Stability
i got into longboarding about 9 weeks ago when i recieved my first longboard, a psycho 40' dropdown off ebay. Recently ( about two weeks ago) i bought an 09 avenger to step it up. over these 9 weeks, ive maxed out about 50 maby if i was lucky 60, on the standard carving bushings on the noname rev-kingpins that come with the psycho and it was pretty unstable, but i never fell off and never really got major wobbles. I actually felt a little more stable on the psycho than i do on the avenger.
anyway,
Today i took my avenger( with the trucks from the psycho) down to mt petrie road near carindale/ makensie. This was my first descent hill.
The first time i go down, i feel a hint of wobbles and it feels hell unstable. by this time i realised that this was by far faster than i had ever gone before, but I go again. the next time i feel the wobbles again, but i take my mind off them and they dont do too much damage.
The third time however, my spotter didnt see a car comeing head on, I know i shouldnt be riding in the opposite lane but its way harder to see cars coming on the left lane at that hill, and theres this wierd turn at the bottom thats pretty dangerous to go through on the left lane.
i got 3/4 down the hill when i see the 4wl drive. In the process of turning into the left lane, i hit a reflector on the road. This exagurated the speed wobbles by heaps, throwing me off my board and in about half a second i was eating gravel on the side of the road.
i spent a while lookin for my board, and the walkie-talkie that i had used to talk to my spotter was nowhere to be found.
im recieving a set of paris 180s and big zigs soon. with some dh khiros bushes, my question is, will the paris's be any different, and help at all with the speed wobbles? or is it just in my technique, and that i have to get used to the topmount / going faster.
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Permalink Reply by Ryan 'RY RY' Peterson on
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i wouldnt suggest paris trucks for anything over 50, unless ur very talented.
ur better off sticking with some bears or randals.
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Permalink Reply by Myles Borchardt on
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paris are hella fun truck to bomb on, nothing wrong wit em, awesome free ride truck, plus dn't replace the bushings wit khiros :S
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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Matthys on -
dont they come set up to carve tho?
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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Jacko on -
i wouldnt suggest listening to ry ry... paris trucks are good trucks. you dont need to be 'very tallented' to go a bit faster on them.
If paris trucks are no good for anything over 50 then apparently no trucks but downhill racing trucks are good for over 50
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Permalink Reply by leighgriffiths on
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technique. but the fact that you were using the cheaply made trucks and bushings from the psycho board really doesn't help your situation.
don't bother with khiro bushings. with the other higher quality options out there, there's not point wasting your money on Khiros.
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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Matthys on -
hey nick, love to come some time, btw, have u ever tried mt petrie? on the makensie side the road is falling to bits but its pretty good comeing to where you head under the bridge going to carindale.
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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Matthys on -
i already bought the khiros, blue and orange. wont they be more stable than the carving ones on the paris?
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khiro's arn't a very nice bushing i find, good if u want something to thrash around on. And don't paris come with some kind of venom now or something, anyway there bushings are pretty good for stock.
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Matthys van lille said:i already bought the khiros, blue and orange. wont they be more stable than the carving ones on the paris?
well i guess since you'll have both, you'll be able to test and decide fo-yo-self :)
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Permalink Reply by Aj Hare on
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Nick is onto it.
I DH on paris with 42* randal plates.
Stable as.
And leigh is onto it with testing it out yourself...
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Permalink Reply by stephen.mhsrider on
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talent must not be as elusive as i thought it was!
Ryan 'RY RY' Peterson said:i wouldnt suggest paris trucks for anything over 50, unless ur very talented.
ur better off sticking with some bears or randals.
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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Jacko on -
khiro bushings are only good for either throwing at people or putting in boards that you ride to the pub with
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