Hows this for a good Cheap setup?

**FatBoards** · 04-03-2007 05:59 PM

This is what I'm planning on throwing on my new 35"x 8" Pintail i'm building. Nice and cheap is what i'm going for, tell me if i'm going down the wrong road. Board will just be used for cruising in the city.

Randal R-II 180mm trucks
ABEC-11 NoSkoolz 65mm wheels (88a)
Mini-Logo bearings
Riot Gear Vibra soft risers 1/8"

**erod408** · 04-03-2007 06:00 PM

are you planning on doing slides or ditches or anything like that? if not, for all purpose cruising i'd go with 70mm flashbacks in 78a or 81a. other than that looks perfect

**FatBoards** · 04-03-2007 06:02 PM

Yeah maybe a little ditch and a little pool. But I read on here that using anything more than a 65mm wheel with randals can lead to wicked wheelbite.

**worldwide** · 04-03-2007 06:05 PM

88a will be a bit slippery but overall its a good setup, especially if you want to do some nice slides

**FatBoards** · 04-03-2007 07:33 PM

Okay i will post some pics when i finish it. By the way, did you guys know that they are selling longboards at F#%&ing ZUMIEZ now??? And take a guess what companies.. starts with an S...

**SanchoPancho** · 04-03-2007 07:49 PM

I have 70mm wheels w/ my RII's and have had 75mm wheels w/ them also. Both were on pintails and I didnt get any wheel bite. Just used a very small riser pad. I think you'd be fine w/ 70mm wheels.

**Steve D.** · 04-03-2007 08:09 PM

Originally Posted by FatBoards

Okay i will post some pics when i finish it. By the way, did you guys know that they are selling longboards at F#%&ing ZUMIEZ now??? And take a guess what companies.. starts with an S...

whats ZUMIEZ?

**FatBoards** · 04-03-2007 08:22 PM

Originally Posted by Steve D.

whats ZUMIEZ?

Ok heres the story of Zumiez. Zumiez is chain skate shop, for posers. Its owned by a big faceless corporation and carries brands like roxy and quicksilver. 3 of them moved into my town and ended up putting the coolest grass roots skate shop owned by the coolest people in existence out of business. I HATE them with a passion. I didnt want to drive very far tonight for grip tape so i went there and tried to get in and out as fast as possible, but they had a whole rack full of longboards, G&S and sector9. But it still makes me angry.

**mojomuskrat** · 04-03-2007 09:49 PM

Not to thread jack, but Fort Worth had a skate shop too, started over 20 years ago... zumiez bought them out, and now they still have the same name but their junk is lame. All the groms go there to get decks/wheels/trucks and anything else they can find that says "BAM" "FLIP" or "VOLCROM" on it.

It is actually mostly clothes and shoes... if you want, say, angled risers? Bearing spacers? Forget it.

**popoki** · 04-04-2007 12:09 AM

i dig brands like quiksilver, billabong, hurley, volcom, lost, etc. What's wrong with them? but yeah, zumiez does suck. the assholes who work there are too ####### scene. fat bastards.

**FatBoards** · 04-04-2007 05:53 PM

Originally Posted by popoki

i dig brands like quiksilver, billabong, hurley, volcom, lost, etc. What's wrong with them? but yeah, zumiez does suck. the assholes who work there are too ####### scene. fat bastards.

Theres nothing wrong with them, if its what you like then rock it, but I think that those brands materialize skateboarding and most of the people who wear it have never even stepped onto a skateboard.

**civil** · 04-04-2007 06:45 PM

agreed. but ppl suck in general and mainstream is what keeps ppl feeling together. so whatever. zumiez does suck. and so does industrial skate shop.

SUPPORT YOUR LOCALS KIDS!

**wilder** · 04-04-2007 06:56 PM

FB, are you in seattle?

**FatBoards** · 04-04-2007 07:30 PM

Originally Posted by wilder

FB, are you in seattle?

No I am not, why?

**bombhills114** · 04-04-2007 08:08 PM

Go Et Surf,skate,snow

**Mile_High_Mark** · 04-04-2007 08:16 PM

**popoki** · 04-04-2007 08:21 PM

Originally Posted by FatBoards

Theres nothing wrong with them, if its what you like then rock it, but I think that those brands materialize skateboarding and most of the people who wear it have never even stepped onto a skateboard.

true, but I always thought that these brands started off making boardshorts first to cater to surfers, well at least quiksilver, then billabong a couple years after. But i wouldn't care if I saw a hot chick in a roxy or billabong bathing suit who never surfed in her life. It's a hot chick in a bathing suit. 8)