The Set-up Thread

[Frank and Fred]

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Was going to put this on the wall but I made a curb/beer run board. Planning to add OJ rails eventually.



Natas Black Prismatic 10.3
Indy 169
OJ Keyframe 56mm
Bronson Raws
Mob black/clear

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Perfect!

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for me, perfect would have 215s, not 169s. ive done 10 inch boards with 169s and they feel like they want to unintentionally roll over.  215s feel way more planted and sturdy but im running 62mm wheels and risers so that might play a factor. no risers work on my 8.375 with 56mm

I think the 169s look good on that with modern wheels. I'd personally go 159, with 80s style wider wheels. That's how we rode them originally. I have 159s on a 10" Tom Know with 60mm bullet wheels. its great. 215s would be overkill IMO.

Oh and get some rails on that thing before you board slide.... I suppose fire hydrant spins will destroy the graphic anyway....

[TastyBurrito]

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Was going to put this on the wall but I made a curb/beer run board. Planning to add OJ rails eventually.

Natas Black Prismatic 10.3
Indy 169
OJ Keyframe 56mm
Bronson Raws
Mob black/clear

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Perfect!

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for me, perfect would have 215s, not 169s. ive done 10 inch boards with 169s and they feel like they want to unintentionally roll over.  215s feel way more planted and sturdy but im running 62mm wheels and risers so that might play a factor. no risers work on my 8.375 with 56mm

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I think the 169s look good on that with modern wheels. I'd personally go 159, with 80s style wider wheels. That's how we rode them originally. I have 159s on a 10" Tom Know with 60mm bullet wheels. its great. 215s would be overkill IMO.

Oh and get some rails on that thing before you board slide.... I suppose fire hydrant spins will destroy the graphic anyway....

I have OJ rails in hand. I just don't have the power screwdriver to get them in. Might take it to my local shop to do it for me.

[Frank and Fred]

I've always just hand-screwed those suckers in.

[TurdyBird]

If you pre sink the hardware aka set up the trucks before you grip then take them off, there is minimal grip warpage around the bolts when you set up the bird.

G'nard. Ive only had this problem recently from two boards that were already gripped (they were on clearance because they were returns from online orders). Gonna start doing this regardless tho

I think I'm just a jessup guy either way. The regular stuff. The extra grit is too much.

[michael scarn]

I just got a new complete the other day. I sized it down from an 8.25 with venture 5.6 lights to an 8.125 baker (mellow concave) with thunder 145 hollows. Didn't intend to get the hollows, but that's what the shop had. So far I'm diggin it. I took it out for a no pop slappy sesh last night and i felt comfortable within 10ish minutes. I just love how thunders feel and turn. Also, never had f4 classics before but i like em. I was always getting the conical fulls which are good too, but, again, i just got what the shop had. 

[Xen]

- SC McCoy VX 8.25x31.8x14.18WB, 7"N, 6.6352645726354176234" whateverthefuck tail, some grip, can't recall
- Mix of bolts
- Venture 5.6ti w/ACE reg bottoms, low tops, sleeved flat washers, low profile ti nut = so much clearance

- Bones V3s 103a about 51mm or so (need to swap out for the 99s, shit was rough today)
- Spitfire Classics bearings (only bearings I have with shields that still spin and I was skating the beach/natas curbs all weekend (sandy) - someone recently bondo-taped them, so rad.

The Ventures with this WB and long steep kicks felt super good poppy/light.
This bushing setup is perfectly swervey VS. twitchy/turney (first real curb grinding session as I've only been skating flat/flat bars) and was just fine for getting into slappies, etc..

I swear it's the best combo and I've tried BONEs (soft/med and dual duro'ing them), stock, indy barrel/conical aftermarket, thunder, Krux (top Krux is nice and low tho) and bait and tackle...the ACE high bottom and low top is hands down the best for me...again they get a really fast surfy but swerve-y feel to them..nice and responsive.

The only neg isn't really one, but once you get used to Tensor maglights and their grind, grinding with any other truck take twice the effort and you still can't the same length or speed...my feebles and smiths were seriously hurting today, but they were happening. Can't beat the low height and pop of ventures with small wheels...might have to drop down to 50s on the tensors for slappy sessions.

V3s totally give off the prime-time V nostalgia vibe:


 

[FatGuy92]

- SC McCoy VX 8.25x31.8x14.18WB, 7"N, 6.6352645726354176234" whateverthefuck tail, some grip, can't recall
- Mix of bolts
- Venture 5.6ti w/ACE reg bottoms, low tops, sleeved flat washers, low profile ti nut = so much clearance

- Bones V3s 103a about 51mm or so (need to swap out for the 99s, shit was rough today)
- Spitfire Classics bearings (only bearings I have with shields that still spin and I was skating the beach/natas curbs all weekend (sandy) - someone recently bondo-taped them, so rad.

The Ventures with this WB and long steep kicks felt super good poppy/light.
This bushing setup is perfectly swervey VS. twitchy/turney (first real curb grinding session as I've only been skating flat/flat bars) and was just fine for getting into slappies, etc..

I swear it's the best combo and I've tried BONEs (soft/med and dual duro'ing them), stock, indy barrel/conical aftermarket, thunder, Krux (top Krux is nice and low tho) and bait and tackle...the ACE high bottom and low top is hands down the best for me...again they get a really fast surfy but swerve-y feel to them..nice and responsive.

The only neg isn't really one, but once you get used to Tensor maglights and their grind, grinding with any other truck take twice the effort and you still can't the same length or speed...my feebles and smiths were seriously hurting today, but they were happening. Can't beat the low height and pop of ventures with small wheels...might have to drop down to 50s on the tensors for slappy sessions.

V3s totally give off the prime-time V nostalgia vibe:

I’ve always thought the steep kicks on DSM decks and ventures would feel awful, but now I want to try it out. I would instinctively setup indys or aces. Might have to try it out!

[Xen]

^^ I thought so too (I brought a backup setup just in case this was trash)...but I like venture pop and like steep kicks and I also like lower trucks and small wheels. I think if I was on a mellow kick board with this I’d probably struggle being that low, with the steep kicks I still have tail leverage but the ride feels low.

[Made In China]

My dumbass left my board in my friend's car who lives an hour and a half away, so I've been without a board for the last few weeks. I finally caved and set up this new Polar I was saving (bought it when boards were in short supply due to COVID) and some other spare parts I had around. It's my first egg shape and I'm a huge fan after my first session. The nose and tail are almost the same size, which I've always liked.

Polar 8.75 Dane Brady egg
Thunder 151s
Spitfire F4 54mm conical fulls, 101d
Spitfire Cheapshots (I think?)

I'll probably keep the board and the wheels and switch out the trucks and bearings when I get my old board back lol

[rocklobster]

^^ I thought so too (I brought a backup setup just in case this was trash)...but I like venture pop and like steep kicks and I also like lower trucks and small wheels. I think if I was on a mellow kick board with this I’d probably struggle being that low, with the steep kicks I still have tail leverage but the ride feels low.

The raw Venture Ti's look good, I only have the 5.8 P-Rod gold / silver ones. Would love to ride the 5.6 Ti, my go to is the 148 Titanium and 5.6 V-Hollows still feel clunky for me, think the titanium variant would be the ticket.

[munchbox]

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^^ I thought so too (I brought a backup setup just in case this was trash)...but I like venture pop and like steep kicks and I also like lower trucks and small wheels. I think if I was on a mellow kick board with this I’d probably struggle being that low, with the steep kicks I still have tail leverage but the ride feels low.

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The raw Venture Ti's look good, I only have the 5.8 P-Rod gold / silver ones. Would love to ride the 5.6 Ti, my go to is the 148 Titanium and 5.6 V-Hollows still feel clunky for me, think the titanium variant would be the ticket.

fuck this got my brain running.

sitting out for a few weeks due to rehabbing a hyperextend knee, considering a lighter 5.6 model for when i get back on board. worried about the counterbalance but maybe with super steep kicks+14" wb the board will stick to me better.....any truth behind that?

[DarkPools]

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Label Kills! Bought this Black Label a little while ago and after some madness of an 8.5 Real FULL SE with a tail that was not tall/long enough and an 8.375 $lave (was warped and I didn't know until trucks were on it) that felt too short... I finally got back to homeostasis with my skateboard... 

I am finally confident my ideal specs for width/length/WB are:
8.5" (an occasional 8.6 or 8.4 that have similar measurements elsewhere are also nice)
32.25 - 32.5
14.5 (maybe 14.38 on some boards)

8.5" Black Label 'Chris Troy' (14.5 x 32.38)
Mob Grip
149 Indys (standard hangar with a forged hollow baseplate)
54mm Spitfire F4 Conical Full - about 53mm now I think?
Bones Reds
7/8" Black & Silver Indy Phillips hardware

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That looks really sick. Love the Label but all their decks are a bit too long for me personally.
Is there a reason you use a Standard hanger on the forged 149s? Are there advantages for it? Thinking about doing the same

Thank you! I'm digging Label right now.  This one feels good after a few sessions already. I have explosive pop doing switch and nollie tricks so I'm stoked on that, just gotta control it now 

A year and a half ago I bought 149 Standards and that's what the hangar is. Instead of setting up another pair of trucks, I chose to just swap base plates from the set I would skate next (in the next 7 or so months).
After a bit of time I noticed how heavy and somewhat tiring Standards were on longer sessions. Since then I bought 149 Forged Hollow and some Hollow Standards because I was running Forged Hollow before the Standards. I thought I'd get close to what I had before.

In short, I wanted to shave weight and also have the options to mix and match for certain wheels/board height. I think it works great since it's not super light and it's not super hefty either.

[Noble Experiment]

- Baker 8.475; sanded off the original graphic cuz I wanted to do a custom stencil spray paint graphic, but it came out looking pretty bad so I ended up sanding that off too and now I just have a plain ol blank board. Trying to decide what I want to put on there or if I should just rock it blank, for now it’s blank. Coated with a couple coats of cheap generic clear spray paint from the hardware store.
- Venture 5.8s with Indy barrel bottom aftermarket bushings
- spitfire 54mm F4 99As
- random assortment of bearings from like five different brands probably, shields off.
- random assortment of 1 inch allen hardware
Jessup grip

[Fhk]

- Baker 8.475; sanded off the original graphic cuz I wanted to do a custom stencil spray paint graphic, but it came out looking pretty bad so I ended up sanding that off too and now I just have a plain ol blank board. Trying to decide what I want to put on there or if I should just rock it blank, for now it’s blank. Coated with a couple coats of cheap generic clear spray paint from the hardware store.
- Venture 5.8s with Indy barrel bottom aftermarket bushings
- spitfire 54mm F4 99As
- random assortment of bearings from like five different brands probably, shields off.
- random assortment of 1 inch allen hardware
Jessup grip

So clean..a nice venture sticker and call it good. 

[jamersonbass]

I actually bought the Hjalte Surf Shape, but gifted it to my gf, as it seemed a bit more nimble than I was looking for in this setup.  Wanted more surface area...

Polar Oski P9
Ace V2 44's
F4 Conical Full 56's
Bones Big Balls Reds
Real Universal 1/8 Risers
Diamond Hardware

I set this up as my shitty weather cruiser, as I'm in MI and it almost hit 50 degrees today. 

[Xen]

- Baker 8.475; sanded off the original graphic cuz I wanted to do a custom stencil spray paint graphic, but it came out looking pretty bad so I ended up sanding that off too and now I just have a plain ol blank board. Trying to decide what I want to put on there or if I should just rock it blank, for now it’s blank. Coated with a couple coats of cheap generic clear spray paint from the hardware store.
- Venture 5.8s with Indy barrel bottom aftermarket bushings
- spitfire 54mm F4 99As
- random assortment of bearings from like five different brands probably, shields off.
- random assortment of 1 inch allen hardware
Jessup grip

There is nothing finer than raw/silver trucks, white wheels, and blank, natural woodgrain.

[fakiefs180]

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Label Kills! Bought this Black Label a little while ago and after some madness of an 8.5 Real FULL SE with a tail that was not tall/long enough and an 8.375 $lave (was warped and I didn't know until trucks were on it) that felt too short... I finally got back to homeostasis with my skateboard... 

I am finally confident my ideal specs for width/length/WB are:
8.5" (an occasional 8.6 or 8.4 that have similar measurements elsewhere are also nice)
32.25 - 32.5
14.5 (maybe 14.38 on some boards)

8.5" Black Label 'Chris Troy' (14.5 x 32.38)
Mob Grip
149 Indys (standard hangar with a forged hollow baseplate)
54mm Spitfire F4 Conical Full - about 53mm now I think?
Bones Reds
7/8" Black & Silver Indy Phillips hardware

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That looks really sick. Love the Label but all their decks are a bit too long for me personally.
Is there a reason you use a Standard hanger on the forged 149s? Are there advantages for it? Thinking about doing the same

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Thank you! I'm digging Label right now.  This one feels good after a few sessions already. I have explosive pop doing switch and nollie tricks so I'm stoked on that, just gotta control it now 

A year and a half ago I bought 149 Standards and that's what the hangar is. Instead of setting up another pair of trucks, I chose to just swap base plates from the set I would skate next (in the next 7 or so months).
After a bit of time I noticed how heavy and somewhat tiring Standards were on longer sessions. Since then I bought 149 Forged Hollow and some Hollow Standards because I was running Forged Hollow before the Standards. I thought I'd get close to what I had before.

In short, I wanted to shave weight and also have the options to mix and match for certain wheels/board height. I think it works great since it's not super light and it's not super hefty either.

That makes actually a lot of sense. Might try standard hanger on forged plates to see if my flips feel more controlled.
The height should be the same as usual forged hollows/titaniums right?

[DarkPools]

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Label Kills! Bought this Black Label a little while ago and after some madness of an 8.5 Real FULL SE with a tail that was not tall/long enough and an 8.375 $lave (was warped and I didn't know until trucks were on it) that felt too short... I finally got back to homeostasis with my skateboard... 

I am finally confident my ideal specs for width/length/WB are:
8.5" (an occasional 8.6 or 8.4 that have similar measurements elsewhere are also nice)
32.25 - 32.5
14.5 (maybe 14.38 on some boards)

8.5" Black Label 'Chris Troy' (14.5 x 32.38)
Mob Grip
149 Indys (standard hangar with a forged hollow baseplate)
54mm Spitfire F4 Conical Full - about 53mm now I think?
Bones Reds
7/8" Black & Silver Indy Phillips hardware

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That looks really sick. Love the Label but all their decks are a bit too long for me personally.
Is there a reason you use a Standard hanger on the forged 149s? Are there advantages for it? Thinking about doing the same

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Thank you! I'm digging Label right now.  This one feels good after a few sessions already. I have explosive pop doing switch and nollie tricks so I'm stoked on that, just gotta control it now 

A year and a half ago I bought 149 Standards and that's what the hangar is. Instead of setting up another pair of trucks, I chose to just swap base plates from the set I would skate next (in the next 7 or so months).
After a bit of time I noticed how heavy and somewhat tiring Standards were on longer sessions. Since then I bought 149 Forged Hollow and some Hollow Standards because I was running Forged Hollow before the Standards. I thought I'd get close to what I had before.

In short, I wanted to shave weight and also have the options to mix and match for certain wheels/board height. I think it works great since it's not super light and it's not super hefty either.

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That makes actually a lot of sense. Might try standard hanger on forged plates to see if my flips feel more controlled.
The height should be the same as usual forged hollows/titaniums right?

I notice my flips working pretty well, better than what I had before, so I think there's some validity to my madness haha. It's more manageable since I like to get tech but also skate transition.
If you have forged/titaniums, the height is 53.5mm if I'm not mistaken. If you run standard or standard hollow, it's 55mm. So if you throw a Standard hangar on a Forged/Titanium baseplate, you should get the 53.5mm height.

[fakiefs180]

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Label Kills! Bought this Black Label a little while ago and after some madness of an 8.5 Real FULL SE with a tail that was not tall/long enough and an 8.375 $lave (was warped and I didn't know until trucks were on it) that felt too short... I finally got back to homeostasis with my skateboard... 

I am finally confident my ideal specs for width/length/WB are:
8.5" (an occasional 8.6 or 8.4 that have similar measurements elsewhere are also nice)
32.25 - 32.5
14.5 (maybe 14.38 on some boards)

8.5" Black Label 'Chris Troy' (14.5 x 32.38)
Mob Grip
149 Indys (standard hangar with a forged hollow baseplate)
54mm Spitfire F4 Conical Full - about 53mm now I think?
Bones Reds
7/8" Black & Silver Indy Phillips hardware

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That looks really sick. Love the Label but all their decks are a bit too long for me personally.
Is there a reason you use a Standard hanger on the forged 149s? Are there advantages for it? Thinking about doing the same

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Thank you! I'm digging Label right now.  This one feels good after a few sessions already. I have explosive pop doing switch and nollie tricks so I'm stoked on that, just gotta control it now 

A year and a half ago I bought 149 Standards and that's what the hangar is. Instead of setting up another pair of trucks, I chose to just swap base plates from the set I would skate next (in the next 7 or so months).
After a bit of time I noticed how heavy and somewhat tiring Standards were on longer sessions. Since then I bought 149 Forged Hollow and some Hollow Standards because I was running Forged Hollow before the Standards. I thought I'd get close to what I had before.

In short, I wanted to shave weight and also have the options to mix and match for certain wheels/board height. I think it works great since it's not super light and it's not super hefty either.

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That makes actually a lot of sense. Might try standard hanger on forged plates to see if my flips feel more controlled.
The height should be the same as usual forged hollows/titaniums right?

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I notice my flips working pretty well, better than what I had before, so I think there's some validity to my madness haha. It's more manageable since I like to get tech but also skate transition.
If you have forged/titaniums, the height is 53.5mm if I'm not mistaken. If you run standard or standard hollow, it's 55mm. So if you throw a Standard hangar on a Forged/Titanium baseplate, you should get the 53.5mm height.

It should give a bit more weight lower to the ground, so maybe more stability? Not sure tho ^^
Both my hollow hangars showing the axles for a few months now, but I will ride them til they fall apart. Whenever that will be, never had trucks that long before.

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[CannerSpaghetti]

Klean

[ballintoohard]

Is that an 8 with 139?

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Is that an 8 with 139?

8.25 + 144

[Sativa Lung]

Scumco Kyle Nicholson 8.25" x 31.6" 14.25" wb
Venture 5.6 hollow
54mm Portland wheel Co conicals
Bop Shop™ grip
Bop Shop™ hardware

Been waiting for the new PS Stix Scumco line since last summer and they did not disappoint. Some killer graphics as usual and really nice PS shapes from the 5 I've acquired thus far. Decided to try this one first because I haven't skated a Nicholson deck in ages (and he's so good... Criminally underrated).

This one is your standard PS fare - full shape with very little taper, mild concave, nice wide squareish-round kicks, a mellow tail that should be very snappy and responsive on a mid height truck like venture hollows. Waiting for the sun to dry up some of the puddles outside but just messing around in the basement this deck feels great. So stoked these are available again.

[MalHuis]

Scumco Kyle Nicholson 8.25" x 31.6" 14.25" wb
Venture 5.6 hollow
54mm Portland wheel Co conicals
Bop Shop™ grip
Bop Shop™ hardware

Been waiting for the new PS Stix Scumco line since last summer and they did not disappoint. Some killer graphics as usual and really nice PS shapes from the 5 I've acquired thus far. Decided to try this one first because I haven't skated a Nicholson deck in ages (and he's so good... Criminally underrated).

This one is your standard PS fare - full shape with very little taper, mild concave, nice wide squareish-round kicks, a mellow tail that should be very snappy and responsive on a mid height truck like venture hollows. Waiting for the sun to dry up some of the puddles outside but just messing around in the basement this deck feels great. So stoked these are available again.

Your board gripping has improved drastically since i've seen the first of your +/- 155 board setups in the last 2 years BFRD. Your best one yet

Shape looks good, enjoy.

[hobochimp]

After some sweet sales I ended up with a whole Christmas complete.

AH 8.5 x 31.8 14.25 wb
Venture 5.6 v hollow with 3 washers on the inside and ace low bushings
F4 52mm tablets
Reds
Jessup


Haven’t done a proper session or anything, but so far I’m hating the feel of this setup from just skating around in the street a little bit. Definitely lots of different parts than what I’m used to so it’s more of an experiment board, but it might be a failed experiment. I have some of the venture wooden risers that I will probably try out on the deck and I might test out the stock venture bushings because the ace have just been feeling really strange so far. Hopefully I’ll get used to it otherwise I’ll just have mark this off as not my style setup.

[Sundaynuggets]

DOA square shape 8.25
Theeve csx v3, 5.25
F4, 54mm, 97a classics
Olympia bearings

The Theeves feel a bit small for this set up (I’m moving back up after skating 8’ pops for a while) but not unmanageable.

The 97a F4’s are broken in now and they are easily my favorite wheels. A little softer than 99’s (just enough to take some rattle off on medium crust) slide nice enough and I’m liking the classic shape a lot (usually ride conical full)

[beatifk]

DOA square shape 8.25
Theeve csx v3, 5.25
F4, 54mm, 97a classics
Olympia bearings

The Theeves feel a bit small for this set up (I’m moving back up after skating 8’ pops for a while) but not unmanageable.

The 97a F4’s are broken in now and they are easily my favorite wheels. A little softer than 99’s (just enough to take some rattle off on medium crust) slide nice enough and I’m liking the classic shape a lot (usually ride conical full)

Are the F4 97a noticeably more grippy on slippery stuff? I'm debating whether to try them or wait to see if NFG does another run of the 95a wheels.

I would skate 101a on everything if they gripped better, a smoother ride is not important to me, but the slippyness puts me on my back more than I'd like.

[jamersonbass]

DOA square shape 8.25
Theeve csx v3, 5.25
F4, 54mm, 97a classics
Olympia bearings

The Theeves feel a bit small for this set up (I’m moving back up after skating 8’ pops for a while) but not unmanageable.

The 97a F4’s are broken in now and they are easily my favorite wheels. A little softer than 99’s (just enough to take some rattle off on medium crust) slide nice enough and I’m liking the classic shape a lot (usually ride conical full)

This shape looks so good!

[Sundaynuggets]

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DOA square shape 8.25
Theeve csx v3, 5.25
F4, 54mm, 97a classics
Olympia bearings

The Theeves feel a bit small for this set up (I’m moving back up after skating 8’ pops for a while) but not unmanageable.

The 97a F4’s are broken in now and they are easily my favorite wheels. A little softer than 99’s (just enough to take some rattle off on medium crust) slide nice enough and I’m liking the classic shape a lot (usually ride conical full)

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Are the F4 97a noticeably more grippy on slippery stuff? I'm debating whether to try them or wait to see if NFG does another run of the 95a wheels.

I would skate 101a on everything if they gripped better, a smoother ride is not important to me, but the slippyness puts me on my back more than I'd like.

Yeah, they do grip a little better than 99/101a on stuff that’s usually slippery for me, though I haven’t tried them on any indoor surfaces.

I’m curious about those NFG’s too, though mostly to see how they feel on crusty streets. I like their normal formula a lot for pushing around but I wish the slide was better.