Reply With QuoteIf the bearings are new 2 weeks isn't that long of time to break them in, do you ride down hills at all?
New board too slow?
Hey guys, first of all please excuse any weirdness in my english, im not a native speaker ^^
so 3 months after skating for the first time I decided to replace my supermarket board with a new one for about $170
deck: foundation something something
wheels: 88A durometer; 52 mm
bearings: bones red
bushing: a hard one on the bottom and a soft one on top
Ive been riding it for about 2 weeks now and for some reason it appears to be a lot slower than my previous crappy $40 store bought one. I'm simply not sure whether it's to do with the wheels being harder or whether I put it together wrong (there dont seem to be too many mistakes you can make assembling your board though) or if it's just the way skateboards are supposed to be.
my trucks are firmly attached to the deck, the bearings are new and clean, obviously, and the wheels have enough play to wiggle around a bit ( they seem too be spinning just fine). The trucks themselves are tight enough as well.
So, yeah i don't know, it's just much more exhausting and not much fun riding it to the point where i prefer riding my old dirty piece of crap :D
Considering my wheels are not that hard, I have no clue why its slower than my old board, which is actually covered in dirt. The wheels on my old board are a bit smaller but wider than those on my new board so maybe the width makes the difference.
Maybe you guys have some ideas what could be wrong. Since I'm pretty new to skating and dont know any skaters in my town, I don't have a comparison as to how fast a board usually goes, all I know is that it's too tiring riding my board :D
Thanks in advance
If the bearings are new 2 weeks isn't that long of time to break them in, do you ride down hills at all?
How big are your old wheels? Try your old wheels on your new board and see what happens
Yes I do ride down hills quite often since there are a few on my way to the train station. How long does it typically take to break the bearings in ? It doesnt seem that the bearings are the problem though because when I just hold the board and spin the wheels in the air, they spin faster than those on my old board.
My old wheels are about 50 mil but about a third wider than the new ones. Yeah I will try putting them on my new board, dont know why I didnt think of that before duh :D
Wheels matters.
In this thread I decribe how I had big advantage by replacing wheels to 76 mm 82A whels from inline skates...
/ Henning
^That is retarded. Anyways, it's probably that your wheels are too soft, clean up those wheels from your old deck and pop your new bearings in them and slap them on your new deck, and see if the wheels are the problem. If they are, buy some Bones 100's or Spitfire Classics to fix that problem. If that isn't the problem, you just need to stop being a pussy and push harder. Also if you have risers or high trucks on your new board that can make a difference also. If you're too cheap to buy new wheels, PM me and I'll send you some of my old wheels.
Put the old wheels on my new board and they are just as slow as the other ones even though they were really fast on my old board. dont know what to make of that ...
I can't be a ton of help since I'm still a beginner and still pretty rubbish but does your old setup still seem fast? I noticed as I did more hills I got used to the speed and ramps that seemed to make me go really fast before are now just meh. Could it be you're just getting better and more used to the speed?
^that actually is a thing that does happen
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haha good idea but unfortunately no, the old setup is definitely faster but i am out of ideas as to why that could be the case. i think i'll have to find a skateshop and see if they can help me (thats gonna be a loooong train ride since my town is shitty and has no skateshops :D)
That doesn't make any sense, if you switch out the new wheels and bearings with the old ones, according to logic the new board should be just as fast.
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