Technical videos about longboard gear are my bread and butter. I love to get nerdy and talk about the nitty-gritty details that are going to make your ride better. I'm based in Cincinnati, Ohio, so reach out and come skate with our crew!
Thanks! I couldn’t help but notice that you provide thorough dimensions for your boards, and I commend you for that! Congrats on the new product drop, and it’s good to see new pro models on the market.
Largest I used were 79mm Cuei A1, and the widest I used were 78mm Magnums. I had no issues with wheelbite. If your deck has flush mounts that lower the ride height, you might need risers.
@@owencampbell777 I am in the process of setting up a landyachtz blaze. The mount is recessed but so are the wheel wells! I took a few light runs in the neighborhood with 80.5 alphas on 1/4 in risers and then went down to 1/8. Idk how confident I would be to send it without risers though. I very much appreciate your insight. Makes me feel pretty good knowing you are getting away without risers on these low trucks. This is my entry to narrow hangers and it only took a few short runs to understand why you guys are killing it on such small set ups 💯
WFB is like around 6A's lower than HPF in terms of hardness. 93A WFB feels similar to 87A HPF imo. Your front trucks are not softer than double pink Venoms? edit: WFB orange (78A) and green (73A) would make it feel comparable to HPF 72A (approximately the pink) and 67A (no HPF duro available).
Awesome review, I've been looking into saving up for my first pair of precision trucks. It was a tie between a set of DT Haki's or a set of Zealous Trucks. Bro, you basically jsut told me exactly what to get lol 😂 Also, what deck are you using in the video? I know you said it, but i couldn't quite understand what you said. So, if you could pleaaase lemme know the deck 🙏🙏🙏
Nice review as ever Owen. Can you tell me what wheelbase length these add? You mentioned in the DH Cybins review that those added 2 1/2” and I wondered how the Zealous compare. Thanks! Andy
Zak's always been such an unpredictable skater, I almost feel like anything put out by Venom or Ronin that he also rides, gotta have the same his same characteristics initially😆
Love these trucks. They really blew me away. Your review is on point. I played around with these a bit to increase the slalom aspect by adding cone bushings roadside. I got real deep turns out of them. The cones defeat the restrictive bushing seats. A nice hack if you wanted to run cones with these. I know a few people running Zealous for GS slalom racing. A little slow on reaction for tight or most hybrid for me but these are a DH free ride truck and not a true slalom truck. But I will say this is one of the best purchases I’ve made in years. The Zealous trucks are a delight to ride.
Generally boards with micro-drops don't need foot stops because the drop is a good reference feature for your foot, and often times the foot stop sits weird on the drop concave. However boards that are only rockered or flat lenghtwise really can benefit from having a foot stop so you have that extra reference point. I rode with a footstop for several years then many more without. Recently I went back to footstops and really appreciated the confidence they bring when stringing together several back to back slides/turns where your feet can shift around a bit. Having a good reference feature for your front foot allows you to shift your feet without having to looking down - which is huge when riding technical terrain so your eyes stay on the road.
Im looking to get these trucks as my first dh slalom trucks. What are your favorite dh/freeride wheels for techy stuff? Not looking for wheels that grip like a vice but i want something that'll slow me down smoothly. Im not a racer, I just like having fun and skating hard-ish. Thanks for the review and any help!
I think you would enjoy Muirskate Phat Boyz. They’re pretty grippy with skin but they turn into really comfortable DH wheels. I experienced smooth slides, even while they had fresh skin and lips. If you want something with more roll speed, the LDP version of the Seismic Alpha is fast as hell and isn’t as race-focused. They’re narrower and the lips aren’t as sharp, so they’re more comfortable to slide
I borrowed a set from a buddy for a week but it I didn’t get the chance to mess with the bushings, they were set up pretty similar to how I normally ride my trucks but they felt pretty dead and not lively on slow paths (~30kmh) but felt great on fast runs, it’s what’s stopping me from buying a set cause I skate paths a lot, have you noticed that or does the deadness go away with tuning the bushings?
3 years later I just bought these. On my trip to Asheville I learned snakes are great for learning slides, but I needed a wheel with some grip and a large contact patch. These wheels are a good price so wearing them down won't break the bank.
been getting back into downhill skating, been street skating all my life but i stopped longboarding back in like 2014 so this whole new slalom truck craze is very new to me, been watching all of your reviews and i thank u for it. Still rocking one of my og setups with like 190mm surfrodz for freeride and a big sector 9 daisy but once i get my groove bakc i'll def invest in one of these smaller boards and trucks bc they seem so damn fun and cool looking
*Another great review!* 👌🏽🤙🏽👌🏽 I really enjoy these reviews, I'm a big truck geek so I love the depth and detail you go into, not just specs but ride feel/what it feels like to ride and the variations you try. 👌🏽 Additionally, bushing setups/info 🤩 Not many youtube reviews on the WFB formula so this was cool! Personally I wanna try their APS formula, I usually ride Venom HPF, the SHR formula wasn't for me so I'm guessin Riptide Krank won't be for me either. Appreciated the pivot cup and bushing seat info, Very interestin trucks! #TSGPassGang
I can't even see that bushing seat it's so shallow! I'm an old geezer at this point but my buzzed trucks swallow the entire small diameter of a riptide chubby no problem. I've just been getting back into the gear reviews and stuff mostly for nostalgia but it is WILD to see these modern set ups. I've ridden boards that were like an extra foot longer and trucks that no joke were double the width of some of these modern dh trucks. I can just about recollect P-Swiss talking about running slalom set ups for Maryhill but people thought he was crazy back then. I really wanna make retrospect doc on how the dh scene and the gear has changed the last 20 ish years.
I loved this! Your explanation and demo on the progressive bushing lean on the trucks was great! I'm going to steal your riptide bushing setup and buy some WFB's to match how you currently run your Zealous trucks. How often did you try the different truck widths with the spacers? Do you think that would impact how they freeride / race?
I always used the widest width when freeriding and the narrowest when doing glove-down skating. It makes a small difference in improving grip and braking force
I became an immature 6th grader again right at 25:00 Thanks for the unintentional humor bud 😂 I will also be buying some zealous now. Your the second reliable recommendation and I'm moving on to narrowed trucks 🤙
Yeah your review videos are basically the bible at this point. Having ridden these for a season, I wasn't expecting to hear a 40 min detailed description of everything I felt on the trucks, but this is spot on.
Thanks!! I’m glad my experiences align with yours. I usually try to trim the fat from these videos, but I figured I’ll leave it all in because it had been so long since the last proper review.
I've reused the same Cuei griptape on 3 boards. First time was a 40" freeride dk. 2nd time was on a slalom DH style deck, and the griptape was reglued with rubber cement on with the backing still there. 3rd time, and final time, I peeled it off again, but this time the backing came off. But I just reglued it again with rubber cement (without its backing sheet) on another tiny slalom DH style deck, and I'm still on this 3rd iteration right now. Doesn't look like the grip actually loses any of its sharpness too. Awesome how it has lasted me 3 years on 3 different boards now.
@@owencampbell777 Actually, I didn't, lol. But it's okay tho, it still works without its backing. However, I did find that the original glue didn't stick too well because it was already coming off in some areas prior to the first removal. (My 40" dk did have some extreme curvatures at the bubble drops. So the grip was coming off at the deepest parts around the drops, but the other parts were still stuck well, so it was kinda floating in those deep parts.) (edit: I did use heat to try and restick those floating parts. Even cut some relief cuts in them to conform better, but they still kept coming off somehow.)
Doesn't really work, they get too hot and it doesn't slide well. If anything stone or tile would be a better alternative. My first pucks were stone tile I got from a demolished building, they actually slid well (but LOUD) though were obviously prone to cracking.
Bearing press, nice. I swap wheels all the time (almost daily) using a skate tool with a bearing press, but it is awkward to skate with. I'm going to Maryhill this month and was looking for something I can use on the fly.
