Before we go too far, it should be pointed out that the old MBS naming convention of Comp 16 or Comp 26X referred to the approximate overall board length, i.e. 118cm and 134cm respectively; whilst the new MBS naming convention of Comp 95 or Pro 100 refers to the deck length of 95cm or 100cm respectively. In a sense, the new naming convention works better than the old as a Comp 26X deck wouldn't be 10cm longer than a Comp 16 deck as a Comp 26X would be issued with 9" tyres as opposed to the Comp 16's 8" 'ers. Or something like that..... Confused? Heres a fun table:
| Old Board | Length (cm) | Weight (kg) |
| MBS Pro 16 (Leon Robbins) | 118 | 6.7 |
| MBS Comp 26X | 134 | 10.5 |
| MBS Comp 16 | 118 | 6.8 |
| MBS Comp 6* | 106 | 6.5 |
| MBS Core 16 | 117 | 7.4 |
| MBS Core 8 | 108 | 5.4 |
| MBS Core 1* | 98 | 5.1 |
| Jeep Renegade | 108 | 7 |
| Jeep CJ-5* | 91 | 5.7 |
| MBS Atom | 106 | 5.4 |
| MBS Atom Lowrider | 99 | 3.3 |
| MBS Longboard | 112 | 3.8 |
| New Boards | Length (cm) | Weight (kg) |
| MBS Pro 100 | 119 | 7.26 |
| MBS Pro 95 | 109 | 7 |
| MBS Pro 90 | 104 | 5.2 |
| MBS Comp 95X | 120 | 9 |
| MBS Comp 95 | 116 | 6.5 |
| MBS Comp 90 | 108 | 5.9 |
| MBS Core 95 | 110 | 6.2 |
| MBS Core 90 | 104 | 5.4 |
| MBS Atom 95X | 110 | 7 |
| MBS Atom 95 | 110 | 6.9 |
| MBS Pro 95* | 109 | 7 |
| MBS Pro 90* | 104 | 5.2 |
| MBS Comp 90* | 108 | 5.9 |
| MBS Core 90* | 104 | 5.4 |
| MBS Atom 80X* | 91 | 5.4 |
| * designates junior boards |
Maybe the following will help. Below are the 'Board Chooser' tables as supplied by MBS back in the day. I don't know which day specifically so I'm going to guess at pre '07. The two tables show similar information but neither are exclusive, so I've included both.
This can be compared to MBS' newest range by going straight to the 'Product Selector' here.
I've got a bit of the old literature originally provided by MBS with their original boards and intend to gradually post the interesting bits here (assuming MBS don't mind???). I'd have thought its all good publicity.
Edit: Edited sections where I was being an idiot-hole
Edit 2: Confirmation of MBS naming conventions clarified here!
2 comments:
Heya, I'm considering getting a comp 95 with the MBS V5 brake kit.
Is the kit easy enough to fit on? I've never tried a mountain board so don't really know how it works :S
Thanks,
Jamie
From the ones that I've seen, the wheels need to be removed, metal disks added to the inner side of the wheels, with the brake itself simply screwing into pre-existing holes on the matrix trucks. I'd have thought its roughly a half hour job so do initially, the longest part being adding the disks. After that, should be very quick to add/remove the remaining kit. Should be do-able with a set of allen keys. Hope this helps!
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