The Set-up Thread

[FrozenIndustries]

.side view of it.
Night and day to what i was riding.

@Fifty8mm just noticed on the 917 site that board is listed as a slick bottom. How is it?

Always a fan of your setups.

[It rains all the time]

Hockey k rod 8.5
Thunder lights 149
Spitfire oskis 57mm (probably like 53 now tho)
Bones reds
Indy hardware

[Fifty8mm]

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.side view of it.
Night and day to what i was riding.

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@Fifty8mm just noticed on the 917 site that board is listed as a slick bottom. How is it?

Always a fan of your setups.

Thanks homie!
I haven't slid yet. But will soon, I've been mostly skating on my lunch break in an empty lot. Working long shifts cause of covid but sunday I'm going to skate a ledge. Doesn't feel heavy at all. Paisley skates slicks felt heavier. It feels like that cheap slick skin that ccs sold.

[clint]

Polar Probability Studies 8.5" P2
1" allen Indy hardware
Indys 149
Spitfire F4 radial 56mm 101
Bones hxc medium white
Bones Redz



The P2 shape is oval-ish which weirded me out at first, and the concave is deeper than I like. But I am used to it. The bushings are probably my favorite part of this set up.

[jay_nev]

Polar probability studies 9”  (14.5” x 32.25”)
Ace 55
Spitfire 55mm OG Classic (classic formula)

[FrozenIndustries]

Polar probability studies 9”  (14.5” x 32.25”)
Ace 55
Spitfire 55mm OG Classic (classic formula)

Looks great. Are those the modus risers?

[jay_nev]

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Polar probability studies 9”  (14.5” x 32.25”)
Ace 55
Spitfire 55mm OG Classic (classic formula)

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Looks great. Are those the modus risers?

no Indy �� but use the holes between the bolt hole openings and can kind of make em flush with front or baseplate. Can take a pic.

[Wizard0f0dds]

Started getting some axle slip on my front truck, noticed that today when one of my wheels just stopped spinning, and I was pretty bummed out. Currently on Ace 44 with a 8.375 Quasi, probably gonna set up my spare Indy 159s, which I'm usually riding on bigger shaped boards and stuff, they currently are on some conical fulls 56mm, either gonna keep those or swap my current set of 54mm classics. Probably gonna wait until next summer to get new aces, since it's parking garage season here in canada (and snowboarding season too, which is pretty nice)

Debating just throwing 159s hangers on my ace baseplates, heard good things about that on here at some point, but is it going to get ace height and geometry? Because if so, I remember getting pretty insane wheelbite on 56s with my 44s, and might consider swapping for the 54s which are already a little worn down too...

[shpongle]

lotties 8.5
indy 159mm
oj juice something red wheels 60mm soft cruiser wheels
no risers lol i need to get some
indy gp-s bearings

[devourthehours]

Black Label OG Crutch 8.68
Ace 55
Blind 51mm
Shorty's Black Panthers
Elessic Hardware

[shpongle]

blind 51mm's sound like a nightmare lol

[Manny Fapuiao]

Eagle 8.38
Thunder 149 (?) with indy bushings and new pivot cups
New Spitfire tablets that have yet to be skated
Bones super reds
Kitty super fond of
edit- living of slappy crooks

[devourthehours]

blind 51mm's sound like a nightmare lol

Yeah. These are the only small wheels I had on hand. Really want to replace these with some spitfires.

[sketchyrider]

How is that 8.68 shape? Right now my favorite seems to be 8.62 with a 14.38 WB. Small enough to flip around a little, big enough on transition, kinda feels like "home". And all three major woodshops make that shape!

[JugeL]

Element 8.25 (14.18 wb)
Indy Mids 144 with Krux DLK and Indy soft conical bushings
OJ Elite Mini Combos 54mm
Bones bigballs

Also been skating Straye slipons with Footprint insoles, not really my favorite shoe.

Cant really skate anything but flatground at the moment due to the winter and covid situation so trying some smaller setup.

[devourthehours]

How is that 8.68 shape? Right now my favorite seems to be 8.62 with a 14.38 WB. Small enough to flip around a little, big enough on transition, kinda feels like "home". And all three major woodshops make that shape!

I actually just set it up last night. Hoping to get it out this week and try it. I'm super curious as well. As I've sized up from 8 to 8.38(with a 9" Franky V egg deck in the mix) over the last year, I've noticed I just like bigger boards more. The wider the board gets, the more I feel comfortable on it. Especially, for grinds. I'm hoping this will be that sweet spot for me.

[RichardBarkley]

So happy with this. Giving shaped board a shot... Why not !

Polar P9
Thunder 149
F4 99a 52 conical full


c diff pics

[jay_nev]

So happy with this. Giving shaped board a shot... Why not !

Polar P9
Thunder 149
F4 99a 52 conical full


c diff pics

nice set up. Polar winter 20 drop already available at your local?

[RichardBarkley]

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So happy with this. Giving shaped board a shot... Why not !

Polar P9
Thunder 149
F4 99a 52 conical full


c diff pics

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nice set up. Polar winter 20 drop already available at your local?

Yep, I'm in Ireland. I think Europe gets polar gear first for some reason

[DarkPools]

Set up a Zero on Friday and did not like it for some reason. It felt oddly heavy and steeper than it looked :/ I normally like medium steep but something wasn't right, maybe it was the longer WB and steepness on 55mm Indys that threw me off. It was also hard to turn on it for some reason, like it wouldn't want to stay straight or be as responsive when I leaned heel or toe side. A shame because the shape felt and looked nice otherwise... c'est la vie...

Anyways, swapped it out for this Heroin I've had for a little bit. First Heroin so I'm excited! Way better just in the first 15 minutes on a session yesterday!!

Zero: 8.5, 32.25"(?), 14.5"



Heroin 'Toxic Eyes' (current): 8.5, 32.25", 14.25(?)
Mob grip
Indy 149 - standard hangar on a hollow kingpin/standard baseplate
SF F4 Conical Full 54mm (loving these compared to STFs for nearly 10 years)

[NG]

^^^love the eyes decks!

Loving this shape so far. Pretty short, pretty mellow, slightly pointy kicks. Lots of fun!
Sour 8.25 x 14.125wb Simon isaksson
Film 5.5 Leo valls
Spitfire F4 cardiel tablets 53mm 99a
Bearings
Darn tough socks

[ScarceOne]

Just had a 8.38 Sour deck and I usually skate Generator decks and it was one of the strongest boards I skated in a long time

^^^love the eyes decks!

Loving this shape so far. Pretty short, pretty mellow, slightly pointy kicks. Lots of fun!
Sour 8.25 x 14.125wb Simon isaksson
Film 5.5 Leo valls
Spitfire F4 cardiel tablets 53mm 99a
Bearings
Darn tough socks

[Mbrimson88]

Set up a Zero on Friday and did not like it for some reason. It felt oddly heavy and steeper than it looked :/ I normally like medium steep but something wasn't right, maybe it was the longer WB and steepness on 55mm Indys that threw me off. It was also hard to turn on it for some reason, like it wouldn't want to stay straight or be as responsive when I leaned heel or toe side. A shame because the shape felt and looked nice otherwise... c'est la vie...

Anyways, swapped it out for this Heroin I've had for a little bit. First Heroin so I'm excited! Way better just in the first 15 minutes on a session yesterday!!

Zero: 8.5, 32.25"(?), 14.5"

Heroin 'Toxic Eyes' (current): 8.5, 32.25", 14.25(?)
Mob grip
Indy 149 - standard hangar on a hollow kingpin/standard baseplate
SF F4 Conical Full 54mm (loving these compared to STFs for nearly 10 years)

Was the Zero on Dwindle or BBS wood?

If BBS then it should have been about the same as the Heroin, but I know there are always differences and have not seen a Zero in person since the change.  You show Zero 14.5 wheelbase, but Heroin shorter, which could be it too, but I thought they were the same size / wheelbase overall.

A few people I know (self included) parked on the kicks of boards to mellow them out either for a couple of hours or overnight if they really needed it, which worked well.  Just put down a mat / towel or something under the whole deck if already gripped.

Might be a simple alternative to having a deck you are not going to ride.

[Bristol_Palin]

quasi JJ 8.5
149 Indy Hallows
54 F4 Bobby DeKeyzer Conical Fulls
Reds
Mob (Usually just skate jessup so maybe that has something to do with why the board broke so quick)

Was so excited to set this up and skate this board because I love the shape so much. I'm in a group chat with 2 of my buddies and we send just flat ground clips back and forth and I snapped the tail off this board doing a 360 flip on flat 15 minutes after setting this up, so I'll probably post another new set up soon. Was bummed. It felt nice and was skating well. I had already sent them a 360 flip too but I felt like most of me was out of frame so I went to film another and broke it the second time trying but it was one of those roll away with a broken tail ones. I couldn't really believe it though. Sorta bummed.

[DarkPools]

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Set up a Zero on Friday and did not like it for some reason. It felt oddly heavy and steeper than it looked :/ I normally like medium steep but something wasn't right, maybe it was the longer WB and steepness on 55mm Indys that threw me off. It was also hard to turn on it for some reason, like it wouldn't want to stay straight or be as responsive when I leaned heel or toe side. A shame because the shape felt and looked nice otherwise... c'est la vie...

Anyways, swapped it out for this Heroin I've had for a little bit. First Heroin so I'm excited! Way better just in the first 15 minutes on a session yesterday!!

Zero: 8.5, 32.25"(?), 14.5"

Heroin 'Toxic Eyes' (current): 8.5, 32.25", 14.25(?)
Mob grip
Indy 149 - standard hangar on a hollow kingpin/standard baseplate
SF F4 Conical Full 54mm (loving these compared to STFs for nearly 10 years)

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Was the Zero on Dwindle or BBS wood?

If BBS then it should have been about the same as the Heroin, but I know there are always differences and have not seen a Zero in person since the change.  You show Zero 14.5 wheelbase, but Heroin shorter, which could be it too, but I thought they were the same size / wheelbase overall.

A few people I know (self included) parked on the kicks of boards to mellow them out either for a couple of hours or overnight if they really needed it, which worked well.  Just put down a mat / towel or something under the whole deck if already gripped.

Might be a simple alternative to having a deck you are not going to ride.

It's a recent release - September launch when Cole got back on Zero so I assume BBS. It's stiff. Both the heroin and zero feel stiff like BBS usually does (used to skating DLX and Primitive decks)

I double checked Zero's site and the measurements are 32.3" length and 14.5" WB. Heroin Eyes on a couple shop sites showed 14.25 so that's where I got it from. I'm thinking it's WB and steepness of kicks because recent boards were mellower (but not Craigtap mellow) compared to this (Primitive, Slave, and an AWS) and they felt fine!

I'm tempted to do the car trick overnight soon haha! In the meantime, I have it sitting near the bottom of my stack of boards that I've picked up lately (sales and non sale buys) so I hope that weight helps mellow it out a bit. Thanks for the reminder of the car tip!

Most of the time if a board isn't working, I sell it for cheap (take my L) or pass it down to a homie/grom that could use it. It depends on how much I skated it usually.

[Mbrimson88]

Most of the time if a board isn't working, I sell it for cheap (take my L) or pass it down to a homie/grom that could use it. It depends on how much I skated it usually.

I am terrible with boards that just don't work for whatever reason.  No matter what I do, I keep thinking it is still not right so it usually finds a new home under someone else's feet who are far less discerning / critical, so yeah sometimes I am my own worst enemy in that department.

[finknoos]

So happy with this. Giving shaped board a shot... Why not !

Polar P9
Thunder 149
F4 99a 52 conical full


c diff pics

I really wanna try one of their shaped boards, especially the P9 or surf shapes but feel I would get a mind block from the shape as I have only ever had popsicles. Maybe one day, when I have more money to be able to experiment with such things.

[Sativa Lung]

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Set up a Zero on Friday and did not like it for some reason. It felt oddly heavy and steeper than it looked :/ I normally like medium steep but something wasn't right, maybe it was the longer WB and steepness on 55mm Indys that threw me off. It was also hard to turn on it for some reason, like it wouldn't want to stay straight or be as responsive when I leaned heel or toe side. A shame because the shape felt and looked nice otherwise... c'est la vie...

Anyways, swapped it out for this Heroin I've had for a little bit. First Heroin so I'm excited! Way better just in the first 15 minutes on a session yesterday!!

Zero: 8.5, 32.25"(?), 14.5"

Heroin 'Toxic Eyes' (current): 8.5, 32.25", 14.25(?)
Mob grip
Indy 149 - standard hangar on a hollow kingpin/standard baseplate
SF F4 Conical Full 54mm (loving these compared to STFs for nearly 10 years)

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Was the Zero on Dwindle or BBS wood?

If BBS then it should have been about the same as the Heroin, but I know there are always differences and have not seen a Zero in person since the change.  You show Zero 14.5 wheelbase, but Heroin shorter, which could be it too, but I thought they were the same size / wheelbase overall.

A few people I know (self included) parked on the kicks of boards to mellow them out either for a couple of hours or overnight if they really needed it, which worked well.  Just put down a mat / towel or something under the whole deck if already gripped.

Might be a simple alternative to having a deck you are not going to ride.

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It's a recent release - September launch when Cole got back on Zero so I assume BBS. It's stiff. Both the heroin and zero feel stiff like BBS usually does (used to skating DLX and Primitive decks)

I double checked Zero's site and the measurements are 32.3" length and 14.5" WB. Heroin Eyes on a couple shop sites showed 14.25 so that's where I got it from. I'm thinking it's WB and steepness of kicks because recent boards were mellower (but not Craigtap mellow) compared to this (Primitive, Slave, and an AWS) and they felt fine!

I'm tempted to do the car trick overnight soon haha! In the meantime, I have it sitting near the bottom of my stack of boards that I've picked up lately (sales and non sale buys) so I hope that weight helps mellow it out a bit. Thanks for the reminder of the car tip!

Most of the time if a board isn't working, I sell it for cheap (take my L) or pass it down to a homie/grom that could use it. It depends on how much I skated it usually.

Heroin wb is 14.25 on the 8" but the 8.25 x 32 boards are usually 14.62" wb. Never had an 8.5 but I'd expect it to be pretty long as well.

[ogvados]

Only primitive deck was available in my local shop ofc I put stickers on (8,38;31,925;14,25)
ace 44
oj wheels elite 51mm

[TwisT]

Only primitive deck was available in my local shop ofc I put stickers on (8,38;31,925;14,25)
ace 44
oj wheels elite 51mm

I don't see why, it's a decent graphic