Vanguard config option: Stanford/Brazil

Still chasing the perfect Dancer/Carver setup, my lab notebook compiling all the bushing combinations, led me to a new hypothesis: a high durometer, high rebound barrel bushing in the rear truck might provide the needed stability for dancing without sacrificing the snap needed for carving. The first test of this hypothesis is the Stanford/Brazil bushing combination (named for the colors):

Rear truck: white venom barrel on bottom, blood red venom cone on top (“Stanford”), both bushings are SHR
Front truck: yellow venom barrel on bottom, olive green cone on top, SHR (“Brazil”)

Findings:

Hypothesis not supported by evidence. Though an impressive carving setup, the above config does not improve rear truck stability.

Ideas:

2 SHR barrels – the cone shape might be the problem. Keep SHR .

Change out SHR for regular venoms

Experiment with new shapes: Stepped Barrel, Keg, or SHR Eliminator

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