Hell yeah. I was tired of lugging my Orange Eagle up 5 flights of stairs at work so couple years ago I got one of these and set it up as a cruiser on Thunder 145s with a set of OG Cadillac/Road Rider-style reissues (56mm/78A). Super fun, exhilaratingly scary when you hit a patch of rough ground at high speed. I also put Lil’ Smokies 48mm Tablets on it when I bring it out for the kids to ride at family barbecues.
Mine still has a little life in it (these are both old photos), but I noticed that sometime in the past year they took about an inch off the length and wheelbase. It’s now 28.5/11.9 instead of the old 29.3/12.9, so I imagine it’s going to be a pretty wild ride when I have to finally replace it.
So good!!!
I did notice the older one I have is the 29 with 12.9 wb so it will be interesting what he thinks of the newer smaller size.
I can take some comparison pics once they get here too, but I have a feeling the 7.3 is just a little too small, but can still be lots of fun, maybe in much the same way the Zip Zinger was for a lot of people when it came out, with the Zig Zagger being a bit more "normal" in shape and size / dimensions. I have the Zagger, but not the Zinger. Or the Zogger, but that is a different story entirely.
The funny thing with board evolution too, some boards just got more narrow, eg 7.5 x 32 with a regular wheelbase, but others scaled down completely, if not in mold, at least in the overall dimensions, so 7.5 x 31 with 14 or less wb.
Should have these small boards mid week and go from there, with the assessment and setups on some small trucks I have had no other use for until now.
Topic: Evolution of product Ex. Wheels Trucks Decks (Read 5520 times)