The Set-up Thread

[Fhk]

Chocolate Tershy 9.25” couch shape
Indy Hollow 169
Ricta 52mm
Bronson G3
Random made in china griptape



short poems for brothers

Nice one! You should write a short poem about it..brother

[nevrwasben]

Why is this unstickied??

[RichardBarkley]

Why is this unstickied??

Dear God

This is very unsettling

[white guy in a durag]

Finally, the only thing left at the top is JAWNZ. Just as god intended.

[Gene_Harrogate]

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Why is this unstickied??

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Dear God

This is very unsettling

Let's not panic, surely it's just an error that will be dealt with promptly!

[nevrwasben]

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Why is this unstickied??

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Dear God

This is very unsettling

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Let's not panic, surely it's just an error that will be dealt with promptly!

I’m kind of freaking out guys, somebody HALP

[Fhk]

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Why is this unstickied??

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Dear God

This is very unsettling

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Let's not panic, surely it's just an error that will be dealt with promptly!

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I’m kind of freaking out guys, somebody HALP

Keep your chin up bud we will get through this together. I do understand the panic, as this is the biggest thing to happen here since BFRD floored us with his creation.

[topfrog10]

real 8.5 full se
venture hollow 5.8s
spits 97a classics 54mm
bronson raws
hardware i need to replace because ive fucked it up because my skate tool doesnt fit on the outer bolts because ventures.
vans crockett highs that i just got and don't think i can skate just yet because they're so pretty

never ridden a real, only cruised on this one last night but i've got high hopes for it. really like a quasi 8.5 but i'm hoping the bigger tail on this one does me well. am kinda off my ventures, am definitely taking recs for good curb and bowl skating trucks with this set up.

[camel filters]

real 8.5 full se
venture hollow 5.8s
spits 97a classics 54mm
bronson raws
hardware i need to replace because ive fucked it up because my skate tool doesnt fit on the outer bolts because ventures.
vans crockett highs that i just got and don't think i can skate just yet because they're so pretty

never ridden a real, only cruised on this one last night but i've got high hopes for it. really like a quasi 8.5 but i'm hoping the bigger tail on this one does me well. am kinda off my ventures, am definitely taking recs for good curb and bowl skating trucks with this set up.

Polar and quasi stickers on a real board. I'm jealous you don't have the ocd ridden brain I do.

[iw0]

real 8.5 full se
venture hollow 5.8s
spits 97a classics 54mm
bronson raws
hardware i need to replace because ive fucked it up because my skate tool doesnt fit on the outer bolts because ventures.
vans crockett highs that i just got and don't think i can skate just yet because they're so pretty

never ridden a real, only cruised on this one last night but i've got high hopes for it. really like a quasi 8.5 but i'm hoping the bigger tail on this one does me well. am kinda off my ventures, am definitely taking recs for good curb and bowl skating trucks with this set up.

the quasi ransom note sticker job threw me off on this lol
also friendly hardware saving tip: take off the hanger when setting up the baseplate on ventures

[Richard Skidder]

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real 8.5 full se
venture hollow 5.8s
spits 97a classics 54mm
bronson raws
hardware i need to replace because ive fucked it up because my skate tool doesnt fit on the outer bolts because ventures.
vans crockett highs that i just got and don't think i can skate just yet because they're so pretty

never ridden a real, only cruised on this one last night but i've got high hopes for it. really like a quasi 8.5 but i'm hoping the bigger tail on this one does me well. am kinda off my ventures, am definitely taking recs for good curb and bowl skating trucks with this set up.

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the quasi ransom note sticker job threw me off on this lol
also friendly hardware saving tip: take off the hanger when setting up the baseplate on ventures

It’s almost as if open ended wrenches don’t exist.

[iw0]

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real 8.5 full se
venture hollow 5.8s
spits 97a classics 54mm
bronson raws
hardware i need to replace because ive fucked it up because my skate tool doesnt fit on the outer bolts because ventures.

vans crockett highs that i just got and don't think i can skate just yet because they're so pretty

never ridden a real, only cruised on this one last night but i've got high hopes for it. really like a quasi 8.5 but i'm hoping the bigger tail on this one does me well. am kinda off my ventures, am definitely taking recs for good curb and bowl skating trucks with this set up.

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the quasi ransom note sticker job threw me off on this lol
also friendly hardware saving tip: take off the hanger when setting up the baseplate on ventures

[close]

It’s almost as if open ended wrenches don’t exist.

whoa, get a load of the wrench lobbyist itt
but seriously, i personally suck at keeping wrenches on while putting everything together. always have, always will.

[Dan Gerous]

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real 8.5 full se
venture hollow 5.8s
spits 97a classics 54mm
bronson raws
hardware i need to replace because ive fucked it up because my skate tool doesnt fit on the outer bolts because ventures.

vans crockett highs that i just got and don't think i can skate just yet because they're so pretty

never ridden a real, only cruised on this one last night but i've got high hopes for it. really like a quasi 8.5 but i'm hoping the bigger tail on this one does me well. am kinda off my ventures, am definitely taking recs for good curb and bowl skating trucks with this set up.

[close]

the quasi ransom note sticker job threw me off on this lol
also friendly hardware saving tip: take off the hanger when setting up the baseplate on ventures

[close]

It’s almost as if open ended wrenches don’t exist.

[close]

whoa, get a load of the wrench lobbyist itt
but seriously, i personally suck at keeping wrenches on while putting everything together. always have, always will.

Venture needs to make a skate wrench with one of those gizmos integrated into the shaft...

[topfrog10]

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real 8.5 full se
venture hollow 5.8s
spits 97a classics 54mm
bronson raws
hardware i need to replace because ive fucked it up because my skate tool doesnt fit on the outer bolts because ventures.
vans crockett highs that i just got and don't think i can skate just yet because they're so pretty

never ridden a real, only cruised on this one last night but i've got high hopes for it. really like a quasi 8.5 but i'm hoping the bigger tail on this one does me well. am kinda off my ventures, am definitely taking recs for good curb and bowl skating trucks with this set up.

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Polar and quasi stickers on a real board. I'm jealous you don't have the ocd ridden brain I do.

i've always thought stickers from the deck brand are redundant, maybe that's just me.

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real 8.5 full se
venture hollow 5.8s
spits 97a classics 54mm
bronson raws
hardware i need to replace because ive fucked it up because my skate tool doesnt fit on the outer bolts because ventures.
vans crockett highs that i just got and don't think i can skate just yet because they're so pretty

never ridden a real, only cruised on this one last night but i've got high hopes for it. really like a quasi 8.5 but i'm hoping the bigger tail on this one does me well. am kinda off my ventures, am definitely taking recs for good curb and bowl skating trucks with this set up.

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the quasi ransom note sticker job threw me off on this lol
also friendly hardware saving tip: take off the hanger when setting up the baseplate on ventures

... don't know why i never thought of that, you're a genius.

[DarkPools]

Open wrench (like another poster suggested) or Silver ratchet tpols exist.... couldn't you use those and not do the extra work of removing the hangar?

Unless that was a suggestion to take the piss out of Venture riders? 

[iw0]

Open wrench (like another poster suggested) or Silver ratchet tpols exist.... couldn't you use those and not do the extra work of removing the hangar?

Unless that was a suggestion to take the piss out of Venture riders? 

i've gotten very good at doing it this way, and at the end of the day

[DarkPools]

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Open wrench (like another poster suggested) or Silver ratchet tpols exist.... couldn't you use those and not do the extra work of removing the hangar?

Unless that was a suggestion to take the piss out of Venture riders? 

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i've gotten very good at doing it this way, and at the end of the day

RESPECT! *handshake emoji*
Whatever floats your goat!

[LebowskisRug]

The Ace tool works fine on Ventures. I really like it in general, worth the price.

[Richard Skidder]

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real 8.5 full se
venture hollow 5.8s
spits 97a classics 54mm
bronson raws
hardware i need to replace because ive fucked it up because my skate tool doesnt fit on the outer bolts because ventures.

vans crockett highs that i just got and don't think i can skate just yet because they're so pretty

never ridden a real, only cruised on this one last night but i've got high hopes for it. really like a quasi 8.5 but i'm hoping the bigger tail on this one does me well. am kinda off my ventures, am definitely taking recs for good curb and bowl skating trucks with this set up.

[close]

the quasi ransom note sticker job threw me off on this lol
also friendly hardware saving tip: take off the hanger when setting up the baseplate on ventures

[close]

It’s almost as if open ended wrenches don’t exist.

[close]

whoa, get a load of the wrench lobbyist itt
but seriously, i personally suck at keeping wrenches on while putting everything together. always have, always will.

I realize the way I phrased this was kind of dickish on my part so for that I apologize. I will say the thought of removing a hanger to set up a board out in the field gives me anxiety. Dropping a bushing and having it roll down a gutter can be a session stopper. Also a stripped kingpin nut (which is highly likely) can dead stop a session too. But as you said different strokes and I can get down with that. 

[GardenSkater77]

Matt Reason Tribute Set-Up
Snack/PS Stix: 33” x 8.625” x 14.75”, N: 7”/T: 6.625”
Indy 149
60mm Spitfire Classic 99a
1/4 Indy risers

[finknoos]

52mm is small? i dunno, cannot really go beyond 52mm, because of constant wheel bites. peep the marks.
had 55mm wheels once and hated them because of that even though at that time my trucks were tighter.

I just bought 53s for the first time in my life, never gone beyond a 51 before. Must admit im a little scared, they look huge, at least my deck is one of those polar ones with the wheel wells so i should be aight.

[art hellman]

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52mm is small? i dunno, cannot really go beyond 52mm, because of constant wheel bites. peep the marks.
had 55mm wheels once and hated them because of that even though at that time my trucks were tighter.

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I just bought 53s for the first time in my life, never gone beyond a 51 before. Must admit im a little scared, they look huge, at least my deck is one of those polar ones with the wheel wells so i should be aight.

i skate 53-55mm wheels (often conical fulls) on a Polar 8.5 with wheel wells, with loose (but not Max Palmer loose) trucks and I rarely get any wheel bite

[Gray Imp Sausage Metal]

Matt Reason Tribute Set-Up
Snack/PS Stix: 33” x 8.625” x 14.75”, N: 7”/T: 6.625”
Indy 149
60mm Spitfire Classic 99a
1/4 Indy risers

oh yes!
(I couldn’t deal with that wheelbase but I respect the hell out of that setup)

[hillbilly shifty]

coming off of a darkroom in a very similar shape
8.12 eagle -14.25 wb
Indy forged hollow 144 + bones bushings
Spitfire F4 tablets 52mm 101 + bones swiss six
mob grip + shorty's 7/8" allen

[Sonny Paluso]

Hell yeah, big wheels for days.

[Frank and Fred]

Matt Reason Tribute Set-Up
Snack/PS Stix: 33” x 8.625” x 14.75”, N: 7”/T: 6.625”
Indy 149
60mm Spitfire Classic 99a
1/4 Indy risers

Epic. Pretty much what I rode late 90s to mid 2000s.  Maybe a smaller deck here and there....

[white guy in a durag]

traded out the love seat early because I was fiendin' to try the surf. Got the full Imp Sausage Metal set up.

This set up feels excellent. This is the experience I wanted from the love seat. I'll definitely be riding more surf jrs in the future.

Paul Grund Surf Jr
Ace AF1 55s
Loophole 56 V cuts
Quantum Isotopes
Bronze
Jessup

[El Freegano]

Weirdly hit axle on my front truck first so decided to use that as an excuse for a Christmas complete . The cleaver has a huuuuuge nose I'm excited about.
Old:
Orchard 8.75 eggy shape
Film 6.0 with krux dlk
Spitfire F4 conical 53mm 99a
Rockin rons

New:
Cleaver 8.38
Film 5.5 Leo Valls
Haze wheels 54mm 99a conical
Blurs bearings

How was the cleaver deck? I saw here it is listed in bbs woodshop section. Is the wood comparable to polar or the dlx brands? There are some boards on sale at skatedeluxe com, but i read a bad review saying it cracked and broke super fast. What was your experience with your deck?

[smellsdead]

polar 91 jr
ace 44
swiss
tablet f4 53
1/8" risers


board feels great

[christ0v]

Polar 8.25
Indy 144 stg 11 forged hollow
Bones stf 99a 54mm
Bones big balls
Indy bolts
Grizzly hrip

Im not sure that those wheels are 54mm, but thats what i was told. Got the setup used for 100€, but the trucks havent even been grinded. First ever bbs deck, first ever forged and hollow trucks and first ever bones wheels. Im not so hyped on the shape, the tail is too long for me but that could be because i suck and havent skated since 2018.