new to DH

[Blix]

Hi Mr. Blix

I just have a question if you dont mind, Im getting a Landyachtz switch, can I use a gullwing charger ( coz its cheaper).

Thanks and Happy Holidays

For sure. Chargers will do fine. Happy Holidays for you too.

[acidfernandez]

Thanks a lot Mr. Blix

[acidfernandez]

Good day

I would like to ask if anyone is using Sector 9 race formulas, the 83mm wheels, are they ok for downhill?

or would you rather get those seismic 85mm. What wheels do you use for downhill.

Im a real newbie with this things.

Thanks

[RodRod]

Good day

I would like to ask if anyone is using Sector 9 race formulas, the 83mm wheels, are they ok for downhill?

or would you rather get those seismic 85mm. What wheels do you use for downhill.

Im a real newbie with this things.

Thanks

please gear questions out of this thread, it is more for technique and stuff. there is a search function on the menu bar at the top right

[acidfernandez]

please gear questions out of this thread, it is more for technique and stuff. there is a search function on the menu bar at the top right

Oh sorry! and thanks

[Drybones]

Hey, I tried the search, but I wasn't able to find what I'm looking for.

I was wondering how common it is for people to run different styles of trucks on the front and back of a downhill board. I'm talking about using say a 50deg RII up front and maybe a traditional geometry truck like a tracker or indy in the back. The reason I'm curious is that I was running such a setup for a while, specifically a wedged, loose charger up front and a stiffer, dewedged gulllwing m1 in the back because I wanted to see how it pumped (it turned out ok I guess, I'm sure bennett/tracker is better). As a side effect it was fairly stable downhill, thanks to the relatively low turning in the back I'd imagine.

After switching back to chargers all around, wedge front dewedge back, I feel like I would really miss the stability that tradish geometry offers if I were seriously downhilling. Now, all this did not constitute a perfect experiment thanks to the confound of greater angle to the charger than the m1, but I would hypothesize that maybe there's something about tradish geometry that makes it a better rear downhill truck than reverse, even with similar kingpin angle. You can tell just by looking at them that the axle ends up near the rear of the bolts on indy-type trucks, where on randals it ends up near the front, possibly creating some kind of caster-like effect.


What do you guys think?

EDIT: If this is a too gear-centered post, I could move it somewhere.

[anatharc]

Hey, I tried the search, but I wasn't able to find what I'm looking for.

I was wondering how common it is for people to run different styles of trucks on the front and back of a downhill board. I'm talking about using say a 50deg RII up front and maybe a traditional geometry truck like a tracker or indy in the back. The reason I'm curious is that I was running such a setup for a while, specifically a wedged, loose charger up front and a stiffer, dewedged gulllwing m1 in the back because I wanted to see how it pumped (it turned out ok I guess, I'm sure bennett/tracker is better). As a side effect it was fairly stable downhill, thanks to the relatively low turning in the back I'd imagine.

After switching back to chargers all around, wedge front dewedge back, I feel like I would really miss the stability that tradish geometry offers if I were seriously downhilling. Now, all this did not constitute a perfect experiment thanks to the confound of greater angle to the charger than the m1, but I would hypothesize that maybe there's something about tradish geometry that makes it a better rear downhill truck than reverse, even with similar kingpin angle. You can tell just by looking at them that the axle ends up near the rear of the bolts on indy-type trucks, where on randals it ends up near the front, possibly creating some kind of caster-like effect.


What do you guys think?

EDIT: If this is a too gear-centered post, I could move it somewhere.

check this thread out: indy as a rear dh truck w/ pics

[CarlTheSmokingCrab]

I wish I would halp you there, but I have little no no experience running mixed trucks like that

the thread above is very helpful

[dontbuyfromplayitagain]

what is the apex

[Blix]

what is the apex

Racing line - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[dontbuyfromplayitagain]

Racing line - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

thanks bro

[xjweezyx]

this thread is rediculously helpful. i just got my fat frees yesterday and today i learned to predrift within 10 minutes after rereading this thread right before i went out. im already doing them at 25mph and i'm sooo stoked. thankyou carl and everyone else who contributed to this thread.

[CarlTheSmokingCrab]

this thread is rediculously helpful. i just got my fat frees yesterday and today i learned to predrift within 10 minutes after rereading this thread right before i went out. im already doing them at 25mph and i'm sooo stoked. thankyou carl and everyone else who contributed to this thread.

Damn! Cool stuff to hear. Gets me stoked

[Viebster]

Dam toeside predrifts...

[CarlTheSmokingCrab]

Dam toeside predrifts...

make sure to look where you wanna go. practice pulling pendies while grabbing rail as if you were drifting a toeside corner. once you can do them smoothly, practice holding them at 90 degrees to the slope, and pull your hand in closer to you board to swing it back and theerree you have it. using your back foot to help guide the board helps alot

[anatharc]

make sure to look where you wanna go. practice pulling pendies while grabbing rail as if you were drifting a toeside corner. once you can do them smoothly, practice holding them at 90 degrees to the slope, and pull your hand in closer to you board to swing it back and theerree you have it. using your back foot to help guide the board helps alot

I read somewhere else that not grabbing rail was a better way to do it. I've practiced in the wet and this seems to make it easier. thoughts? is this just a "do what feels good" thing, or more of a proper technique dealyo?

[AlG]

heelside predrifts feel better to me no-grab (easier for me to modulate speed) but toe-side predrifts I would like a hand on the rail for highside prevention.

toeside slides are so much easier for me no-grab these days. I came close to highsiding when I was first learning them so I started grabbing rail. It's really not that much more secure and I slow down so much grabbing rail. I can control the whole slide no-grab a lot more with just my toes. It's a weird feeling to get used but it's fun as hell.

[anatharc]

new concept i want to play with when it drys up outside: hand placement when toeside sliding. should i grab behind my front foot or in front of? thoughts?

[xjweezyx]

new concept i want to play with when it drys up outside: hand placement when toeside sliding. should i grab behind my front foot or in front of? thoughts?

i like to grab in front of my front foot. i feel like you can break free a lot easier that way and you have a little more control.

[terapin]

hey i got a lush spooky just about october last year and since then it been icy and wet and i wana break in my cult death rays for wen i can ride and considering we dont get mutch good weather in scotland i dont wana waste big hill because i need to break them in, i kno that orangatan take the shiney surface off there freeride wheels so you can just jump on and shred. my question at last is what is the best way to do this?
i was thinkin a belt sander or a gummy stone?