Wedging advice

Tom Mangelsdorf · Post by **Tom Mangelsdorf** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 10:44 pm

I have a narrow board, therefore I am running on 85mm Tracker Mids. I have the front on wedged 15* and the back one de-wedged 10*. Works really great for me.

Etienne de Bary · Post by **Etienne de Bary** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 1:35 am

As far as i know all trucks need wedge pads, even the 30°RI rear Slitfire needs a little bit of dewedge.

Blake Learmonth · Post by **Blake Learmonth** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 8:56 pm

Is it common to de-wedge offset trucks like Sk8Kings modified tracker RTX? Or, should they just start out flat and tune from there?

Chris Iversen · Post by **Chris Iversen** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 4:43 am

Hi all, Great forum here! Glad I found it! First post...

Here is my TS-Hybrid set-up:

PP Brown Bomber Hardcore series
OG Bennett Pro's spaced out
wedging: 15 deg. (positive) front and 10 deg (negative) rear
Manx 69's (78a rear, 84a front)

Not sure if it makes much difference (I'm a newb myself), but I have Khiro wedge kit risers in front and a Khiro soft wedge in the back.

Front truck (15 deg. pos wedge):

Rear Truck (10 deg soft neg wedge):

Troy Smart · Post by **Troy Smart** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 2:47 pm

10* front and back (Fat ends toward the rear).
Or, if you only have one 10* put the 7* in the rear.

That is pretty standard.

Erin Riffel · Post by **Erin Riffel** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 8:16 am

Tom Thompson wrote:I assume you do understand what purpose wedging and dewedging serves?

....never hurts to have the theory of wedging reviewed......

Tom Thompson · Post by **Tom Thompson** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 2:21 am

When I was riding standard trucks, for tight slalom I heavily wedged my front truck and slightly de-wedged the rear truck.

Stanziale told you right.....EXPERIMENT till you find what works best for you.

I assume you do understand what purpose wedging and dewedging serves?

Daryl Madden · Post by **Daryl Madden** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 1:57 am

if no one can give me some kinda standard advice, what wedging are you guys riding?

Troy Smart · Post by **Troy Smart** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 5:46 am

Uh, yea... I saw that.
Just seeing if you were paying attention.

Carry on.

Joel Crawley · Post by **Joel Crawley** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 5:41 am

griptapeguru wrote:If it helps, I want it for TS, and I ride rts/x's with khiro whites up front, and blues in the back.

Troy Smart · Post by **Troy Smart** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 5:38 am

It would definately help to know what trucks you are using.
Trucks come in all different turninesses (just made a word up) requireing some, none, or alot of wedging depending on what you're using them for and where they are mounted.

Joel Crawley · Post by **Joel Crawley** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 9:24 pm

Since I hijacked this thread a little I thought I might be able to give you a bit of info.

Check out this thread over at Silverfishlongboarding

It doesn't exactly specify what degree to use but it's pretty informative. I run 10º positive on front and 10º negative in the rear. Not really by any design but that's what had so that's what I use.

If you have the Khiro kit I would experiment and see what you think works best. That's really the bottom line. It's what works for you and there's really no hard or fast rule.

Daryl Madden · Post by **Daryl Madden** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 8:54 pm

Rick Stanziale wrote:Front truck - fat end "in" (towards the rear of the board), and wedged steeper than the rear

Rear truck - fat end "out" (again, towards the rear of the board)

do you have any specific degrees for the wedging?

Jani Soderhall · Post by **Jani Soderhall** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 6:53 pm

crawdad62 wrote:Jani I just sent you an email about the same situation. It got bounced back to me.

I don't know why jani@slalomskateboarder DOT com wouldn't work, but I'll check it.

Try jani@pcpal DOT se instead.

/Jani

Joel Crawley · Post by **Joel Crawley** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 5:11 pm

Jani I just sent you an email about the same situation. It got bounced back to me.

Jani Soderhall · Post by **Jani Soderhall** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 3:04 pm

Rick Stanziale wrote:Hey griptapeguru, do us a favor and register using your real name, it's a requirement here on slalomskateboarder.com.

Send me your name (jani@slalomskateboarder DOT com) and I'll update your profile. (Members can't do it themselves). Don't register again. I'll just update your profile so you get to keep your previous posts.

Thanks.

/Jani

Rick Stanziale · Post by **Rick Stanziale** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 2:21 pm

Front truck - fat end "in" (towards the rear of the board), and wedged steeper than the rear

Rear truck - fat end "out" (again, towards the rear of the board)

You'll have to experiment to see what works best for you. I use extra risers and super steep wedging in the front, in the rear I prefer slightly wedged and as thin of a riser as I can get away with.

Hey griptapeguru, do us a favor and register using your real name, it's a requirement here on slalomskateboarder.com.

Daryl Madden · Post by **Daryl Madden** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 12:42 pm

I was looking for some info on wedging my trucks.
I don't know if its all about preference, but I just got a khiro wedge kit, and wanted to know the best degree of wedging/dewedging for my trucks.
If it helps, I want it for TS, and I ride rts/x's with khiro whites up front, and blues in the back.
Thanks a lot!

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