I have been riding on the Loaded Vanguard almost exclusively for a while, digging the unparalleled carviture. The bushing setup for the version is what I call a “Supercarve” : extra snappy bushings, usually some version of SHR, cones, very loose trucks. Basically a deathtrap if you ride over 20mph tho, and shite at dancing maneuvers, since the trucks are so incredibly twitchy.
Vanguard Supercarve Build:
Truck: Paris v2 180
Front Bushings: Top: Olive SHR Venom cone // Bottom: Yellow Venom barrel
Rear Bushings: Orange Orangatang Knuckles
This build is a sweet sweet ride, however, the back truck is just too responsive to be reliable for cross-stepping or anything else besides sinking way down into the saddle and ripping up some big turns. Fun, but time to mix it up.
You’re up Fatboy!
I was eager to try out the new Riptide Fat Cone shape (which for some reason I keep wanting to call “Fat Boy”), with it’s novel hourglass thing when you mount two of them together on the same truck. I started with the 88a (Yellow) fat cones on the rear truck and took a couple runs down the Y2E2 loading dock road. It was fun, but didn’t really help in the stability department, and I think it may have lost a little grip compared with the O’tang Knuckles. Oh well. I might need more data, but at this point I think my next approach will be Venom (non-SHR) barrels in the back, and see where that gets me on stability.
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