The Set-up Thread

[cosmicgypsies]

skateboard cafe 8.25 14.2wb not sure on length
venture 5.8, supercush 90a bushings, bones flat washer
bones spf p5 84b 54mm
mini logos, jessup, pig risers, maybe hardware.

excited to try it out, one of the stock venture bushings blew out and straight up fell off the truck so had to replace.

[FrozenIndustries]

skateboard cafe 8.25 14.2wb not sure on length
venture 5.8, supercush 90a bushings, bones flat washer
bones spf p5 84b 54mm
mini logos, jessup, pig risers, maybe hardware.

excited to try it out, one of the stock venture bushings blew out and straight up fell off the truck so had to replace.

This is so sick. Seeing those washers in the Ventures makes me want to try them again for the millionth time.

[shawngreg]

the flat top washer is such a game changer in Ventures, really improves them imo

also love that skateboard cafe set up

[Fhk]

Palace 8.2 Puig S26
Thunder 147
Spitfire 52 mm F4
Swiss
Diamond Mike Carroll hardware
Jessup

Adidas Busenitz Vulc II

@ok boomer You did it! How are you liking it man?

[ok boomer]

Haven't got to ride it yet. I got home an hour late from work, set it up, then my son wanted to have a Nerf battle. Then dinner time, then had to put my son to bed, then hang with the wife. I'm kinda on thin ice with her at the moment because I had some people over this weekend - promised I wouldn't drink or smoke cigs when they were over , and did every bit of that the whole time. Heh. Figure tonight I will spoil her with attention then "go to 7-11", AKA go to 1 or 2 spots to break in these bushings.
I think the last couple of times I had Thunders... it was 3 sessions of cruising to break them in, THEN adjust the trucks

[rocklobster]

Haven't got to ride it yet. I got home an hour late from work, set it up, then my son wanted to have a Nerf battle. Then dinner time, then had to put my son to bed, then hang with the wife. I'm kinda on thin ice with her at the moment because I had some people over this weekend - promised I wouldn't drink or smoke cigs when they were over , and did every bit of that the whole time. Heh. Figure tonight I will spoil her with attention then "go to 7-11", AKA go to 1 or 2 spots to break in these bushings.
I think the last couple of times I had Thunders... it was 3 sessions of cruising to break them in, THEN adjust the trucks

+1 for domestic life

[white guy in a durag]

Therapy set up after an awful session



Girl Love Seat
Venture V-Light 5.8 with bones softs
Loophole Powderly wheels (nfgmfg's square shape)
Quantum Isotopes
Bronze
Jessup ultra

Rolled around in front of my hotel and this board feels absolutely insane. I feel like I'm riding a cruiser or something; it's 9" at it's widest but the kicks are so small it feels like an 8" or less. Whiffed both the kickflips I tried because the nose was like a quarter inch back from where I expected it to be. I'll give it a proper session in the next few days and pray that I can used to it.

EDIT:
for future generations who stumble upon this post, I gave it the session and it felt really good when i got used to it.

[ok boomer]

Board looks sick, mang

#pray4whiteguyinadurag

[Fhk]

Haven't got to ride it yet. I got home an hour late from work, set it up, then my son wanted to have a Nerf battle. Then dinner time, then had to put my son to bed, then hang with the wife. I'm kinda on thin ice with her at the moment because I had some people over this weekend - promised I wouldn't drink or smoke cigs when they were over , and did every bit of that the whole time. Heh. Figure tonight I will spoil her with attention then "go to 7-11", AKA go to 1 or 2 spots to break in these bushings.
I think the last couple of times I had Thunders... it was 3 sessions of cruising to break them in, THEN adjust the trucks

I hear ya there! Next time maybe challenge her to the Nerf battle. If you win, you go skate..if you lose it's lifetime/hallmark snuggle cuddle time...

[shawngreg]

Therapy set up after an awful session



Girl Love Seat
Venture V-Light 5.8 with bones softs
Loophole Powderly wheels (nfgmfg's square shape)
Quantum Isotopes
Bronze
Jessup ultra

Rolled around in front of my hotel and this board feels absolutely insane. I feel like I'm riding a cruiser or something; it's 9" at it's widest but the kicks are so small it feels like an 8" or less. Whiffed both the kickflips I tried because the nose was like a quarter inch back from where I expected it to be. I'll give it a proper session in the next few days and pray that I can used to it.

this looks awesome, i'm surprised how well the 5.8's fit too!  i would have expected 6.1s to look like this.  also lol'd at your description of the mini sesh you had whiffing kickflips, i'd be in the same boat

[white guy in a durag]

Yeah, you pretty much have your choice of 8.5 or 8.75 trucks. I don't have my tape measure handy since I'm in a hotel, but I measured the width over the trucks using some bills and coins and came up with:

front: 8.75
back: 8.5

[funeral_tuxedo]

Palace 8.2 Puig S26
Thunder 147
Spitfire 52 mm F4
Swiss
Diamond Mike Carroll hardware
Jessup

Adidas Busenitz Vulc II

@ok boomer I think that the Thunder bushings are maybe the prettiest translucent emerald green color I've ever seen. As far as manmade anyways. Lovely setup.

[shawngreg]

scumco 8.5
mob (ordered jessup but they sent the wrong grip)
bronze allen
5.8s with riptide cups & bones top flat washer.  forged plates from a pair of v-lights and ti hangers
52mm f4 classics
bones swiss

i really just wanted to try a deck with a shorter wheelbase but ended up getting almost an entire complete.  everythings new except for the trucks

[MOE SYZLAK]

Alexis Alltimers 8
+ Same shit as last time
Cons checkpoint

[Velcro Wallet]

Just set up the big Cory (love seat?) with 151 Thunders. 48mm big heads with Super Reds. Gonna be a fun board!!!

[Dwyck]

I found some gear while packing and Frankensteined a setup
8.6, 14.5 P9, collab board i probably should have saved (it was still the Kevin rodrigues shape when I got it). It's 8.25 over the front truck and maybe 8.1 over the back. I stood up on the couch to show the magic carpet-effect
USA 139 with 3 different sets of stock bushings
Canal 55s, a fullish shape
Mixture of reds and modus

Took out it to my curb tonight. I retired it early the first time I skate them because I monster trucked them on 149s and could barely pop it. Not expecting that issue now. The tail is pretty steep. It's squirrelly but it slappys nice and I stood up on a 5050 without having to do this stupid front shoulder roll I do on 149s, if that makes sense. Nice lock in. This is the 5th setup in my quiver but I think I'm gonna get some time in on it really soon. It'll be fun skating a 14.5 on narrower trucks

Just set up the big Cory (love seat?) with 151 Thunders. 48mm big heads with Super Reds. Gonna be a fun board!!!

That thing looks rad. I love my 151s and thats giving me ideas on what to do w them

[GBLange]

Just set up the big Cory (love seat?) with 151 Thunders. 48mm big heads with Super Reds. Gonna be a fun board!!!

sweeeeeet..

[FrozenIndustries]

I found some gear while packing and Frankensteined a setup
8.6, 14.5 P9, collab board i probably should have saved (it was still the Kevin rodrigues shape when I got it). It's 8.25 over the front truck and maybe 8.1 over the back. I stood up on the couch to show the magic carpet-effect
USA 139 with 3 different sets of stock bushings
Canal 55s, a fullish shape
Mixture of reds and modus

Took out it to my curb tonight. I retired it early the first time I skate them because I monster trucked them on 149s and could barely pop it. Not expecting that issue now. The tail is pretty steep. It's squirrelly but it slappys nice and I stood up on a 5050 without having to do this stupid front shoulder roll I do on 149s, if that makes sense. Nice lock in. This is the 5th setup in my quiver but I think I'm gonna get some time in on it really soon. It'll be fun skating a 14.5 on narrower trucks

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Just set up the big Cory (love seat?) with 151 Thunders. 48mm big heads with Super Reds. Gonna be a fun board!!!

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That thing looks rad. I love my 151s and thats giving me ideas on what to do w them

This looks really cool. I've been loving a narrower truck with fuller wheels.

[sweetlou]

This is my second 9" Polar popsicle, as I really liked the wheelbase.



169s w/ Bones on Real risers, Diamond allen hardware.

55mm F4 Classics w/ Raws (gonna splurge on either Swiss or Ceramics soon tho and spoil myself) and Mob.

Looks sick. nice choice

[art hellman]

Polar Hjalte P2 8.5
Indy 149ti (w/cast baseplates, Indy aftermarket conical bushings, riptide pivot cups)
SF F4 54mm conical full 99a
Swiss 6
Jessup

[TwisT]

Board does not taper, it’s just the angle of the shot.

8.25 Tactics
5.50 Tensor ATG mag
52mm V4 bones
Quantum atoms
Jessup

Adidas campus adv. This shoe sucks.

[RichardBarkley]

Transworld sticker? Sweet

[smellsdead]

new old stuff that needed to be skated

carpet 8.3
venture hollow kingpin somethings (initial thoughts they suck)
swiss
101 f4s
bronze

[MysticalTypeExperience]

Here's the new setup...first street-oriented setup in like a decade. Been riding a 60mm wheel 9" wide cruiser type board for a few years now. And I'm already getting the setup madness.

Deck: Alien Workshop Exp Green 8.5x32.25"
Grip: Mob Perforated Standard
Trucks: Krux K5 Standard Polished 8.5" -- bushings are way too soft, ordered some Bones Hardcore Hard 96a. Otherwise I like the trucks.
Wheels: Orbs Specters Swirls 99a 56mm -- coming from 60mm 90a wheels, these things feel ROUGH. Considering ordering some OJ Plain Jane 87a's to replace.
Bearings: Bones Big Balls Reds
Risers: Krux 1/8" white
Hardware: Independent 1" Phillips blue anodized

[iw0]

Here's the new setup...first street-oriented setup in like a decade. Been riding a 60mm wheel 9" wide cruiser type board for a few years now. And I'm already getting the setup madness.

Deck: Alien Workshop Exp Green 8.5x32.25"
Grip: Mob Perforated Standard
Trucks: Krux K5 Standard Polished 8.5" -- bushings are way too soft, ordered some Bones Hardcore Hard 96a. Otherwise I like the trucks.
Wheels: Orbs Specters Swirls 99a 56mm -- coming from 60mm 90a wheels, these things feel ROUGH. Considering ordering some OJ Plain Jane 87a's to replace.
Bearings: Bones Big Balls Reds
Risers: Krux 1/8" white
Hardware: Independent 1" Phillips blue anodized

always dig seeing color themed set ups, nice

[Uncle Jeffrey]

Here's the new setup...first street-oriented setup in like a decade. Been riding a 60mm wheel 9" wide cruiser type board for a few years now. And I'm already getting the setup madness.

Deck: Alien Workshop Exp Green 8.5x32.25"
Grip: Mob Perforated Standard
Trucks: Krux K5 Standard Polished 8.5" -- bushings are way too soft, ordered some Bones Hardcore Hard 96a. Otherwise I like the trucks.
Wheels: Orbs Specters Swirls 99a 56mm -- coming from 60mm 90a wheels, these things feel ROUGH. Considering ordering some OJ Plain Jane 87a's to replace.
Bearings: Bones Big Balls Reds
Risers: Krux 1/8" white
Hardware: Independent 1" Phillips blue anodized

Give the wheels a few more rides, you may change your tune depending on what you're doing. I swapped from soft 56 to super hard 56 and almost immediately switched back, then kept riding and soon enough it seemed normal.

Then I switched to smaller 53 99a wheels and that was something else to get used to, but feels good now.

If you don't end up doing any slides/grinds that depend on wheels sliding, or super chirpy tricks, then sure hard wheels just make you slower on most street terrain and there's no reason to have them.

[MysticalTypeExperience]

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Here's the new setup...first street-oriented setup in like a decade. Been riding a 60mm wheel 9" wide cruiser type board for a few years now. And I'm already getting the setup madness.

Deck: Alien Workshop Exp Green 8.5x32.25"
Grip: Mob Perforated Standard
Trucks: Krux K5 Standard Polished 8.5" -- bushings are way too soft, ordered some Bones Hardcore Hard 96a. Otherwise I like the trucks.
Wheels: Orbs Specters Swirls 99a 56mm -- coming from 60mm 90a wheels, these things feel ROUGH. Considering ordering some OJ Plain Jane 87a's to replace.
Bearings: Bones Big Balls Reds
Risers: Krux 1/8" white
Hardware: Independent 1" Phillips blue anodized

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Give the wheels a few more rides, you may change your tune depending on what you're doing. I swapped from soft 56 to super hard 56 and almost immediately switched back, then kept riding and soon enough it seemed normal.

Then I switched to smaller 53 99a wheels and that was something else to get used to, but feels good now.

If you don't end up doing any slides/grinds that depend on wheels sliding, or super chirpy tricks, then sure hard wheels just make you slower on most street terrain and there's no reason to have them.

Yeah I'm kinda used to them already after some driveway sessions and hitting the crappy school skatepark by my house. Even the skatepark has crap terrain besides the ramps though, it's just plopped on top of a parking lot. I said fuck it and ordered those OJ plain janes just to try them out, hard to say no to trying new stuff when it's all 20% off.

[venture5.8]

Board does not taper, it’s just the angle of the shot.

8.25 Tactics
5.50 Tensor ATG mag
52mm V4 bones
Quantum atoms
Jessup

Adidas campus adv. This shoe sucks.

how are the tactics blanks? been thinking about trying them

[lamfordie]

8.25 Chapman board that I spray painted and slaped a zero two decal
149 thunder hollow lights
52 pig wheel swirls
Reds

Lakai Telfords

[rocklobster]

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Board does not taper, it’s just the angle of the shot.

8.25 Tactics
5.50 Tensor ATG mag
52mm V4 bones
Quantum atoms
Jessup

Adidas campus adv. This shoe sucks.

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how are the tactics blanks? been thinking about trying them

I've got one on ice, light feeling with a deep concave, but the nose and tail have an interesting taper towards the tip. Not as much as a Santa Cruz Tapered Tip, but it starts fairly early like after the truck mounting holes.