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.)
@Samuel Sparkowich have you played with bushings on the Zealous? I'm trying to improve my tuck leaning. I know a lot of the problem is probably how I am weighting my board, but i'm wondering if I can get a little more turn/dive out of my trucks without introducing wobbles. I'm on stock bushings right now.
@Alex Guerra Yes. What is your weight?
@Samuel Sparkowich i'm around 150 or 155 lbs
@Alex Guerra DH skating, 74a double pink Venom HPF front, 95a white rear. tighten til there is a small amount of preload (or no unsteadiness when skating) for both ends. This combo also works well for heavy riders. For freeride based skating, stock rear and double pink front, same idea with tightening as above.
@Samuel Sparkowich hell yeah, thank you. I threw double pink up front and still have the stock back. Is double 95a in the back more or less turny than 93/97? Seems it would be similar but mybe the softer boardside bushing would let it lean more?
@Alex Guerra Double 95a rear allows more lean than stock rear, yes more "turny." However You really won't notice a difference in overall stability at speed regarding micro vibrations or otherwise. The Venom 97a pink is so hard it breaks the pattern a little bit and likely measures higher on the Shore A scale comparatively from white, than white does to green. (The actual hardnesses are not the advertised numbers.)
