| 1.What is a custom setup? |
| With a custom setup you can determine which trucks, wheels and bearings you want on your
deck. You will have to add them to your order. Included in the price of a custom is the montage,
the hardware, spacers and if needed the gripping of the deck. |
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| 2.Which wheels do I need? |
Pools: 60-70mm, >84a
Smooth asphalt: 70-80mm: 78a-84a
City (mixed tiles, asphalt, obstacles)/lousy asphalt: 75-85mm: 74a-81a
Downhill: 80mm+: 74a-81a
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| 3.Which trucks do I need? |
Idealy your trucks are no wider than your deck. this to prevent you hitting the back wheel
with your heel while stepping.
If you want the main purpose of the board is downhilling you best take low and stable trucks
like the Randal DH or the Force C7.
If you prefer cruising or carving these trucks are good: Holey, Bear, Randal RII, Tracker Darts, Revenge, Indy's or UP trucks.
If you prefer slalom: Seismics or Tracker RTX/S
Guideline sizes:
90mm - 110mm for Boards with a length of 65 - 80cm
110mm - 150mm for Boards with a length of 80 - 100cm
Wider than 150mm for Boards longer than 100cm |
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| 4.Which bearings do I need? |
| If you are a beginner and you want to build up your speed gradually you can take the
nameless or gravity bearings. If you want less friction (more speed) you can take the
SKF longboard bearings, Pleasure Tools or the Rockin'ron Rockets. If you want the utimate you should go for ceramic
bearings. |
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| 5.Which hardware (nuts & bolts) size do I need? |
30mm: If you have a 7-ply board and use 1/8" risers
40mm: If you have a 7-ply board and use 1/4" or 1/2" risers
50mm: If you have a 9-ply+ board and use 1/2" risers
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| 6.What are spacers and why do I need them? |
| A spacer is a metal cylinder placed between the bearings. Thus allowing to tighten
the axle nut a bit harder without the hazard of pushing in the inner bearing ring inwards.
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| 7.What are bushings? |
| Bushings are the rubber bits around the kingpin. They provide the rebound of the truck,
the harder the bushing, the harder it is to turn the truck. If you are lightweight you should
have a softer bushing. And if you are a bit larger or want to go downhilling you should have a
harder bushing.
Bushing durometer guideline:
88A lightweight kids, women --> Tight slalom
92A Normal weights --> Slalom & Cruising
96A Normal - heavy weights --> Cruising & Downhill
100A heavyweights --> Downhill
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| 8.What is sliding and which wheels do I need? |
| You will need hard wheels with a limited amount of grip, like Gravity Street/Super sliders or Sergio Yuppies,
Abec11 No Skools >84a. Of course is works best on a smooth surface. |
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| 9.What is wheel bite and why should I check this? |
Wheel bite occurs when you make a sharp turn (max turning rate) and the wheels touch
the board. If this happends chances are that the board will stop immediately and you won't
causing a possible nasty fall. You can check it when you are standing still and put maximum
presurre on one edge of the board, if there is enough room between your wheel and the board, you should be ok.
If your wheel touches the board there are 3 things you can do:
- Put a (bigger) riser between your truck and your board.
- Mount smaller wheels
- Create wheel wells / make cut-outs in your board (final resort). |
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| 10.What does durometer mean? |
| Durometer is the classification of the hardness, which is used for rubber- and plasticproducts. There are different classifications, "A" is for the wheels. The figure varies from 0 to 100, whereas 74 rather soft is and 92 hard is. |
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| 11.Do you also sell to shops? |
| Yes we do. If you have a skate / funsport shop and you would like to carry any of the brands
we have, please contact us and we can tell you the possibilies. |
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| 12.Which helm size do I need? |
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| 13.What is longboarding? |
| A longboard is a skateboard with a longer and sometimes wider shape. Longboards are most commonly used for either downhill racing, slalom, or transportation. The longboard shape provides added stability, safety, and comfort. Their greater weight and bulkiness makes them less suitable for many skateboarding tricks, but contributes to a fluid motion by providing more momentum. Thus, a longboard will roll farther with a single push of the foot. Longboarding is often compared to surfing on concrete, and the design allows big turns or quick short carves similar to a surfboard.
Longboarding became popular alongside emerging surfing culture through the mid 1950s. Longboarding originated in California where the streets gave ground to many longboarders due to the rolling hills. For more info seeWikipedia. |
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