The Set-up Thread

[moonordie]

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Heroin 9 x 32.25 WB 14.25
Indys 169 red 88a bushings
55 F4 99a Tablets
Swiss
Mob

Edit: Forgot to add the Shalom sticker, the colors match it too well.

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Damn this shape looks wonderful, how you feeling about it so far? Would love to see a top pic

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I like it. When your riding it it looks like you have a regular popsicle board but then you have the big square tail and it’s benefits. To me mostly it’s tailslides, the feeling of being able to rest your whole foot on the tail can’t be beat. The shape lets you flip your board comfortably too.

I feel the same about a big bunyip I'm waiting to skate next. Super curious about it.

[Fifty8mm]

DOA Pat Washington 8" standard concave
Titanium ventures 5.2 stock with speedcream on bushings and pivot cups
Spitfire 53 F4 radials
German bearings
Bronze hardware and Jessup grip.

[thepman]

Second Quasi in a row. Not usually a fan of square-ish tails but i've really enjoyed both Quasi boards I've had. Can see myself going for the same again next time out.

[BMCsteve]

DOA Pat Washington 8" standard concave
Titanium ventures 5.2 stock with speedcream on bushings and pivot cups
Spitfire 53 F4 radials
German bearings
Bronze hardware and Jessup grip.

Love the embossed lettering on this one

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DOA Pat Washington 8" standard concave
Titanium ventures 5.2 stock with speedcream on bushings and pivot cups
Spitfire 53 F4 radials
German bearings
Bronze hardware and Jessup grip.

Daaaaaamn

[hmmmokay]

Politic RN 8.25
Indy 144 Reynolds Hollows
F4 54mm Tablet shape
Bones "Big Balls"
Jessup

Jano slips that I will hopefully get to break in this afternoon.

[art hellman]

love that graphic

[Sativa Lung]

Man Boardy cakes don't ship to Australia  . Who wants to help a brother out?

Send him a message on ebay. He replies quickly and he's a really cool dude... I bet he'll do it for you as long as you cover the cost, but I don't know if it'll be prohibitively expensive. Find out how much it costs and if he's not willing to do it I'll do it for you.

[BMCsteve]

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Man Boardy cakes don't ship to Australia  . Who wants to help a brother out?

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Send him a message on ebay. He replies quickly and he's a really cool dude... I bet he'll do it for you as long as you cover the cost, but I don't know if it'll be prohibitively expensive. Find out how much it costs and if he's not willing to do it I'll do it for you.

Guessing these are on their way to you?  Post a pic of the setup once you get them on!

[A.A]

Yes! Can't wait to get them. Stoked he's stoked.

[Fifty8mm]

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Man Boardy cakes don't ship to Australia  . Who wants to help a brother out?

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Send him a message on ebay. He replies quickly and he's a really cool dude... I bet he'll do it for you as long as you cover the cost, but I don't know if it'll be prohibitively expensive. Find out how much it costs and if he's not willing to do it I'll do it for you.

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Guessing these are on their way to you?  Post a pic of the setup once you get them on!

he lowest I'll go are 50s and only because of wear. Ill buy 53s and wear them down. but those fat small wheels remind me of a vallely barnyard wheel that I always wanted to try.  small and wide!

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Man Boardy cakes don't ship to Australia  . Who wants to help a brother out?

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Send him a message on ebay. He replies quickly and he's a really cool dude... I bet he'll do it for you as long as you cover the cost, but I don't know if it'll be prohibitively expensive. Find out how much it costs and if he's not willing to do it I'll do it for you.

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Guessing these are on their way to you?  Post a pic of the setup once you get them on!

I’ve been slowly getting used to bigger wheels. But damn this dude seems so nice, and the wheels look fun!

[tony volume]

8.5 FA Cope
149 Thunder Kyle walker hollow lights
54mm F4 classics 101a
Reds Big balls
Hard luck Sammy Baca 1inch bolts

[Seadramon]

8.5 FA Cope
149 Thunder Kyle walker hollow lights
54mm F4 classics 101a
Reds Big balls
Hard luck Sammy Baca 1inch bolts

How do you like the big balls?

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8.5 FA Cope
149 Thunder Kyle walker hollow lights
54mm F4 classics 101a
Reds Big balls
Hard luck Sammy Baca 1inch bolts

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How do you like the big balls?

I haven’t fully tried them out, but a quick roll in my state room on the ship they feel nice and smooth. I’m gonna give them a shot in a day or so when I can find time to get off the ship. There’s a skatepark I wanna check out nearby in Bayonne, NJ

[SneakySecrets]

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8.5 FA Cope
149 Thunder Kyle walker hollow lights
54mm F4 classics 101a
Reds Big balls
Hard luck Sammy Baca 1inch bolts

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How do you like the big balls?

C’mon fella, let’s try to keep it PG, k?

[SirPizzaSlayer]

Chocolate 8.25 (feels like an 8.1)
Indy 139 Forged Hollows with Thunder bushings
Krooked risers
Spitfire Conical Full was 53 now about 48mm-50mm
Bones super reds
Mob grip.

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8.5 FA Cope
149 Thunder Kyle walker hollow lights
54mm F4 classics 101a
Reds Big balls
Hard luck Sammy Baca 1inch bolts

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How do you like the big balls?

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I haven’t fully tried them out, but a quick roll in my state room on the ship they feel nice and smooth. I’m gonna give them a shot in a day or so when I can find time to get off the ship. There’s a skatepark I wanna check out nearby in Bayonne, NJ

update: I skated them for the first time today, they were a bit faster than average Reds, reminded me of Swiss. But that’s just one day of skateboarding. I recommend them so far, no complaints here

[A.A]

What's up with Spitfires looking like troff lollies from the get go?

I hate it when my wheels go yellow.

I kinda stick to Bones cause they will be white as fuck for the whole time.

Almost too white though. Need something in the middle. This could just be my OCD with things though. When I had multiple sets of wheels I kept them in the fridge. Good ole Rodney Mullen wheel hack.

[SirPizzaSlayer]

What's up with Spitfires looking like troff lollies from the get go?

I hate it when my wheels go yellow.

I kinda stick to Bones cause they will be white as fuck for the whole time.

Almost too white though. Need something in the middle. This could just be my OCD with things though. When I had multiple sets of wheels I kept them in the fridge. Good ole Rodney Mullen wheel hack.

what does keeping them in the fridge do?

[BMCsteve]

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What's up with Spitfires looking like troff lollies from the get go?

I hate it when my wheels go yellow.

I kinda stick to Bones cause they will be white as fuck for the whole time.

Almost too white though. Need something in the middle. This could just be my OCD with things though. When I had multiple sets of wheels I kept them in the fridge. Good ole Rodney Mullen wheel hack.

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what does keeping them in the fridge do?

I actually keep my sitting in a tub of butter (real butter, not margarine).  Before skating, I saute them with a little salt, pepper and rosemary.  Perfectly seasoned for powerslides

[A.A]

AHAHAHAHHAAH. Need a pic of salt bae working some spitties

[Frank]

this made me think of the time i used vegetable oil to make a totally fucked bearing work again. yeah, i had neither a replacement bearing nor any kind of machine oil. desperate times... it worked for the time being, that is until two days later when i got new bearings.

[Seadramon]

Back on this Politic I got not too long ago, but stopped skating for no reason in particular. Changed shit up again, but this time for good. It's been years since I rode Indy's and after cruising on these the other night I don't know why I stopped; they're great and just feel right. The tablets are very nice as well.



Politic RN 8.25
Indy 144 Reynolds Hollows
F4 54mm Tablet shape
Bones "Big Balls"
Jessup

Jano slips that I will hopefully get to break in this afternoon.

I really like the look of those tablets - debating between those or lock ins for my next set of wheels.

[Seadramon]

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8.5 FA Cope
149 Thunder Kyle walker hollow lights
54mm F4 classics 101a
Reds Big balls
Hard luck Sammy Baca 1inch bolts

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How do you like the big balls?

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I haven’t fully tried them out, but a quick roll in my state room on the ship they feel nice and smooth. I’m gonna give them a shot in a day or so when I can find time to get off the ship. There’s a skatepark I wanna check out nearby in Bayonne, NJ

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update: I skated them for the first time today, they were a bit faster than average Reds, reminded me of Swiss. But that’s just one day of skateboarding. I recommend them so far, no complaints here

Thanks for the update! This is pretty much what I wanted to hear.

[Seadramon]

Update: 2 sessions in and I'm loving this setup. The ventures feel really slippery when grinding though - anyone else experience this?

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Update: 2 sessions in and I'm loving this setup. The ventures feel really slippery when grinding though - anyone else experience this?

Like them shooting out from under you like say during a back 50 before you had a chance to pop out?

[Xen]

My last attempt at going low, wide and short didn't quite work out, it was low enough (and those 50mm were fucking slow) but the 8.37 honestly felt like an 8/8.25, it just didn't have that 'fat couch' feeling I wanted.

8.5 Krooked Worrest (it was either this or Grimple, KRKD = I, Grimple = IV, went with steep and deep)
Venture TI 5.8" stock
52mm Bones V3
Bones Big Balls
M-80
Allen bolts of some brand...
Adidas 3ST.003





Ventures are still a bit stiff/new, loosend half a turn from stock; less turny than stock Indy, more turny than stock Thunder, so no change there. Stock bushings feel mediumish, they have a translucent look to them, much like Bones/Mini logo bushings do. After they break in, I doubt I'll swap them as they feel fine out of the gate. Really hyped on breaking them in.

Fatcouch success! It's comfortable as fuck - spent a year forcing myself on smaller setups with wider wheels that never felt right. Live and re-learn.

[TwisT]

I had a great first session on the girl hello kitty deck I had. Then shit just went down hill. I broke the baseplate around the pivot cup on my destructos magnesium trucks. I gripped over the bolts because I was starting to like it. so it was a pain in a ass to change trucks. When to my old standard destructo D2. Hit up destructo about the "lifetime warranty" embossed on the top of the baseplate and they did not respond. On top of that crupie had sent me the wrong wheels when I ordered them. They are 1mm wider and just not the graphic I ordered. Right size though. 101A just isn't hard enough for me. Add little skate madness and here I am with a new setup



Ice Cream 8.25
Venture 5.8
53 Bones STF V5
Bones Swiss
IDK what hardware this is.
Grizzly grip.

[Seadramon]

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Update: 2 sessions in and I'm loving this setup. The ventures feel really slippery when grinding though - anyone else experience this?

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Like them shooting out from under you like say during a back 50 before you had a chance to pop out?

Exactly - kind of freaky.