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| ghostcavalry |
 Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2004 8:15 am |
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I kinda like these for the extra turning radius, but the mounting hardware is rather weird; they have threaded bolt holes and no nuts...
Anybody else ride ExSkates?
[ This Message was edited by: ghostcavalry on 2004-04-02 08:16 ] |
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| wefunk |
| Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2004 9:50 am |
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for tighter carving without wedge-pads get randal r-2s; for everything 35mph+ get randal downhills.
if you consider slalomlike pumping to gain speed in the flats get indies, wedges and soft bushings (or a spring loaded seismic as rear truck).
i really dont like exkates: high, heavy, expensive torsional bushings. i just think they look cool. (my 2 cents)
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| letsgoskatepool |
| Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 12:21 am |
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| ahhh! exskates are some scary shizite! first thing i did with them was drop into a ten foot bowl! they do HUGE carves. would never buy them though. maybe for the surfer who wants to skate? |
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| ghostcavalry |
| Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 11:49 am |
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Yeah, they carve muy bueno. They seem too high, indeed. Feel like I'm on the top of a monster truck rolling down the street!
They do feel stable, I'll say that. And no bushing squeakies is nice, too.
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| Lungboard |
| Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 10:48 am |
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Quote:
On 2004-04-02 08:15, ghostcavalry wrote:
I kinda like these for the extra turning radius, but the mounting hardware is rather weird; they have threaded bolt holes and no nuts...
Anybody else ride ExSkates?
[ This Message was edited by: ghostcavalry on 2004-04-02 08:16 ]
They ride KILLER, but since they have no lock nuts they tend to loosen up...I talked to the designer of the trucks and he said to put some locktite in the threads...I didnt like that solution, so now I am back to my Randals |
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| ghostcavalry |
| Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 6:19 pm |
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Yeah, I'm no engineer but their design seems flawed 
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| Ashland |
| Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2004 12:19 pm |
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They ride KILLER, but since they have no lock nuts they tend to loosen up...I talked to the designer of the trucks and he said to put some locktite in the threads...I didnt like that solution, so now I am back to my Randals
Yeah, I have a set on one of my boards and the same thing happens. After about a week of riding they get pretty loose. They do ride really nice though.
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| nicnoyd |
| Posted: Sun May 09, 2004 5:01 am |
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and even more fucked up is the fact that they got the newschool pattern, and almost every deck I wanted to put them on had oldschool pattern...
and I don�t want to tell you about what a pain in the ass it was to find hardware for these fuckers in germany...
what is so hard about making those trucks with mounting holes? I know,i hate to fiddle with locknuts sometimes,but this baseplate design just makes it so much worse!!
i would�ve sold them,but i only had em on one deck so far because of the newschool pattern,and they are said to be good sliding trucks...i have to test that yet,though...but i won�t buy a fuckin deck just for these trucks - hell no!! |
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