The Set-up Thread

[mrosk8]

Isle 8.375 (hlc wood)
Slappy 8.5 standard
Taste wheels 52mmX99a full conical
pusher ceramics

Nb440 high

[Fifty8mm]

8.25 carpet co with black magic grip. The shape is hella good.
Independent standard hollow 144, i had to take off the bottom washer for the pivot to sit in the cup properly, also so the hanger could sit correctly on the bushing. Seems like the bottom bushing was too tall.

I tried the mid indy 144  (first pic)and they just sucked. The truck wheelbites faster than thunders and venture low. Also the trucks never rebounded no matter what bushings or pivot cups i put on.
Spitfire 50s with swiss six.

Been skating dunks lately.
Really enjoying the the set up, not just adjustment from a 7.75.  Only adjustment is that my shoe catches more of my grip, so my flick makes the board float higher than im used to. So i have to jump higher than before. Also i hardly turn since im not used to skating high loose trucks coming from tight low trucks. I'll be turning lightly and forget i could turn more and catches me off guard since I'm waiting for wheelbite not a deeper turn. 

[blueskynoise]

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Krooked Evil Beamer Coupe 10.75”
Indy 215
Spitfire classic 97a 54mm
Bones Swiss
1/4” risers
Not too sure on the grip - it was the only 11” I could find and unbranded.

So much fun.

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This thing looks so fun. I want one.

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I wonder if these are still hard to get. Want to get one for my daughter.

https://shop.downwithapb.com/evil-beamer-coupe-1075.html
Here’s one on sale for 150 from apb Skateshop. I don’t remember it being that much but I bought mine last fall from Refuge in MI.

[Snappyfingers]

There
Jerry Hsu SSD24 Guest board
True Fit mold 8.5 x 31.35 x 13.75
Ace AF1 55
Powell Dragons 56mm/93a
Bones Swiss
Krooked risers
Bluetile hardware

AW YEAH

[roba]

can't believe i'm saying this but i kinda fuck with the green wheels on this one

[rocklobster]

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8.25" Foy twin w/Mob
51'ish bones STF V3s / Swiss 6
144/8.25" Royal Ultra Lights (ACE medium bushings)
Thunder bolts/low profile nuts

Really enjoying it but the wood feels soft/dead (like a lot of BBS of late) and it's wearing fast(ish)...I am skating a lot but it feels like it's sogging/razoring quick; going to switch to one of the 8.25" SC twin for some crispier wood now that I'm used to 8.25s again and since the dims are super close. (foy) 8.25x31.85ish x 14.2(ish, maybe a bit shorter) x (SC) 8.25x31.83x14.22 so the kicks are roughly the same.

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I like that graphic a lot and i recently started using a 8.25 i had laying around for a long while, 2020 maybe. Want to skate a twin tail but always feel like I'm going to hate it. I like flicking my kf off a regular nose, maybe even a steeper nose (helps me not rocket my kf).

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It's funny you say that, I (and all the homies) like the graphic too; I think the blk/red/green works better than the 8.5 orange/blue/green (which is also an amazing shape for you 8.5 riders).

The foy twin is a hybrid (to me anyway), especially after skating so many twins...crail twins feel the same (tho not as full). Habitat are BIG BOY noses, Quasi and dlx, mellow/wide tails, the two new cosmic SC twins (which seem to be phasing out fast) have long canoe noses, just gross. This foy (at least in the pic) leans towards a nose rather than a tail but when riding it 'it doesn't feel like either'

I found a cheap SC twin (the one twin from them I've not skated); hopefully it stacks up.

If you are on the fence about an 8.25 twin, I gotta say that this one is 'the one' and I've skated just about all the 8.25s out there (not the toymachine which also has a true 14.25 WB and long at 32") PLUS this is the rare breed with a larger than 14" WB so there's that if it matters to you.

Truth be told I'm still waiting for an 8.3 holy grail twin.

I'm on the SC 8.4 twin and I'm liking it a lot, wouldn't mind keeping a stack. The kicks aren't as pointy as I originally thought and the length at 32" with 14.25" WB is great with Venture Forged, easier to manage than the Habitat / AWS. The graphics are the biggest downside, I'll take the bland Habitat Apex graphic over the eagle / cat monstrosity.