Long story short, I was looking to get a meatbike from the next drop. Small grinder is 30" long, 18.5" wb, 8.25" width and the regular one is 33" long, 23.75" wb, 9.25" width. I guess im looking for something between those measurement. 31" long, 21" wb, and 9" wide.
In all fairness, I'm 5'4" with a size 8 foot so I should be able to ride just about anything between those three.
9.25" the max width you'd wanna be at for narrow Zealous. I'm a size 8 as well and would aim for something closer to 9" and under.
23.5" sounds a touch big. Axle to axle on the Zealous is wider than most trucks I've compared to (caliber/paris/aeras). Zealous are +2.5", other trucks I've measured are closer to +1.5". 20-22" would be the money spot.
I ride mine at a 18.5 wb on an 8.5 inch deck with a size 10 shoe. The small meet grinder should be fine.
@GeoffHW Id say 21 for freeride 18.5 for dh
Currently riding them on a landyachtz blaze, shortest wheelbase. But soon a happy board co thunder. So I'd say anywhere between 15(if you are insane)-20inch wheelbase, and a width of 9inches or less. They feel great on a 20 inch wheelbase, I also adjusted them with the extra mounting holes. But then again the world is your oyster and I'm just some dude on a longboarding forum
@GeoffHW I rode narrow zealous on an 18" wb with a 9" deck that tapers to 8.5. They felt great, responsive yet stable
Like bailey said, I wouldn't go wider than 9. I ride a rocket racetail custom that's just under 9, sitting around 22wb. Very fun for freeride and very stable for downhill.
Zealous are versatile, and feel good on many setups. But after a lot of trials--
For most "predictable" performance results:
Rail match trucks at widest point of foot contact, freeride OR DH.
Any WB, but the bigger the WB, the more front/forward the weight should be dispersed in a neutral tuck position.
EDIT: there is limit with WB size, you'll know when you randomly lose grip in the rear if your weight is loaded forward as mentioned^. You could centralize where your weight is neutrally loaded, but it makes for a less predictable ride when you slide/ability to control slide. Zealous kind of make skating easy regardless, though (well except tuck leaning in races.)
