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samhell
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Thanks man!
They sure are fun to ride....
Sooooooooo smooth and juicy..
I think I solved my lust for more precision trucks...
For the money, I can have a boatload of these for the
price of a good precision.
But don't get me wrong, I absolutely love my
Radikal Dragons Claw.. But I can't bring myself
to use it for LDP. it only gets ridden through the cones...
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aschmidt
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Location: Bakersfield CA
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| I envy you. I miss using Bennetts...just been tossed once too many times due to kingpin clearance (actually lack of clearance). |
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samhell
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I hear you on the kingpin bite, but I've learned
to adjust to it, and try to avoid hitting things
diagonally... Getting slammed is never fun.
What are you using now?
I'll be posting some new photos of the new
batch of Galacized Bennetts tonight or tomorrow.
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Little Bob
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| Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 8:22 am Post subject: |
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| samhell wrote: | I'll be posting some new photos of the new
batch of Galacized Bennetts tonight or tomorrow. |
Any 5.0's in this next batch?
If there are I'll take one with a grade 8. |
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samhell
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| Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 3:34 pm Post subject: |
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I do have two 5.0's ready to Galacize...
Shoot me an email at info@galaclongboards.com
I also have some Randal Grade 8's (the new black ones)
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aschmidt
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| Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 8:04 pm Post subject: |
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| samhell wrote: |
What are you using now?
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Virage. |
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samhell
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Must be nice....
Those look like really nice trucks...
I'm in the process of designing a truck
based off a Bennett, that will be a CNC
project I'm going to have made.
It will be very similar to a Bennett,
but the kingpin won't stick down as far and
will have a spherical in the hanger and
a spherical pivot.. It's a ways off, but I'm working
on the design of it right now.
I'll be posting images soon...
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LDPanda
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| I dont know if youre looking for notes right now, but my personal suggestion would be to skip the spherical at the pivot. I have a bennett modified with two sphericals and i find it makes my ride feel very stiff with the loss of a pivot cup. Also, if it has a standard or ball pivot (especially an adjustable ball pivot ala splitfire/fuxtrux) then you can put it on a different (unmodified) baseplate if you choose. If you have a spherical pivot, youre locked into one hangar for one baseplate. |
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samhell
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Thanks for your input on this..
I'm still in the blueprint, concept phase right now.
It will be a little while befoe I have anything finalized
and actually ready for a machinist to even look at..
But I do plan on making this happen, I'm still
sorting through all the design possibilitie and idea.
Here is a shot of one of Chris Yandall's Yellow
Galacized Bennett 4.3's that wil be going on his yellow POD deck..
And a shot of Timbo666's Bennett 5.0 milled down to 4.6 heading for
England..
I do have one 5.0 left to Galacinze right now and bunch of 4.3's..
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aschmidt
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| Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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| samhell wrote: | Must be nice....
Those look like really nice trucks...
I'm in the process of designing a truck
based off a Bennett, that will be a CNC
project I'm going to have made.
It will be very similar to a Bennett,
but the kingpin won't stick down as far and
will have a spherical in the hanger and
a spherical pivot.. It's a ways off, but I'm working
on the design of it right now.
I'll be posting images soon... |
The Virages are great trucks and I'm very happy with them. I no longer have to ride with my eyes glued to the road but I miss the groovy feel of a Bennett...I'm anxious to see what you have in the works.
Here's a pic of my Bennett kingpin. The bike path where I do most of my riding has sections that are less than ideal for LDP.
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