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Stims for freeriding?
Ive never owned stim style bushing and thinking about getting some venom elims just to try them, but i have a few questions.
1. How do they perform for freeriding?
2. Do they seat well in randal R2s?
3. I run an 85a barrel roadside and a 90a barrel boardside, what would be the best duros to go with, I was thinking getting the 81a RS and the new 87a BS but the 81a seems so soft to me?
4. Can you run large cup washers with them, the ones from longboardskater.com?
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Re: Stims for freeriding?
im not a fan of stims for freeriding unless you need them to avoid wheelbite.
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Re: Stims for freeriding?
I use orange elims deckside, blue cones roadside (all venoms) for freeride. (in bears, on a drop speed). It's kind of a strange setup for some but it's really divey and I like it a lot.
I don't have any randalls, so I don't know about the bushing seat.
You probably won't want to use the cup washers... they'll probably cut into the bushings. I'd recommend getting some flat washers, or at least flipping the cupped ones upside down.
bottom line: bushings aren't too pricey, just get some elims and find out if you like them, only way to know for sure
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Re: Stims for freeriding?
deffinatly go soft with stims. a level or two below what you would get for barrels
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Re: Stims for freeriding?
i always will prefer using a softer stim over a harder barrel.
me likes the progressive lean and rebound a softer stim will provide over a barrel.
stims provide that thick thane feel
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Re: Stims for freeriding?
 Originally Posted by ChefGeoff
deffinatly go soft with stims. a level or two below what you would get for barrels
so around 81a RS and 85a BS. i'm about 155 -160 pounds
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Re: Stims for freeriding?
sorry for the double post ,i would also use flat washers the size of the small part of the stim,like the flat washer you would use for a barrel,the cups tend to cut into the fatter part of the stim .
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Re: Stims for freeriding?
 Originally Posted by couch
I use orange elims deckside, blue cones roadside (all venoms) for freeride. (in bears, on a drop speed). It's kind of a strange setup for some but it's really divey and I like it a lot.
I don't have any randalls, so I don't know about the bushing seat.
You probably won't want to use the cup washers... they'll probably cut into the bushings. I'd recommend getting some flat washers, or at least flipping the cupped ones upside down.
bottom line: bushings aren't too pricey, just get some elims and find out if you like them, only way to know for sure
The problem with the flat washers for me is that they keep moving around on top of the bushing and i have to reseat them. I am still thinking about going with an 81a Roadside and an 85a Boardside, which is one lower than i run with the barrels. But the 81a seems so soft to me, has anyone ridden those before?
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Re: Stims for freeriding?
I have ridden 85a elim bottom with and 85a barrel top... pretty nice freeriding combo. But personally I prefer barrels with a cup washer on the bottom
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Re: Stims for freeriding?
I had yellow bottom orange top on bears for a bit on a carver, awesome! Nealry threw me off first time in the carve because of the bounce!
I weigh about 200lbs though so I would suggest you try orange bottom blue top, you need them real soft like.
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Re: Stims for freeriding?
its kinda all your own opinion but i love the yellow stims on my setup for free styling.. Its carvey enough to sidewalk surf but hard enough so it slides easier and nicer. Again just buy and try it out. You can NEVER have enough bushings
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Re: Stims for freeriding?
im not diggin the way stims feel for standups, colemans, and pendys, like the double barrel feel much more in my paris 180s
all personal preference tho and ive only tried one duro of stims and from what ive read i should have bought a softer duro
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Re: Stims for freeriding?
one thing this thread proved is that it all does come down to personal preference.
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Re: Stims for freeriding?
 Originally Posted by Mike LY
so around 81a RS and 85a BS. i'm about 155 -160 pounds
yes. do this. now.
I ride this setup on my freerider with randals. i got a 50 in front and a 42 in back with flat washer bottom and a flipped small cupped washer (usually used for cones) top.
I LOVES IT SO MUCH.
super duper lean and a great reboundy feel.
As for paris trucks, the super deep bushing seat makes stims not so great. that said i wanna try an orange or blue stim top in some for DH.
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Re: Stims for freeriding?
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one thing this thread proved is that it all does come down to personal preference.
and that people ask way too many questions about gear rather than technique...
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Re: Stims for freeriding?
well sometimes its helpful for ppl who post videos a lot to comment on gear cause sometimes you can see your own style in another persons style and see what works for them but most useless gear threads can be answered with the answer whatever ya like...
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Re: Stims for freeriding?
 Originally Posted by killdozer
Be careful with Paris trucks. Stims don't work well in them. I learned this first hand. The contact surfaces don't fill the bushing seats properly so the hanger can wobble around a bit. If you shave off the step on the part that faces the hanger so you just have the wide part hitting the hanger it won't wobble. I was asking about this in another thread but since we are talking Elims here...
they worked fine in mine
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