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cornering
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On 10/6/2004
Anthony Flis
wrote in from
United States
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Chris, I was wondering if it is better to footbreak to prep before a turn to grip through the turn as best you can OR to drift the turn with out shedding any speed before hand? Also if you could help with some pointers on toeside corning because I dont feel as if im getting as much as i can out of my toeside corners. I hope ill be racing you in the coming year or so especially if they get a DC race going.
Anthony Flis
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On 10/6/2004
martin
wrote in from
Switzerland
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Trucks and Hubs
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On 10/6/2004
Chris Chaput
wrote in from
United States
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You'll want the trucks in the rear to be the same tightness or tighter. Rear steering is fine for forklifts and boats, but it is very unstable for skateboards.
Herbn, Here are some of the hubs that we use and one that's in the works (or should I say "werks"). The lock or grooves on the hub has to let urethane flow through easily or big bubbles can form. The locks can change the way that wheels handle and feel. If you have a lot of urethane, they add a bit of sideload stability and there's not much of a downside. Aside from the feel, the locks are a good insurance policy to have when bombing hills.
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QUESTION ON TRUCK AND SPEED
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On 10/6/2004 rj
wrote in from
United States
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so is it better to be looser in the back or front? Whats the basis for the answer? Thanks.
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core profile
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On 10/6/2004 herbn
wrote in from
United States
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i saw the crosscut/profile of the small core , i think that's better on some level than the bigger core. I've seen the big core with the high ridge,full of holes. I think that the big core supports the urithane less evenly than the small core. How about a bigger version of the small core? at least as an experiment,how about a multigroove core,deep narrow grooves that really hold urithane.
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Hex Head
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On 10/5/2004
Pat Chewning
wrote in from
United States
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Chris asked "who knew"?
Hex: Short for hexadecimal. Hex (six) + decimal (ten) = 16 characters in the numbering scheme. (Base 16)
A convenient way of representing nybbles (4 bits) of data.
Two nybbles equal a byte (8 bits). That's why there are a pair of hex characters to show any value from 0 to 255
See also: octal (base 8, 3 bits), and binary (base 2, 1 bit) numbering schemes.
All computer nerds, and a few skakeboarders know this stuff.
-- Pat
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Squinten
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On 10/5/2004
Chris Chaput
wrote in from
United States
(66.116.nnn.nnn)
Dear Squinten TearRetinaTino, I loved Pulp Fiction and both Kill Bills. Keep a pair of sunglasses next to your monitor and you won't go blind. I use Von Zippers. Did you know that green is the fastest color to read? It's all about speed baby...
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Nice Green
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On 10/5/2004
Jogger
wrote in from
Australia
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That green rocks
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Truck Info Thanks
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On 10/5/2004
North Carolina Longboarder
wrote in from
United States
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Chris,
Thanks for the Truck advise. And as for slide gloves, I am a huge proponent of them. I bought my first pair from Bozi but started making them. I have outfitted my whole skate crew with them over the last few weeks (7 riders). Everyone decided they wanted a pair when they watched me superman down the road at about 40 and basically come up with a only a little scrape on my forearm (underneath the elbow pad of all places!)
Thanks for the info and congrats on your on Forum. I look forward to learning from everyone. At age 41 and getting back into the sport after about 20 years off from it I am excited that there is information available like NCDSA.
Roll on Brothers and Sisters.
SCHOOL'S OUT
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Your NEW forum .....
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On 10/5/2004
Rene CANNONBALL Carrasco
wrote in from
United States
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Chris -
........BIG CONGRRRRATZ to you - for your new FORUM !
....I like that green too !
See ya @ Morro Bay -
.......................-Rene' CANNONBALL Carrasco !
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hard to read
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On 10/5/2004
squinting
wrote in from
United States
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A green that is not bright and straining on the eyes would be appreciated.
How about just a slight tint of green?
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Hex Head
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On 10/4/2004
Chris Chaput
wrote in from
United States
(66.116.nnn.nnn)
Okay, so I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer. It just dawned on me that all of these hex number are really just three pairs of characters. The first two characters represent the Red in the RGB numbers and the last two represent Blue. The two in the middle are green. There are 16 characters, 0123456789ABCDEF. Each pair is then one of 256 unique numbers ranging from 0 to 255. Therefore #19FF00 is "19 FF 00" in hex which is "25 255 00" in RGB. Who knew?
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#19ff00
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On 10/4/2004
Chris Chaput
wrote in from
United States
(66.116.nnn.nnn)
Oh yes, that green is tasty! Thank you Adam. Thank you Chris. Thank you Herbn. Good night John Boy.
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Greeeen
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On 10/4/2004
Adam
wrote in from
United States
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So, Chaput.. is #19ff00 green more to your liking than the current #74ff5b green?
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how about those beans...
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On 10/4/2004 ur13
wrote in from
United States
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This is so you now Chris....
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Hexagreenall
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On 10/4/2004
Chris Chaput
wrote in from
United States
(66.116.nnn.nnn)
I don't know the hex value. ur13 seems to think that what you got is as good as it gets. The green that I used is RGB R:25 G:255 B:0 (conversion anyone?). It looks lame in my image editor software but Internet Explorer displays it as bright neon kelly green. I have no idea what a Mac or AOL or Netscape might do with it.
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Green
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On 10/4/2004
Adam
wrote in from
United States
(66.121.nnn.nnn)
ur13/Chaput, send me the hex values of Chaput's green square and I'll make it so. The green selection I made was done quickly and without much testing as I'm stuck on an old IBM color notebook for the last few days.
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crail
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On 10/4/2004 hc
wrote in from
United States
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saw it, another randal clone...
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green and
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On 10/4/2004 herbn
wrote in from
United States
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can you get orange type like.....you know
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crail?
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On 10/4/2004 hc
wrote in from
United States
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pics?
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green
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On 10/4/2004 ur13
wrote in from
United States
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Chris, the green you have now in the post below, is as eye friendly and close to abec 11 green as you are going to get. I could match your abec 11 green to a hex value but it was be rough on the eyes and almost un readable (especially on non color corrected CRT screens). LCDs are less saturated in their color display (the common ones on laptops and consumer LCDs) so the green you have no is "as good as it gets while still being readable and non-headache inducing" to all your dedicated fans....
:-)
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Ad Chap Green Springs
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On 10/4/2004
Chris Chaput
wrote in from
United States
(66.116.nnn.nnn)
Hugh, You're probably right. It's been peaceful around here lately, yes?
Tom, ACS 580s for trucks. I'll have to measure for the nose and tail.
Chris, I tried that green but it's a bit too dark and I don't want a white/light font. I was hoping for something more neon/kelly green.
NC LBer, Although I've never actually gotten the wobs on Seismics, I get the "jitters" on them on rough roads. I'd recommend a double action truck with the axle on the opposite side of the kingpin from the pivot cup. Randal, Magun, Gullwing, Crail, Radikal, Jim Z and others make these. I like to put a longer grade-8 kinpin in them so that tall cylindrical cushions (top and bottom) will fit. This is a "carve and bomb" friendly setup as opposed to a "grind friendly" setup. I don't grind on my speedboard. Even with the R-II's faster turning geometry, they're are stable and absorb shock well. If you didn't already know it - slidegloves, slidegloves, slidegloves!
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Truck Question
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On 10/4/2004
North Carolina Longboarder
wrote in from
United States
(63.167.nnn.nnn)
Well, I have finally bit the bullet and bought some used leathers (no one died in them thank God) and I am still in the hunt for a helmet. Currently the speeds I am hitting on my runs locally are in the 35 mph range (thats with standard knee pads, elbow, regular helmet and slide gloves) but once my leathers and helmet are here I want to target some bigger hills. I am currently running Seismics on a Bozi Madbomber II and they are stable up to about 40 mph (clocked by a police radar gun). My question for you Chris is this. Will these trucks be stable at speeds in the 45mph + range? If not, what trucks do you recommend? I also have Randall II's on a 58 inch Wicked Wonder.
Thanks for the info and inspiration.
Roll on Brothers and Sisters.
SCHOOL'S OUT
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colors
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On 10/4/2004 ur13
wrote in from
United States
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Wow, chris has a forum now. ncdsa.com has a point now to come visit!
RE: colors. Try a deeper green (one or two shaded darker, try #339900) and white type in bold for Chris's posts, that should be more eye friendly, though any green on screen tends to be harsh.
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Belair Chapstick
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On 10/4/2004
TNieland
wrote in from
United States
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Hi Chris
I have a NOS Chapstick I'm going to setup to hang on my wall. what trucks did you use back then and how big where the nose and tial?(undrilled)
sorry for going off topic
thanks for any info
later
Tom
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