On the subject of Stimulators.
Glenn,
I don’t see any reason to make these bushings any shape other then round. The urethane is too soft to support a weaker hourglass shape. Round tops work quite well and don’t require any further shaping/cutting. I’ve thrown away a couple of soft bushing after I cut off too much lip significantly affecting their rebound.
Stimulators can be used as tops and bottoms. Therefore, it’s possible to mix durometers, creating 5 realistic settings, which are: soft/soft, medium/soft, medium/medium, hard/medium, hard/hard. As long as the stiffer bushing is the top one, this set up works quite well.
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Quote from a different topic: “Better yet
would be an even less wide hanger like 95mm RTX/S, which they don't make.”
I made 90 mm RTs a while ago, they are easy to make using a dremmel tool out of the standard 105 mm trucks. I’ve been using them on courses under 6 ft since last summer. They are (much) harder to ride for beginners because a significantly shorter lever requires more input for steering at low/er speeds.
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This is my own set-up, that, as of today, February 13, 2003, is ranked #1 in the Cyber Slalom Challenge on
http://www.ncdsa.com. It was created when Jani stopped by my place on his way form Morro Bay to Paris to sign some Plankk-R boards and conduct some other insignificant business. His (real) signature makes all the difference!
I have (almost) no secretes.
SomeSuperSecretSeriouslySickSlalomSkaterSupportingStimulators,
Vlad.