Michigan Longboarding!

[Tagsrover]

Anyone able to help these guys out?

Michigan Flyer

I know it's kinda expensive, but for a group of 4 it's 100 round trip to east lansing if you can get someone to drive you to the metro location, and it leaves multiple times a day

[Petary791]

We're shredding tomorrow because it's supposed to be 55&#186; and sunny. Mini bomb tonight if it's dry. Bring your <31" and get ready for some wobs!

[Petary791]

Sunny and a high of 55&#186; which means get yer ass out to the skatepark with us! Ranney Skatepark, doogle a Google if you need to figure out where it's at.

[Tagsrover]

Anyone feel free to chime in:

Got everything ready and planning on setting up the slalom rig tonight

Skennet up front I'm thinking a 10* wedge, and the rts in back is mounted on the kick, but i have a block that puts it back to zero, so i was thinking maybe a 12* dewedge for that?
Also in terms of bushings, i got used abec11 bushings (no idea what duro), and i also have some venoms, green stims (possibly in the skennet), and black radikal bushings (super hard so i'm thinking the rts), as well as khiros to play around with. Don't have much experience so i'll mostly just trial and error, but if anyone has more experience and wants to chime in (i.e. gogreen, yerkes, etc.) it'd be much appreciated.

[GoGreenLongboarding]

Be ready to change it a lot when you're first setting up. Don't be scared to sit high, and run about as loose as you can without biting. The angles sound fine, or if you're running a really tight wheelbase or really fast course you might want a couple degrees less wedge up front. Just keep in mind you'll need much softer bushings in the front than in the back due to the difference in leverage created by wedging. basically, you have more direct leverage over a de-wedged truck so it needs more resistance to feel the same from the top.

There's no right or wrong way to do it, change bushings until it's comfortable for you. At that point, just keep practicing, set a couple courses and fine tune the tightness of the trucks.

[Randelpink03]

Yeah follow Gogreens logic. Your gonna be playin around with alot of the components just because one riders preference varies so much. 12* dewedge for the rear sounds a bit much. Plus if you have a black Rad and some really hard duro bushings, those will be enough to deaden that back truck and give you some nice traction without having to compromise bending/breaking bolts for the rear if all that wedging isnt needed. But it is all preference. Might want to spend a whole day on it, set up a doable route and then mod your shiz and keep hitting the run until something clicks and feels really comfortable.

[Tagsrover]

Alright guys, thanks for the advice. I'm gonna need to run to ace and pick up some more hardware (some how all the screws i have that are long enough are stripped, flat head, or not machine screws ) and with this onset of snowy rain outside all chances of riding are gone so i guess i'll have to wait till after the snow comes and goes again

[Petary791]

Fuck you, Michigan.

[DejaEntendu]

ughhhhhhhhhhhh michigannnnn
what the sh1t




..if this white crap isn't around still, I'll be in EL Sunday (yes, Easter. I Have the day off, which is seldomly seen.). If anyone wants to join,
just holler at me.
Maybe someone can show me around since I've only been twice?

[Tagsrover]

IF (and that's a big if) the weather puts out then I'm for sure willing to ride sunday

[Petary791]

I'll actually be back at home. Good timing! :P Come up for the push race though!

[Petary791]

I am dying inside currently.

13-34...

[DejaEntendu]

haha I want to come to the push race
Gonna suck it up, I need new hardware and don't have the cash right now
just basicc, basic.
..I wouldn't be trying to wind anyway, just playing around :P

[Midway]

Chiming in with a fuck you, Michigan.

[Tagsrover]

fuck you michigan you dirty whore

in other news, my slalom deck is all setup (at least a preliminary setup) still gotta get the bushings dialed in and etc. fucking snow piece of shit

[Petary791]

So, staring tomorrow 50&#186; and up til my forecast ends. You guys down for some Beek or Clarkston action on Saturday? I'll be home and driving in from GP and Tags said he'd be willing to drive down from EL.

[yerkeswood]

[Jerrdan]

I had a really good idea. You know how the weather does the opposite of what you want it to do? Pretend you like snow and you're really excited it's coming back. Like sometimes when I look for something I pretend I'm looking for something else, and I find the thing I "wasn't" looking for.

I think it will work.

[Tagsrover]

I might be. I'll be in Lansing this weekend so I'll see what Jay's up to. I'm definitely for cones, LDP'in, and garages if you're interested in that.

CONES PLEASE PLEASE PRETTY PRETTY PLEEEAAAASSSEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!

[Petary791]

DH during the day in SE MI and slalom at night or on Sunday? =D