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Premium Member Comment by Fitz on November 3, 2011 at 21:22

Marek you Legend!

Freeze time and live the moment dude.

I'm guessing your vote is to wrap it up now and declare yourself as CHC Championship winner. Ha!

ASRA Admin Comment by Bugs on November 3, 2011 at 20:49

The slalom rankings are taking shape. Here's a sneak peek:

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Premium Member Comment by PC on November 3, 2011 at 8:29

Nice work Craig. Sounds like your working the setup out.

Having the back slightly lower on your slalom board helps keep more grip on the rear wheels when your powering the turns with weight forward & gives you more drive off the rear truck.

If the nose is lower you'll find the rear wheels lifting & losing grip.

Lower rear seems to work well in a tight / hybrid course. You only need 5-8mm.

I used to set my trucks on the risers, axle to axle on a level surface before mounting them on the deck to get the heights the way I wanted them. Bit of fiddling, but that is part of the fun.

Make sure you have heaps of wedging on the front & good clearance to avoid wheel bite too.

There's some talk about it a while back on NCDSA website in Slalom Q & A with Mike Maysey. You could do a bit of searching on there for more tech info too.

Good luck with tweaking the rig.

 

Premium Member Comment by DA BEAR on November 2, 2011 at 23:08

Craig,

try jacking the front truck up enough so when your going down the start ramp

the deck is paralell to the ground,

ive only found this method an issshhue if i actually make it to the bottom

of the ramp :).

 

Premium Member Comment by Marek on November 2, 2011 at 10:45

Haggy has some words of wisdom on this about 20 pages back. In summary it doesn't matter much, ride what feels good.

Premium Member Comment by Marek on October 27, 2011 at 22:45

Photo by PC. Lame helmet joke by me. It is a classic Allawah shot.

Premium Member Comment by Fitz on October 27, 2011 at 17:13

Time for a new MyPage shot.

Cheers Marek, that ones a beauty.

ASRA Admin Comment by bernie on October 27, 2011 at 17:08

Hard to hide with that lid, and the panza-wagen trucks

Comment by Cents on October 26, 2011 at 14:15

Ok I tried the 86a/80a wheel combo and whilst it definitely made for a rougher ride at times on the smooth it was sharp and quick. Thanks Fitz and Haggy, I will probably run this for a while.

Premium Member Comment by Marek on October 26, 2011 at 14:14

I've found proof that the Slalom Group is harbouring some helmet Nazi's!

And yes I'm talking to you too Imi (and Bug's did I see an xrated Helmet in the 4th place prize pack at Waldalba?)

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