Posts made by Philipp Murx

• When are bushings and pivots done?

  In my experience you should swap bushings about every 3 years. After 4-5 years they changed so much that replacing them with the same kind will feel different and you will have to get used to the n...

  posted in Trucks / Bushings

  

  Philipp Murx
  10/15/24, 4:31 AM
• What's the best way to heal from road rash?

  @Thomas I've been told they do it for better cooling of the legs primarily.When i get road rash the hairs burn off by themselves, but i sometimes shave the surrounding area after the brick to get ...

  posted in General (Gravity)

  

  Philipp Murx
  9/22/24, 1:18 PM
• Genuine dh-skateboard or propper wrongboard?

  @Matt Needs Wheels Honestly the trucks are the only straight and somewhat new components here. Probably the facts that:  -The wheelwells are done by power drill and are really crooked -T...

  posted in Share Your Setup / Roast Other Setups

  

  Philipp Murx
  9/22/24, 1:08 PM
• All viable cast truck comparison

  @Matt Needs Wheels haha yep many of them are long gone.

  posted in Trucks / Bushings

  

  Philipp Murx
  9/20/24, 1:36 PM
• All viable cast truck comparison

  @Matt Needs Wheels sure!To make it really brief imma go ahead and claim that Randal, Paris, Sabre, Bolzen, Luxe, Arsenal can be made to feel pretty identical with slightly different bushings and wa...

  posted in Trucks / Bushings

  

  Philipp Murx
  9/20/24, 4:25 AM
• All viable cast truck comparison

  @Matt Needs Wheels Pretty standard rkp truck, geometry somewhere between paris, randal and arseal. Bushing seat almost as open as paris, not restrictive like arsenals. Will fit talls road side if y...

  posted in Trucks / Bushings

  

  Philipp Murx
  9/18/24, 3:30 PM
• All viable cast truck comparison

  Luxe lites hollow 180mm 50 or 45°  48€(53$) in EU not sure about the US.

  posted in Trucks / Bushings

  

  Philipp Murx
  9/18/24, 1:54 PM
• Do your worst. Burn me to the ground.

  Always nice seeing others who have also peaked in 2013 and have yet to give up!

  posted in Share Your Setup / Roast Other Setups

  

  Philipp Murx
  9/16/24, 2:27 PM
• what big square lip wheel do you ride and why?

  I'm not cool myself, but i recently see a lot of the cool kids ride the la Paulade Polymers.

  posted in Wheels

  

  Philipp Murx
  9/12/24, 4:46 AM
• Do bearings really make you go faster or are they all the same after a few weeks of use?

  You can actually look up friction figures on some of the bearing manufacturers websites. You will quickly come to the conclusion that speed wise bearings make no difference at all compared to the g...

  posted in General (LDP)

  

  Philipp Murx
  9/7/24, 2:49 PM
• Why does do some of the same decks have slightly different concave?

  At least Rocket and Happy board co. don't do this. Doesn't really make a lot of sense on more complicated layups, but cheap mass produced plywood decks will be stacked. And then once they are ...

  posted in Decks

  

  Philipp Murx
  9/7/24, 2:31 PM
• Setup post for roast

  @xmasterZx with this modern technology you can eat shit without having to send it that hard 😅 maybe i'm just washed up

  posted in Share Your Setup / Roast Other Setups

  

  Philipp Murx
  9/4/24, 7:33 PM
• Why are there 20$ wheels on ebay? And why do so many wheels feel similar.

  @Matt Needs Wheels It does sound a lot like we are talking about the same factory. I heard very similar stories about being a bit creative with orders. Aparently if you show up there and negotiate ...

  posted in Wheels

  

  Philipp Murx
  9/4/24, 2:30 PM
• this setup gave me a concussion

  This reminds me a lot of common 2008 freeride setups except it apears to have been made when the world had moved on. Honestly nothing but respect for riding a shitty rig in the uk where everyone el...

  posted in Share Your Setup / Roast Other Setups

  

  Philipp Murx
  9/4/24, 11:14 AM
• Best lombo gear name

  @Kurt Derow they should have given the different lenth's different names like bustin yoass, yoface, yoknees,...Speaking of wasted potential:"These" wheels was a great name, but only if Aera was "Th...

  posted in Decks

  

  Philipp Murx
  9/4/24, 5:36 AM
• Setup post for roast

  i'm pretty sure the last 8 people i've seen violently eat shit were riding that exact setup.

  posted in Share Your Setup / Roast Other Setups

  

  Philipp Murx
  9/4/24, 5:29 AM
• Why are there 20$ wheels on ebay? And why do so many wheels feel similar.

  Very interesting topic to exchange the background Infos and maybe end up with a much more pomplete understanding as brands don't exactly brag about this stuff.Most of my knowledge on this is ~10 ye...

  posted in Wheels

  

  Philipp Murx
  9/4/24, 5:22 AM
• Best lombo gear name

  -carbon rum runner aka Cum runner-cockblock footstops -valhalla masterblaster -fsu hawgs-dingus (fake dinghy)what are the worst ones though?88 wheel co 🤢9.81 (in french )slide perfect

  posted in Decks

  

  Philipp Murx
  8/30/24, 6:11 PM
• Genuine dh-skateboard or propper wrongboard?

  @Kurt Derow living the dream! Also good work times to have time to spend on boards during the day. I only delivered people to pizza so far but a collegue and me would shuttle eachother with the tax...

  posted in Share Your Setup / Roast Other Setups

  

  Philipp Murx
  8/30/24, 2:57 PM
• What's still happening in central Europe this year?

  Hey feel free to add stuff, but I'm going to start listing what i know of:(i will write dates in the format day.month.year for obvious reasons)-31.8.-1.9.24 Teuto downhill/german championship in Bo...

  posted in Large Events

  

  Philipp Murx
  8/30/24, 5:18 AM
• Genuine dh-skateboard or propper wrongboard?

  @Kurt Derow 😅 Hahaha thanks for the reality check! I will immediately DM Kevo and ask him to stop this misery. Let me make it worse by exlaining: -The stickers are a wild mix of events this deck ...

  posted in Share Your Setup / Roast Other Setups

  

  Philipp Murx
  8/30/24, 5:01 AM
• Genuine dh-skateboard or propper wrongboard?

  Here's my most used setup for freeriding the past 2 years.  It started with a bet that made me skate vulcan on a street deck in the rain. Got me thinking how sick it would be to have a skateb...

  posted in Share Your Setup / Roast Other Setups

  

  Philipp Murx
  8/29/24, 6:22 PM
• Downhill skateboarding at Night for beginners.

  #3: Car headlights probably work great in SF. However in windy and overgrown mountain roads i have witnessed quite some sketch with this method. Your eyes just take quite some time to adjust to bri...

  posted in General

  

  Philipp Murx
  8/29/24, 1:08 PM
• What is something you wish you knew when you started skating?

  Different gear won't make you a different skater.

  posted in General

  

  Philipp Murx
  8/29/24, 7:50 AM
• What's the best way to heal from road rash?

  cling wrap is a common trashy alternative for large area road rash. It keeps the moisture in and avoids you becoming one with your sleeping bag if nothing else is in reach.

  posted in General (Gravity)

  

  Philipp Murx
  8/29/24, 3:42 AM