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    Default Slide/pool/newbie board trucks?

    So i got myself a landy dragon (the short one), and now i need to get trucks.

    Indys or trackers?
    ~170 hangers with centerset wheels (flippable?) or ~150 hangers with sideset ones?



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    wider with flippable wheels i would say
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    the set up i run on my Rayne chris Dahl slide deck is indy 169s and Powell bowl bombers, 64mm 95a.
    its a nice slideing set up, and good for all around cruisin with 1/8" soft risers.

    oh, and the wheels are centerset.
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    As such as been my struggle with my own dragon 39". It took me a while to figure out what I wanted this deck to be. I went from seismics (soft yellows and spent some time on them but still came out hating them) and indy 169s (wedged and unwedged) both with no skoolz. Almost went with destructos or orions (but have other park boards). Now I'm running the carver cx trucks with powerpaws and I think I've got it dialed in as a great flatland/bowl board.
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    But between trackers/indys, my personal preferences would lean to trackers cause I couldn't feel the indys at all.

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    I recently purchased a Gravity 36" Pool Deck (18" w/b) just to try something different from the standard shorter pool deck I've ridden (33x9 15" w/b). It was supposed to be just something to jump on every once in a while. I through a Carver CX on the front w/ an Indy 169 on the back (I had never ridden anything other than Indy since I started back last summer after 25 years off).

    Anyway, I love this thing at the park (all I skate). It is so fun. My standard pool deck (now setup w/ Trackers) just seems a little dead; unresponsive compared. I do prefer the Trackers to the Indies I had but I'm not sure I'll be able to leave the CX.
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    I ran mine with indys, it was alright. One of the trucks i have is crooked though, so it never felt "good". But they definately worked on it. With noschoolz, the wheels stuck out a little on the sides, but with other wheels it was pretty even. I never tried anything else one it.

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    I dont think i can get carver trucks in Sweden...

    The progressive, surfy turn of the trackers sounds a little tempting though (did a search in the forum), but will it be good for pools, parks and banks? I did get a big board to get a more longboardish feeling, but will it be too slow if i dont choose the quicker indys?

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    I would go with the Trackers. You could always wedge the front truck if you want it to turn more.
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