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Re: skateboarding ...
Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2019 8:46 am
by tootr
OK so around 90 is medium hardness and good for all round stuff?
And just go for mid size around 55mm?
Re: skateboarding ...
Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2019 11:30 am
by Wyre
godsavethequeen wrote: ↑Fri Nov 15, 2019 12:44 am
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
Your Welsh concrete is rubbish mate. You should get on our good Aussie concrete, carmon moite!
Re: skateboarding ...
Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2019 8:45 pm
by Cranked
Re: skateboarding ...
Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2019 9:39 pm
by The Mighty Sunbird
Godsave
Re: skateboarding ...
Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2019 9:48 pm
by Hatchnam
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.
Re: skateboarding ...
Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2019 10:12 pm
by black duck
Nice depth of field for an action shot.
Re: skateboarding ...
Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2019 10:41 pm
by Cranked
Thank God it's a wooden ramp.
Re: skateboarding ...
Posted: Mon May 11, 2020 11:53 am
by Wyre
Re: skateboarding ...
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2020 9:27 am
by foamy
Re: skateboarding ...
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2020 6:33 pm
by The Mighty Sunbird
Nice to see something joyful for a change.
Meanwhile...
Newcastle's ammonium nitrate stockpile is up to four times larger than Beirut's
Re: skateboarding ...
Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2020 3:48 am
by alakaboo
My new toy.
Smooth, rolls very well. Still breaking in the wheels and figuring out the bushing looseness I can get away with.
Re: skateboarding ...
Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2020 7:22 am
by steve shearer
would Godsave call that a skateboard shaped object?
Re: skateboarding ...
Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2020 8:15 am
by alakaboo
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.
Re: skateboarding ...
Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2020 8:30 am
by Cranked
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.
Re: skateboarding ...
Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2020 8:34 am
by steve shearer
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.
Re: skateboarding ...
Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2020 9:13 am
by alakaboo
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.
Re: skateboarding ...
Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2020 9:48 am
by Cranked
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.
Re: skateboarding ...
Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2020 10:03 am
by Cranked
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...”