Oh shit fuck cunt motherfucker 
You ok?
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1st board, 5th ride, 42 mph, first crash lol. A really nice smooth road and then some speed wobbles got me. Shit sucks but at least my wallet is the only thing in need of resuscitation.
I was geared up so I’m pretty much fine. My wrist has that tiny scratch and my ass is a little bruised. My back also hurts from Carrying this monstrosity home. Moto jacket is unfortunately totaled I think. Might want to invest in some impact shorts.
Guess I know what the board feels like when I’m on the verge of wobbling now.
Once I swap my motors out, I won’t even be able to get past 40 any more, but I wonder how I should change my truck’s setup to prevent the us from happening again. Seems like mainly a skill issue though I guess.
Overall, that ride was still fantastic.
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Sheeeit. Glad u ok dude 
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Geez that’s a fast crash. Lucky no significant injury.
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The press looks amazing!
It’s just the advertising on the photograph that’s lame. That’s why I 
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In his defence, that watermark comes standard on all Xiaomi phones and its not the most obvious setting to disable. Shoutout to Xiaomi for cheap android phones, but shame on Xiaomi for using such a shitty ROM.
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that’s a lot of speed. glad you got out ok. could easily go worse.
less steer less wobble.
less slop less wobble.
it’s only partly skill. and no where near as much as the hubris of most skaters will tell ya.
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I honestly have no idea how to disable it, i even looked for it 
Also its a doggers phone with super intrusive software. 4/10 bc its old i guess.
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Depends on the version of your MIUI, but searching for camera in general settings should get you to it.
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That did it, thanks, its gone now 
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Send nudes to prove it
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one thing I found is that I was able to keep the board more stable above ~30 mph when i wasn’t accelerating hard (this board produces ~1/2 of the thrust the SRB boards make). While slowly gaining speed or coasting I could shift my weight farther forwards and fully focus on keeping the steering stable, but when was accelerating harder I ended up putting more weight in the back to not get thrown off balance and this made the board more wobbly. is there any technique to dealing with this or do the trucks just need to be setup differently?
From words given to me. from downhillers and other racers… more weight on the front helps prevent wobbles. Idk if i’ve felt that out for myself but I think i have naturally shifted more forward. in part because early esk8 joy riding i would always wear out my back leg because I think the thrust makes you naturally fall into weight on the back. you can still counter thrust with your weight more forward just angles change a bit.
what’s the steering angle on your back truck? for 40mph+ you want it pretty dead.
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not sure what the angle is, but its the standard setting. linkages go from the top of the axle to the middle hole on the baseplate bracket.
I suppose I probably should have checked with someone as to wether or not this setup was reasonable for these speeds before I just went for it lol.
You might pop in the SRB thread and ask those questions of moe directly.
the 3 holes gives 3 points of easy macro adjustment. but the angles also depend on how far the center heim is from the base plate. (and then how the radius rods are mounted. under/over axel, more washers, … )
the angle to look at is the radius rods to the plane of the ground or the deck.
increase the angle is more steer decrease the angle is less steer.
your mid rod pickup point there looks like a decent amount of steer maybe too much for hitting 45mph+
was your front full steer?
on my v5 if i do mid rear and full steer front i can feel it ocasionally get squirrely at 40mph. you can see me track side to side a little in the 0-40mph thread.
(remember my actual angles may be different and the v5 geometry is slightly different than the track pack setup. no base plate on the v5, among other things)
one other thing that comes to mind. IMO narrow is better. the less leverage the ground has to start the self oscillations that is speed wobbles the better. i’ve felt this difference. and I believe downhillers have moved in narrower and narrower for similar “better leverage” reasoning.
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there’s other thigns at speed that can start your wobbles too like… ESCs performing differently at full pin on each side. max duty_cycle edge conditions… there’s threads around here about that stuff.
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I find that weight distribution on acceleration can be quite difficult. The best thing I can suggest is to keep your back leg as straight as it can be, while leaning forward with your front leg almost squatting.
This allows your back leg to act as a brace against the acceleration, while keeping your weight over your front foot.
It’s definitely a challenge, but worth practicing for sure.
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I have found 2 things to help, I love doing 25-55 mph pulls and my board will chuck me off even if I’m prepared so this is something I have lots of experience with. The real fix is bushings, I basically have rocks as my rear pushing which solves the stability problem, I just put as much weight to the front as I can but obviously inertia will try to keep more to the back. The second is either to use bindings or do something that takes a LOT of faith (stupidity) and grab the front of your board pull the front of your body down, shove your front foot into the deck, lock your back leg and slam the throttle. It works extremely well, however, you need an incredible amount of faith in your skills, board, and know the road really well since you basically cant see or react.
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