Plan on gettin Exkates, is this the right choice?

[peek]

Hey new here to the forum, but have been browsing it for a couple days, seems pretty cool. I plan on gettin some exkate 101's pretty soon and am wondering if they would be the right choice for me. I will be getttin these for the carve board i'm making right now. And what bushings should i get? I weigh around 150lbs.thanks.

Forgot to add earlier the board is 38 inches long.

[pinbal_wizzard]

for a first board get bushinged trucks, like standard or reverse hanger (randalls). then for a second board go nutes with crazyness, but always have a starter board that gives you perspectives on how to start riding, and give you a do everything board to start with. nothing wrong with exkates, i actually hear that they rock, but they wouldnt do so hot for a unexperienced person.

[peek]

I guess i should have added in there that I've been longboarding for about 2 years. Riding whenever i get the chance to, and skateboarding....for about 3 years on and off.

[Michael Billings]

Well then that changes everything. I would get them, and if you don't like them, you can always sell them...

[pinbal_wizzard]

ya, i hear they rock, go for 'em. it just, i hear they are a little squerly, so a beginner might not have had the ballance to keep it under him.

[Super Veg]

i've always been a fan of wide trucks, i'd go wit hthe 201's if i were you.

[peek]

Yeh i might do that(get the 201's in stead of 101's). What color bushings should i get? Weight is around 150lbs. Thanks for the replys guys.

[JaeKay L M N O P]

Are the 101s 101 mm, and the 201s 201 mm? I heard otherwise somewhere.

[Michael Billings]

101s are 180 and the 201s are 250, I think...

[Nickle]

Are the 101s 101 mm, and the 201s 201 mm? I heard otherwise somewhere.

the 101's are 150mm, and the 201's are 180. I have two pairs, and love them to death. There are times where I'll take my Exkates over a nicely setup pair of Randals. First longboard I EVER rode had Exkate 101's, and I can give them credit for my love of longboarding. If I were going to do it again, I would go with the 201's, and a softer bushing. I have red ones on both sets, and kinda want something a little turnier. I weigh 190 lbs after I hit the icecream while watching Sleepless in Seatle. I think I read something about them changing the color coding of the bushings. When I bought mine, the reds were medium, and the blacks were soft. Either way, you'll love them.

[EBasil]

Nickle was right to mention the "change in color codes" for bushings at Exkate: now, the RED is the Medium, and the BLACK is the firm. At Peek's weight, the NEW RED is the deal.

At my weight, the New Black is the deal, and I don't find the trucks squirrelly, at all, but I can attempt turns tighter than I can stay on the board for at much speed. Slow on the flat: a 6' circle or tighter.

I've got the 101's on my 44" pintail, with sideset wheels, and the width is spot-on, even for a guy that likes wide trucks.

[cooterboy7]

i just got my pair of black bushing 101's in the mail this weekend and am going to throw them on the frogger which I entered in the board build off a few months ago. It should work out nice...i am gonna throw some Krypto Classic 78a's on them! First pair of exkates well see if the hype is real.