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Eric Wallgren

Damn, that sucks.

Eric Wallgren

D'oh!

I found out about it Saturday afternoon, late-ish. I totally would have been there.

I'll keep checking in for dates for another one. I dodge cones w/ my car every few weeks, generally on Saturdays early, but if I don't have an auto-cross I'll do the outlaw race.

Eric Wallgren

I'm in.

I'll try to make it up by noon...

Eric Wallgren

Well?

Eric Wallgren

I got an email from our old compatriot Bob "Bobo" Frias, legendary Turner enthusiast and instigator of GBJ. he's back in Baltimore (for good he says) and working in Elkridge. Still riding a Turner. I'm gonna try to get the band back together this winter for some regular practice. I'm gonna race next...

Eric Wallgren

Man,

I checked Thursday night and didn't see anything that looked like a definitive "Yes there's a race happening at X time" so I didn't go.

Sheee-it.

Eric Wallgren

AKA Geezer-X? Well, he was off dealing with a nasty surprise that surfaced in his head after he fell off Chris Chaput's Ick at SSS back in November. Everything is fine now, and if you need work done, the email address is in his profile here. The free hosting for the MMW website dried up and it took ...

Eric Wallgren

One of the upsides of my recent brain surgery (!) was that starting about a week before, and tapering off for about 2 weeks after, I was on steroids. They do this to control swelling after they go a-prospecting in your head. I found that my painful shoulders, messed up thumb, and creaky knees all fe...

Eric Wallgren

I'll be there w/ a leaf blower.

I may ride a skateboard for a minute or two.

Dr. says "skateboarding is contraindicated post-craniotomy"

-Better every day

Eric Wallgren

Is for chumps

Eric Wallgren

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7213953320&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7213762559&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7213766445&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1 ...

Eric Wallgren

New old stock Tracker Stimulators. The best bushings EVER made. Green soft Green Medium Blue Hard $20/pack of 2 as molded $25/2 lathe cut to conventional barrel shape Yellow soft NOS Tracker Stimulators $40 / pack of 2 The green soft and yellow soft, frankly, feel identical. Also: 8mm axle RTS and R...

Eric Wallgren

I'll give you $50 for than foam core Kryptonics if you're out....

Eric Wallgren

Where are you riding, Vlad?

Maybe I skate too, as long as it doesn't interfere with my bicycle time.

Eric Wallgren

What's up is I don't answer PMs here, and I only check here once a week or so.

Email me at motomoron at yahoo dot com

Roe deck still available, G, Gus, and Offset trucks available.

Eric Wallgren

New Old Stock 3DM 3TC 130mm truck. Unmodified, factory fresh. $100 New Old Stock 3DM 3TC 105mm truck. Unmodified, factory fresh. $125 Gus truck. Straightened axles, hanger faced to 105mm with raised bearing seats. New, unused. $45 G Truck. Straightened axles, hanger faced to 95mm with raised bearing...

Eric Wallgren

Hey, LBK. I sent an email to you on the Surfrider site email thing.

Would it be possible to swing seats for me and the wifey?

Thanks!

Eric Wallgren

Hey, Dan.

I was talking w/ Ohm at the Athens race, and he was proposing that we do a shared gig where everyone takes a race, and is responsible for the course, special theme, refreshments, door prizes, pin the tail on Vlad, etc.

Let's get the dialogue started and get a schedule together.

Eric Wallgren

Hey Tim.

I'm Interested...

Email sent.

Lemme know...

Eric Wallgren

Iaccovelli looks remarkably bad in a wifebeater for someone who's actually a wifebeater. And Fluitt? Sundress? first you erode my miserable tiny corner of the slalom skateboard truck niche market, THEN call me out on account of how my sartorial splendor makes you uncomfortable? Jeez. Don't you know ...

Eric Wallgren

What he said.

Where is everyone?

Eric Wallgren

I think that Brian Parsons among other DC types is keen to work out a proper DC region race of sufficient grandeur to attract the wrong coasters. Details will follow. And Iaccovelli, you nefarious turd-burglar, my loathing for you far exceeds any level of loathing you could ever muster for me. Beat ...

Eric Wallgren

But here it is.

Me sucking.

Iaccovelli sucking to a greater degree.

http://home.comcast.net/~skate/joe.geezer.wmv

Eric Wallgren

I'm admittedly one of the slowest of the slow. Nonetheless, I've kicked your 5 year younger, Atkins diet sculpted ass *all-up-and-down* every hill upon which our paths happened to converge. And speaking of converging paths, I'll stay in my lane at *every* race this year, and I'll continue to lay one...

Eric Wallgren

See if you can figure out what's wrong with this picture of the podium from the Hybrid race.

Left to right: Geezer-X 2nd, Mike Ohm 1st, Vlad Popov 3rd.

Eric Wallgren

I'll help out where I can...

There are like a zillion dead headings and threads on this site that no one would miss.

A little culling and ix-naying would reduce the sprawl some, which would make riding herd on this mess easier.

So. Lemme know how I can be of use, and I'll do whatever.

Eric Wallgren

Oh for F*cks sake.

I think everyone involved in this thread knows me and knows my sense of humor, you most of all, Mike.

Don't take me literally. You should know better.

Allow me to rephrase my post. See above

Eric Wallgren

Are AWESOME !!!!

If someone doesn't buy these from Ohm, I'll pick 'em up myself.

How much are you asking?

Eric Wallgren

I finally figured out that I left 'em at the Park n' Ride after the last race, I have it on good authority that someone picked them up.

Who's got my badass leopard Vans.

Reward for mah shooz.

Eric Wallgren

Have an excellent time in Europe, Vlad. You too, Dalv. Try to keep him out of trouble, Mrs. Vlad. You've definately made things alot more interesting, and MUCH more fun around here the last couple years. Seems like only yesterday a skinny Russian kid with tiny shorts and a Turner showed up at the hi...

Eric Wallgren

I suck. DQ when I'm set for a cake walk to winning the "lowdium *" in the B bracket. Christ all F'ing mighty I suck like a turbocharged Electro-lux. Then I throw down a pissed off "I just don't care" joke run which would have put me in the middle of the A bracket. Did I mention how utterly, comprehe...

Eric Wallgren

Winner gets a date with one of the lovely and talented "Ladies of the Motel 6".

I'm sandbagging...

Eric Wallgren

I just did a pile of trucks, and all the newest RTX and RTS baseplates came with 2-1/4 kingpins. I put 2-1/2s in so you can use 2 full height Stims. I'm using grade 5s lately since by the time you got to the stretch or yield point of a 5, you'd have long since ripped all the truck bolts through the ...

Eric Wallgren

Fully a third of the 50 trucks or so in the shop for axles right now are being narrowed to 100, 90, 85, or 80 mm. I think the gnarly pivot mid on an RTS 'plate is great, you just need to make a special pivot cup from Delrin. I have a pair of MMW SuperTeam prototypes which replace the stock Tracker p...

Eric Wallgren

Yes.

Monkeywrench machine works, when doing our regular 8mm axle conversion, faces both the hanger casting and inner face of the axle nut square to the centerline of the axle. We also add a shoulder, so that washers or "speedrings" are not required. See pics in the MMW thread.

Eric Wallgren

It was awesome getting out to skate after being cooped up in the basement all winter. It was cool making Wes E work to beat me for the first time in a year. Funny, but I got back on RTXs and shaved off a half second. Hmmm. Also VERY cool seeing new faces on the hill. It's gonna be a very cool year. ...

Eric Wallgren

Offsets. What a huge pain in the ass. I applaud you, though, so here goes. What you're trying to do, is to relocate the centerline of the axle as close as possible to the intersection of the axis of rotation of the hanger about the kingpin, and the centerline of the kingpin. Starting with a Tracker ...

Eric Wallgren

There are metal seismic hangers drilled, minus axles, and newly manufactured true 8mm axles all done and I'll spread the word once Dan Gesmer lets me know whats up. As for you, Ohm. I can do it, but it's almost as much work as starting from scratch. Lets talk on the 17th.

Eric Wallgren

Just 'cause it worked for (Sir) John Surtees and for Mike (the bike) Hailwood doesn't mean it'll translate for Valen-tee-no. He would have done great in one-off world rally car drive if he hadn't balled the poor thing up right away. Seeing as how Rossi quit Honda at the end of last season and is rid...

Eric Wallgren

I made the assumption (Samuel Jackson in Pulp Fiction.. "When you assume, you make ass out of You, and Umption") That we were discussing skateboard wheels. Typically, the space between the bearing seats is about .390" give or take, and most bearing spacers are about .400". Assuming (again) that a 60...

Eric Wallgren

The new... Roe Unlimited, super stiff, super low camber/PVD R2s 35*f,50*r/3DM Avalons90/90a/Abec11 Biltins/Gravity ED E. grip. Roe Crossfire prototype/MMW RTX/TTC team trucks/3DM Cambrias90/90a/Abec 11 Biltins. Fibreflex 38"pintail/MMW 140mm Randals/Abec11 Gumballs88/84a/Pleasure tools ceramics. Boz...

Eric Wallgren

Speedrings or no, it's virtually impossible to preload your skateboard bearings. There should be, in order, on your axle, assuming you're not using Abec11 Biltin bearings: speedring/bearing/spacer=distance between bearing seats in your wheels+a couple thousandths of an inch/bearing/speedring/nut. If...

Eric Wallgren

I was emplyed in the bicycle industry in the DC area for ages, and raced on the road as well as track for quite a while. The nearest velodromes are in Trexlertown PA, in the Lehigh Valley, and a scary old pockmarked asphalt beast in Kissena park in Queens, NY. You'd get flats from needles on the rac...

Eric Wallgren

I haven't been checking in so very often, seeing as how if I'm not at work or consulting, I'm standing in front of a lathe making axles. Seth, feel free to call, the # is on the website. In the mean time I'll leave you with this... http://www.slalomskateboarder.com/Trucks/RTXTEAM.JPG http://www.slal...

Eric Wallgren

Trackers? Ugggh... I see enough of those everyday on my porch in boxes, let alone put 'em on one of my skateboards. I'm sticking with Randals, though I will a least try the Seismics on that Bozi I won.

Eric Wallgren

My understanding was that Brian's intent was to broaden the equipment requirments for the "longboard" race in light of how about half of us have bought or won Bozi 36" cutaways (some of us more than once) which can't quite make 30" between the axles. Leastwise not with my Randals...My 38" Fibreflex ...

Eric Wallgren

Not something that goes on top of your sushi. I agree with whoever it was who said to get an Unlimited and a X fire. I got an Unlimited prototype which had been made for UR13, super stiff, very low camber, and drilled at like 17.5" to work w/ PVD R2s. It is EVERYTHING I've been looking for. I can pu...

Eric Wallgren

Hey Brian. It's looking like I can make it. Room in the hovel? after sharing a room with Joe Iaccovelli....with one less bed than it was supposed to have at Da Farm, the cabin sound positively palatial...Let me know...

Eric Wallgren

Mitch, dude. It's time to retire those Hyper Stradas. Having coned 4 year old slalom wheels gives you old school cred, but it is way dangerous. I'll GIVE you some used Avalons.

Eric Wallgren

Take 95 south to 495 capital beltway outer loop toward rockville / 270. Bear right onto the 270 spur, which is right after the rte. 355 exit. Follow rte. 270 to exit 10, clopper road / quince orchard. Merge onto Clopper, (check out the new P&R lot being built in the middle of the off ramp)second lig...

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Screw Slappy. Where's Vlad?

Bobo's back...

Where's Eric

"Skating"

3TC / GUS / RTS Monkeywrench-Stims for sale!-hyperstradas!

Get Your Stimulators here!!!!

million cone march

Trucks and Decks

Trucks 'n Decks !!

LODT

Yeah...

Took me a minute....

Iaccovelli, you prevaricating, merde-mouthed weasel!

Sunday, Sunday, Sunday at the Park n' Ride

Yeah, what he said...

Ohm

Indy Offsets....

My Leopard Vans at the Park n' Ride

I suck

The 2nd annual Motel 6 Classic

Tracker stock kingpins

quivering with...anticipation.

Bearing preload

The old velodrome hoax

Hey!!

Roe Quiver.