During the last days there was quite some rain and even a little snow. That‘s why I wasn‘t able to skate longer sessions. But I had a few short rides on my rain board. And a was able to do some gear testing too.
I changed a few things on the Vandal and did some 5-laps-tests on the nearby parking-lot. First I put RipTide pivot cups in the Bennett (front truck). And I changed the lime BigZigs (80a) for lemon BigZigs (83a) in the front. With the almost new and harder wheels, I improved to 3 min 44. 10 seconds faster than the previous test.
A few days later I changed the wheels again. This time I mounted mango Seismic Blast Waves. I only did one timed run. It was 3 minutes 43 on a windy day. Feel was much faster.
Friday I mounted another Seismic G2 110mm (NOS) as a rear truck. I rode the old one for about a year and it started to click in a way that annoyed me. I tightend the springs of the new truck to max. And I changed the bubblegum Avilas to bubblegum Hot Spots (76mm). I did two timed runs yesterday. They where pretty fast: 3 min 34 and 3 min 31 although there was some wind. I don‘t think I can go much faster on the Vandal. It felt like I want to shift up.
So next step will be tweaking the longer board.
