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blake · Joined: 29 Sep 2008 Posts: 198 Location: Seattle

well if he can bring it then i would text it out if he wants. and i put the it up on northwest. and if i would love to do some hardcore testing on it.

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LDPanda · Joined: 21 Nov 2008 Posts: 418 Location: Seattle, WA

oooh, gareth is coming to our garage sesh? Sweet! too bad my new axe wont be here by then Sad

but at least i have a slalom setup on the way Smile

blake · Joined: 29 Sep 2008 Posts: 198 Location: Seattle

well i am hopefully coming i will be biking there so i might be like a little late so i will try and make some noise if i am late.
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pavedwave · Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 1120 Location: seattle wa usa

Now that Stoked is taking care of the business side of things, Gareth has been tinkering a bit more Very Happy

LDPanda · Joined: 21 Nov 2008 Posts: 418 Location: Seattle, WA

Yeah, its that good. The flex on this deck seems even better than the original. Even though its technically a light flex it felt stable yet bouncy under my 200 lbs. Cant wait until these hit full production.

aschmidt · Joined: 03 Jul 2008 Posts: 56 Location: Bakersfield CA

Huh? Such a tease you two are... more info please!!!

LDPanda · Joined: 21 Nov 2008 Posts: 418 Location: Seattle, WA

Well, i dont know much more than you do other than the fact that ive ridden it a little bit and james is pretty tight lipped on the issue. From the picture you can see that it is two plys of V-Lam birch and maple. My impression was that it felt more like a medium flex mermaid than a light flex but it seemed to have more 'pop' than either. Same beautiful outline and carbon fiber work as production mermaids.

RiPPer · Joined: 13 Feb 2009 Posts: 53

LDPanda · Joined: 21 Nov 2008 Posts: 418 Location: Seattle, WA

I noticed that stoked lists the matching seismic rears for the bennett 5.0 and 6.0 (130mm and 155mm respectively) but doesnt list the ST105mm despite the fact that the 4.3 is one of the front options for the mermaid complete. Is this mere oversight or do you seismic users tend to pair the 4.3 with a 130 instead?

stocago · Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Posts: 227

I'm guessing it's an accidental omission. Since Stoked stocks the 105, I can't see why they wouldn't offer it for the complete. I've got one, and I actually ran it with a 5.0. There can be some clearance issues with it. For example, with the 76mm Superballs I had to use an extra speedring. Any wheel with a fairly large inner lip could cause problems. I don't think many LDPers run Grippins, but I'd guess they're impossible on a 105.

I'm sure a 130 would run fine with the 4.3, offering perhaps a bit more stabilility, while perhaps sacrificing quicker turning. Flipping the rear wheels would make the tracking narrower, but then there could be the clearance problem.