Thanks, take your time!
I have one more thing to add, I might be able to buy Arsenal baseplates for cheap, I am waiting for someone to confirm or deny if they fit. If those would fit then I wouldn’t have to modify my current baseplates to run 0.75 inch bushings.
Well, I’ll be riding Surf Rodz RKP for a bit longer. What do you recommend?
front 45°
rear 45°
stability at speed with a heavy board is most important to me.
35 in the back and 50 at the front
Thx, what about bushings?
Respectully, how much do you weigh?
240
Reminder @RipTideSports
One more thing to add, I will be using caliber III 44 degree baseplates with slightly longer aftermarket kingpins, still planning to use tall bushings both BS and RS, and I can 3D print wedges in any angle up to 15 degrees.
OK, these are kind of hard to answer so I will comment below to the questions
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First of all this will be my first split angle setup. Planning on doing 45-50 degree front (cal 2 50 deg plate + wedge if needed) and a 30 degree rear (Randal 42 plate + printed wedge). Haven’t decided on the final angles though.
When you decide on the angles, i will be better equipped to recommend
Hangers are Boardnamics 270mm, deck is an Earthwing Supermodel Drop Down, 41 inches long, around 30-31 inch wheelbase if I remember it right. Don’t think it will wheelbite. If it does maybe I can extend the wheelbase a little bit. Boardside I can only put standard height (.6 inch) bushings, but I prefer .75 generally… I like the extra lean and the more progressive turn I experience on them. I am considering grinding down the baseplate to fit 0.75 bushings and using a slightly longer kingpin, so I can have .75/.75. Is there a reason why I shouldn’t do that? Maybe how would a BS .6 bushing along with a RS .75 feel? I’ve only seen trucks with a taller BS than RS bushing so far.
I would not modify the base plate because it will weaken an already weak and short king pin interface which can cause catastrophic failure. If you want more lean out of .6" tall bushings, use a softer duro.
I weigh around 75-80kg, and my board is going to weigh around 18-20kg.
I need to be able to do high speeds, around 60-65 km/h max. And torque is going to be good as well. I want minimal turning but good lean in the rear (can’t go below 30 degrees though). As for the front, I like a stable center and a divey turn. The front should turn well when I lean hard. There should be a decent amount of lean as well. Is there any way to achieve that?
Yes, keep the front truck around 40 degrees for more lean and less turn at high speeds
Not tightly related, but this might help with recommendations. I love the feel of cast Ronin trucks. If we could replicate that with split angles of course, that would be great. I love the stable center and divey turning that they have, and I love their endless lean.
Everything you are asking for comes stock with the Stooge Raceboards 3-Link trucks
Edit: Also I have been thinking about trying out the riot plugs. It’s a slop stopper bushing that goes between the two normal bushings. Did you ever try those or something similar? Which duro would you recommend to not limit lean by much? A lower duro?
If the bushing fits the seat and the kingpin the slop stopper is superfluous because there is NO SLOP. All they do is slow the truck’s transition speed which some people find comforting. We make Kores for Don’t Trip trucks and recommend using a similar duro to the bushings you are using
45/45 stability at speed is difficult to accomplish unless you have a lot of experience especially on SZ trucks. At 240 lbs, your best bet is KranK 96 Cone / FatCone front and KranK 96 Barrel / FatCone back.
Thank you! I’ve decided the final angles then, 41/29. Will buy caliber III plates with a longer kingpin so I will have support for talls for both positions without modification.
I have been thinking of this config:
Rear: Tall Fatcone BS, Tall Barrel RS, both Krank formula, same duro, maybe 93A or 96A? Not sure how high I have to go duro wise due to the lower angle.
Front: Tall Barrel BS, Tall Barrel RS, both APS. Thinking of split duro between BS and RS, maybe 87.5-92.5.
Does that sound good? Anything you would change?
thx, I’m working out again and will be back to my normal weight soon. Will this setup still work for me?
What is your normal weight?
220-225
Do you have any thoughts on this? I understand this is a hard case, but I would appreciate an expert opinion. Even if the recommendation doesn’t end up being perfect, I would still appreciate it. Sadly I can’t afford 3 links for this board this year. Maybe sometime next year.
75-80kg or so weight + board weighs 20kg
32" wheelbase
BN 270 hangers, cal3 44 baseplates with longer kingpins, dewedged to 41/29
I want tall bushings in every position
I want good lean both front and back
I want good stability in the rear with little turning
I want a lively and divey turning in the front, need to be able to take tight corners
The front should have a stable center as well
Max speed is about 65kph / 40mph
I made up my mind and I am getting 85A / 87.5A / 90A / 92.5A APS tall barrels for the front, will experiment with what I like, the rest I can use in my cast ronins. The 92.5A can also be used in the rear if I find it too stiff otherwise.
So I am mainly interested in what I should go for in the rear. Thinking tall fatcone / tall barrel in Krank formula. Just unsure if I should get 93A or 96A.
We can do a mixed pairs for you of 93 and 96
I am ordering from Sickboards.nl, as I don’t want to deal with import taxes and I am ordering a few other stuff too. I appreciate the offer though! Sickboards only do pairs sadly, as far as I know. I will give them a call tomorrow though, maybe I will be lucky. They are closed for today
So I’ve been on this setup for a bit, changes the rear slightly so it should be 45/15 with baby blue on front boardside, KranK93a on front roadside and black super hard bushings from evolve on the backside top and bottom with the roadside back being a cone.
Deck is an LY switchblade with BN270 trucks, the rear is topmount to the deck lays flat.
I weigh about 150/160lbs
I am going to disregard the yard sale bushing setup you appear to have and and suggest a setup for a EVO with effective base plate angles of 45/15 and a rider of 150-160 lbs. What type of riding are you looking to do?
I’d like to get as low to the ground as possible so no rising at all preferably, besides the topmount on my rear truck to keep the board flat.