design. (Even if the axle doesn’t wear out the plastic certainly does.) Part of the fun\* is the tweaking and breaking in of new axles to get them playing “just so”. \*if you find that kinda thing fun. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![twitch77](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/twitch77/32/60219_2.png) [@twitch77](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/twitch77)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 10:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-0a-thread-fixed-axle-modern-responsive/304228/238 "2019-10-12T22:50:08Z")
@EOS44 You’ve blown my mind so many times these past few months. First with your crazy 3A stuff and now with your fixie stuff (just now going through this thread). @adamantiumpops …super cool to see your progression! Wow you’ve come a long ways from the first couple of vids you posted here in this thread! ---
**Author:** ![adamantiumpops](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/adamantiumpops/32/198285_2.png) [@adamantiumpops](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/adamantiumpops)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 10:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-0a-thread-fixed-axle-modern-responsive/304228/239 "2019-10-12T22:54:17Z")
Thanks! I’m really loving it, and can’t recommend a good fixie highly enough. ---
**Author:** ![EOS44](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/eos44/32/47059_2.png) [@EOS44](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/EOS44)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 11:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-0a-thread-fixed-axle-modern-responsive/304228/240 "2019-10-12T23:45:31Z")
Thanks man! You must be thinking of 5A probably? I’ve never done 3A in my life. ---
**Author:** ![twitch77](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/twitch77/32/60219_2.png) [@twitch77](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/twitch77)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 11:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-0a-thread-fixed-axle-modern-responsive/304228/241 "2019-10-12T23:50:51Z")
Man, I’m sorry. I confused you for @andy569 somehow. Regardless, I’ve seen a ton of your clips and you’re absolutely amazing to watch! [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-0a-thread-fixed-axle-modern-responsive/304228.md?page=11) [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-0a-thread-fixed-axle-modern-responsive/304228.md?page=13)