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Team Louish Meets the Tierney Ride
When our team first got our hands on the Tierney Ride, our first
impression was, "Another Flow Board type product". That was until we actually rode it. Everything about it is completely different than any other board we have ever ridden. Riding these Tierney boards has become a complete addiction. During the summer, about 6 of our team riders would regularly Long Board/Flow Board about once a week for a couple hours. For the past month, since we've received our first Tierney Ride, we have been boarding about 4 - 5 times a week, for about 3 - 4 hours each time, and everyone fights over who's riding which board. No one even touches the Flow Board any more. For the ultimate down hill, extreme speed, no high-speed wobble, hard carving that can replicate the carve from snow boarding, and a soft, smooth ride, can only come from these Tierney boards.  "The Tierney Ride is the closest thing to snow boarding that I have ever experienced" - Clint D. Team Louish |
Urethane Wheels or Rubber Wheels?
Well it all depends... If your staying in skate parks, or parking lots, or smaller short hills, urethane is better. (or thats what we prefer) We keep rubber wheels on our 41" green tboard, and ever time we bomb hills, we all fight over who gets to ride it. We usually keep urethane wheels on our red, shorter board. If your planning on going down hills, faster than 15mph, your going to want to get a set of rubber wheels. You can carve harder, the ride is smoother, and the rubber sticks to the road so it much less likely to slide out on a hard carve. We have boarded plenty with full urethane wheels down hills at speeds over 25 mph, its just nicer and we feel safer on rubbers. If you don't replace both wheels, at least replace the back wheel. We've safely gone 45 mph with a rubber wheel in back, and a urethane wheel in front, but we highly recommend 2 rubber wheels.
Using the Tierney Trucks/Wheels on other boards
We wanted to see what it would be like to put the Tierney trucks on a longer board. We did, and it was better than expected. As soon as we put the wheels on our 55" long board, we instantly took our green 41" Tierney board, flipped around the back wheel, drilled more bolt holes, backed it up 1.5". Now the span between the wheels on the green board is almost identical to the span of the wheels on a 55". I personally like the green 41" board better cause it feels easier to carve, more control.
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Well it all depends... If your staying in skate parks, or parking lots, or smaller short hills, urethane is better. (or thats what we prefer) We keep rubber wheels on our 41" green tboard, and ever time we bomb hills, we all fight over who gets to ride it. We usually keep urethane wheels on our red, shorter board. If your planning on going down hills, faster than 15mph, your going to want to get a set of rubber wheels. You can carve harder, the ride is smoother, and the rubber sticks to the road so it much less likely to slide out on a hard carve. We have boarded plenty with full urethane wheels down hills at speeds over 25 mph, its just nicer and we feel safer on rubbers. If you don't replace both wheels, at least replace the back wheel. We've safely gone 45 mph with a rubber wheel in back, and a urethane wheel in front, but we highly recommend 2 rubber wheels.
Using the Tierney Trucks/Wheels on other boards
We wanted to see what it would be like to put the Tierney trucks on a longer board. We did, and it was better than expected. As soon as we put the wheels on our 55" long board, we instantly took our green 41" Tierney board, flipped around the back wheel, drilled more bolt holes, backed it up 1.5". Now the span between the wheels on the green board is almost identical to the span of the wheels on a 55". I personally like the green 41" board better cause it feels easier to carve, more control.
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