The Ultimate Lowrider

AJ · 08-12-2005 12:26 PM

What's the lowest board you got?
What's the lowest truck+wheel+deck combination you've ever ridden?

I've ridden on a caften Randal DHs and flipped RII and 60mm wheel.
Although, it seems that there are lower boards out there like Landy's
Urban Assault, the Evo and the DH Race IV and Kebbek Flushcut.
Another thing is that Randal trucks in particular are quite high off the
ground and that Indy or Tracker can make the board lower. Ofcourse,
Original trucks would be the all time lowest truck, but often with Landys,
the dropped platform is lower than the axle itself and can end with a
deck that scrapes the ground. In this case bigger wheels would be a must.

Personnally, I'm looking to build a lowriding cruiser, where ground
clearance is the main idea and then a functional ride secondly. I'm not looking
for something that is stable at some 60+km/h or something that carves
through street corners like a snowboard.

How low can you ride?
What's the lowest set of trucks that rides on the lowest deck?

**Gary in VA** · 08-12-2005 01:14 PM

This is my ultimate lowrider board.

Sorry, but I couldn't resist.

**Mile_High_Mark** · 08-12-2005 01:18 PM

God DAMN that is cool!

Don choo know I'm loco, essay?

**tyler87** · 08-12-2005 01:31 PM

My comet voodoo, I modded it out and it is 8 cm off the ground.

**boogaloo28** · 08-12-2005 03:50 PM

hey Tyler, you got pics of that?
I would be curious to see it
How was cutting through all that CF? Did you have to make cutouts for wheel clearance? Is the board still stiff as a mofo?

**george** · 08-12-2005 05:35 PM

search "modded voodoo"

AJ · 08-12-2005 07:20 PM

Does anybody own a dropped platform landy, so that i can compare which
landy is the lowest between the Evo, DH and UA?

**george** · 08-12-2005 07:47 PM

Originally Posted by A.J.

Does anybody own a dropped platform landy, so that i can compare which
landy is the lowest between the Evo, DH and UA?

a dh is lower than an evo, but im not sure about a ua

**Crappysurfer** · 08-12-2005 07:54 PM

dh is lowest of em all and UA is highest

**Shadow** · 08-12-2005 09:21 PM

It depends on what trucks you use on them. Because the trucks are mounted at angles on all but the front of the DH, a trucks axle position has an impact on how high the board is. If the axles are closer to the outside of the truck, it will make the UA lower, the back of the Evo higher and so on.

**DooomsdayMachine** · 08-12-2005 10:05 PM

My cruiser rides pretty low, haha.

**A-Drain** · 08-13-2005 02:13 AM

My Drop-thru Evo arrived yesterday and we set it up with Randal Downhills and 97mm Flys, this gave us wheelbite on the sides of the neck, so we changed to R11 180's and the flys and it scraped it's guts on the ground, so we changed the bushings for Khiro's and beefed it up a bit and it now turns and clears the ground, it is about 1" off the ground, so the footbed is about 13/4" off the ground.

Cheers

A-Drain

**tyler87** · 08-13-2005 07:00 AM

Did you mean, 3/4" off the ground?

**carveasy** · 08-13-2005 08:42 AM

no i think he means 1 3/4" as in one and three quarters of an inch, and then when he turns it goes down to 1"

**A-Drain** · 08-13-2005 11:29 PM

Sorry, the bottom of the board is about an inch off the ground when at rest and the deck is about 3/4 of an inch thick so the footbed (where your foot sits) is 13/4" off the ground.

Cheers

A-Drain

**Stonedancer** · 08-15-2005 03:18 AM

Originally Posted by carveasy

no i think he means 1 3/4" as in one and three quarters of an inch, and then when he turns it goes down to 1"

When are you guys going to use the less confusing metric system?

Millimetres rock. We British gave you the imperial measuring system that is a mish mash handed down from the Egyptians and we ditched that old crap in the 1970s.

"To the rest of the world, however, it would seem that the figures of 1,760 yards to the mile and 51/2 yards to the rod were plucked out of thin air. For who, in their right mind, would create a system of units that used fractions?"
Read the history below, cast off your old ways and embrace the 21st century!

http://www.world-mysteries.com/gw_rellis5.htm

**Stonedancer** · 08-15-2005 03:42 AM

Originally Posted by Gary in VA

This is my ultimate lowrider board. Sorry, but I couldn't resist.

Holy sheep **** hombre. Esta skate es increible! Do you have a phat sound system onboard for playing the watusi or any Ray Barreto?

**revelation2** · 08-15-2005 04:23 AM

Originally Posted by Stonedancer

Originally Posted by carveasy

no i think he means 1 3/4" as in one and three quarters of an inch, and then when he turns it goes down to 1"

When are you guys going to use the less confusing metric system?

Millimetres rock. We British gave you the imperial measuring system that is a mish mash handed down from the Egyptians and we ditched that old crap in the 1970s.

amen, my brother of many measures.

:P

**K-Rimes** · 08-15-2005 10:50 AM

The drop evo is about 12mm off the ground.

**longdude** · 08-15-2005 11:01 AM

Originally Posted by Stonedancer

Originally Posted by carveasy

no i think he means 1 3/4" as in one and three quarters of an inch, and then when he turns it goes down to 1"

When are you guys going to use the less confusing metric system?

Millimetres rock. We British gave you the imperial measuring system that is a mish mash handed down from the Egyptians and we ditched that old crap in the 1970s.

"To the rest of the world, however, it would seem that the figures of 1,760 yards to the mile and 51/2 yards to the rod were plucked out of thin air. For who, in their right mind, would create a system of units that used fractions?"
Read the history below, cast off your old ways and embrace the 21st century!

http://www.world-mysteries.com/gw_rellis5.htm

Quick, how tall are you and how many stone do you weigh?