Venom bushings?

**KJ FiveTwo** · 12-06-2008 10:53 AM

Originally Posted by mot

I can say from experience that the 90 and 93 a barrels will serve you nicely as an all around bushing. I ride mine on everything, from my loaded to my hellcat, on every type of road, and they perform consistantly on every type of road we have here in colorado, and we have quite a few.

Sweet. Im stoked for mine to come. I ordered the 93 and 90 a standard packs for my Paris. Hopefully they're as good as everyone claims

**dyno21** · 12-12-2008 01:03 PM

ok, im ordering a 44inch fibreflex pin with some randal 180's and zigs, just a cruising setup but also wanna be able to do some hills and stuff without feeling unstable, but dont want it to feel stiff or anything. love carving and only other longboard i own is an original. any idea on shape? duro?
edit:excuse my ignorance

**sterlingc** · 12-12-2008 02:11 PM

Originally Posted by dyno21

ok, im ordering a 44inch fibreflex pin with some randal 180's and zigs, just a cruising setup but also wanna be able to do some hills and stuff without feeling unstable, but dont want it to feel stiff or anything. love carving and only other longboard i own is an original. any idea on shape? duro?
edit:excuse my ignorance

uh yea , how much do you weigh man?

and how fast do you plan on going? are you just going to bomb straight down said hill or are you carving nonstop?

**dyno21** · 12-12-2008 02:15 PM

Originally Posted by sterlingc

uh yea , how much do you weigh man?

and how fast do you plan on going? are you just going to bomb straight down said hill or are you carving nonstop?

damn sorry knew i forgot something, about 145~150 no, not really stright down bombing, not gonna go more than maaaaybe 35 tops? just dont wanna have marshmellow soft bushings i cant go 20 on

**st3v13** · 12-12-2008 02:23 PM

There are people who bomb into the 30's with marshmellow soft bushings. They look super skeetch but they do it.
I'm 220lbs. I hit the upper 20s maybe in the low 30s on 85a/90a bushings. But i'd say it deals more with fear for me.
~st3v13

**dyno21** · 12-12-2008 02:29 PM

true, i hit 27 on my original 35 with s8's but it definitely wasnt comfortable, and what im hearing about these venoms is they feel super soft and you can carve pretty well on em but still feel somewhat stable at speed, so any ideas?

**sterlingc** · 12-12-2008 02:34 PM

Originally Posted by dyno21

damn sorry knew i forgot something, about 145~150 no, not really stright down bombing, not gonna go more than maaaaybe 35 tops? just dont wanna have marshmellow soft bushings i cant go 20 on

i'm just about the same weight,

quoting one of my old posts, I would ride one of the following if I were you

Top / Bottom

78a barrel / 81a barrel - favorite setup , barrels make it nice and stable, softer on the top causes the trucks to pivot at a really nice place , ive taken it up to 20-25?

81a cone / 81a barrel - sacrifice a little stability for snappier turns , feels a lot like double barrels of 81a but just a little less support and sharper turns

**dyno21** · 12-12-2008 02:39 PM

Originally Posted by sterlingc

i'm just about the same weight,

quoting one of my old posts, I would ride one of the following if I were you

thanks alot, in one pack of barrels are botht he same height? if so then i could just get one 81a pack and one 78a pack right? otherwise i would have to buy 4 packs of 2 bushings to get that combo right?

**sterlingc** · 12-12-2008 02:54 PM

Originally Posted by dyno21

thanks alot, in one pack of barrels are botht he same height? if so then i could just get one 81a pack and one 78a pack right? otherwise i would have to buy 4 packs of 2 bushings to get that combo right?

all of the barrels are the same height, so you can buy 1 pack of 81a and 1 pack of 78a and your set , its an awesome setup for what you want

**king edward** · 12-12-2008 08:33 PM

Does it bother anyone else that Venom is a registered trademark of Dr. Pepper/7up? The bushings came first..

**karrot** · 12-12-2008 08:38 PM

Originally Posted by king edward

Does it bother anyone else that Venom is a registered trademark of Dr. Pepper/7up? The bushings came first..

i doubt the bushings actually came first
the logo is similar though... and black mamba...
zak you copier lol

**king edward** · 12-12-2008 08:42 PM

**Xgecko** · 12-12-2008 08:47 PM

Copyright law also requires that the products be related for there to be an infringment. For instance Racer X; a magazine a band, a cartoon character and a wheel

**karrot** · 12-12-2008 08:55 PM

Originally Posted by king edward

idk...
whats the copyright on venimz?
lol

**streetheap** · 12-13-2008 12:13 AM

Originally Posted by king edward

Does it bother anyone else that Venom is a registered trademark of Dr. Pepper/7up? The bushings came first..

The original, yo.

**sterlingc** · 12-13-2008 04:25 PM

*dun dun dun* the plot thickens

**gregoryniss** · 12-13-2008 10:26 PM

love my venoms so far... 90a front, 93a back on my hellcat w/ crails. I can actually pump it with the DH packs, yet so stable... its awesome! time to order like 4-5 more sets to expirement on all of my setups

**dozer jr** · 12-14-2008 05:50 PM

the supercarves work really well
they carve like a dream

**Mile_High_Mark** · 12-14-2008 06:03 PM

90a DH bottoms (barrels)
85a SC tops (cones)

Super-responsive in Randal R-II 180s.

**Chaunce** · 12-14-2008 06:21 PM

Originally Posted by Mile_High_Mark

90a DH bottoms (barrels)
85a SC tops (cones)

Super-responsive in Randal R-II 180s.

For what weight?

Aren't the DH/SuperCarve packs just the same bushings from the Standard packs, except either only barrels or cones?

I weigh 120-125. I was thinking 85a double barrels front and back, or 85a barrel on the bottom with an 85a cone on top front and back, how would you guys think I'd do with either setup?