The Set-up Thread

[hiljentaa]

Jaakko 8.25/5.8/F4 52

[BartHarleyJarvis]

This is my Slap Pals Special, traded for a couple parts on here

Dane 1 (courtesy of @Freelancevagrant )
Tensor Maglights (courtesy of @big_kev_215 )
Spit F4 55 Radials
Quantum Atoms
Lil Jawns (courtesy of @Gene_Harrogate )

[Tireeedd]

This is my Slap Pals Special, traded for a couple parts on here

Dane 1 (courtesy of @Freelancevagrant )
Tensor Maglights (courtesy of @big_kev_215 )
Spit F4 55 Radials
Quantum Atoms
Lil Jawns (courtesy of @Gene_Harrogate )

TENSORS ON A POLAR? WHUT

[Frank and Fred]

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DOA 8.0
Ace AF-1 33's stock
Spitfire F4 conical fulls ~51mm 99A
Mob grip

Vans Crockett High w/ superfeet adapt run insoles

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Jfc

Between you and @tzhangdox, the envy has runneth over

I have a first edition of that book.

[BartHarleyJarvis]

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This is my Slap Pals Special, traded for a couple parts on here

Dane 1 (courtesy of @Freelancevagrant )
Tensor Maglights (courtesy of @big_kev_215 )
Spit F4 55 Radials
Quantum Atoms
Lil Jawns (courtesy of @Gene_Harrogate )

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TENSORS ON A POLAR? WHUT

@Tireeedd Had to try them once in my life. It's pretty excluusively a curb board

[overwaxed]

I've been playing around with different sizing for the better part of the last year since I got back on the board after 10 or so years off (closer to 20 since I was super serious). The 8.38" with a 14.5 wheelbase feels like a winner (I'm 6'2", size 11 shoe), and I think the tricks will start coming back pretty quick. Now if I could just find shoes that feel right!

Krooked Cromer, Ace AF1 55, Spitfire F4 53mm full conical, Bones Reds, Shortys 1" hardware

The Ace's fit the board exactly how I like it - my winning combo in the early 00's was a 7.88" girl/chocolate on 8" destructos (don't hate it was a different time!) and this feels similar at scale.

[Big Baby Jesus]

8.25 Polar
149 Indy FH 97du Aftermarket’s
52mm Spitfire F4 OG Classics
Bones Reds
Bronze
Pepper Grip

Converse Cons Fastbreaks (most underrated cup in skating)

[elegant_fox]

I've been playing around with different sizing for the better part of the last year since I got back on the board after 10 or so years off (closer to 20 since I was super serious). The 8.38" with a 14.5 wheelbase feels like a winner (I'm 6'2", size 11 shoe), and I think the tricks will start coming back pretty quick. Now if I could just find shoes that feel right!

Krooked Cromer, Ace AF1 55, Spitfire F4 53mm full conical, Bones Reds, Shortys 1" hardware

The Ace's fit the board exactly how I like it - my winning combo in the early 00's was a 7.88" girl/chocolate on 8" destructos (don't hate it was a different time!) and this feels similar at scale.

I swapped to ace 55s on my anti-hero 8.38/14.5 and I can agree, it just really suits the deck size well.

[nosneb]

Girl G009 7.75x31.125 13.8wb
Black magic griptape
Bronze 1in Allen key
Venture Low 5.0
Spitfire F4 classics 48mm
Bones big balls

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I've been playing around with different sizing for the better part of the last year since I got back on the board after 10 or so years off (closer to 20 since I was super serious). The 8.38" with a 14.5 wheelbase feels like a winner (I'm 6'2", size 11 shoe), and I think the tricks will start coming back pretty quick. Now if I could just find shoes that feel right!

Krooked Cromer, Ace AF1 55, Spitfire F4 53mm full conical, Bones Reds, Shortys 1" hardware

The Ace's fit the board exactly how I like it - my winning combo in the early 00's was a 7.88" girl/chocolate on 8" destructos (don't hate it was a different time!) and this feels similar at scale.

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I swapped to ace 55s on my anti-hero 8.38/14.5 and I can agree, it just really suits the deck size well.

Pretty much a perfect fit right? I feel like the af1’s are undersized a bit - BA did a setup deep dive on the nine club and he’s skating 77’s on his 9” setup.

[sans umbilical]

I just bought the Gold Heroin Symmetrical Egg 9x31.8 a couple of weeks ago. I decided to grab the 8.75x32 from my local yesterday as a backup. I also swapped out my Venture 6.1 Regular Kaders for 6.1 V-Hollow with Bones medium bushings. I picked up the wheels a couple of weeks back from my local, Spitfire F4 Conical 97. I'm running Bones Swiss Ceramic and Ace hollow hardware.

[GBLange]

I just bought the Gold Heroin Symmetrical Egg 9x31.8 a couple of weeks ago. I decided to grab the 8.75x32 from my local yesterday as a backup. I also swapped out my Venture 6.1 Regular Kaders for 6.1 V-Hollow with Bones medium bushings. I picked up the wheels a couple of weeks back from my local, Spitfire F4 Conical 97. I'm running Bones Swiss Ceramic and Ace hollow hardware.

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[mtlhd]

Just got this board to replace my G052 Chocolate. I'll be switching out the bushings on these trucks for some broken-in bushings I had on my 148s. After a quick test drive in my garage, I noticed is the GX board doesn't feel as low with these trucks as the Chocolate did.

GX1000 (8.5x32.25 & 14.5WB)
Thunder 149
Spitfire Tablets 53mm
Independent GP-S bearings
Shorty's Silverados 1"
Jessup Grip

[GBLange]

Just got this board to replace my G052 Chocolate. I'll be switching out the bushings on these trucks for some broken-in bushings I had on my 148s. After a quick test drive in my garage, I noticed is the GX board doesn't feel as low with these trucks as the Chocolate did.

GX1000 (8.5x32.25 & 14.5WB)
Thunder 149
Spitfire Tablets 53mm
Independent GP-S bearings
Shorty's Silverados 1"
Jessup Grip

gx1000 steep concave and nose/tail?

[augustmoon]

Passport 8.3
Indy’s with inverted baseplates
52 mm spitfire tablets
Bones Swiss

Board is kind of pointy but I like it

[dr.prestige]

Chico Stix 8.75 egg
Thunder 149 cast baseplates not hollow
Nfg teardrop 52s that actually measure about 47 now
Reds
Pig iridescent anodized allen hardware with one black bolt to mark the front
Jessup

[modern life is war]

Chico Stix 8.75 egg
Thunder 149 cast baseplates not hollow
Nfg teardrop 52s that actually measure about 47 now
Reds
Pig iridescent anodized allen hardware with one black bolt to mark the front
Jessup

Looks fun

[Frank and Fred]

Chico Stix 8.75 egg
Thunder 149 cast baseplates not hollow
Nfg teardrop 52s that actually measure about 47 now
Reds
Pig iridescent anodized allen hardware with one black bolt to mark the front
Jessup

yes! Chico is sending these out with free lil Smokies!

[mtlhd]

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Just got this board to replace my G052 Chocolate. I'll be switching out the bushings on these trucks for some broken-in bushings I had on my 148s. After a quick test drive in my garage, I noticed is the GX board doesn't feel as low with these trucks as the Chocolate did.

GX1000 (8.5x32.25 & 14.5WB)
Thunder 149
Spitfire Tablets 53mm
Independent GP-S bearings
Shorty's Silverados 1"
Jessup Grip

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gx1000 steep concave and nose/tail?

The nose and tail are on the steeper side. The concave is medium/steep. I got the following measurements for the kicks:

Nose: 23.5°
Tail: 22°

[theloniousmonk]

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Chico Stix 8.75 egg
Thunder 149 cast baseplates not hollow
Nfg teardrop 52s that actually measure about 47 now
Reds
Pig iridescent anodized allen hardware with one black bolt to mark the front
Jessup

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yes! Chico is sending these out with free lil Smokies!

Can you comment on the concave, and also the steepness of the tail? Concave looks to be mellow from the pics. The reason I ask is because I’m loving my extremely mellow concave ps stix deck, and think it’s helping an ankle injury just because it’s so cozy to land on. I’d love to grab one of those especially if it’s mellow

[Thebird]

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Just got this board to replace my G052 Chocolate. I'll be switching out the bushings on these trucks for some broken-in bushings I had on my 148s. After a quick test drive in my garage, I noticed is the GX board doesn't feel as low with these trucks as the Chocolate did.

GX1000 (8.5x32.25 & 14.5WB)
Thunder 149
Spitfire Tablets 53mm
Independent GP-S bearings
Shorty's Silverados 1"
Jessup Grip

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gx1000 steep concave and nose/tail?

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The nose and tail are on the steeper side. The concave is medium/steep. I got the following measurements for the kicks:

Nose: 23.5°
Tail: 22°

Is that a BBS or PS?  Are the nose and tail pretty square on there, or are they more round?  Nice looking setup.

[mtlhd]

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Just got this board to replace my G052 Chocolate. I'll be switching out the bushings on these trucks for some broken-in bushings I had on my 148s. After a quick test drive in my garage, I noticed is the GX board doesn't feel as low with these trucks as the Chocolate did.

GX1000 (8.5x32.25 & 14.5WB)
Thunder 149
Spitfire Tablets 53mm
Independent GP-S bearings
Shorty's Silverados 1"
Jessup Grip

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gx1000 steep concave and nose/tail?

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The nose and tail are on the steeper side. The concave is medium/steep. I got the following measurements for the kicks:

Nose: 23.5°
Tail: 22°

[close]

Is that a BBS or PS?  Are the nose and tail pretty square on there, or are they more round?  Nice looking setup.

Thanks! It's a BBS deck. The GX website lists this exact model with 14.25" wheelbase but it's in fact 14.5". The nose and tail are round/full. The nose measures 7" and the tail is 6.625"

[schralp pal]

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Just got this board to replace my G052 Chocolate. I'll be switching out the bushings on these trucks for some broken-in bushings I had on my 148s. After a quick test drive in my garage, I noticed is the GX board doesn't feel as low with these trucks as the Chocolate did.

GX1000 (8.5x32.25 & 14.5WB)
Thunder 149
Spitfire Tablets 53mm
Independent GP-S bearings
Shorty's Silverados 1"
Jessup Grip

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gx1000 steep concave and nose/tail?

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The nose and tail are on the steeper side. The concave is medium/steep. I got the following measurements for the kicks:

Nose: 23.5°
Tail: 22°

[close]

Is that a BBS or PS?  Are the nose and tail pretty square on there, or are they more round?  Nice looking setup.

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Thanks! It's a BBS deck. The GX website lists this exact model with 14.25" wheelbase but it's in fact 14.5". The nose and tail are round/full. The nose measures 7" and the tail is 6.625"

Did you skate the chocolate with those trucks? They look unused.

[SlapMcKracken]

That’s pretty much my next complete I’m setting up soon, but you think 52 mm are too big for venture lo‘s?

I have 53 mm F4’s here and not sure if I should use them or buy 51‘s

[AppleNick]

That’s pretty much my next complete I’m setting up soon, but you think 52 mm are too big for venture lo‘s?

I have 53 mm G4’s here and not sure if I should use them or buy 51‘s

I was ok with 53s on venture los. Much less wheelbite for me than 53s on thunders.

[SlapMcKracken]

Thanks!


Wanted to quote that actually and ask that question:

8" Habitat BBS wood . 14" WB , 31.5"
Venture 5.2 low Lights, 52mm F4 OG Classic 99du.
bones swiss, bronze hardware , jessup grip

this is shaped like old Habitat/AWS boards, similar to what FA shapes are now, squared off big nose, pretty fat tail, steepish kicks and concave.

pretty much my perfect board.

just purchased some venture 5.2 Hollow Lights Hi's. not sure if I'll actually make the switch from lows , wheel bite has been getting me with the newer 52mm wheels. need to get these down to 50's and we'll be in business.

[Thebird]

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Just got this board to replace my G052 Chocolate. I'll be switching out the bushings on these trucks for some broken-in bushings I had on my 148s. After a quick test drive in my garage, I noticed is the GX board doesn't feel as low with these trucks as the Chocolate did.

GX1000 (8.5x32.25 & 14.5WB)
Thunder 149
Spitfire Tablets 53mm
Independent GP-S bearings
Shorty's Silverados 1"
Jessup Grip

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gx1000 steep concave and nose/tail?

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The nose and tail are on the steeper side. The concave is medium/steep. I got the following measurements for the kicks:

Nose: 23.5°
Tail: 22°

[close]

Is that a BBS or PS?  Are the nose and tail pretty square on there, or are they more round?  Nice looking setup.

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Thanks! It's a BBS deck. The GX website lists this exact model with 14.25" wheelbase but it's in fact 14.5". The nose and tail are round/full. The nose measures 7" and the tail is 6.625"

Thanks.  Those specs look good.  I'm going to have to try one of those.

[mtlhd]

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Just got this board to replace my G052 Chocolate. I'll be switching out the bushings on these trucks for some broken-in bushings I had on my 148s. After a quick test drive in my garage, I noticed is the GX board doesn't feel as low with these trucks as the Chocolate did.

GX1000 (8.5x32.25 & 14.5WB)
Thunder 149
Spitfire Tablets 53mm
Independent GP-S bearings
Shorty's Silverados 1"
Jessup Grip

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gx1000 steep concave and nose/tail?

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The nose and tail are on the steeper side. The concave is medium/steep. I got the following measurements for the kicks:

Nose: 23.5°
Tail: 22°

[close]

Is that a BBS or PS?  Are the nose and tail pretty square on there, or are they more round?  Nice looking setup.

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Thanks! It's a BBS deck. The GX website lists this exact model with 14.25" wheelbase but it's in fact 14.5". The nose and tail are round/full. The nose measures 7" and the tail is 6.625"

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Did you skate the chocolate with those trucks? They look unused.

They're new trucks. I have a separate set of Thunders for the Chocolate board. Not pictured but I ended up swapping bushings because I like the feel of the broken-in bushings.

[231st Street]

Thanks!


Wanted to quote that actually and ask that question:

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8" Habitat BBS wood . 14" WB , 31.5"
Venture 5.2 low Lights, 52mm F4 OG Classic 99du.
bones swiss, bronze hardware , jessup grip

this is shaped like old Habitat/AWS boards, similar to what FA shapes are now, squared off big nose, pretty fat tail, steepish kicks and concave.

pretty much my perfect board.

just purchased some venture 5.2 Hollow Lights Hi's. not sure if I'll actually make the switch from lows , wheel bite has been getting me with the newer 52mm wheels. need to get these down to 50's and we'll be in business.

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Have this setup on Indy 139s.  Fun board.

[nosneb]

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Chico Stix 8.75 egg
Thunder 149 cast baseplates not hollow
Nfg teardrop 52s that actually measure about 47 now
Reds
Pig iridescent anodized allen hardware with one black bolt to mark the front
Jessup

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yes! Chico is sending these out with free lil Smokies!

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Can you comment on the concave, and also the steepness of the tail? Concave looks to be mellow from the pics. The reason I ask is because I’m loving my extremely mellow concave ps stix deck, and think it’s helping an ankle injury just because it’s so cozy to land on. I’d love to grab one of those especially if it’s mellow

Regular ass bbs