Philip - I recommend a pair of Randal 180s and the
70mm Krypto Classics on that Supercruiser...I ride the
same deck, but the stock setup will leave you wanting
(and bloody). You should also throw the Bones Swiss
bearings in that setup...smooth, hard carves from here
on out.;) Peace - Jeff
--- PhilipMcmahon <pmcmahon@...> wrote:
> I have a stock SuperCruiser which I love but today
> the speed wobble
> faceplanted me down the hill at a pretty significant
> speed. It was a
> truly horrible thing to watch. I think I'm off the
> board for a while.
>
> Laters.
>
> --- In longboardlounge@yahoogroups.com,
> "owenfreeman"
> <OWENFREEMAN@h...> wrote:
> > I've had similar problems with hills. I live in
> Olympia Washington,
> > and my sector nine super cruiser (great for most
> cross country
> > cruising and carving) hasn't really worked for me
> on the steeper
> > hills.
> > So I bought a Flowlab 36" complete. From
> everything I'd read it
> > seemed exactly the board for fluid carving and
> downhill controll,
> > which is something I didn't really have downhill
> on the sector nine.
> >
> > It's crazy fun. And after a couple weeks I
> finally ordered the 42"
> > deck because I just wasn't doing many tricks on
> the 36" and it said
> > it was a little more solid on flatlands.
> > The one thing is that it's nothing really like
> skating traditional
> > trucks. There's no resistance, so the feeling of
> just sliding back
> > and forth accross the ground takes a little
> getting used to.
> >
> > But I've never had a skate that I could controll
> my speed so well
> > on. I've tackled hills I used to break on with my
> foot nonstop, and
> > I can carve the whole thing without touching the
> ground once with my
> > foot.
> >
> > So just my thoughs. It's definitely not the
> cruising flat speed
> > board my sector nine is, but for really cool turns
> and
> > manuverability it's an incredible ride.
> >
> > -Owen
>
>


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