I just bought an Urban ember, and I also have a pair of DT BHANGER. Has anyone tried installing a precision bridge on ember? Will the pumping very good？How is the rear axle usually matched for pumping mode？
Snapped another kingpin, I wasn’t too surprised when I snapped the hollow KP on my cast bears but this one surprised me LOL. The mileage this particular KP has seen makes sense though, probably somewhere from 250-300 mi of mostly pumping.
Some thoughts on kingpin breaks I wanted to share and see what anyone else thinks:
-Logically, it makes sense that running a higher durometer RS bushing puts more stress on the kingpin since it moves the main force point further away from the fulcrum, but just how much stress? Enough to shave miles off of a bolt’s life?
-on tight fitting baseplates (like don’t trip’s), sometimes/usually hammering is necessary to remove the kingpin or the hanger if it’s a spherical setup. Again, logically it makes sense these impacts over time have a negative effect on the integrity of the bolt, since it is a titanium alloy, it’s at a slight disadvantage in tensile strength. Is it enough to shave miles off of a bolt’s life? Should we be marking a finite number of times that a kingpin can be removed before it’s compromised?
-on the topic of pivot tubes vs spherical pivots, again it makes logical sense that a spherical pivot would cause more stress on the kingpin because it forces the binding action down towards the bolt, whereas a eurothane pivot tube will absorb some force and delay a full bind of the truck, but how much so?
Just some thoughts, gonna continue doing research and crunching some numbers. Happy riding 🛹
Hey guys!
I've got this issue with my board and thought the most gear-head longboarding community might be able to provide some help.
I've got this squeaky issue with my bushings for weeks already. I'm 100% sure it is the bushings, as I tested the pivot cups a few times (added paraffin to it and the bushings kept the squeak). The sound is utterly disgusting and I don't know what else to do to fix it. At this point I'm not sure if it is the trucks or the bushings themselves.
What I've done:
First I obviously thought it was the pivot cups, so I added some paraffin to them. Did not help.
I saw some black tar-like coat on the bushings, and thought that might be the case. I used the grip tape of the board to sand them a bit. The issue was fixed but after a couple of sessions it came back. Did this probably 4 times.
Found out the bushings were sliding against the washers which were covered also in that tar-like thingy. I sanded them. Solved the issue for a bit, but it came back.
Everytime after a session, the squeaking is back and it is driving me insane.
Do you guys know anything I could do to fix it definitely or at least so I don't have to come up with a solution every night before a session?
I know this may be a bit of a long shot but since Prana / Ember are still a kind of a long distance pushers I hope it’s still OK to ask; So I received a gift card to a skateshop which is mainly focused on street skating… They have Indy/Ace/Thunder/Sloppies but no Paris Trucks. I was thinking about pairing one of those with Pantheon Prana / Ember deck but I am not sure if this is a good idea and if I won’t miss having typical Longboard oriented TKPs like Paris or Stylus… what would You get in such situation? Anyone had a chance to ride those boards with such trucks, ideally comparing these to Stylus or Paris TKP?
The past few weeks have been quite exciting for me. My job just moved into a nice new office only about 1.75 miles from my house. All roads to the new office are residential and I pulled my old longboard out and started riding again a few weeks before the move.
A bit of a back story here, I have been long-boarding since I was 12 or 13 since it was so popular in the early 2010’s. We used to do some downhill and spent a lot of nights getting tossed out of all the parking garages in our city. Obviously back then, most setups were 180mm trucks, 75 mm wheels and that’s what my 2 boards I still have are set at. When I was 14-15 I bought a set of 77mm wheels which I thought were massive, I have always wanted the biggest wheels possible and that’s when I saw the DadBods and this old passion really reignited for me.
Well the other night I got really into researching LDP and maximizing a board for commuting to the new office. It then spiraled into lots of research, YouTube and scrolling through this Reddit and then dropping a good amount of money on the setup.
After my first ride last-night, I am blown away. The speed and stability, the springy feeling ride, it’s all I can think about and I just want to keep pushing. I am so happy to see how far this amazing sport has progressed, and the true understanding we finally have over truck geometry and how you can really fine tune every aspect of your ride.
Now I just need to find a group that wants to ride in IDAHO!
Im going to be skating with a 70 liter trekking backpack which is kinda heavy cause its going to carry a tent and some gear.
I was wondering if there is a way to push without worrying about the bag (im going to use a longboard 8cm high from ground so Ill have to bend a lot my knee.
Will it work if I place the backpack behind my front foot on the board like one of these positions? (Lying flat and tying it to the board or placed up tied to the leg?
I have a board that is delaminating in the middle of a long 100 mile skate trip. The town I am in has a hardware and lumber store and a small engine repair place?
What can I make risers out of that require minimal tools. Any tool I need I have to buy I would rather not buy a scroll saw and power drill.
I was thinking of getting a bunch of plastic gift cards and stacking them up. Those could be cut with a razor blade.
Also the small engine repair place might have 1/16 gasket material which is easy to cut.
Any other creative ideas?
EDIT- thanks everyone. I ended up making a bunch out of plexiglass scraps from a hardware store and got a random construction crew dude to drill the holes. Got me down the road far enough to catch a bus.
Coming from Cast Valks and Bears- I finally got a set of spherical Bennett Vectors and wow- these things just feel like they want to pump- my question is- for those with experience with both- how much of an improvement is something like the MK Space Truck over a modded Bennett? Since MK doesn’t seem to be making boards right now, it looks like the first board the MK would go on would be the front of another super with a negative rear… worth shooting for the MK or is there something else worth considering? Thanks!
Hi All
got inspired by this kicktail for the supersonic. So I set out to make a kicktail for the pranayama that “looked like it was part of the board”
Looking for people to try it out and give some feedback! Thanks
https://makerworld.com/en/models/2975627-pantheon-pranayama-kick-tail#profileId-3337864
I need 125mm wheels for the setup in the picture. It's supposed to be a pure push setup. No pumping on this one.
Abec11 sueprfly 111mm are too small. I really need a bare minimum of 120mm but preferably 125mm.
I've been told the idea of inline/scooter wheels for LDP is something that comes up every now and again. And I understand that this idea is considered to be kooky, disproven, suboptimal, etc.
But I have explored all kinds of wheels. E-boards, industrial wheels etc and they have all kinds of problems associated with them. But scooter and inline wheels should fit natively. And so I am going to ask anyway:
Are there inline-skate wheels or scooter wheels out there that work alright for LDP? Perhaps a higher budget freestyle scooter wheel with an aluminium hub, or an in-line skate wheel intended for long distance skating? Is there anyone here who has had decent success with this?
Please let me know. Thanks!
EDIT: I feel like I'm defending my thesis lmao
I think this is it. It cannot get any better.
Hey folks, so I've gotten set up with a superdupersonic (thanks to Jeff for helping me get on the board I need) and it's already pretty wild straight out of the box.
Riding 130mm 40 degree bears, with the front wedged to 60 and the rear at 23, using the stock bushings and Karmas. I already can't believe the difference in pumping on this board, so I'm pretty excited to really get riding on it, but I also want to play with my setup to get things dialed in.
My biggest questions are around bushings, as I've never used bear trucks in the past, and the stock insert bushing seems to be way better than the stocks in the Paris trucks I used in the past, so I don't want to downgrade by accident. Just to play around, I threw in a pair of 83a barrels in the front to see how it felt, and it seemed like it added a lot of weird slop as a result of not having the insert, so I switched back pretty much right away.
What are people running in their setups? My front feels pretty good, but I feel like at the very least I should get a different rear setup to keep the rear truck fairly firm, since I was surprised by how carvey the setup still felt. I'm 165lbs, by the way.
Also, holy cow the board is rad as hell.
