Nice! Maybe I'll grab some bigger wheels next spring, see how I like it..I can get going pretty fast now and for longer distances..the 107 seems huge though. Did you ride any 90mm wheels before? I noticed one of your commenters talked about cloud wheels that are 90. If so, have you noticed much difference between that and the kegels?
Thank you! Kegels are grippy sideways, I did that crazy 55 mile Waterborne ride on them, but bigger wheels roll better on the legacy grainy pavement. I have 85 purple 83A Caguamas - they're sensibly faster than Kegels and don't lose the rotation as much as kegels, and off-brand inexpensive Cal7 97mm wheels feel even easier in this sense - and they rolled with no wheelbite on Glassdrops / Randals with relatively tightened kingpins, and didn't lose rotation, but on the other side the whole board is heavier, and it feels like they add inertia - to both accelerate and decelerate. Still Kegels is a decent choice, everyone seems to be praising Seismic Speedvents - I haven't got them yet. And the biggest wheels I've seen were Torqueboards 110mm - Peter had them on his hand-made long deck but on Paris trucks which are not very pumpable - mostly for pushing or stand-up-paddling. They're massive, smooth and heavy. I've been on another meetup in RI where another person had 110mm on a pure LDP TTX setup with Braapstik paddle - the video is due. I shot too many small ones, and don't have much time editing but I hope eventually I'll publish it.
@@phillsflychannel the answer would depend on your skill level and goals. My current setup is Glassdrop front (because I had it with X24 complete), Bhanger front truck, TTX rear truck, 110mm wheels - as seen on my latest videos. The easiest to start would probably be a Surfskate - from them (Carver/Yow) I've evolved to bracket boards and had to learn to push.
@@phillsflychannel pumping-wise gbomb is the hardest, surfskate is the easiest, especially Waterborne which pumps from zero like in this video of mine: th-cam.com/video/b812v0rvUmg/w-d-xo.html
To me all bigger more massive wheels have more inertia to get up to speed, but they also preserve speed acting as a flywheel. So the acceleration and deceleration feels a bit more "sticky", but I enjoyed the comfort of the large radius and softness of the ride.
@@Rideables Thank you for the answer. It should be mentioned that G|Bomb DDR or DDS adds some softeness (due to its arch-like construction) compared with Exile bracket system for example. I ride a couple thousand miles on Moscow roads on 85 mm Caguamas, then switched to 90 mm CloudRide Hurricanes and now I'm looking for something really big :) But as for me huge wheels have one significant disadvantage - the board became too heavy...
@@reugen87 oh cool, always wanted to try Exile and was just looking at their website today. Another observation few Ultraskate misfits marathon winners also used Exile and were doing 42km in ~1h 35-45m. I know another G|Bomb rider from Moscow, Igor B. - maybe you know each other? He also rides some crazy distances in Moscow and has a few bracket board setups. Are you in FB LDP group by any chance? I hope to get a Rocket Exodus
@@RideablesThe quality of Exile products is really awesome (I'm an owner of Antidote Hirricane platform with Exile bracket in front and DDR in rear). Exile bracket is solid and stiff, it has very nice shape. The quality of G|Bobm stuff is... just good. I have X24 platform with Exile in front and DDS in rear. Rocket Exodus is amazing, my congrats! If you have to ride a lot in wet weather, Exodus should be a perfect choise. TTX or TTA adds some stability to you push (especially for mongo switching), but you can't do sharp turns cause rear truck doesn't turn in fact. I'm just going to join FB LDP community)) but I'm not a dedicated pumper)
@@reugen87 Thanks for all the details, I still think DDR won't flex as much compared to the deck itself - the bracket really seemed quite stiff, same as my Glassdrops. While pumping my Waterborne on 42" bamboo one of the pumping styles I could utilize is flexing the deck in curve peak so it bounces me back, linking the motion to the opposite rail curve. It helps to rest alternating front wiggles, and rear foot decompression pumping styles. I find it similar to snowboarding on a really stiff racing deck on a mellow slope - the extreme carving technique. For me Exile is too far away while GBomb is local. I'm the most concerned for the whole piece not to fall apart - the infamous Don't Trip Poppy kingpin bolt shearing/snapping, and also heard TTS may develop cracks, but not the TTA. TTX is the most modern - tried it on a friends' deck. The turning radius is indeed enormous. As an extreme I could try to mount my rear 35 deg randal in reverse gaining negative 20 angle, I wasn't venturing into this without the footbraking skill, however now I've learned to break by slightly jamming a rear wheels with my shoe - a video is due :)
Hmm I don't know, riding Dad Bods now, hitting 19km/h avg speed pushing/pumping on a 24km stretch with few % up and downhill. Which wheels are good then in your view? Seismic?
Those wheels give that board a nice stance. Definitely puts it into beast mode!
Thank you, I agree, very soft rolling, especially on these well maintained high-end bearings.
I would buy something like this, cool project
Thank you for watching and your comment! I really liked it too!
nice!
Thank you! Cheers!
Nice! Maybe I'll grab some bigger wheels next spring, see how I like it..I can get going pretty fast now and for longer distances..the 107 seems huge though. Did you ride any 90mm wheels before? I noticed one of your commenters talked about cloud wheels that are 90. If so, have you noticed much difference between that and the kegels?
Thank you! Kegels are grippy sideways, I did that crazy 55 mile Waterborne ride on them, but bigger wheels roll better on the legacy grainy pavement. I have 85 purple 83A Caguamas - they're sensibly faster than Kegels and don't lose the rotation as much as kegels, and off-brand inexpensive Cal7 97mm wheels feel even easier in this sense - and they rolled with no wheelbite on Glassdrops / Randals with relatively tightened kingpins, and didn't lose rotation, but on the other side the whole board is heavier, and it feels like they add inertia - to both accelerate and decelerate.
Still Kegels is a decent choice, everyone seems to be praising Seismic Speedvents - I haven't got them yet.
And the biggest wheels I've seen were Torqueboards 110mm - Peter had them on his hand-made long deck but on Paris trucks which are not very pumpable - mostly for pushing or stand-up-paddling. They're massive, smooth and heavy.
I've been on another meetup in RI where another person had 110mm on a pure LDP TTX setup with Braapstik paddle - the video is due. I shot too many small ones, and don't have much time editing but I hope eventually I'll publish it.
@@Rideables which brackets should i use?
And how loose should i make em to pump?
@@phillsflychannel the answer would depend on your skill level and goals.
My current setup is Glassdrop front (because I had it with X24 complete), Bhanger front truck, TTX rear truck, 110mm wheels - as seen on my latest videos.
The easiest to start would probably be a Surfskate - from them (Carver/Yow) I've evolved to bracket boards and had to learn to push.
@@Rideables i actually have a gbomb n yea i still cant really pump
@@phillsflychannel pumping-wise gbomb is the hardest, surfskate is the easiest, especially Waterborne which pumps from zero like in this video of mine: th-cam.com/video/b812v0rvUmg/w-d-xo.html
Do you feel any difficulties with accelaration on those big wheels when you push?
To me all bigger more massive wheels have more inertia to get up to speed, but they also preserve speed acting as a flywheel. So the acceleration and deceleration feels a bit more "sticky", but I enjoyed the comfort of the large radius and softness of the ride.
@@Rideables Thank you for the answer.
It should be mentioned that G|Bomb DDR or DDS adds some softeness (due to its arch-like construction) compared with Exile bracket system for example.
I ride a couple thousand miles on Moscow roads on 85 mm Caguamas, then switched to 90 mm CloudRide Hurricanes and now I'm looking for something really big :) But as for me huge wheels have one significant disadvantage - the board became too heavy...
@@reugen87 oh cool, always wanted to try Exile and was just looking at their website today. Another observation few Ultraskate misfits marathon winners also used Exile and were doing 42km in ~1h 35-45m. I know another G|Bomb rider from Moscow, Igor B. - maybe you know each other? He also rides some crazy distances in Moscow and has a few bracket board setups. Are you in FB LDP group by any chance?
I hope to get a Rocket Exodus
@@RideablesThe quality of Exile products is really awesome (I'm an owner of Antidote Hirricane platform with Exile bracket in front and DDR in rear). Exile bracket is solid and stiff, it has very nice shape.
The quality of G|Bobm stuff is... just good. I have X24 platform with Exile in front and DDS in rear.
Rocket Exodus is amazing, my congrats! If you have to ride a lot in wet weather, Exodus should be a perfect choise. TTX or TTA adds some stability to you push (especially for mongo switching), but you can't do sharp turns cause rear truck doesn't turn in fact.
I'm just going to join FB LDP community)) but I'm not a dedicated pumper)
@@reugen87 Thanks for all the details, I still think DDR won't flex as much compared to the deck itself - the bracket really seemed quite stiff, same as my Glassdrops. While pumping my Waterborne on 42" bamboo one of the pumping styles I could utilize is flexing the deck in curve peak so it bounces me back, linking the motion to the opposite rail curve. It helps to rest alternating front wiggles, and rear foot decompression pumping styles. I find it similar to snowboarding on a really stiff racing deck on a mellow slope - the extreme carving technique. For me Exile is too far away while GBomb is local. I'm the most concerned for the whole piece not to fall apart - the infamous Don't Trip Poppy kingpin bolt shearing/snapping, and also heard TTS may develop cracks, but not the TTA. TTX is the most modern - tried it on a friends' deck. The turning radius is indeed enormous.
As an extreme I could try to mount my rear 35 deg randal in reverse gaining negative 20 angle, I wasn't venturing into this without the footbraking skill, however now I've learned to break by slightly jamming a rear wheels with my shoe - a video is due :)
Dang those are thicc. Orangutang and Abec11is garbage brand though. Bad quality wheels.
Hmm I don't know, riding Dad Bods now, hitting 19km/h avg speed pushing/pumping on a 24km stretch with few % up and downhill. Which wheels are good then in your view? Seismic?