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rodgon · Joined: 16 Jul 2008 Posts: 88

going on reading about the extra versatility of teh 4.3s i thought i might as well pick some up and try them with teh 106mm tracker, here is qhat i found out.

i have a Galac LDP deck and tried it at first with the 4.3s.

-i felt the turns to be too quick ala rtx style truck and couldnt quite get to speed fast enough without expending a massive amount of effort.

- it was a breeze going up hills, even more slanted than usual hills were really easy, though it feeling like a slalom deck in wasnt a big surprise.

- for just cruising on the boardwalk it was amazing, i could weave in an out of people and scare the shit out of the bikers no prob, hahaha, still i was always with teh wanteing to go faster without eating shit by pushing the back truck too much.

- overall i could go nonstop for about 15 miles without getting very tired, the faster pumps drain you after a while.

- the trucks felt like they wanted to turn back sooner than i was done with my stride, making it a little wied and cutting my pump short.

if i had a smaller LDP deck i would run these no matter what, but for the Galac they just didnt fit my style of riding.

on the other hand with my 5.0 bennet and the 129 in the back it was an incredibly different situation.
first i had to add a tiny amount of riser to the deck to avoid bite. setting up the trucks exactly the same way as to see the difference i went out again to the mission beach boardwalk to try out my experiment.

- It was a little harder to go in a slower speed, but it was still very very easy to weave in and out of pedestrians, and with fuller swings of the board too, which made it feel a little more surfy and stable.

- for me it felt overall alot better and smoother, i liked the fact that i could get to a good speed and keep it there with almost no effort. i could keep up with people om bikes that told me they were going 18 mph.

- teh deck responded very nicely and i was able to use the full flex and rebound of teh deck with teh wider and smoother pumps, also making it more fun with alot less effort.

- pumping uphill was not as easy but still ridiculously easy.

thats my findings on the two bennet tracker options. hope it helps someone in teh future.

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

Great timing for me... I have a Bennett 5.0 and a 6.0 on my workbench waiting for some time to try them out on my Galac.

How much riser did you add for the 5.0?

Did you wedge them any differently?

rodgon · Joined: 16 Jul 2008 Posts: 88

ill take pics and post them tonight.

timbo666 · Joined: 30 Aug 2009 Posts: 21 Location: Coventry - England

There is also the option, as Mr Galac says, you can flip/invert your wheels so as to get a narrower 5.0. However, he says that the inverted 5.0 isn't as narrower as a 4.3.

If anybody is able to measure wheel to wheel (inside to inside or outside to outside) on a 4.3 and a 5.0 using the same wheels it would be great for me and, I'm sure, alot of other people also.

For me, I'd really apreciate the widths of the Big Zigs and 77mm Speed Vents.

4.3 Flipped wheels - ???mm
4.3 Regular wheels - ???mm
5.0 Flipped wheels - ???mm
5.0 Regular wheels - ???mm

Tim

stocago · Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Posts: 227

I used a non-metric ruler by eye, so take that into consideration.

5.0 with BZigs - 8 3/4 inches regular, 7 3/4 flipped
4.3 with BZigs - 8 1/4 inches regular, 7 1/4 flipped

I put on a pair of 77mm Vents to compare the width of the widest track and it came out to be 8 5/8 inches, so slightly narrower. The BZigs are supposed to be 58mm wide, whereas the Vents are 55mm.

timbo666 · Joined: 30 Aug 2009 Posts: 21 Location: Coventry - England

G- Dub · Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 7:07 pm Post subject:

WOW! Great information guys! Now I am kinda wishing I bought the 4.3... haha I have a 5.0 on it's way.