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Re: skateboarding ...

Post by tootr » Fri Nov 15, 2019 8:46 am

OK so around 90 is medium hardness and good for all round stuff?
And just go for mid size around 55mm?

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Post by Wyre » Fri Nov 15, 2019 11:30 am

godsavethequeen wrote:
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Yep, when all I did was street it was 60mm 90a powell cross bones. My current board has 101a 56mm minilogo things which seem ok. Fine on ramps anyway. Bit clattery for street
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Post by The Mighty Sunbird » Fri Nov 15, 2019 9:39 pm

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Post by Hatchnam » Fri Nov 15, 2019 9:48 pm

tootr wrote:
Fri Nov 15, 2019 8:46 am
OK so around 90 is medium hardness and good for all round stuff?
And just go for mid size around 55mm?
90a about right for what she’s after. And size also sounds about right. Though still recommend calling basement skate. Them dudes know their stuff.
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Post by black duck » Fri Nov 15, 2019 10:12 pm

Cranked wrote:
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Here's a pic I found of Wyre
https://www.instagram.com/p/B426j73BJj- ... _copy_link
Nice depth of field for an action shot.
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Post by Cranked » Fri Nov 15, 2019 10:41 pm

Thank God it's a wooden ramp.
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Post by Wyre » Mon May 11, 2020 11:53 am

Sniff wrote:
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I remember some wheelchair xylophonist getting all macho about how he liked to smash absolutely heaps of Weetbix before a hard day's roofing

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Post by The Mighty Sunbird » Thu Aug 06, 2020 6:33 pm

Nice to see something joyful for a change.

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Post by alakaboo » Sun Sep 06, 2020 3:48 am

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My new toy.
Smooth, rolls very well. Still breaking in the wheels and figuring out the bushing looseness I can get away with.

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Post by steve shearer » Sun Sep 06, 2020 7:22 am

would Godsave call that a skateboard shaped object?
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Post by alakaboo » Sun Sep 06, 2020 8:15 am

He'd probably recognise it as a longboard, fit for my purposes.
But if he did, he'd only have to tell me once for me to understand his argument.

I'm too old to be dropping into halfpipes or learning how to kickflip.
Even though with croissant gone I'm probably the youngest here.

Did you ever get one?
It sorts out any front leg technique issues pretty quickly.

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Post by Cranked » Sun Sep 06, 2020 8:30 am

alakaboo wrote:
Sun Sep 06, 2020 3:48 am
Smooth, rolls very well. Still breaking in the wheels and figuring out the bushing looseness I can get away with.
The spacers determine this rather than tension, right? Noting that you didn't actually name the method.
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Post by steve shearer » Sun Sep 06, 2020 8:34 am

alakaboo wrote:
Sun Sep 06, 2020 8:15 am
He'd probably recognise it as a longboard, fit for my purposes.
But if he did, he'd only have to tell me once for me to understand his argument.

I'm too old to be dropping into halfpipes or learning how to kickflip.
Even though with croissant gone I'm probably the youngest here.

Did you ever get one?
It sorts out any front leg technique issues pretty quickly.
got a couple of cheap ones from BigW ......which I replaced wheels and bearings on and work fine.

30 bucks each.
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Post by alakaboo » Sun Sep 06, 2020 9:13 am

Post em up. You knows the rules.

Cranked I'm just talking about how hard you tighten down on the bushings. I had them too tight to start with.

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Post by Cranked » Sun Sep 06, 2020 9:48 am

It is the four wheel bearings we're talking about? Varying tension on the nuts should not affect the ease of rotation of the wheels. The nuts only need to be tight enough so they don't fall off.
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Post by Cranked » Sun Sep 06, 2020 10:03 am

Hmmmm. I googled it. There are lot about tightening wheel nuts and ease of rotation but:

"A well put together skateboard that has SPACERS inside the wheels, and speedrings on the hanger face and axle - CAN be tightened all the way without slowing down your roll. This is especially true for wheels with hard plastic cores that are more...”
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