My setup is &*%$@.........need help

**danemeyer20** · 02-10-2012 05:56 PM

Ok so I had the brand new pair of PP Bombers 68mm sitting around for about a year and had no idea what to do with them. Not putting them on a long board because that would be just awful so i figured i would make kickass city street setup. Went out and spent another $90 to not be able to make a dam turn. Here is what i got.....

PP Bombers 68mm
Indy 169s
Gravity P35 deck
1/8 risers

I had the 169s laying around and figured i would be able to pair them up on this P35 due to the wheel wells. Not even close, i make a turn and the wheel bite is so bad the first time it happened my teeth scraped the ground. Should i add some bigger risers(doesnt bother me), go with a different truck, or scrap the wheels? I have not ridden anything thats not a long board in at least a decade. Im at a loss

HALP!!

**cawlin** · 02-10-2012 06:02 PM

68mm is gonna be pretttty large for that deck. I'd riser up a bit or put on some cupped washers. Or just some stiffer bushings. Running an Elim bottom feels great on Indys.

**danemeyer20** · 02-10-2012 06:23 PM

I am thinking 1/3 risers and some harder bushings. I want these dam wheels to work. I have to skate over pavers all day and dont really want to go smaller. I know nothing about cupped bushings so if you care to explain with pictures possibly.

Would putting 149s on the front help?

**danemeyer20** · 02-11-2012 09:54 AM

Here are some pics of the setup

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**WillJ** · 02-11-2012 04:39 PM

gatdayum double post

**WillJ** · 02-11-2012 04:40 PM

get smaller wheels.. that's a great setup besides the wheels. 60mm or smaller and you'll have an awesome all-terrain ripper.

**danemeyer20** · 02-11-2012 05:16 PM

**** smaller wheels

they make these wheels for something, stomping on vaglina and cheeseburgers. what other reason were thses things invented?

make it happen, give me a cot dam suggestible?

AJ · 02-11-2012 05:42 PM

These were the ditch/downhill wheels from Powell since the late 90's, before that it was T-bones. If you didn't have wheel wells you would just ride indy trucks at the very ends of a pointy pintail...but yeah just get small wheels, skateboards with kick tails should not have 66mm+ wheels. You just can't enjoy the turn of truck fully, even with 1/2" risers.

Originally Posted by danemeyer20

**** smaller wheels

they make these wheels for something, stomping on vaglina and cheeseburgers. what other reason were thses things invented?

make it happen, give me a cot dam suggestible?

**Cann0n** · 02-11-2012 07:47 PM

Wear the thane down to 60mm via slides with hard bushings.

**sld** · 02-13-2012 07:17 AM

you can add risers but by the time you eliminate wheelbite it's gonna be pretty high. i'd put some 62mm tsunamis on it.

**zakoshanskiy** · 02-16-2012 06:21 AM

58-62 mm wheels are ideal for this board

**dutchee23** · 02-16-2012 06:35 AM

68 is pretty big for a street-ish board, true. if you try and add riser, i'd say go with wedges -- that also helps with the bite issue.

btw, i have like the same board (oder version, no wheel wells) and i've run it with indies (169) and trackers (six-tracks -- same size) on Powell G-Bones. even the 64mm G-Bones tend to be too large.

**gavmck** · 02-16-2012 07:31 AM

You want about an extra 5-10mm of riser.

**perogijoe** · 02-19-2012 08:00 AM

ran those wheels for a week lasybyear on my pool deck...i had around a half inch of riser.....never could get the wheels up to speed, they were slow and squishy....rockin gbones now

**drakkars** · 02-20-2012 06:13 AM

Please get bigger risers ... yours are way too small (they looks like 1/8")
Get at least 1/4" or even better 3/8" ... Don't go for 1/2" .. it'll be overkill

**KansasDownhill** · 02-21-2012 02:23 PM

I worried I'd have the same issue, but I didn't have 68mm wheels.

I ride indy's in the pool, and I like it loose, and I ride Khiro soft angled risers, AND I ride Powell Peralta Rat Bones (90a). If you're willing to switch wheels, go with the R-Bones (cuz I like em.

or the Mini-Tsunamis (cuz everyone likes them). They're still soft and big, but not so much to kill the setup. If not, get angled risers and harder bushings.
Peace

**lalit** · 02-21-2012 06:00 PM

I have that board with 65 mm tsunamis, 6 tracks and it's fine, i've got soft bushings on it and wedged risers. it is a great board. try smaller wheels and or bigger risers.

**danemeyer20** · 02-24-2012 07:47 PM

went with a 3/8 khiro shock riser (1/4 +1/8) and its fine. No wheel bite at all anymore. Little high but the board is a beast. Feels great hauling ass around the city and is like a steamroller compared to other boards like this.