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flat happens
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On 1/22/2006 herbn
wrote in from
United States
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high speeds could heat up the urithane and make flatspots more likely, but flatspots usually don't happen until the very last feet of sliding,5 mph to stop. Unless you really just lock into 90 degress to the fall line and just stay there. I knew someone that put a HUGE flatspot into a cherrybomb,by wheelbiting during a fairly fast colemann(visualize that,it looks pretty funny)the flatspot was at an angle to the riding surface and the wheel still had about a quarter of an inch unflatted riding surface in that area.
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flat spot
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On 1/22/2006
eddie
wrote in from
United States
(64.132.nnn.nnn)
thanks, i appreciate it. im gonna put it the wheele in the back for a while and see if i can carve it out first. it looks like i might have slid it on the edge of the wheel causing it to flatten out from the outside to about half way in. i wont be able to tell utill i take the landyacht out to some smooth concrete. im kind of tempted to just burn through them and save up for some 90mm though. thanks allot. love the wheels.
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Flat Spot
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On 1/21/2006
Chris Chaput
wrote in from
United States
(66.116.nnn.nnn)
Hey Eddie, What happened to your wheel sucks. Even though flatspotting is not a defect or something that is normally covered by a warranty, we'll fix you up. If it doesn't "iron itself out", give us a holler and we'll swap it out for a new one. It's hard to say what happened or how you could prevent it in the future, so let's just move forward and get you some wheels that don't bum your high. I don't think that I've ever flatspotted a Flywheel, and we torture those wheels over and over again at high speed, and sliding through corners on all kinds of harsh surfaces. But "stuff" happens...
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singles
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On 1/21/2006 herbn
wrote in from
United States
(152.163.nnn.nnn)
chaput may sell singles, but actually going slow or sliding down to a stop from any speed is how most of my flatspots have happened ,and are you above the "average weight" by hugh's calculations? that could be a factor,what hardness are your wheels, kicking up one hardness may be the answer.
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flatspot
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On 1/21/2006
eddie
wrote in from
United States
(64.132.nnn.nnn)
i got some abec 11 83mm flywheels, and i like them alot. but for some reason just one of them has flatspotted really bad, but there is no sighn of flatspots on the others. i havnt really been sliding on them or anything. just little bity stuff every now and then, and going real slow (hardley ever!). this really sucks they are like brand new. anyone know if this sounds like a defect, or due to the fact that im a little bit heavier than the average skateboarder? anyone have any ideas on how to smoothen out the 1 flatspotted wheel? thanks.
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link
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On 1/16/2006
martin siegrist
wrote in from
Australia
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paul - replace the '_' with dots then the link works....
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bad link
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On 1/15/2006
Paul Steuri
wrote in from
United States
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that link didnt work! Would anyone be willing to sell a set of double wides, or abec 11 bushings? Also Chris, is there ever going to be any new green abec11's coming out?
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Homemade bushings
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On 1/14/2006
Brian
wrote in from
United States
(67.163.nnn.nnn)
And for those of you interested in the homemade bushings...
Click here for link
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DoubleWides
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On 1/13/2006
Chris Chaput
wrote in from
United States
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Paul, do a Search on "doublewide" in the "Q&A: Chris Chaput on Speed" forum for "Entire Archive" date range.
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setup
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On 1/13/2006
Paul Steuri
wrote in from
United States
(152.163.nnn.nnn)
Do you think you could send me a link to the website?
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SpeedFiend
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On 1/13/2006 Wheels and bushing at montrel
wrote in from
United States
(68.85.nnn.nnn)
Chaput had the doublewides and his homemade bushings. I think the bushings are made out of a Grippin. I saw a photo on that other longboarding website. There are instructions on how to make the doublewides are on this page a ways back. Its a bitch but they are worth it.
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Can you bring me my chapstick
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On 1/13/2006 sean
wrote in from
United States
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So.... Im I am at work "working" and my boss is in the room and myPC shouts out loud CAN YOU BRING ME MY CHAPSTICK-all because I clicked on (you mean like this) Its so good to see ya at a race cause your A game is on point. How about bringing the roger bros they have never been to Dangerbay or maybe bring back brent? You guys were fast then and so much has changed. Keep the wheel rolling..
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concrete wave picture
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On 1/13/2006
Paul Steuri
wrote in from
United States
(205.127.nnn.nnn)
What wheels and bushings did you have on your board in the picture titled "Chris Chaput works on his speedboard" in the holidays issue of Concrete Wave? I think it was at the race in Montreal.
Thanks!
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Mr Chapstick - ( CHRIS CHAPPUT)
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On 1/13/2006
mikey
wrote in from
Canada
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Hay chapstick,,, if your going to show up in danger bay,,
we have a few suggestions,,
here it is windy,, so as you are well aware,, you
will need allot of chapstick.,, if you do not have chapstick,,
i ask the members of this board to please bring Chris chapput at
least 1 chapstick to help him out,, the age an all,, you know,,
best,, meet you in danger bay,, ,,
ps,, bring chapstick for Mr. Chapput
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Blems
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On 1/12/2006
Chris Chaput
wrote in from
United States
(66.116.nnn.nnn)
Any second, blem, or unprinted wheel that shows up is stolen merchandise. Wheels of this nature are to be destroyed at the manufacturer's expense. I don't even get any blems. It's just too risky. As you could imagine, if anything ever showed up like this it would be completely unfair to me, other vendors, and to the skaters who purchased them. It brings everyone down. Because of our simple return policy, I'd have to replace wheels and ship them all over the planet at a great personal expense. Blems are never to be bought, sold, or distributed. Period. If any vendor is doing this, he is committing a crime, and it's only a matter of time before I prosecute him to the fullest extent of the law. No mercy. Not even once. If he uses the US postal system and/or ships out of state, the feds will know about it too.
I'm doing everything in my power to help make sure that this doesn't happen. Parasites like this do exist in the industry, and you should not accept or support their activities. I recommend that you give your business only to reputable and established vendors. If it looks too good to be true, it probably is.
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ABEC 11 seconds?
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On 1/11/2006
Deano
wrote in from
United States
(209.181.nnn.nnn)
Chris,
Do you ever sell your seconds/blems? There is a rumor that a online dealer is selling ABEC 11 seconds (at a very low price)that were scheduled for destriction.
Knowing the way you are about quality, I have a hard time believing that you would allow a blemished product into the retail market.
Looking forward to your 6-wheeler at DB5.
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pivot point
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On 1/4/2006
wendtland
wrote in from
United States
(71.103.nnn.nnn)
are you talking about just the pivot point or the pivit point relitive to the board?
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couple of questions
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On 1/3/2006 jawes
wrote in from
Sweden
(217.211.nnn.nnn)
Hi Chris!
I have a couple of questions, been arguing with some friends, hope you have time to answer them!
I don´t know if I´m right, but I claim, that if you have two exactly like boards with the same trucks, but one of the boards have drop through mounted trucks, it will make the board with the dropped trucks more stable and less willing to stear. Am I correct? And if so, why?
Second, could you explain the term pivot point. And does the pivot point change if you have to alike boards and one of them have the trucks drop through mounted?
Would be very greatful for an answer!
/J
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Wheely difficult!
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On 1/3/2006 Jamie M.
wrote in from
Canada
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Hey thanks for making my wheel purchasing more difficult Chris! :) Seriously I'm very interested to check out your new offerings.
Top mount, if you plan to go fast, I would avoid using a 50 in the back. Follow Chris's advice, the 50/35 setup is money!
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Top mount
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On 1/2/2006 front steer
wrote in from
United States
(199.181.nnn.nnn)
So a 50base up front and 35base in back should be o.k? I don't want it too squirly, or should I go 50 degrees in front and back? I'm going to try both but I wanted an opinion. Thanx bro, great forum!
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Front steers more
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On 1/2/2006
Chris Chaput
wrote in from
United States
(66.116.nnn.nnn)
Sorry for neglecting my own forum. I'll respond to earlier questions soon...
Top Mount, That's absolutely a viable setup, especially if there are sweeping turns and/or technical turns in the roads you are running. The price that you pay for stability (by having only 35 degrees of steering in the front) is that you have to really push a board hard in the turns. On dropped and drop-through decks, the lower CG adds to the stability, but NOT to the traction. It's usually a fair tradeoff, but if you're just carving the turns and/or the track does not support a super high top end speed, you'll get better turning and/or traction with more steering up front. The reason is that you don't have to lean way, way off of your board when carving a turn. A little bit of lean translates to a lot of steering (more than 1 to 1) when you have 50 degree baseplates like the R-IIs. I used 50 degrees at Sandia where the course was pretty fast, but there aren't any turns that you have to brake or slide through. I was able to stand more upright in my tuck through the turns. My trucks were mounted on the bottom of my (Mastercarve) deck with risers and I had 90mm Flywheels on them. That's about as high off the ground as you'd ever want to be but I wanted to demonstrate to myself (and others) that being lower or turning slower isn't the only game in town. The Rogers Bros still beat JimZ and me, but we were right there in the hunt in the finals.
As you can see, no sliding, I'm high and upright compared to JimZ and the others behind us.
Towards the end, I thought that I could stay in John's draft and that we'd get around Dave, but we stalled a bit and I had to hold onto 3rd.
Boards with trucks that steer more in the front are cool.
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Front steering top mount
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On 1/2/2006 Top mount
wrote in from
United States
(199.181.nnn.nnn)
Hey Chris I have put together a Comet Voodoo with jimZ speed hangers and I wanted to know if having a Randal r2 base in the front and Dh Randal base in the back is a good idea or not? I don't feel like the JimZ hangers turn enough with the Dh base plates. Should I go r2 bases on both front and rear?
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comparison
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On 1/2/2006 herbn
wrote in from
United States
(70.111.nnn.nnn)
cool,my favorite type of question,the single variable comparison. One of the aspects of this comparison that i like is the relationship between your feet,and body,to and what the trucks are doing. Imagine that the normally mounted trucks are on very high risers,now you have to imagine you're looking at the board directly from behind,as it's steered,it doesn't rock back and forth so much as swings in an arc, the center of gravity of the rider is a couple feet above the board and it's position is disrupted by this swinging.I think there is a good distance to be above this point where the board pivots to turn, this distance lets turns be initiated easily from the skaters' ankles,and then body position is just controlled by natural physics. All the specific measurements of how high a truck should be, the angle it should steer at , how much bushing resistance there should be....are somewhat subjective,but i think drop through trucks are a step in the right direction,not a perfect fix,but a fix nonetheless. Dropped boards are ok too but i think the extreme versions are a bit off. Imagine really tall trucks,taller than any that actually exist,imagine randals with 4 inch risers and 100mm wheels, then a board with enough drop to bring you back down to earth,i don't think this would work very well as the platform you stand on swings back and forth and your weight has a very leveraged centering action on the ride.hhhmmm more later perhaps, gotta go.
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sorry
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On 1/2/2006 jawes
wrote in from
Sweden
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sorry for the double post..
I just had to convince a friend!
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