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witch trucks should i get 44 or 50s on nemesis for downhill and lots of freeriding ?

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Permalink Reply by Jezza on July 2, 2011 at 20:22

other way round, except the 'if you got it to lean' bit, and 0* not moving 'back' is true. for a board with cutouts this would be grand, but on a topmount it would be terrible. if that makes any sense.

calibers axle is set right towards the inside bolt holes, so they dont line up with many wheel wells, and can get bite on boards with cutouts. Mine get static bite on just about anything, but it never happens when your propperly rolling

Fish Leicester said:

Serious? I read a silverfish thread where someone said that lower angle means less chance of bite, giving an example like this:

On a 0* truck, if you lean, the wheels dont move back at all, so you wont get bite.

On an 89* truck, imagining you can actually get it to lean, even the tiniest bit, the trucks would turn heaps and your wheels would bite.

I don't completely trust it, but it seems very logical....

Connor Ferguson said:

Lower angle trucks have more of a chance with wheelbite.

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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Nick Lonergan on July 2, 2011 at 21:09

after 3 months of riding calibers i have a few things to say .

1. the blood orange bushings are a bit dead.

2. they seem to squeak and crack quite alot, so i would reccomend flipping your kinpin. ( robbo told me this so trust me )

3. they are very similar to randals, but they feel more stable at high speed (IMO)

4. they are cheap ! GET THEM NOW

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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Skittles on July 2, 2011 at 22:48

Lower degrees lean less, but often ride lower (less room between board and hanger)
Set up with the right bushings there will be no bite and max lean... I ride them with purple and green sabre barrels and can nearly get static bite on a killswitch, when riding, no where near to bite.

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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Caspian Baska on July 2, 2011 at 23:20

Skittles said:

Lower degrees lean MORE, but often ride lower (less room between board and hanger)
Set up with the right bushings there will be no bite and max lean... I ride them with purple and green sabre barrels and can nearly get static bite on a killswitch, when riding, no where near to bite.

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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Skittles on July 3, 2011 at 7:30

Do they really? Lower degrees are more stable and turn less, how do they lean more? Unless you mean that you have to lean more to get the same turn?

Skittles said:

Lower degrees lean MORE,

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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Ben Mod on July 3, 2011 at 16:23

exactly. so the inside edge of the board is lower - and closer to your wheels

Skittles said:

Do they really? Lower degrees are more stable and turn less, how do they lean more? Unless you mean that you have to lean more to get the same turn?

Skittles said:

Lower degrees lean MORE,

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Permalink Reply by stephen.mhsrider on July 3, 2011 at 17:03

lower angles lean more easily and with less turn per lean than high angled trucks, therefore they are more prone to wheelbite on a board without cutouts. Think about it guys, a 0 degree truck is going to be easy as shit to crank over in a lean and bite whereas a 90* truck will not lean at all

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