The Set-up Thread

[goatgruff13]

@goatgruff13 interested to hear how those riptide pivot cups hold up over time.  As a fellow "big & tall" skater I blow through stock pivot cups annoyingly quickly.

Yeah I'm hoping they last as well. They seem really legit tho. The material they are made out of is nice. They are hard and its very slippery. It allows the truck to pivot very smoothly. Like I'm not sure if I'll even need to lube them. They already feel really slick like the material is oiled, but they aren't.

[NootNoot]

I haven't owned a board in like 15 years or so. But a week or two ago the weather was so nice I randomly decided to build myself a cruiser. It feels good to be back skating! Anyways this is my new setup:

RIPNDIP 9.0 Deck - I really dig the shape and it has a 15.75" wheelbase which is nice for my bigass.
Mob Grip Space Out
Ace 55 "Purple Coping Eaters" - Bones Hardcore Bushings Medium Bottoms/Hard Tops, Riptide 96a Pivot Cups
Kryptonics Star Trac 65mm 86a Wheels
Shortys Black Panther Ceramic Bearings
1/2" Vision Psycho Shock Risers
Loaded Button Head Allen Hardware

The stock bushings on the Aces were too squishy for me (I weigh 225lbs), so the Bones bushings made a night and day difference for me. The stock bushings use softer bottoms and harder tops, so I did the same to keep a similar feel just with harder durometers. Paired with the harder "self lubricating" Riptide pivot cup bushings, it turns so smoothly! After I rode them a couple days and toyed with the tightness of the trucks, it rides like a dream now! I also want to say how impressed I am with these bearings! They are super quiet, and super fast. I for sure recommend them for affordable ceramic bearings! The Kryptonics wheels are friggin awesome as well! My city has some pretty ate up pavement, and the wheels are excellent on cracks and pebbles and such. I'm pretty stoked on this setup, but of course I'm going to keep tinkering! Oh and sorry my camera is a bit messed up if you can't tell.

Are the bearings gold with black shields? I think I’m rocking the same black panther ceramics and they’ve been holding up for a year now on my cruiser.

[ferraveemo]

18 - Shaped Eagle Au Natural 8.35 x 14.25WB
Indy 149 Standard's w/ Bones Hard Top & Stock Barrel Bottom Bushings
Shorty's 7/8' Silverado's
52mm Conical Full Spits
Bronson Raws
Welcome Candy Bar Rails
Tree Visions Killa Cam on White Jessup Grip

[goatgruff13]

Are the bearings gold with black shields? I think I’m rocking the same black panther ceramics and they’ve been holding up for a year now on my cruiser.

Yup, that's them! Good to know! Do you clean them often?

[OldManSkate]

18 - Shaped Eagle Au Natural 8.35 x 14.25WB
Indy 149 Standard's w/ Bones Hard Top & Stock Barrel Bottom Bushings
Shorty's 7/8' Silverado's
52mm Conical Full Spits
Bronson Raws
Welcome Candy Bar Rails
Tree Visions Killa Cam on White Jessup Grip

That grip is hilarious. Dip Set, Dip Set!

[NootNoot]

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Are the bearings gold with black shields? I think I’m rocking the same black panther ceramics and they’ve been holding up for a year now on my cruiser.

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Yup, that's them! Good to know! Do you clean them often?

Only have once in the whole year.

[FrozenIndustries]

18 - Shaped Eagle Au Natural 8.35 x 14.25WB
Indy 149 Standard's w/ Bones Hard Top & Stock Barrel Bottom Bushings
Shorty's 7/8' Silverado's
52mm Conical Full Spits
Bronson Raws
Welcome Candy Bar Rails
Tree Visions Killa Cam on White Jessup Grip

Looks sick. Did you get that candy bar recently? Been looking for a new one and they seem to be out of stock everywhere.

[tangar]

18 - Shaped Eagle Au Natural 8.35 x 14.25WB
Indy 149 Standard's w/ Bones Hard Top & Stock Barrel Bottom Bushings
Shorty's 7/8' Silverado's
52mm Conical Full Spits
Bronson Raws
Welcome Candy Bar Rails
Tree Visions Killa Cam on White Jessup Grip

What’s the length on that? Looks really sick and that’s my ideal WB

[Paco Supreme]

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What’s the length on that? Looks really sick and that’s my ideal WB

8.35x31.5 according to a few websites

[Paco Supreme]

The slick is slightly slower, but I like it alot. It's an adjustment being lower on boardslides because your wheels hit faster, same with transition with rock and rolls, disasters etc.
But the spot we skate has a curb with a huge gap that we always had to look out for, with this board I can just go right over it.

Yeah they look pretty interesting. That guy Kev from CCS did a slide test on a santa cruz version and it looks like it could take a heavy beating

[FrenchFriedClownFingers]

Scumco logo bird 8.25
Thunder 148
Bones stf v3 52mm
Spitfire cheapshots

[patrick c.]

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18 - Shaped Eagle Au Natural 8.35 x 14.25WB
Indy 149 Standard's w/ Bones Hard Top & Stock Barrel Bottom Bushings
Shorty's 7/8' Silverado's
52mm Conical Full Spits
Bronson Raws
Welcome Candy Bar Rails
Tree Visions Killa Cam on White Jessup Grip

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That grip is hilarious. Dip Set, Dip Set!

Wet Wipes!

[roba]

18 - Shaped Eagle Au Natural 8.35 x 14.25WB
Indy 149 Standard's w/ Bones Hard Top & Stock Barrel Bottom Bushings
Shorty's 7/8' Silverado's
52mm Conical Full Spits
Bronson Raws
Welcome Candy Bar Rails
Tree Visions Killa Cam on White Jessup Grip

one of the sickest setups i’ve seen here, would gnar if i could

[ferraveemo]

18 - Shaped Eagle Au Natural 8.35 x 14.25WB
Indy 149 Standard's w/ Bones Hard Top & Stock Barrel Bottom Bushings
Shorty's 7/8' Silverado's
52mm Conical Full Spits
Bronson Raws
Welcome Candy Bar Rails
Tree Visions Killa Cam on White Jessup Grip

Thanks Guys! the measurements are all over the place everywhere. but the sticker on mine had a 14.38 WB. It measured at 14.25 and the length is correctly at 31.5, the deck feels skinny almost like a zip zinger due to the taper from the middle to the tail but it's still fun and can do tricks on.

As far as the Welcome Candy Bar Rails go...haven't had luck on finding them online but my local shop near me are on their last stock. Haven't tried e-mailing Welcome yet but I do prefer their rails over any other due to the adhesive sticky backing. I hate it when the rail bends as you screw it in, so it being placed on the deck where you want it w/ the help of the sticky end. the alignment is on point as you screw the bolts in.

[FrozenIndustries]

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18 - Shaped Eagle Au Natural 8.35 x 14.25WB
Indy 149 Standard's w/ Bones Hard Top & Stock Barrel Bottom Bushings
Shorty's 7/8' Silverado's
52mm Conical Full Spits
Bronson Raws
Welcome Candy Bar Rails
Tree Visions Killa Cam on White Jessup Grip

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Thanks Guys! the measurements are all over the place everywhere. but the sticker on mine had a 14.38 WB. It measured at 14.25 and the length is correctly at 31.5, the deck feels skinny almost like a zip zinger due to the taper from the middle to the tail but it's still fun and can do tricks on.

As far as the Welcome Candy Bar Rails go...haven't had luck on finding them online but my local shop near me are on their last stocks. Haven't tried e-mailing Welcome yet but i do prefer their rails over any other due to the adhesive sticky backing. i hate it when the rail bends as you screw it in, so it being placed on the deck where you want it. the alignment on point as you screw the bolts in.

Thanks man. In the meantime I ended up emailing Welcome and they told me that they're working on having more made, though there is no firm release date yet.

[maggotspawn]

Sk8 Factory Deck 9x32.5, 15" WB
Powell Rib Bones
Indy 169's
Bones Hard bushings
Indy 1/8" risers
Bones Swiss
SF F4 99a 58mm Conical Fulls
Put this together to skate some transition at the local parks. Haven't skated something this big since the 80's.
Feels like a boat.

[roba]

siano (polish brand) 8.5 - the dimensions are 1:1 with dlx 8.5s (31.8 inches in length, 14.25 wb)
powell rib bones rail
thunder hi 147s
spit f4 99a conical full 54mm (about 50mm now, had em for a while)
random bearings and hardware
jessup griptape
matchcourt mids

[Sk.A.T.A.N]

8.25 Fucking Awesome w/Mob
144 Indy forged hollow
54mm Fast Skateboard Wheel Co
Bones Reds
Shortys Lights 7/8

Tyshawn gave me this deck when I went to NY about 2 months ago. First time ridding an FA and I can really notice that the tail and nose are much steeper than the Passport I was ridding before. It's messing up a bit my pop but after two sessions it's feeling more normal now.
Now I put some new FSWC wheels that I got in the mail today.
Kinda excited to try them out but I think I might have went with a size thats too big for what I'm used to.

[sleepypancakes]

Bought a Bacon board on clearance, wood and shape are good, just wasn't feeling the graphic after the first session so I made it into a homemade Homer.

-Bacon/Homer 8.5x32
-Ace 44s
-Really yellowed OJs
-Swiss
-Mob M80
-Feet, lately with Slip On Pros

[whenyousleep]

First time poster, long time lurker.
Re-pulled my groin for like the 20th time today so I thought I'd join in on the fun cause I can't skate. I got the madness too so maybe I'll fit right in.

Board: 8.125" x 32.2" with 14.31" wb Element Brandon Westgate
Trucks: 8.18" Theeve CSX trucks 5.5 (stock but Bones Medium Bushings + Riptide Pivot cups on the way)
Wheels: 56mm OJ Insaneathanes
Bearings: Minilogo
Hardware: Shorty's 1"

This board looks bad in low quality and skated condition now that I'm looking at it, but what can you do!
Theeve trucks feel really good already, hoping to make them better with the changes.

[planman]

This thread always makes me want to spend money I don't have on another board I don't need. Godammit.

[Davie Dick]

tremendously distasteful

[ferraveemo]

This thread always makes me want to spend money I don't have on another board I don't need. Godammit.

Hahahaha! I feel you on this one. i already got like 3 decks lined up even tho i just set up like 2 within the span of 2.5 weeks.

[Omars_Dad]

Long time lurker, never post much.

Quasi Al Davis 8.5
Venture 5.8
Bones Swiss
Shorty's Hardware
53mm Spitfire Classics
MOB Grip
eSxDGK Accel Slim (not my ideal colorway, but I wanted to try them out and they are very cheap on the eS site)

[BMCsteve]

New deck and trucks.  old everything else



Anti Hero 9.18 Football-ish shape
Ace 55
Spitfire 54mm 101a Conical F4s
Bronson Raw
Mob
Silverados

[fulfillthedream]

ace's look so good on that deck

[roba]

whenever i see an antihero set-up here they all just look so good

[Little Debbie]

everyone knows their shapes are the shit

[yeahisaidit]

[patrick c.]

@yeahisaidit hyped on that Philly scumco board!