Arbor A-Frame - Snowboarding Forum

KIRKRIDER · 08-20-2010, 05:06 PM

I'm about to get this board (66kg/145lb) it seems perfect for my type of riding...anybody has the same and can advice on pros/cons?
currently riding a Ride Control 155.
getting an A-Frame 162 cm

Thanks!

david_z · 08-20-2010, 06:52 PM

a-frame is a pretty big stick, no? my personal opinion - having never ridden the board so take it for what it's worth - is that a 162cm deck is going to be too burly for you at 145 pounds.

Now, maybe I've been riding the wrong size all my life, but 162ish fits me pretty good and my weight has been all over the map between 190 and 225.

KIRKRIDER · 08-20-2010, 07:48 PM

I get that size with my weight on their size-chart...I will keep my old one for spring days and stuff...but a longer stick will help in the POW

I can go down to the 158 eventually.

Thanks for the advice...I was looking for an A-Frame owner.....

david_z · 08-20-2010, 08:08 PM

I'd just be hesitant to take that range at face-value, IMO advertising that a particular board is good for anyone who weighs between 134 pounds and 213 pounds is kind of BS, like they want to show the widest possible range in order to appeal to the greatest number of buyers. Maybe that's just the cynic in me...

Then again, if you just want it for a powder stick maybe it will work out. What's powder? Seriously, we don't see that in Michigan. Like maybe once or twice a year. Usually when I'm at work.

Hopefully someone who's got one and is closer to your size can weigh in (no pun intended).

Cheers - and I'll stop jacking your thread now and go back to counting down the days to snow

KIRKRIDER · 08-20-2010, 08:21 PM

lol dude...no problem and thanks for the input...I love talking about it as much as you do...Powder is the stuff I had under my board consistently this weekend...struggling on it on my 155...the longer board should help a lot...but probably 158 is more realistic...at 61Kg I am at the beginning of the minimum weight of the 162

david_z · 08-20-2010, 08:25 PM

were you in Southern Hemi somewhere? [jealous!!]

KIRKRIDER · 08-21-2010, 12:42 PM

North California...near San Francisco

Triple8Sol · 09-12-2010, 06:03 PM

Go with the 158 for sure. A-Frame is a stiff stick too, so you'll struggle with a 163.

KIRKRIDER · 09-12-2010, 07:06 PM

I definitely did my friend...The A FRAME is now standing behind me, new wax still to scrape and new bindings....All I miss it the winter...

http://www.snowboardingforum.com/equ...got-frame.html

Quote:

Originally Posted by Triple8Sol

Go with the 158 for sure. A-Frame is a stiff stick too, so you'll struggle with a 163.

08-20-2010, 05:06 PM	#1 (permalink)
KIRKRIDER Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 2,212	Arbor A-Frame I'm about to get this board (66kg/145lb) it seems perfect for my type of riding...anybody has the same and can advice on pros/cons? currently riding a Ride Control 155. getting an A-Frame 162 cm Thanks!

08-20-2010, 06:52 PM	#2 (permalink)
david_z Official SBF Blogger Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Detroit suburbs Posts: 3,032 Blog Entries: 5	a-frame is a pretty big stick, no? my personal opinion - having never ridden the board so take it for what it's worth - is that a 162cm deck is going to be too burly for you at 145 pounds. Now, maybe I've been riding the wrong size all my life, but 162ish fits me pretty good and my weight has been all over the map between 190 and 225. __________________ Repping the world's smallest mountains... Mt. Holly - 12 Pine Knob - 9 Alpine Valley - 2 Vail - 4 Breckenridge - 3 Crystal Mountain (MI) - 3 Hawk Island Snow Park - 5 Caberfae Peaks - 1 Boyne Mountain - 1 aGNARchy: no rules, just gnar!

08-20-2010, 08:08 PM	#4 (permalink)
david_z Official SBF Blogger Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Detroit suburbs Posts: 3,032 Blog Entries: 5	I'd just be hesitant to take that range at face-value, IMO advertising that a particular board is good for anyone who weighs between 134 pounds and 213 pounds is kind of BS, like they want to show the widest possible range in order to appeal to the greatest number of buyers. Maybe that's just the cynic in me... Then again, if you just want it for a powder stick maybe it will work out. What's powder? Seriously, we don't see that in Michigan. Like maybe once or twice a year. Usually when I'm at work. Hopefully someone who's got one and is closer to your size can weigh in (no pun intended). Cheers - and I'll stop jacking your thread now and go back to counting down the days to snow __________________ Repping the world's smallest mountains... Mt. Holly - 12 Pine Knob - 9 Alpine Valley - 2 Vail - 4 Breckenridge - 3 Crystal Mountain (MI) - 3 Hawk Island Snow Park - 5 Caberfae Peaks - 1 Boyne Mountain - 1 aGNARchy: no rules, just gnar!

08-20-2010, 08:25 PM	#6 (permalink)
david_z Official SBF Blogger Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Detroit suburbs Posts: 3,032 Blog Entries: 5	were you in Southern Hemi somewhere? [jealous!!] __________________ Repping the world's smallest mountains... Mt. Holly - 12 Pine Knob - 9 Alpine Valley - 2 Vail - 4 Breckenridge - 3 Crystal Mountain (MI) - 3 Hawk Island Snow Park - 5 Caberfae Peaks - 1 Boyne Mountain - 1 aGNARchy: no rules, just gnar!

09-12-2010, 06:03 PM	#8 (permalink)
Triple8Sol Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Seattle Posts: 3,686 Blog Entries: 1	Go with the 158 for sure. A-Frame is a stiff stick too, so you'll struggle with a 163. __________________ 14 NeverSummer Proto HD . 13 Never Summer Cobra . 12 Gnu Rider's Choice C2PTX 14 Now Drive . 13 Now IPO 13 NB x 686 580

08-20-2010, 07:48 PM	#3 (permalink)
KIRKRIDER Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 2,212	I get that size with my weight on their size-chart...I will keep my old one for spring days and stuff...but a longer stick will help in the POW I can go down to the 158 eventually. Thanks for the advice...I was looking for an A-Frame owner.....

08-20-2010, 08:21 PM	#5 (permalink)
KIRKRIDER Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 2,212	lol dude...no problem and thanks for the input...I love talking about it as much as you do...Powder is the stuff I had under my board consistently this weekend...struggling on it on my 155...the longer board should help a lot...but probably 158 is more realistic...at 61Kg I am at the beginning of the minimum weight of the 162

08-21-2010, 12:42 PM	#7 (permalink)
KIRKRIDER Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 2,212	North California...near San Francisco

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