Is running softer bushings in the rear trucks then the front to keep all four wheels on the ground ever a good setup? Would some wedge help? This is a recreational buttboard, so breaking the comp buttboard rules is OK.
and why must you use the word homosexual as a derogatory term? this is a skateboarding forum, you should go be a bigot somewhere else.
En serio.
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It's really annoying how in this day we're still hearing all this ignorance in phrases like those.
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Re: Newbie buttboard setup question
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Originally Posted by bgh gierco
Is running softer bushings in the rear trucks then the front to keep all four wheels on the ground ever a good setup? Would some wedge help? This is a recreational buttboard, so breaking the comp buttboard rules is OK.
I've allways run my tail a little bit looser yes. But not by much.
It depends on the course though.
If there's lost of turns and I'm going to be sitting up and breaking lots, I run the back looser.
If I'm on a bomb I run them the same and a bit tighter than for tech runs.
Ultimately you use different bushings rather than different tightnesses.
I would recomend you not only read lots, but experiment yourself.
a lot of things change depending on where you sit. which you can shift a bit during a run.
Enjoy.
The perspective you get lying down kicks ass. If you enjoy it, don't let some tool talk you out of it.
Especially for reasons that have nothing to do with YOUR experience. and are about their concerns for how others percieve them.
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Thanks! In a perfect world I'd live on top of a closed test course next door to a giant longboard/luge parts warehouse, but in real life it's tough to get a lot of time to test different setups when you're searching for hills and avoiding traffic, then have to get on line for different parts. It's all worth it, though.
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I was curious about the same thing and asked a lot of guys... They said yes its to keep the back wheels down...
But what I plan on doing that some dont do is dewedging the back and wedging the front... But then using a harder back bushing so the lean is still even between the front and back...
Another thing someone told me is that while higher angle trucks like 50-60 turn more, the lack of leverage compared to lower "DH" trucks causes them to lean less and have improved stability... But I still am going to start with a similar setup on my buttboard to my topmount, simply because right now I am riding the topmount as a luge and it feels great ... But my common sense and a majority of what I have heard says to dewedge the back and wedge the front... And then to put slightly harder bushings in back and adjust the tightness of the back so its as tight as you can get it, without the back wheels lifting in a turn...
Well from what I've gathered, it's always been a point of debate whether you're better off with a longer wb and high angle trucks. or a shorter wb and low angle trucks.
it has a real effect on turn radius, plus the lean angle required to get there.
This also directly effects how it will loose traction due to front-back left-right imbalances.
and in the old days melting your front wheels...
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Well from what I've gathered, it's always been a point of debate whether you're better off with a longer wb and high angle trucks. or a shorter wb and low angle trucks.
it has a real effect on turn radius, plus the lean angle required to get there.
This also directly effects how it will loose traction due to front-back left-right imbalances.
and in the old days melting your front wheels...
I think just because I am going with the lott buttboard design I should stick with the standard dimensions, no? I could see the use of a bit more wheelbase but that gives up leg support room...
So on trucks... I keep seeing things talking about softer back bushings... Its very confusing but I think until I get a more definitive answer ill just stick to a standup type setup (more turn in front less in back).
Newbie buttboard setup question
... But my common sense and a majority of what I have heard says to dewedge the back and wedge the front... And then to put slightly harder bushings in back and adjust the tightness of the back so its as tight as you can get it, without the back wheels lifting in a turn...