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The 8.5x31.8x14.25 feels perfect for me. After going through gear madness over winter and trying a bunch of different shapes all I want from my kit is to not have to think about it anymore.
Do yours measure 8.38”? My 8.5x31.85 DLXs all do when I measure myself, weird
You'd think I'd check that already after being so crazy about this stuff. Measuring the top with a flexible tape measure is 8.375. Measuring the bottom is 8.5. Wheelbase is more like 14.1875
But where do you start and end on a rounded edge ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Even better for me. My short legs would prefer the imperceptibly narrower 8.38 but they mostly have the imperceptibly longer wheel base. DLX numbers are more like a code for the shape rather than highly accurate measurements.
8.5ishx31.8ishx14.25ish 4 lyfe
This has been my go to shape for a while. What trucks do you guys like to ride on them? Having a lot of truck madness lately
Mostly old blown out stage 9 149's. Had a couple ramp sessions on 159 and that felt real good. Just got Ti 149 on 1/8 riser. Turns real surfy, feels way different from the old 149. Haven't had a real day on them yet.
I found the old Indy trucks from Stage 9 and 10 seemed sluggish on the turn after being on Stage 11, but the older Stage 7 and 8 had even more quick turn than all of them.
The normal Stage 11s are pretty much just right and are not "collectors items" as well as having the best kingpin clearance of all of them too.
What I was actually going to ask is when you guys measured the boards, do you also measure across the front bolts, middle and back of that shape, as it had significant taper on the ones I had, which are all older, but they did come up as 8.5 at the front bolts, 8.4 in the middle and 8.3 at the back bolts.
One of the guys I skate with had a new Grimple board, definitely post pandemic and it was almost the same, just not quite 8.5 at the front, so it is funny how it started off as 8.5 wide, but has seemed to get get thinner over the last couple of years.
The other 8.5 x 32.25 with 14.38 wheelbase is true 8.5 through the rails, but tapers a lot more at the kicks, when comparing the two shapes.