workshop7 Posted April 4, 2018 Report Share Posted April 4, 2018 ^ Great picture! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_s Posted April 4, 2018 Report Share Posted April 4, 2018 LoL, is that your Madd over top of your new Donek? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1xsculler Posted April 4, 2018 Report Share Posted April 4, 2018 Am I correct in thinking that an original 158 Madd and/or the re-issue of the same length is mostly for softies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Gendzwill Posted April 4, 2018 Report Share Posted April 4, 2018 56 minutes ago, 1xsculler said: Am I correct in thinking that an original 158 Madd and/or the re-issue of the same length is mostly for softies? Opposite, they were 18 cm waisted boards built for carving short turns in hard, icy east coast conditions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1xsculler Posted April 5, 2018 Report Share Posted April 5, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, Neil Gendzwill said: Opposite, they were 18 cm waisted boards built for carving short turns in hard, icy east coast conditions. Thank you for that, Neil. Can the MK be ordered in a longer length and a little wider, i.e. 165ish, 20ish and would that be advisable? Edited April 5, 2018 by 1xsculler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack M Posted April 5, 2018 Report Share Posted April 5, 2018 Original 158 left, 2007 reissue right. (original was more like 155) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJeangerard Posted April 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2018 @jim_s Ha ha! Yep. 2006 or 2007 Madd 170 F2 reissue (as identified by Jack) over the 2018 Donek Custom (MK) 172. No trickery. Not the ground. Did the same thing in the kitchen, just with less light. @1xsculler You can call Sean and ask. Mine is 18cm waist down from the 19cm that workshop7's board has. But you could also wait for a little while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_s Posted April 5, 2018 Report Share Posted April 5, 2018 18 minutes ago, MarkJeangerard said: @jim_s Ha ha! Yep. 2006 or 2007 Madd 170 F2 reissue (as identified by Jack) over the 2018 Donek Custom (MK) 172. No trickery. Not the ground. Did the same thing in the kitchen, just with less light. Man! That is a LOT of camber!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJeangerard Posted April 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2018 And I forgot to mention: I found a great machinist here in Vegas. He makes beautiful bike parts and he's a fully accomplished carver. He's got that Madd 170. Says insert repair is totally doable. Has link to this thread. Can't wait. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Gendzwill Posted April 5, 2018 Report Share Posted April 5, 2018 14 hours ago, 1xsculler said: Thank you for that, Neil. Can the MK be ordered in a longer length and a little wider, i.e. 165ish, 20ish and would that be advisable? Based on your other posts, I think the MK or a variation of it would not be a good choice for you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny Posted January 1, 2022 Report Share Posted January 1, 2022 Old thread but I thought I'd kick in - I'd ridden the original Madd 158 for maybe two runs back in the noughts, and the 180 likewise, but until last year never owned one or ridden one consistently or had a chance to tweak one for stance and suchlike. Picked up a reissue here last year but didn't ever have a chance to ride it until last wee,k but I've been out on it every day since, and I have to say it's totally a treat to ride. Just on the small local hill, in mixed conditions - ice for a few days, then slop, then refreeze today - but it's fun in all of them. It's got some camber left and has some pop out of the turn, but mostly it's just so versatile - really loves linking quick turns at speed - more than any other board I've been on except maybe a custom Coiler Bruce built me back in '02, really fun stretching the turn out to big arcs, although it gets a little cranky if I try to stretch it too far, surprisingly smooth blasting through crud, and as expected it excels on ice. This. by the way, is the blueish topsheet, red sidewall "sucks" version, so I'm trying to imagine what the good ones feel like - more pop, probably, but at my age the more docile response is probably good. I have it set up at 51cm, 60/57, with toe/heel lift and a small amount of inward cant. Size 27.5 425 Pros. Front binding is just aft of center and back foot is well aft to get that stance width. I'm 215lb and for a 66 year old pretty aggressive but it's not wimping out on me except at highest speeds, and not badly even then . This won't be my main ride on bigger mountains - that's a Proteus 180 - but for small hills and/or crowded days, it'll be tough to beat. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowrider Posted January 1, 2022 Report Share Posted January 1, 2022 Thanks for the update ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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