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Slalom tech-talk_current info on what some of the pros are riding & why.

i've been talking to (ie>annoying) steve p, don campbell & frank beste.

(pavel team rider, pavel deck designer & gog truck designer respectively)

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this is what i've been told many pavel/gog team riders are doing to increase performance.

tried to summarize best info' from many emails/pms/etc...hope slalom-heads enjoy.

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DKowalski's uses soft inv' cones hourglassed...Foxy 72 deg', Homer 35 deg' (approx)

(many pros now inverting soft cones, flipped r-side for faster/steeper courses)

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CBark runs Homer approx 32 deg'.

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SteveP runs Homer 32-37 deg' for TS/Hyb/GS_adjusted accordingly_72 deg' Foxy

RacerX -11-25 deg'...longer deck=more rear angle...runs Homer for TS/GS & Hyb'.

(uses Foxy if super steep downhill, lately mostly using Homer for all disciplines)

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Pappas runs Homer so loose u can shake his deck & it flops around...v' stiff RacerX -10 deg'.

he runs the Homer so loose he hand-tightens the kingpin nut.

his style is most powerfull SteveP has seen of all the pros.

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Frank.B runs a Homer for back truck (no shit) @ just past vert' (positive wedged!?!)

he designed GoG trucks & does the QC so it's hard to question his logic.

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Chris Baumann made the 'sex block' bushing out of green bigzig for RacerX.

it's molded into whole bushing seat,it gets pressure from all sides instead of mainly top/bottom.

he tried every duro bigzig & found the green to be best performance due to massive size.

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many German pros don't use soft rear wheels for grip, they're using rear truck angle instead.

evidently using a soft rear is 'old fashioned', rear truck angle influences grip these days.

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many German pros are running 86-89a wheels, many use 89 front & back these days.

US pros are known for softer wheels than German pros...83-86 is still popular for super GS.

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many pros don't use risers, just shockpads/nothing, even on rear...depends on deck/rider.

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newer gogs can be spaced to max' axle width 24/7...axle can handle max spacing no problem.

(FrankB changed design for axles so they're stronger, no axles bent/snapped since update)

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gogs don't require one to mod' bushing to accept spherical (like Rads for example)

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RacerX/Foxy 'click/creak' is fixed by tight k-pin washer & perfect height bushing when engaged.

washer 'hole' smaller than kingpin diameter, then file/etc hole till exact fit, u want no play at all.

circumference of kingpin washer can affect noise, smaller usually better...experiment till success.

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---> Ok u slalom-heads i hope u liked all that coz it took most my morning to type.

i know some of u already know all this & much more but i didn't & maybe i'm not alone.

big thx to pavel/gog fellas for taking the time to answer my many tech questions. (aLOT)

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ps-steve.p is also takes those brilliant pics of pavel rigs at slalom races like maryhill/etc.

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pps - the lines are best i can do to space it, i think this forum & safari aren't friends today? 

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Nice Craig thanks for that. Lots of nice info in there. Interesting about the wheels. I don't trust myself with harder wheels in the back. I accidentally mixed up my duros in Melbourne and started to get slip, until someone kindly pointed it out for me. Maybe I could run flatter rear truck angles but then I have trouble making tighter courses.

Best post ever...thanks craig.....mind if I cut & paste over to charlie?.....a lot of very serious gang of germany peeps that would appreciate your efforts....

Yeah nice work craig

Yeah excellent work.
Interesting to see the homer being used for a back truck, by frank.

Pappas runs Homer so loose u can shake his deck & it flops around...v' stiff RacerX -10 deg'.



Perfect example of a great setup for tight cones.

Front for turning, Rear for power.

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