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fairly grom question but im goin to as it anyway coz ive searched this site for an answer and can't find one so will bear 852 trucks be suitable for the Mt Panorama track? or do i need to buy some precision trucks? 

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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Owen on October 13, 2011 at 17:54

yeah that helmet will be fine, as long as you feel cumfy riding in it and it is a full face with no cracks they will let it pass.

Permalink Reply by Alexander on October 13, 2011 at 18:02

its a full face its just had some paint scraped off it when i crashed it barely touched the ground, its about 3cm long and it went down to the fibre glass


Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Kelly Carter on October 13, 2011 at 18:04

Bro

Permalink Reply by Alexander on October 13, 2011 at 18:06

might try some caliber 44's if theyll fit drop-through on a praxis

Tuure Pineapple said:

Might be better just getting 42 or 35 randal truck and putting it at the back. I dont hit high speeds, my bear trucks always felt liek they had to much slack no matter how tight they were. If anything I reckon get some 44 calibers or mix up randals.

Also by the whole 50degree trucks remark, do you mean just the back truck? or 50's in general? Personally I hate the feel of lower degrees at the front, yet i rarely reach high speeds. Just a curiosity thing really.


Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Jacko on October 13, 2011 at 18:12

first year at newtons (also my first ever race) i had no idea about CNC trucks. some dude was riding them that year and i was blown away. i had those shitty old grizzleys, which was an upgrade from the old Randal DH trucks which had 160mm hangers (which i also went down Mt Panorama on, from the top, many months prior to the race). the first mountain road with speeds of over 60km/h for more than a few seconds was only a few months before that too... so yeah dont worry about what trucks u got, if you feel you cant do it unless you got expensive trucks, chances are you gonna be shitting yourself either way coz you dont have what it takes...

Permalink Reply by Alexander on October 13, 2011 at 18:32

i know i can handle some serious speed on my bears so il stick with them


Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Jaidyn Beilby on October 13, 2011 at 18:38

Well Said , thats exactly right ! and hey look i rode my bears at 100km before and the felt stable as i just put red barrel bushings in , I still use cast trucks because i cannot afford precision, so now i have 50 cals set up with some otang nipples and they feel fine over 95km plus, like benbro said its all about tweaking your set up to how you feel ! 

Benbro said:

go and ride a 90 kph hill and see how they go,nothin worse than getting to a big race and realising you cant handle your gear,

tweak your setup til you and your board is solid at those speeds


Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Skittles on October 13, 2011 at 19:03

They will fit and they feel amazing.  Managed to bend mine quite badly from thrashing them though!

Alexander said:

might try some caliber 44's if theyll fit drop-through on a praxis

Tuure Pineapple said:

Might be better just getting 42 or 35 randal truck and putting it at the back. I dont hit high speeds, my bear trucks always felt liek they had to much slack no matter how tight they were. If anything I reckon get some 44 calibers or mix up randals.

Also by the whole 50degree trucks remark, do you mean just the back truck? or 50's in general? Personally I hate the feel of lower degrees at the front, yet i rarely reach high speeds. Just a curiosity thing really.


Premium MemberPermalink Reply by ben halls on October 13, 2011 at 19:06

tell me some of these hills which everyone one his hitting 90 + on cause im another guy interested in newtons but i do not no where to go to see if i can handle it

i live in sydeny and can travel but not two far

Permalink Reply by Alexander on October 13, 2011 at 19:17

my ones in nambucca near coffs but im also interested in finding a fast (90kph) hill somewhere that has bends to test myself


Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Connor Ferguson on October 13, 2011 at 19:48

Calibers, bears, randals... they are all fine. I know the me, skittles and elliot went down kanga humps at about 95 on calibers. And jaidyn went on really fucking loose bear 852s... not a problem


Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Jacko on October 13, 2011 at 23:08

These hills dont actually exist... the claims of such high speeds are exaggerations. Those speeds require an extremely aerodynamic tuck AND leathers to actually hit, otherwise an incline so steep with enough room to build up enough momentum to hit that speed in anything less than described, both of which people who claim to have hit 90 just do not have...

 

sorry guys but to break into the 90-100km/h mark is a lot harder than you think, there is such thing as physics and aerodynamics that stop you from actually going that fast. Speed on Conrod Straight at newtons for people wearing the right aerodynamic materical, plus exit speed from the previous corner PLUS enough length of track to build up momentum is in the low to mid 90's depending on the wind. If your a boss at tucking and nailed the fuck out of Forest AND had a tailwin, maybe a draft you MIGHT hit somewhere in the high 90s.... so take that info and then apply it to the hill you THINK you hit 90k's on and you would realise that your somewhere around the high 80s mark, maybe...

 

also, hitting a high speed for 3 seconds and going back uphill right away doesnt quite count...

ben halls said:

tell me some of these hills which everyone one his hitting 90 + on cause im another guy interested in newtons but i do not no where to go to see if i can handle it

i live in sydeny and can travel but not two far

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