Bushing setup for bennets

i know theres discussions on this but i am exceptionally light.

i am making a slalom board i have a set of bennets. one of the originally made ones from my mum (dont know if they make them differently now but they looks the same) i am a meer 38kg and am wondering what bushings i should chuck on em. any help would be much appreciated.

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Permalink Reply by Louis Tragear on November 13, 2011 at 15:10

and im considering riptide bushings since they go so low in duro but do they fit?

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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Gabe on November 13, 2011 at 17:15

Riptides are rad as fuck! The mega soft ones are bouncy as fuck, so fun.

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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Dave M on November 13, 2011 at 17:23

Join the group Slalom and post this up there, you will then get help of slalom skaters.

you should talk to Ado at creative or the boys at hopkins. They all skate slalom and should be able to pick out a selection of bushings to start with.

Also hook up with locals in your area may need to travel to MLB, you should have been there this weekend as their round of the CHC is was on today, just check the members of slalom for someone close by.

have the back set fairly stiff and front soft obviously., but duros are still personal preferance and its realy a matter of swapping and changing to fine tune for you

my front I have a 73 (white) khiro roadside and 78 (Reflex) board side, both fairly soft barrels but it also depends upon king pin lenght as to what types you can fit in. im about 85kg and this board is probably considered a bit loose for some.

Keep at it, once you get them set up their heaps of fun to ride, even just crusing around.

you may be able to change out the kingpin for a longer one then fit barrels if the current one is short.

PC would be a good guy to talk to as he knows the old stuff realy well and is usualy stocked to help out a new guy.

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Permalink Reply by Louis Tragear on November 13, 2011 at 17:35

thanks heaps guys.

ill chuck the post up on the slalom page. so id probably be looking at the softest riptides since im so light.

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ASRA AdminPermalink Reply by Bugs on November 13, 2011 at 17:48

The only different thing with Bennetts is you gotta get the height right - Bennetts require an extra-tall bottom bushing. There's a few options here to make up the extra height:

Slice an appropriately-sized slice of a another bushing and add it to a regular bushing,
Use washers to shim a regular bushing to the right height.
Join together two bushings that are "top bushing height" - they'll equal the exact height of a Bennett bottom bushing.

Oh, and for slalom, don't use a Bennett as the rear truck. They're good as a front truck, but in slalom you need very different things from the front and rear trucks.