Kitedeck Pimp Posted September 30, 2004 Report Posted September 30, 2004 Now its been a long time coming and we have all seen the advets in all the mags, its finaly arrived on our shores. GI Flight Light, Bazooka Wheels and Raptour Bindings are now avalible at any decent ATB stockest. There will be a riders review soon on the fourm as soon as i can get my hands on one of the slippery suckers. Order your board at www.waspdirect.com aka Wentworth Action Sports and first 5 orders will recive a free GI T-Shirt. Hurry while stocks are avalible. WooooW i been awaiting this baby for 8 mounths now. Quote
Howard Marks Posted October 1, 2004 Report Posted October 1, 2004 Its just a comp 16 pro deck without the layer that caused all the problems with the mbs....... I thought the fight light had crossair wheels? And the raptor bindings dont beat the f3's in my opinion as they dont seem to hold the foot down as well and you would need heel straps with these for downhill (not really possible to mod with standard heel straps) . Once you have them snug on the foot and removed your foot the binding is hard to get into again...I feel raptor 2's comming out!! However the deck has some pop and looks good and the trucks are great on the turn and give you good stability at speed....the hex adjustment means you can go for a softer block and take the play up with the hex... Its going to be a few quid cheaper than the mbs which is a bonus.. Quote
wakeupandfly Posted October 1, 2004 Report Posted October 1, 2004 it does have crosshair wheels... once you have spent the time setting up the bindings they work a treat but they do take some setting up unlike most others on the market arnt the Bazooka Wheels the street ones? Tom Quote
Lem Posted October 1, 2004 Report Posted October 1, 2004 Hmm.. crossair wheels and ballistik tyres.. I hope they've cured the problems with these. Quote
Kitedeck Kid Posted October 1, 2004 Report Posted October 1, 2004 They r the street ones and they are wicked grippy for carving yet you can do biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiggggggggggggggggggggggggg slides wooooooooooooooo ha ha. i think i may have to stick some on my kitedeck:rolleyes: Quote
scuddasteve Posted October 1, 2004 Report Posted October 1, 2004 The bindings are Poo i have been informed, who wants a binding that falls kinda flat when you take your foot out ????? Moi.....NO ! Quote
Mr Jo Macdonald Posted October 1, 2004 Report Posted October 1, 2004 What size are the wheels and tyres if it only weighs 6.3kgs? Quote
Lem Posted October 1, 2004 Report Posted October 1, 2004 8 inchers Jo, but the wheels and tyres (well at the least the old version - there is a new stonger crossair coming) had a habit of disintegrating. I got through only one tyre unlike some, but smashed 5 wheels in 2 months! Quote
Mr Jo Macdonald Posted October 1, 2004 Report Posted October 1, 2004 Thanks Lem, too small for our beach then. No one invented fat but light 10 inchers yet?? Quote
spooky Posted October 1, 2004 Report Posted October 1, 2004 Raptor Bindings, very nice do grip well once tightened up so good for downhillers, but as kiter's like to kick their feet in and out of the straps (and some crazy fools do so while still in the air ) may not be such a good option for use as they are not as ridgid as F3 and teh like? Trying to get hold of some to demo, so will let you know more. One point though thye do have an extra srap over the toes which I do like for control/feed back form the board. But unlke snow baord (or the new NoSno) bindings which have a seperate tightener for the toe strap, these have just a ratchet on the main strap, which runs throuugh a loop to teh toe strap (one continus strap really). So when you tighten it up it tightens both, nice and simple really. But one thing I did notice is that if you foot was hard up against the binding post/loop the friction could stop the strap moving so you only really tightened the main strap. This could mean that when riding and your foot starts to move, that the tight main part and the looser toe part 'may' even themselves out and youmay find the slackening off? Just need to check when yo do them up. HAving said that they are very comfortable, a nice revail for F3's and some may even prefer them, espcially the down hillers? Have fun, Jon Quote
windthing2 Posted October 1, 2004 Report Posted October 1, 2004 I'm waiting for some new crossairs to come in.My contact said it would be 2 weeks for the new stuff.I havent used the Raptor bindings but Roots are great once you size then for your foot. Tires ...My flight deck has these real cool slicks that are so freakin fast ... I only board on sand and I wont ever put a knobby tire on my board again.One of you guys over there should try these slicks.I bet it will catch on.There measured 8 x 3.00.Only catch is there heavy.I'm 200 lbs so I dont care to much about the wieght but a light guy might. Flight decks are great. Quote
skytigerer Posted October 2, 2004 Report Posted October 2, 2004 erm....... these bazooka whels they mention are the new crossairs. Quote
Spike J Posted October 2, 2004 Report Posted October 2, 2004 The new Crossairs are in at Kitedeck, Dave my partner got 10 sets two days ago. He did say that there is a diff tyre on them which has added 40 grams per wheel, I will get the exact weight for you guys when I get my hands on them over the weekend, Its a bit of a bummer cus we have got the revos down to 751.5 grams per truck with the new Ti Axles, that should take the board below 6kg:) Quote
Howard Marks Posted October 2, 2004 Report Posted October 2, 2004 Yep ive had a bash on them and for the money £100 you would be better off buying a longboard. The wheels are really fat which makes them slow on the flat because they have so much urathane in contact with the floor...my 70mm krips kill them on every level.!! However they are a bit slow which might make for good downhill fun for people who dont like to go that fast on tarmac... I would like to see a thinner version.... Oh and my other main problem with turning atbs into street decks is the fact that pushing is a bitch..you have to postion your foot way out to avoid the trucks and wheels ...otherwise face plant. Quote
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