Kryptonics Wheels

I just bought 2 sets of Kryptonics Wheels.  I had a few sets, but gave them away some time ago.  We were going to a ride in Tampa so I gave them to a couple of the guys who did not have any soft wheels at the time.  So I have not had any for a while and saw them for a pretty good price and picked them up.  I got a set of 78a 62mm Cruise and a set of 80a 65mm Classics.  I have not used the Cruise yet but I took the Classics out a few times.  They are not bad.  I think it is definitely worth it to spend a few extra dollars and get better wheels though.  They have that too soft feeling like the Stereo wheels do.  I have not tried the Cruise yet, but the Classic are supposed to be the harder of the two wheels so I am not sure they will be any better.

They are OKAY!

discuss at  Plastic Skateboarding Forum: 

http://plasticskateboarding.com/forum/index.php?topic=174.0

discuss at  Plastic Skateboarding Forum: 

http://plasticskateboarding.com/forum/index.php?topic=174.0

GFH 3" Trucks

I just got these GFH trucks from Churchill Manufacturing.  I was browsing their site looking at the penny killer and the price on them was so awesome I decided to try a set.  I needed a thin set of trucks for a board I was making anyway.  I am glad I got these the closest competition for the price was Penny trucks and these have at least two advantages so far.
First, they are drilled with standard 6 hole mounting.  They will work on any board with new or old school mounting.  Second, I pulled them apart and checked the pivot cup and it is a standard size.  It can be replaced with the small Khiro cups.  I used the soft ones because I am out of the hard and it was still pretty tight so the hard may or may not work.  I took it for a test ride and the soft definitely work though.  The pivot itself is kind of blunt and not rounded, I haven't seen that before.
The kingpin is one of the loose ones with the square bottom but us the standard size and thread.  The bushings kind of sucked so I replaced them with blue Khiro barrels and short inserts.  I will probably swap them to something a little harder but I was out of Khiro red.  

Taken for a few test rides now, they feel pretty good.  More when i get a little more time in on them.

Flexdex Retrodex

This is the Flexdex Retrodex.  I ordered one because I like the Flexdex Grenade and thought this was similar enough to a Grenade with a tail so I should try it.  I didn't have a setup in mind so I threw on something to try.  I was going to just swap everything over from a Green Banana Lil' Nanner, because they are similarly sized and I didn't really love that setup on the Green Banana.  The setup was Ace 00 hangers on Independent Stage 9 baseplates, Bones Reds in Sector 9 wheels and Khiro barrels and short inserts, red in the front, yellow in the back.  The Stage 9 baseplates are only grilled for new school, like the Lil' Nanner so switched them with some Independent Downhill baseplates I had been waiting to use on something.  The longer kingpins in the new baseplates let me use a Khiro tall insert in the trucks instead of the short insert.  Put together, I took it for a test ride.  Maybe it is just because I love every skateboard I ride, but it felt really good.  The small wheel base and the taller bushings make it turn ridiculously tight, no wheelbite with 1/8" risers.  The flex is noticeable and fun, but not too much. The grip tape is really course, that might be the only thing I would change.   

Compared it to the Grenade.  It it about the same width, and maybe a half inch longer.  The length of the tail, about 4" comes off of the wheelbase so it feels much quicker to turn than the Grenade.  The difference in flex is very noticeable just stepping on the board.  Riding, the difference didn't feel so much.  The wheelbase and the shortness of the Retrodex pretty much keeps your feet right above the trucks so you don't feel all the flex.

Flexdex Retrodex and Flexdex Grenade

Retrodex and Penny

More when I get some time riding it...

Check out the Flexdex thread on the forum:

http://plasticskateboarding.com/forum/index.php?topic=15.0

Independent 109 Stage 10 Skateboard Trucks

I just got these Independent 109 Stage 10s.  I have been waiting for these for quite a while as Independent has not made anything smaller than 129s for a few years and just recently started making these again.  They have a 4.25" hanger and a 7" axle.  The hanger is the old style that looks more like a T than a triangle.

                                      

The baseplate is not the downhill style 6 hole baseplate I kind of expected it to be when I saw it was drilled for new and old school mounting.  It is a standard Stage 10 with 6-holes instead, id does not have the longer kingpin or the big emblem on the bottom.  

                                      

Other than the baseplate everything is as expected, cant wait to get them on something and see how they feel.  They seem like a good width for a Bantam or a Nickel.

Cool Skate Art

Holy Cow I don't think I have gone this long without posting since I started this blog.  I have been posting more on the forums www.plasticskateboarding.com/forum than here lately.  Anyway here is something cool to look at while I am waiting on some things to show up so I can make lots more posts here and on the forum.  

The above is really awesome and is locates in the z grille restaurant in St. Pete, Fl.  The Ribeye is very very big there.