Evolve Skateboards - New Board - GT Carbon!

How much did that set you back? I remember seeing these a while ago and wondering if they were any good at all. At first glance, it looks like a decent offering for a no name Chinese board. I’m thinking you could upgrade to Hummie’s or Jacob’s hubs on that thing too, if you find it lacks power.

$763 delivered to my door NYC. And yes, I have JBloy 83mm dual hubs, Chaka vests, and steez remote all spare if need be to upgrade a component. I will crack the deck open and put it through paces this weekend, but honestly looks ok and first swap out might actually be installing the vescs to tune it properly and eliminate a speed cap as hub motors did not heat up much when I took a first spin at 35 kph https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipPUT6KRph5vmvHddksnaBXKBRyy0UCHyYSCO8MOo5lUCzXr4kttMDxY60ZnDOv4_A?key=RGI1Y2tvOHhzeFB5a1pMWUp4bTVqTWl3ODlmZDln

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Sorry @darkydawson. You are right, I am donestrong text

Lol I love this evolve thread and would never hijack. Have been stalking it for months as I wait for my carbon GT finally next week :grinning: All good!

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10:45pm here in Cali and I just got in the house after riding the GT, it is non-stop fun, mannnnnn after dinner(really late dinner because of the GT, my whole family finished their dinner hours ago haha), I’ll probably go for a ride just around my street. Also, 2nd day of riding and I am in GT mode 100% of the time, I think my electric unicycling experience helped me out a bit.

Okay, so I’m not sure if its just my AT wheels or what, but these things have a little wobble to them once i hit 20mph, its not enough to throw me off my board, but it is there. I played with foot placement and putting my front foot closer to trucks helps a lot. The tip of my front foot is right behind the GT symbol on the front trucks. BUT here is the thing, i threw on my 97mm flywheel clones and all speed wobbles completely disappeared despite crappy foot placement.

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It’s probably because you’re more elevated with AT wheels. Try tightening your trucks for more stability.

I tightened the crap of the trucks just to see it went away, same thing. When I get the chance, i will try to catch it on video, which will be easy since it does it like 90% of the time. I ordered really hard bushings and i hope those help out.

Also, I just bought a GoPro but too lazy to start recording stuff haha. Well…more like the editing and uploading part.

someone asked about carving, it carves really nice but i tend to just go fast and straight 99% of the time.

@magnetvox i wish i was wrong, it is a spot where the clear coat is wearing out, it is a tiny area where i put a lot of weight from my lead foot, i was wearing DC shoes, nothing hard or crazy.

@Rob.Endless

Do your AT wheels spin true if you put it on bench?

Please upload a short video of AT’s spinning if you get a chance. (close up)

Bugger mate

@darkydawson, i would say its like 99% or so true, its not like my 97mm wheels that are pretty much 100% true. I just put the flywheels on, not sure when i’ll put the ATs back on.

@magnetvox yeah i know…it does suck, tomorrow i have a day off and i will be putting 3M clear-bra film on the top portion of the deck, i’ll post a close up picture of the damage. @mr_mahal because you already have the 3m film, put it on before you even test the board for a long period of time to avoid this.

Also, it is like 1am and i just finished riding the GT around the neighborhood, i love the torque the GT mode provides, such a blast.

I don’t know if you mentioned this already, but have you ridden any other E-board? Just trying to get a sense of how the torque/acceleration compares to something like the boosted board.

@Rob.Endless where did you get your clones from???

First eboard @Photorph

I guess Ill have to wait till you get yours cuz I know you know how the boosted is.

@Rob.Endless you’ve never skateboarded and you’re already tearing it up in GT mode? Impressive man. Be careful, 20 something mph may feel slow… But going down at that speed is horrible.

Up grade bushing

Still waiting for my GT delivery next week to NYC, meantime was able to get a few accessories from AU not yet avail from evolveusa. Mainly the 38T drive gear upgrade kit (Abec) and AT 7" hubs in alternate colors (urban storm camo limited edition & rogue pink) but also an evolve sling carry bag and extra remote to share shipping overseas shipping expense. Will post 38T comparisons when I get GT delivery, just sitting around with accessories right now lol :anguished:

Yup, will be posting my experience…Probably the first past boosted owner to do a real review of it in comparison. Will also have a friend getting his BB d+ back Wednesday from service, refurbished (new battery, motors, and truck), so I will have a chance to ride back to back…

I think the fact you can go so far with the gt in one bout means that you can get more experience and spend less time charging lol Rob said he’s been on an electric unicycle (I assume the one wheel) so I think he’s used to the sensation. Wouldn’t have taken me long to rip it on pro if I had more range initially, and it was warm… I was learning in mid winter, very uncomfortable to be outside lol

do you have a lot of steps hills in nyc for the 38T?

sadly no, but I will find some regardless lol

for nyc, torque acceleration is more interesting than top speed in many ways because the long straight high speed opportunities are dwarfed by the shorter stop/go realities