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| Q&A: Going Downhill with David Rogers (858 Posts)
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DH tips for Jay
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On 3/7/2006
David Rogers
wrote in from
United States
(66.14.nnn.nnn)
Jay
The DH was not intended to turn as much as the RII 180. The angle of the baseplate is 35 degrees compared to the 50 degree RII baseplate. The bushing seat of the DH hanger is different and limits the turning of truck as well.
There are a few things you can do to help:
Flip the top bushing washer over.
Remove the bottom bushing washer.
Use tall bushings top and bottom and use a longer kingpin when necessary.
Wedge the baseplate.
Use RII baseplates.
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my 1st board and my last race
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On 3/7/2006
David Rogers
wrote in from
United States
(66.14.nnn.nnn)
Every time I come to this page I'm reminded I didn't get that Hawaii 5-0 board off ebay. My parents bought me a new one in 1969..it was my first board. I left/lost it at the local playground in Kailua, HI that same year.....gggrrrr
A late congratulations to Judith, John, Jimmy, Tyler, RJ, Mike and Jon for the San Dimas race podiums. Thanks to Eric, Kai and the guys at the 'fish for the great coverage and pictures.
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Randalls
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On 3/6/2006 Jay
wrote in from
United States
(69.164.nnn.nnn)
Hey David I got a set of DH's on my Subsonic Dropdeck.I can get them real stable but then I can't carve or make turns.I'm running Khiro bushings.Any ideas to make them ride more like the r2's 180's.I love the DH's just a little knowledge on freeing them up.Also I weigh 240lbs any help is kind. Thanks
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leathers 4 sale?
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On 3/6/2006
isabelle
wrote in from
United States
(209.66.nnn.nnn)
anyone know of used leathers 4 sale?
i'm 5'9", weight about 130, slender build
i'm want to run IGSA, have all pads and full-face helmut, but don't have leathers. i will run without, but know i need them.......
THANKS!
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Dave & Judith
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On 3/3/2006 dt
wrote in from
United States
(68.5.nnn.nnn)
thanks again for those shoes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i've been riding all week: gmr sun, mon, & wed. san clemente on thurs, and skatepark last night. i'll be at barratt this sun. hope to see y'all dere.
also if you got any time during the week I would love to go up to gleason to work on foot braking. thats the road i was telling Judith about. hopefully its not all snowed out due to the recent storm.
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Rogers Bros on the Podium again
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On 2/25/2006
EBasil
wrote in from
United States
(68.8.nnn.nnn)
Congrats to John Rogers, Jimmy Flindt & Dave Rogers for 1,2,3 in the IGSA Calif DH series today! We just finished looking at the photos from the 3 cameras we had on course...there are some real good shots.
They'll be up on the 'Fish, later tonight and look for an IGSA race report by Wed os so.
Flindt woulda had it if he'd just put a ten foot nosecone on his helmet. Man, you can lead 'em to water but...
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Dave's Missed Opportunity
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On 2/24/2006 JW
wrote in from
United States
(66.14.nnn.nnn)
Dave's got a story to go with this board.
He was trying to win this on eBay, but got sniped at the very end.
It went for just under $88.
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gmr,gmr,gmr
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On 2/24/2006 sofrickenlit
wrote in from
United States
(24.126.nnn.nnn)
hola senor Rogers
p.m.@s.f.
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Guy Grundy Board?
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On 2/20/2006
Chris Barrett
wrote in from
Canada
(65.92.nnn.nnn)
Dunno if this helps nail it as Guy Grundy's board
Get a copy of CW summer 2005, turn to page 83 (Downhill Motion Article), theres a nice big shot of the LaCosta crew (grundy included) and the board in question.
Nice find!
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The Bear
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On 2/20/2006
RyanR
wrote in from
United States
(65.19.nnn.nnn)
Dave...Im plannin on hittin up Danger Bay as well. But you can't miss the BEAR. Worlds biggest banked slalom. Hell Yeah! I hope I have something left too.
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Badlands Outlaw II
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On 2/20/2006
David Rogers
wrote in from
United States
(66.14.nnn.nnn)
The SoCal weather gods did it again! A big crew came up from the San Diego area and it was on!! Thanks to Ronnie and Kludy Sr. for bringing the crew up for another great day!
RJ and Nick showed up with some new toys...RJ had a new helmet cam and Nick had a new car to replace the truck he rolled last month!! Hey RJ! the video you posted refuses to work on this computer...the Bonelli one works fine. Thanks to Mark for haulin' us up the hill all day.
The "young guns" are getting faster!! Congratulations to Andrew, Tyler, Justin and Kyle for the great final run! You guys are looking fast!
It was cool to see BQ (that's right Billy Quinn!) out and on a speedboard again. Billy said we may see him racing at Maryhill or Sandia this year...cool!
Hey OneEye and Carly....we missed you...again!
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mary
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On 2/20/2006
David Rogers
wrote in from
United States
(66.14.nnn.nnn)
Thanks for the photo Mr. Price! Good to see you guys with some dry pavement under your wheels! Yea..GMR has some fast right-hand, banked hairpins. The banking is so steep on one of them that it looks like a NASCAR racetrack! We might need to practice more on some of the flatter turns to get ready for COWZER!!
EBAY seems to be the place for a deal on leathers. I have seen a few EBAY suits this year that are real bargains! Hey, if your nuts hurt, the leathers are probably going to make you significantly faster!! ha ha... Watch out when you raise your board over your head on the podium....ouch!!
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The Bear
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On 2/20/2006
David Rogers
wrote in from
United States
(66.14.nnn.nnn)
Joe..I'm thinking about going up to experience Danger Bay the week before. Not sure if there will be anything left of me to feed to the Bear.
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Guy Grundy Board?
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On 2/20/2006
David Rogers
wrote in from
United States
(66.14.nnn.nnn)
Erek...That is a very cool board. Signal Hill! Guy Grundy! What a score!
If you ask around enough, I'm sure you will find the real story of that "banjo". I think our buddy Waldo raced Signal Hill on a similar board.
John Hughes may have some contact information for you..skatewhat@yahooDOTcom. John organized a very cool Signal Hill reunion and has contact with many of the Signal Hill racers.
Try this for Guy Grundy...HBpirates@verizonDOTnet...posted on the Skatecar forum some time ago.
Ed Economy or Eric Groff might have some info for you..not sure of email for them.
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MY RED BANJO!!
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On 2/19/2006
Erek Shaffer
wrote in from
United States
(71.37.nnn.nnn)
I am glad that my right nut was worth the board. It actually is already at my buddys museum. check out what he has at www.saltypeaks.com. I loan him my luge for his collection when I dont ride it.
Thanks ADAM for the E-mail address. I hope he answers.
Cfab-Are any of these photos on line? I really would like to see him with the board.
G.I. Joe-thanks for the offer of your first born... but no. Its mine!
Later guys, Erek
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mary mary on my mind
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On 2/19/2006
dprice
wrote in from
United States
(68.167.nnn.nnn)
already posted this pic in the speedboarding forum....but, we have already started riding mary thanks to the dry(but very cold) weather. hope GMR has some 180 degree banked right hand hairpins that you go into at about 40-50....only like 4 months away till race day!!!!
....and we both got new aero leathers thanx to the miracle of ebay.....so tight my nuts hurt!
oh yea, guy grundy's speedboard looks crazy, be interested to ride that thing nowadays....just imagine if you showed up at a signal hill race in the 70s with a modern speedboard with some big green wheels and some custom trucks.....
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Badlands outlaw tomorrow
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On 2/18/2006 Kludy
wrote in from
United States
(68.111.nnn.nnn)
Tomorrow will be a blast, Justin is working on his gear bigtime, painting his helmet.I guess he feels thats his gear, Ha. I am bringing 4 riders with and have some stuff for new racers.I am blown away by the guys coming and more that will come. Talk to Mike macy and he is so down with coming.Just gets better as days go by.
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grundy
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On 2/18/2006
cfav
wrote in from
United States
(216.21.nnn.nnn)
that board is in some photos with guy.its definetly his board.you my friend,own a rare piece of skate history,congrats.cfav
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GUY GRUNDY
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On 2/18/2006
Adam
wrote in from
United States
(64.81.nnn.nnn)
Guy Grundy checked into Ncdsa.com's Guest Book forum 2-years ago using this email:
guy@
pteazer
.com
Maybe he'll recognize his old board.
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GUY GRUNDY!
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On 2/18/2006
GI Joe
wrote in from
United States
(65.19.nnn.nnn)
What? Guy Grundy was the first World Speed Record holder at 50 mph! In 1976!
How much did you pay? I'd love to have it in our museum here at Skate School, are you up for trading ANYTHING? Gear, entry fee's, my first born?
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Red Banjo board
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On 2/17/2006
Erek Shaffer
wrote in from
United States
(71.37.nnn.nnn)
Hey dave,
Here is a picture of the red banjo i bought.It was built in Huntington Beach and raced by a person named Guy Grundy. I haven't herd of this rider, have you?
Thanks Dave Later,
erek
http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=nzevpl
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The Bear
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On 2/17/2006
GI Joe
wrote in from
United States
(65.19.nnn.nnn)
It's on! Will you guys be racing it this year? Got aluminum? Boing, Boing!
All details are now up on the contest calendar.
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Snell Helmet
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On 2/15/2006
Chris Chaput
wrote in from
United States
(66.116.nnn.nnn)
You can find a Snell rated Fly helmet on ebay for $59.99 + $11.00 shipping (or less) right now.
I believe that the 606 II, 606 III, and FL-606 are all Snell Rated 2000 or better and DOT approved.
Go to ebay and serach on "fly helmet 606" and see what comes up. I got the Fly 606 II in the orange, yellow, white, gray color scheme from ProCycleUSA.com ...
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Badlands
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On 2/15/2006
David Rogers
wrote in from
United States
(66.14.nnn.nnn)
Tyler...I will be there.
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outlaw
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On 2/14/2006
wendtland
wrote in from
United States
(71.103.nnn.nnn)
are you coming sunday(your home hill).
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