your dh setup

**swisschez** · 09-29-2009 12:15 AM

Originally Posted by green

Madrid Mercado
170 5050 No Spherical JimZ

is it just me or does the concave look really mellow for a dh board?

**jman1365** · 09-29-2009 12:16 AM

Originally Posted by swisschez

is it just me or does the concave look really mellow for a dh board?

the concave on my boarderholic is super mellow, but I love it, it's all personal preference

**gabriel[abc]** · 09-29-2009 12:30 AM

Originally Posted by swisschez

is it just me or does the concave look really mellow for a dh board?

hmhm personal preference? ive got a new david price model and the w does help out the mellowness

**swisschez** · 09-29-2009 12:34 AM

Originally Posted by gabriel[abc]

hmhm personal preference? ive got a new david price model and the w does help out the mellowness

i understand personal preference. ive stepped on boards with mellow lookin concave before and have found that they are quite ample so im curious as to whether or not its an optical illusion that the concave appears so mellow or if that is truly how the concave is.

**gabriel[abc]** · 09-29-2009 12:41 AM

Originally Posted by swisschez

i understand personal preference. ive stepped on boards with mellow lookin concave before and have found that they are quite ample so im curious as to whether or not its an optical illusion that the concave appears so mellow or if that is truly how the concave is.

i personally cant speak for the mercado model but heres the dp

**green** · 09-29-2009 12:44 AM

The new DH Madrid boards all come from the same mold, but i assume the David Price has more concave because its wider on account that it keeps getting steeper the wider the board.

**gabriel[abc]** · 09-29-2009 12:47 AM

Originally Posted by green

The new DH Madrid boards all come from the same mold, but i assume the David Price has more concave because its wider on account that it keeps getting steeper the wider the board.

is it the same thing with the sean mallard? because thats 11" wide and the david p is only 10.5"

**green** · 09-29-2009 09:22 AM

Yessir .

**Ian** · 09-29-2009 01:23 PM

The mercado does have a very mellwo ocncave.

**Eminentus** · 09-30-2009 02:17 AM

Evo with Paris 35/50* and HiGrades:

Old Asym with Crails and 70mm ZigZags:

Drop Speed with 50* Randals and 4prez:

(I can't even DH.)

**rodgon** · 09-30-2009 02:29 AM

i have an old classic. ^_^ never felt better on a speedboard ( hit 46 via GPS on it!! yay!)

Evo.
42* dewedged randall front
50* randall back

red venom elimnator bottom bushings
red khiro barrel tops

80a big zigs ( soon to be 80a big 80s!)

**guivans** · 09-30-2009 06:29 AM

HACKBRETT ERDE, with double flat indys, some ceramics and 80a Gators...
Brand new so its still gona need some testing to see how it works out...it has some slight flex, wich im not used to.

**Petary791** · 09-30-2009 06:54 AM

Looks like a fun setup! What kind of bushings? And have you used Indys before? I find putting Indys on some boards, like the '07 Voodoo, makes it flex more.

**streetheap** · 09-30-2009 07:34 AM

Originally Posted by guivans

HACKBRETT ERDE, with double flat indys, some ceramics and 80a Gators...
Brand new so its still gona need some testing to see how it works out...it has some slight flex, wich im not used to.

Blue Gators, Indys, and a missile (destroyer) shape?

1985

**guivans** · 09-30-2009 08:05 AM

Originally Posted by Petary791

Looks like a fun setup! What kind of bushings? And have you used Indys before? I find putting Indys on some boards, like the '07 Voodoo, makes it flex more.

Yeah mate...im already very used to indys. Never dewedged them, always flat, because i get a lower board and makes the feeling right on spot.
Indys tend to give bit more flex because of the axle placement...its more forward towards the end hole, so real axle to axle increases.

But i have already chopped it...it was way to more flex.
I gained the board on a competition, so there where no regrets chopping it in the first day i set it up....

Ill put pics during the afternoon...

To Streetheap, youre gonna love the new 1975 shape....

Ah, all bushings are black khiros...since i weight 80 kg.

Cheers

**dylansmaul** · 09-30-2009 08:53 AM

yep. love it.

**guivans** · 09-30-2009 09:06 AM

Chopped version...almost no flex now, wich sounds way better.
28.4 " wb now...

**guivans** · 09-30-2009 09:07 AM

Chopped version...almost no flex now, wich sounds way better.
28.4 " wb now...

**Jonathon Schumaker** · 09-30-2009 09:11 AM

Originally Posted by streetheap

Blue Gators, Indys, and a missile (destroyer) shape?

1985

Are gators fun for DH? I don't see many people use them, although they seemed legit back in the day, are they still competitive?

**Xgecko** · 09-30-2009 09:27 AM

Originally Posted by Jonathon Schumaker

Are gators fun for DH? I don't see many people use them, although they seemed legit back in the day, are they still competitive?

interesting question, I use the red 81a gators on my DH board, I feel they are a compromise wheel, not as sticky as a Zig,Otang, Avila etc. but also not as slippery as a freeride/round lipped wheel. I really like them especially in colder weather where I have found them to outperform some of the stickier wheels