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Hey boris what are you doing up?
I don't mean to thread jack but I see a chance here
I'm looking for wheels in the 82-88 duro range in a 57mm to 60 mm size, 8 of them, I know smaller than you all use but thought I'd put it out there, can't find em anywhere (yet) and they don't seem to be making them, so I'm hoping to score some nos, or not to destroyed used ones, anybody?
Yeah, sorry for the thread jack BlueB, but it seems like the official longboard thread jack thread - like 3 or 4 different thread jacks going on in here.
I just found this Ursle.
http://socalskateshop.com/index.php?l=product_detail&p=4958
Ricta wheels, in 82b duro at 60mm. There's a bunch of other Ricta wheels that look like they fit your size range - I don't know anything about the wheels though. I'm mostly on mainstream longboarding wheels - seismic, abec 11/retro, earthwing. Burnquist put his name on it, so they must be at least decent...
I found this shop while looking for a place that'll sell me Indy trucks in singles and not pairs. I'm gonna pass by there tomorrow.
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I'll give it a shot, and I'm sure someone with more expertise will probably disagree, BUT...
First question is, how old is your kid? If your kid is younger than 10 years old, he/she will out grow the board pretty fast both as far as weight, height, and skill are concerned. At the same time, you don't want to buy a board for them to "grow into" since it might be too much to handle and take away the fun, thus turning them away from the sport.
If you're not looking to spend top dollar, then just pick a board that comes up to their chin and no higher than their eyes.
Yes, there's all sorts of things as far as flex is concerned, but I don't think much goes into the design of boards for light weight kids that are shorter than adults.
I figure it's best to keep it shorter (chin to nose length) as this will make it easier to counter rotate (yes, i know this is bad), but if your kid should start carving on that softy board, chances are the shorter length will make it easier for them to flex for their light weight with softboots.
That's how my snowboard was picked when I was 13, but then again that was 13 years ago and I didn't know any better, and neither did anyone else around me.
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Wheelbite? Easy - add risers as needed. I follow the "two finger" deck-to-wheel clearance rule usually.
When you setup Yellow 75a Stim as a bottom bushing goes on the Bennetts, be sure to use a bushing cup and shims under it - and cut away the part that contacts the pivot arm (an angled cut about 3-4mm deep).
Sk8 on!
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Yeah, I have tons of risers, but I don't want to riser the deck up so high. I suck at foot braking and being higher up just makes it worse. Top that with my left leg (front) being my bad leg with 6 surgeries and a major break and it gets kind of hard to balance - I'm working on it but I still suck.
Anyway, with a regular KP truck I can use the same riser height that would give me wheelbite with a reverse KP truck.
I found a local shop that sells Indy trucks by the singles, now I just need to decide what size trucks I want - 149, 169 or 215. I'll pick up a bunch of bushings too, I don't have any stims. I just have a bunch of regular Khiro and Venom barrel and cone bushings. I'm using a Venom barrel-cone top-bottom on my Bennett, it really gives me that nice tic-tac motion that I like for pumping but at the cost of stability with dive.
My Lime Freerides came in today, BUT. I wasn't home and the package needed my signature... damn it. I'll pass by the post office tomorrow to pick them up.
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I have an Axe2.5 setup almost exactly like that board in the picture that tenorman has. It's definitely something to try, but keep in mind it's a much different feeling from a board with a little bit of flex that's a little bit longer. It'll give you a bit of a taste of longboarding, but it'll be way different from riding a 40" board with a 28-30" wheelbase with a little bit of flex.
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Hey Gecko, quick question about the Indy's.
How are they messured as far as sizing goes? Is 215mm from hanger end to end or axle to axle?
Is the 149mm or the 169mm comparable to a Randal 150? I'd like something to replace my Bennett 6.0 and Randal 150, close to that size.
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How're Indy's as far as pumping goes?
For me, Bennetts are king of the pump for non-precision cast trucks. But, yeah, they have way too much dive if you set them up for long distance pumping - pumping rides of 10 miles plus.
I started dewedging my randals on my Subsonic Century (deck has 20 to 25 degrees of wedging built into the nose already), and I really dislike how reverse KP trucks end up getting much shorter wheelbases as you dewedge them - I'm getting wheelbite on my deck even with the wheel cut outs. However, with my Bennetts, there's a ton of left over room that wheel bite isn't even a concern - that's using the 4.3/5.0 baseplates with a 6.0 hanger. I just need to fix the dive - i'll try out a stim.
Anyone know where I can pick up single Indy 169 trucks instead of in pairs?
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Revenges definitely are not made to be stable trucks. The torsion design wasn't made for stability.
If you want a stable rear truck without going to precision trucks.
Look at Crails. Tracker RTS. Randal RII with a 35 degree or 28 degree base plate. My personal favorite - Seismic trucks (Stable turn 30 degree, NOT the fast turn 45 degree).
As for carvy front trucks. The carviest front truck i've been on are Bennetts. Either the 4.3, 5.0, or 6.0 (110, 125, and 150 mm hangers respectively or something approximately close to that).
I really want to try out some Indy's, maybe 169s or 215s. As for wedging and de-wedging, if you know much or anything at all about pumping, it's all about the wedging and the bushings.
Thin side facing away from the center of the board (whether front or back) is wedging and generally increases the turniness of the board. Thin side facing in toward the center of the board is dewedging and decreases turniness while increasing stability.
The various baseplates offered for randal trucks pretty much do the same thing. 50 degree base plates have more wedging and are much turnier/less stable than 35 degree base plates which are more dewedged, less turny, and more stable.
I used to do a bit of long distance pumping, so on flat ground without any headwind, I can pump my board for about 1-2 miles without ever putting my foot down, sometimes even more if i'm really in the groove and have a good rythm. A lot of people can do 10+ miles easily. The deck is important, but even more important is the right truck with the correct wedging and bushings. Unfortunately, LDP decks are super sketchy for downhill due to a super twitchy front truck that is likely to dive and pitch you off of the board or give you speed wobs.
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Ehhh, I don't think it really matters THAT much. I'm in no way a slider nor do I claim to be an expert on it, but most downhill riders use 2 to 3 kinds of wheels in competitions, and they're all square lipped.
In Heat Orangatangs
Retro BigZigs
Seismic Speedvents (these are the least popular)
I know people also ride
Abec 11 Flywheels, but I think that's more for fun and rarely do I see them used in competition races.
People were also using Gumballs, Grippins, 4presidents, and a number of other square lipped wheels for downhill. Technique almost always trumps gear, but the proper gear makes it easier to get away with bad technique and get results early on while first learning.
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Deffinatly found that out the hard way today.
My In Heats shredded pretty bad when i looked at them first.
But the more i look, its not as bad.
83a (in case you were wondering.)
Unless your wheels look like some of the wheels posted here:
they're probably not that bad and are just part of normal wear and tear.
As for my wheels, I have more wheels mainly from wanting to try new wheels out and seeing what's out there. Aside from that, I just use whatever I feel like.
The only time i really bust out specific wheels is if i'm going for an LDP ride or I'm gonna dodge cones, both of which I suck at but try doing anyways.
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another awesome looking one there, Andrea.
I see you put revenge trucks on that one - tortion trucks. They're supposed to be super carvy from what I hear. I've never been on them, but there's another tortion model i've been on, they're really divey and turn quickly. Hope you guys like them - among riders, they're either one of those love em or hate em kinds of trucks.
So, are you going to make a 60inch dancer next? hehe
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That said, I don't think eliminating guns would reduce crimes (maybe drive by and free way shootings... i live in los angeles), but it would likely reduce the number of accidental shootings. It might however reduce homicides, it's a little bit more difficult to kill someone who is aware with a bat or knife than it is to kill them with a gun. Also, I don't see criminals turning to the bow and arrow as an alternative weapon if guns were eliminated.
Since people don't know how to read, I have to quote myself. And I didn't say banning guns, I said eliminating guns... As in, they didn't exist, anywhere, at all, and no one knew what the hell they were.
Human nature won't change, but it'll make it a lot more difficult for human nature to carry out certain acts, for example:
Human nature is that people like to eat. There weren't too many fat people 500 years+ ago, which is why art epitomized heavier set women - it was hard to become fat. Well, food is everywhere now in modern industrialized nations, and a whole crap load of people are fat because it's easy. If people still had to grow their own food and/or hunt for it, there would a lot less fat people. It still doesn't change the fact that they like to eat though - it's just harder.
Human nature is that there is a certain desire to travel/explore/discover new places (assuming other basic needs have been met). Well, ships, airplanes, cars, and GPS makes all of that easier. If you took all of that away, it would be a lot harder to do. Does it mean that no one would do it? Certainly not, most of the known world was discovered before cars, airplanes, and GPS.
All of this is true of guns. Will there still be crime and acts of violence? Of course, I never said it would eliminate or even reduce any of that, other than maybe the number of homicides. I'm also sure that wars fought with sticks, knives, and bows and arrows would have a much lower casualty rate than those fought with guns, tanks, and bombs. Case in point, the 100 years war between England and France had much less loss of life than WWII fought between ONLY Russian and Germany even though that portion of the war only lasted 4 years (you could probably combine the majority of European wars with the exception of WWI and the number of casualties would still be less). It's a lot harder to kill people with bows and swords than it is with guns and tanks. Human nature, wars will still be fought, but the loss of life will be less.
So I still stand by my point, complete elimination of guns world wide would make this a better place. I'm not talking about banning through stupid legislation and laws either - that's just dumb and doesn't work. Of course this will never happen, but the argument I'm trying to make or refute, rather is this one:
"Guns don't kill people, people kill people"
True
But guns make it a whole lot easier and efficient. As a whole, they're bad, and the only reason to have them is because other people have them. It's just like nukes. They're bad, but the only reason to keep them around is because other nations have them. It's really circular reasoning as to arguing how having guns at all is a good thing.
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I'll say this first before I present my view/oppinion. Guns are fun to use for hobbies and recreational activities and I go to the target range and also shoot skeet and trap.
However, I think the world would be much better off if all guns were eliminated. Unlike spears and the bow & arrow, which were most likely FIRST invented for hunting purposes, the gun was invented as a tool for war and to be used on people. The penetration capabilities of guns were great at close range against heavily armored knights and infantry, but their inconsistent accuracy made them useless for hunting.
Guns are too easy to use as far as killing something. What's difficult, is training someone to be responsible with them. Bow and arrows (not compound) on the other hand are super difficult to use, especially anything with a draw weight of 50 lbs. or more. The training required to use one and to be able to hit a pie sized plate consistently from 20 yards is pretty tough, thus deterring many from using/becoming proficient with them.
That said, I don't think eliminating guns would reduce crimes (maybe drive by and free way shootings... i live in los angeles), but it would likely reduce the number of accidental shootings. It might however reduce homicides, it's a little bit more difficult to kill someone who is aware with a bat or knife than it is to kill them with a gun. Also, I don't see criminals turning to the bow and arrow as an alternative weapon if guns were eliminated.
Where the hell am I going with this? I don't know... haha. I just recently got into archery about 5 months ago, and it's been a lot more fun than shooting guns. Also, hunting with a bow & arrow is a lot more challenging than with a rifle accurate up to 800 yards away. Most shots with a bow will be at 30 yards or less. Although olympic and some other shooters are accurate up to 80+ yards, it's not realistic to hunt at that range. You really have to have some skill with both the bow and with stalking, concealment, tracking, and ambushing.
So yeah, I like guns, but I think bow and arrows are better and require a TON more skill to use. I also think it would be better if we reverted back to bow and arrow days... the end.
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Ouch, be nice now
:)Hehe, I think that might be true for a lot of us, especially if the off season time is included. I know it is for me, since I surf this place at work too.
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I finally got off of my lazy ass and did something. Tried a little bit of boarding in the driveway - can't say the leg feels comfortable trying it out yet. I'll give it a little bit more therapy and time. Anyway, here's some p0rn.
I converted my grandpa's bedroom into my personal skateboard/snowboard room ever since he moved back to the Philippines.
Boards from left to right: Axe 2.5, Subsonic Century 38 (wheel cut outs done by my ghetto self with just a hand saw - no power tools here...), Loaded Vanguard, Landyachtz Mummy
Bunch of random trucks, wheels, and so on sitting around everywhere. Only the Century and the Mummy get used. The Axe is a basic slalom deck, but I just couldn't get used to it and pump it all that well. It's too stiff and i just couldn't get the feel for it. The Loaded doesn't get used that much either - I prefer the Mummy for general carving. I like the rocker, width, flex, and nimbleness of the board better. That's not to say that the Vanguard isn't good - it was my first board, but I've since grown to like the Century and Mummy better.
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If you:
Spend more time posting on a snowboarding forum than actually snowboarding... :lol:
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Sorry to hear that.
My company went through a lay off back on January 20. About 35 people got laid off (10% of the work force). We lost a lot of people that day, including 2 directors and at least 4 or 5 managers. My lab/department lost about 50% of its people (6 out of 13 people gone).
Work hasn't been the same, and the people that are left have definitely changed. The friendly comradery has disappeared.
The thing that pissed me off was that our parent company (Quest Diagnostics) reported great Fourth, First, and Second quarter earnings and is only trading $3-$4 away from its 52 week high of $59.
Sorry to thread jack here...
Anyway, I wish you the best of luck. Hopefully this recent summer rally of the stock market holds and is an indication of better things to come.
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Ooooh, Splitfire. Awesomeness. They don't make those anymore. It's pretty tough to get a hold of those. I was trying to get one last year. They were relatively affordable for a precision truck.
I know a lot of people hate them, but I've been using a seismic stable turn (30 degree) truck for my rear traction truck. The quick turn (45 degree) up front sucks for pumping, but I was satisfied with the the rear traction truck once I got the right wedging and springs dialed in. It's better than an RTS that's for sure.
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How are you measuring it?
If you're measuring it from wheel nut to wheel nut, that gives the TRUE wheel base, but isn't what the industry uses to measure the wheel base since the actually wheel base of the board will vary based on the trucks.
Normally wheel base is measured from the inner screw holes. It gives a consistent measurement as to the actual specs of the board. The true wheel base will vary depending on the trucks use - reverse kingpin, normal kingpin, angle of the base plate, angle of risers, etc.
It's mainly a FYI thing and is really minor in the whole scheme of things, at least that's how I see it. Anyway, awesome looking boards. That's a lot of work you've been doing this summer, what is that, board number 5 now? or is that 6?
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Bordy, Mellow Yellow, Corey Dyck.
The most birthdays are in September, at least for this country.
It must be the whole holiday season thing, cold weather outside, nothing to do outside, snuggle up next to each other, and MAGIC!!!
So, who's next?
Oh yeah, congrats!!! hehe
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Yeah, I have three, but I'm lazy as all hell to bust out the camera and take a picture of them.
Give me a few days. It might happen.
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Nice fullbag slalom board. What rear truck is that? Airflow?
I just cut some wheel cut outs on my subsonic century. I got a prototype that only had wheel wells. Final version had cut outs.
I'll need to pick up some Lime freerides as well.
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Dump you say??
Or do you mean a slight dusting. Or maybe a dash?
My toilet got a dump today... :lol:
Any word from Bruce on your X2? I still need to contact him and make sure i'm set and ready in line for my custom build around November/December.
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I think it was Masahiko that was complaining about boot fitment due to smaller feet - sub 23.5 MP I believe.
I'm not sure on the details of it since I have MP28.5 and I only have the TD3 second board kit (all i wanted was the thicker E-rings) - still using TD2 bails, etc. etc.
Anyway, main point i'm making is that I'm guessing Japanese have smaller feet - hopefully they won't run into many problems with fitting.
That said, the overall trend that I seem to be seeing with my Asian friends is that those born in the U.S. seem to be taller and somewhat larger than their counterparts born in their native countries of origin (myself included).
Edit: found that thread... http://www.bomberonline.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=23416
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Wow! I'd seen pictures of those Russian ground effect planes before, but never video. I don't know why they were beaching them. I thought they were basically flying boats, not amphibians.
The were probably beaching them as a practice run at invading U.S. soil. You know, land on the water, beach all over California, Oregon, and Washington and have a few hundred troops flooding out of each plane/boat thingy...
Oh and the originally video was pretty cool too. that thing was about as bare bones as it gets - it kind of reminded me of Waterworld (i know nothing about sailing and have only basic knowledge of how a hydrofoil works).
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I actually, I knew a cop from my days in martial arts, and he was an extremely cool guy, but heres the caveat...
He thought all the other cops were morons, and mainly had a lot of negative things to say about the majority of cops he's worked with. He talked about power trips and ignorance etc. etc. He also said that that's how they have to be and what they have to do if they want to move up the totem pole and be "respected" in the department.
Needless to say, he was down lower at the bottom of the totem pole even after working on the force for over 12+ years. All he had to say was that he wasn't ever going to move up unless he compromised himself and became one of them. He refused to write speeding tickets by sitting camping around and only wrote them when it was clear blatant full on over the limit and if he was at the right place at the right time. When they tried to question him as to why he had written so few speeding/traffic tickets for the month, he would simply respond by asking his superiors if there was a quota or if they were trying to imply that there was one that he needed to meet (they're not allowed have quotas, but it's implied - according to him). Obviously that didn't sit well with them.
He wasn't some slouch when it really mattered though. Working in Los Angeles, he'd seen it all, been shot at, attacked with knives, been the first guy busting through the door when raiding buidlings, etc. etc.
He was going back to school to change his career at the time. He was getting tired of all the BS - not on the streets, but in the department...
Oh, and according to him, the most common gun shot wound injury for officers is to the hand (self inflicted... haha). Apparently he was saying that a lot of cops like to wave their hands at the criminals warding them to stay back and tend to wave their hands in front of their own guns...
So, all of this coming from another cop. A lot of them come into the force as "good people" but get transformed to do the job a certain way. There's good people there, just not very many "good" cops (not that they're corupt or anything like that)... I have yet to get acquainted with another cop to get another perspective on it.
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Heh, I'm only 26, and I can only wish I rode half has good as you guys look in those pics. Much respect to you "old" guys making me look bad - really really bad (that's bad as in bad, like, not good - haha)...
utahcarver, I'm in the same boat as you.
I'm unwilling to take as much risk on the concrete and asphalt.
On the snow, it's a different story, and I had much much worse snowboarding injuries compared to my relatively short on/off 1.5 year longboarding hobby.