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On 6/5/2003
David Rogers
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If you want a safe ride, the safe bet would be the Randal luge truck with the floating axles. Seize a wheel bearing at 60mph+ and that floating axle can save your life. It seems that safety comes second with IGSA rules and tech inspections. They claim the high price of the Randals forced the ban.....yea right, just another bad excuse for a dumb/needless rule. At $75.00 each, they are probably the best value in trucks today!!
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On 6/5/2003
sean c
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a word of advice, if you plan on racing the igsa does not allow "floating axles" on classic luge boards. so if you plan on racing the safe bet would be R-II's with the hanger flipped and harder bushings, or R-II B's.
sean c
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On 6/4/2003
m
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Thanks sean c for the info on Z roller trucks.i just wondered if these canucks were yanking my chain.No offense my cousins are from b.c.(vancouver)Z prod makes other trucks any aplicable for DH or classic luge or should one just stick w/ Randalls.
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On 6/4/2003 hc
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m, i do all three plus downhill sliding, and learning park stuff, i get bored sticking to any one discipline.
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On 6/4/2003
m
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Hey hc what i meant to say was the claim is they response(turning)was faster?thanks for the info on z rollers on rail type and randalls on Roger bros.I was thinking speedboarding and classic luge to start with between my slalom.Anyone have advice is this too much 3 discplines? does anyone do all three?
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On 6/3/2003
sean c
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the choice between z-rollers and randal trucks are personal preference. alot of guys use randals because they were designed specifically for street luge. the z-rollers people use are the maxi truck with the urethane covering the axle. you can buy them at http://www.irssports.com i've only ever ridden z's so my opinion would be one sided.
sean c
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On 6/3/2003 hc
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m, (btw i buttboard only)
first, trucks don't go fast, riders do.
the jist is that quicker steering z-roller is more suited to the older, flexier rail design, while the randal is good for the roger-bro style luge, stiffer, use of tubing...
(most of the top guys are on roger-bros luge or similar)
but if you are a beginner, a randal rII flipped would be quite adequate.
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On 6/3/2003 hc
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steve pearl,
cool update,
john and rian are speedfreaks!
any clocked speed for standup?
or those speedbooters? ;-)
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On 6/3/2003
hc
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fl, whose bonny warners?
didn't know those thing had cable-pull action,
Fred, check this, had this idea for a while, but i am too lazy to make it. (not quite sure anyone done it before, maybe that maddox guy)
image a regular lean-steer frt truck, with a push/pull steering addition. (different methods possible)
you can ran a looser front, use your hand to 'help' with the steering, 'lock' the lean angle with your hand, less use of the stomach muscle, etc..
hmmm, makes me want to make it now...
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On 6/3/2003 FL
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Hey hc...That was the same east german luge I rode at Bonny Warners luge demo...Steered hard to the left if you let go of the steering cable{think they crashed it and sold it to the U.S. team for 1900 hundred bucks } Sure had a smooth undertray on it. P.S. It steered by pulling on the inside cable and pushed on the outside runner with your calf. No boom , but your legs were supported at the calf .FL
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On 6/3/2003
Steve Pearl
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Street Luge on Bay Area Backroads KRON-TV Ch 4
Guys & Gals:
For those of you that will not be in OK on 6/8, Bay Area Backroads will be airing the segment on the Wild Fro Street Luge School again on Sunday 6/8/03 at 5:30 PM on KRON-TV Channel 4 in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Regards,
Steve
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On 6/3/2003
m
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i am new to the sport so i have limited knowledge.some lugers in canada say they use Z roller luge trucks only.in the few races i have attended out west everyone seems to use Randalls.Im wondering if this is Z roller maxi (also has a ureathane center around axle?)for sale on the z prod website.If these trucks are so fast why dont i see more of them.
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On 6/2/2003
Steve Pearl
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Fryer sets new "Best Time" @ Dino...James +.21 sec
Guys & Gals:
I want to thank Rian James, John Fryer and Paul Busse coming out to ride this last Sat. afternoon and riding with our trainees,Janinie, Jeff and Marty. I especially wish to thank them for all their offers of assistance.
Below is a small recap of the afternoon as I best recall it.
The first "top speed" clocking down the road with John and Rian in a tight draft was at 74 mph (speedometer, I'm very accurate and conservative on speedo readings). Both John and Rian knew they were going fast. On the top section of the Dino coming down the 1/4 straight Rian did some air braking to stay in John's draft before they went through the big sweeping right hander side by side at somewhere between 70 and 71 mph with Rian straddling the white line on the inside and John tight on the outside of Rian.
Later, I think it was John had the GPS on him and it read 73.3 mph "max speed" with Rian "tucked" right in behind him. Our GPS only reads "Max Speed" at somewhere between every 7 sec. and 15 sec., so It is quite possible they were maxing at a higher speed.
On one run, John thought he had the "door closed" and Rian took him on the inside on the hard left just about a .20 miles before the finish.
Paul was in the pits doing luge set up and was testing all afternoon. We did not get a speed or time on on Paul, but with his position to John and Rian he also would have bettered the old "Best Time" down the Dino held by Hugh Skinner at 2:56:98.
Both John and Rian SHATTERED the "Best Time" Record by bettering the old time by over 3 seconds with John at 2:53:67 and Rian at 2:53:88.
By the way John and Paul were running M80s and Rian was on Blue 85mm Kryptos. I cann't recall for certain, but I think later in the day Rian was running Cherry Bombs.
On Firday, 5/30 we had group of 4 training and riding. One rider, Bill Cox (former student) running 80mm Blue Kryptos on at WFR luge clocked in at 3:01:97 and I was between .25 of a second and .50 sec slow on clicking the watch at the top. He was riding the same luge Jennifer rode at the SFGF with no maintenace since the race (no cleaning and relubing bearings).
Before Hugh set the Best Time last year, the prior Best Time was held by John Fryer at something just over 3:04 seconds.
Who is going to be faster?
Regards,
Steve
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On 5/21/2003
David Fielden
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Luge for sale on www.ebay.com
Check it out!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3609751334&category=16265
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On 5/20/2003 hc
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who's the luger in the new charlie's angle commercial?
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On 5/20/2003
Connor and Mark
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Wlac sunday.My son Connor says the DH and street luge people rock!(the boy with the black Harry Potter hat). You are true ambassador's of the sport and thanks for answering all questions.See you in June
Thanks,Connor and Mark
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On 5/14/2003 hc
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everyone, check out chris mcbride's page
http://chrismcb.com/streetluge
chris, will update the links
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On 5/14/2003 hc
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http://www.geocities.com/sk8sanjose/icelugearticle1.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/sk8sanjose/icelugearticle2.jpg
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On 5/14/2003
hc
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hey chris, will do,
i jack too many pictures to keep track,
btw, i do have two links to your page on my site.
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On 5/14/2003
Chris McBride
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HC, if you are going to use pics from my site, the least you can do is give me credit for the pics.
That iceluge is the trainer that the Swiss Luge team uses in the summer.
Chris
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On 5/13/2003 shrox
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I read fast!!
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On 5/13/2003 hc
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scan thru?
yeah, i guess darren's book is way over rated, why read a book when you can just watch streetluge on tv...
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On 5/13/2003 shrox
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No, I'll scan thru someone's copy at a Talimena. I won't win with my budget set-up, but I will have fun.
shrox
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On 5/12/2003 PSR
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HC,nice photo there! That explains my choice of RoadWeapons(or 85mm Kryptos),If Owen's sled is similar in configuration to the snapshot.Abec 11's would be rather difficult to mount on that one,eh? What amazes me is that there's still some steering,even with all those axles having to flex when the runner is pushed to the side. And that really is the issue,whether Olympic Sledders can use modern Racing sleds to crosstrain.Is there enough similarity in body mechanics for an ISGA sled to really benefit the Olympic Athalete? I dunno,but more power to them for innovating,and getting their sleds to Roll.
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On 5/12/2003 hc
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http://www.geocities.com/sk8sanjose/icelugetrainer.jpg
hey shrox, did you pick up darren lott's book, yet?
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