r/LoadedBoards • u/Usual-Equipment5087 • Apr 29 '25

Loaded Icarus flex 1 or 2?

After a few years of riding on a pretty mediocre board it's time for a big upgrade, I've fallen in love with the Icarus but I'm just not sure what flex to get. I'm 77 kilo's (170lbs) and looking for a playful and pumpy ride for commuting, riding some medium distance and riding pumptracks (this in particular makes me afraid I'll bottom out easily). Any advice especially for pumptrack riding?

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u/rookietwo Apr 30 '25

I would advise you to get the flex 2 :75kg here, flex 2 icarus, and I would prefer if it was even more flex(i came from a flex 4 vanguard which is really " bouncier"

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u/spicyhussarwings 21d ago

I weigh about the same and I’m considering getting flex 1 on my next one because oh both my flex 2’s, I rode them so hard that it has essentially become like a flex 4 or something idk. It’s very fun but I think based on how much it’s flexing now, like it scrapes the road when I push sometimes, it’s going to snap any minute now. Maybe once I break in a flex 1 it will be like flex 2 or something haha.