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stocago
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| I'm very interested and curious about Chaput's Fyre truck, but it'll probably be out of my price range. |
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egret
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| Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 7:06 pm Post subject: |
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| stocago wrote: | | I'm very interested and curious about Chaput's Fyre truck, but it'll probably be out of my price range. |
Does anyone know anything about these? Are they going to be precision in the price range or Seismic in price range? Are they downhill or slalom trucks  Release date? |
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stocago
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egret
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| Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 9:11 am Post subject: |
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| Titanium. Sweet. Muchos pesos. |
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stocago
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egret
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| Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 6:15 pm Post subject: |
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Sounds reasonable for a titanium truck. Sounds like even the axle is titanium. I'm running out of stuff to sell. 
Those are some pretty wide hangers. The design is so interesting. A gamechanger. I still don't understand how it works as far as separating the load and steering. I hope we see a cast aluminum with steel axle version in our lifetime. That's cool that he has all the different angle baseplates, but without actually trying out different combinations of angles and bushings before pulling the trigger I don't see the likelyhood of ending up buying two hangers and only 2 baseplates, as well intentioned as CC is being. |
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egret
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| Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 8:06 pm Post subject: |
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From the same Silverfish thread (Chris Chaput):
| Quote: | With Fyre Trucks I can pump my speedboard on flat ground to about 17mph. This is with 83mm tall x 78mm wide wheels on a 36.5" axle-to-axle wheelbase. It feels like an exotice sports car under my feet. Words that come to mind are "solid", "precise", "tight", "flat-tracking", and "sticky".
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egret
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| Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:43 pm Post subject: |
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I couldn't resist and got the Fyres with 6.25 inch hangers. Just the process of going to the shop and getting them was an interseting experience. I got to meet Chris Chaput and even got to ride that drop thru a bit. I was surprised how well it pumped considering the size of the Centrax and the leverage with the drop thru. I wish I could take it out a for few miles.
I went in with the intention of getting just one truck but after trying them out decided to save myself the trouble of coming back for a second one. I got the 50 and 10 degree plates and put them on a Pulse. In a nutshell they pump effortlessly. Chris Chaput is not exaggerating wIth his sportscar comparisons. I am having a hard time believing the average times I am getting and want to put more miles to make sure, but it is looking very good so far. The sections of trail that get little steep and I have to push usually I am powering over. The downhill parts are cake. I am usually stressing at speed hoping my Bennett won't dive. The Fyres I swear spoke to me and said "is this all you got, you big puss?" Saturday I went against the afternoon wind and it was not the struggle it usually is. I love them. Pure joy. |
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LDPanda
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| Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 2:11 pm Post subject: |
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Thats quite an endorsement. Which bennet do you normally run, 5 or 6? I assume the rear is sticky and precise but what does the front feel like? Does it have any dive or is more akin to the splitfire pro/virage feel? Do you feel like you have acess to all your pumping styles or is it restricted to just big sweeping pumps or just up front wiggle pumps or anything? Can you compare it to any other trucks?
Sorry to bombard you with questions but before i drop four bills on a set of wide'ish trucks i want to know everything
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stocago
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| Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 3:41 pm Post subject: |
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| I've been on the fence for a few days now, wondering if I should pull the trigger on these. I also was wondering how it could compare to the surfy Bennett that I love in front. And for the rear I had been thinking 20 degree baseplate. How does the 10* feel, compared to a Seismic or Tracker dewedged? |
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