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Thursday, April 21, 2011
Bones Speed Cream
If you want your bearings to run smooth and not as noisy.Just clean your bearings by popping off the shields get a plastic container around 5" by 4" tall fill it about 3/4 of an inch of alcohol. Roll them around and make them hit the sides to knock the dirt out. Set them on an inside out cereal box let them dry put the Shields on only one side the inside put 2 drops of Bones Speed Cream on each bearing put all the shields back on put the nuts on tighten them all up and roll away. this lube made my board first feel like a Kmart board but after I rode around it finally broke in to make my bearings quiet and some what fast. another way to make your bearings quiet and smooth put Vaseline in them and you will roll silently. I cant guarantee that lube will make your bearings faster usually it will slow them down a tad bit but they`ll be smooth and not as noisy.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
skate hardware
Hardware is just nuts and bolts to hold your trucks onto your deck. I prefer Enjoi Colorful Little Buddies hardware because it comes with 10 nuts and bolts that includes 1 of red,blue,yellow,green and orange nuts and bolts then five black nuts and bolts. My setup is colors in the back and black in the front to tell the difference between the nose and tail. I have never used allen head hardware it looks like it doesn't strip out on the top as quickly.
Griptape whats best for me?
Griptape is pretty simple, sand stuck to a sheet that is adhesive so whats on the market? there are brands like Mob grip,Jessup,Mini logo,Blank and Reflex. what kind would i use for street? the brand would be Jessup you can slide your feet still for flip tricks & have enough grip to do a nice grab off a ramp. but if you're someone who doesn't care if they haft to buy new shoes soon after a while mob is a great grip for them it offers excellent grip to your shoes to make it over the obstacle.
usually griptape will cost you $5.00 for standard grip or it comes free with the deck you're buying from the shop. but if you put on fancy grip with patterns,designs or logos usually that will cost you $10.00 so I stay away from that stuff and the reviews aren't the best on CCS.
stay away from blank grips mostly so you can keep your grippy deck longer.
usually griptape will cost you $5.00 for standard grip or it comes free with the deck you're buying from the shop. but if you put on fancy grip with patterns,designs or logos usually that will cost you $10.00 so I stay away from that stuff and the reviews aren't the best on CCS.
stay away from blank grips mostly so you can keep your grippy deck longer.
skate wheels
if you are looking forward to getting new wheels soon I recommend these brands.
Bones wheels stf for street they are more expensive then the average wheel I don't recall any flat spots. I would recommend using these wheel not on rough cement or blacktop these are hard wheels if you want to skate mostly any where use blank wheels.
I have never bought Ricta wheels for myself but I should stay with the bones wheels not to take any chances. I have rode spitfires before and they were pretty good too you probably want to stay to the F1`s for street. These are my wheels brands
Bones wheels stf for street they are more expensive then the average wheel I don't recall any flat spots. I would recommend using these wheel not on rough cement or blacktop these are hard wheels if you want to skate mostly any where use blank wheels.
I have never bought Ricta wheels for myself but I should stay with the bones wheels not to take any chances. I have rode spitfires before and they were pretty good too you probably want to stay to the F1`s for street. These are my wheels brands
Almost Double Impact Daewon
This is the board i bought last year after my zero it lasted me a while it has Independent trucks on it.
thunder trucks
Thunder trucks: thunder trucks titanium lights
Are you tired of same old heavy trucks that have a bad turning radius there is a solution! Thunder titanium trucks combining thunders control with 2X the strength and even ½ half the weight of a regular truck it does cost more but at it’s stronger so you don’t haft to worry about having anything snap on you as you land a 360 hardflip down an eleven set.
These trucks do have one rival it’s the theeve tiking trucks that have a hollow king pin also there made out of titanium too. I chose the thunders because the price didn’t bite me as hard and that’s what the shop had. So I went home with those trucks that Wednesday, I tried them out. They made my board feel lighter. I didn’t haft to try so hard to get my board up, it likes to stick to my feet better. There was one bad thing though they had very bad bushings in them they were soft and kept the shape of how you landed. The rebound was very bad. I swapped them out with my already broke in hard bones bushings then my trucks controlled very good.
These trucks come from a good company they handle how trucks should handle plus once you throw in the bones hard bushings the trucks control even better. If you heard bad rumors about thunder these trucks they have twice the strength of a regular truck they won’t break as easy. If you’re looking forward to buying new trucks soon check out your shop if they don’t have them tell them to order them. Make sure you get the right size and height you want. Just remember they cost more if you can afford it ok. If you can’t yet and been saving up just mow some neighbors lawns, change the oil out of moms car if they need it. That’s the thunder titanium lights and I do highly recommend them there the best pair of trucks I have ever owned.
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