Wheelbase length

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toddjamin

Member
Hi guys

I'm glad to see that wheelbase length is becoming a more common term on the forums.

Ive chatted to brand owners/managers about it, but we are yet to see it proliferate through marketing materials. To be honest, IDGAF about deck length, what makes a deck feel right is the WBL.

So it would be cool if we could all whip out our tape measures and make a database of WBLs here.

MEASURING GUIDLINES - a true WBL would be rear axle centre to projected headset centre in the same plane, but we dont have all decks modelled on solidworks! so i propose we measure axle centre to axle centre (preferably on standard offset forks, mention if you measure with zero offset - and none of this forks backwards crap). But feel free to come up with a better idea.

Please include imperial and metric measurements

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Stock Wheelbase Length (axle-axle with 10mm offset unless mentioned)



Addict Peasley - 620mm, 24.4"
Addict TOAS - 610mm, 24.01"
Addict JD - 610mm, 24.01"
Addict Le Baron - 600mm, 23.62"
Addict Cajas - 600mm, 23.62"
Addict Mckeen - 600mm, 23.62"
Addict Johan Moreau - 600mm, 23.62"
District DK-2 (v2i) Standard - 605mm, 23.8"

Ethic Lindworm - 610mm, 24"

Phoenix Reventon 4.25 - 572mm, 22.5"
Phoenix Reventon 4.65 - 597mm, 23.5"
Phoenix Reventon 5.25 - 635mm, 25"

Proto Orion 5*21 - 630mm, 24.8"
Proto Orion 4.5*20 - 597, 23.5"

TSI Threshold Standard - 597mm, 23.5"
TSI Threshold Hep Sig - 612mm, 24.1"
TSI Threshold Dan Holm Sig - 622mm, 24.5"


Vert X 4.5 I-Beam with Xray headtube - 600mm, 23.62"
 
issac p

issac p

Silver Member
I like this thread. i'll add the wheelbase of a v2i once i get my forks.
you should include what the deck length is, to show that some decks with the same lengths can feel longer than a deck with the same length.
and you should add all the wheels bases that people post to your first post.
 
Madis

Madis

Super Geek
Staff member
Some data from past.

20.0" Threshold WB -- 23.5" / 597mm
20.6" Threshold WB -- 24.1" / 612mm
You can basicly calculate the rest (21 and +) by yourself.

Addict Peasley deck (21.25") WB -- 24.4" / 620mm
Other addict decks come in 20.47"/520mm and 20.86"/530mm lenghts, WB can be calculated.

District v2i (DK-2) WB -- 23.8" / 605mm (was measured with FK-2 fork; does not apply to BenJ sig v2i decks... discontinued anyways?)
 
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toddjamin

Member
Cheers Guys

Ive added those ones in madis.

Issac, yeah i will add any that get posted here. Not sure about posting deck length, as that info is readily available elsewhere.

What does everyone else think?
 
.Gerrit

.Gerrit

ya boy boo radley
Staff member
I was just going to make a thread on this actually, I think it's far better to use wheelbase than actual deck length, as deck length doesn't take into account headtube steepness/ length. We also can finally say that a threshold feels like a district even though the deck is an inch shorter, and have facts to prove it.
 
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