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Title: boards, trucks, and wheels that have taken a shit on you.....
Post by: Skate_lurker_Rob on June 21, 2018, 07:51:48 AM
okay I am sure someone who has had faulty equipment has had one or multiple moments of the following,
Broken hangars: I've broken a set of Venture featherlights and broken a Indy hollow axle
Broken Kingpin: countless moments on Ventures and Thunders
Jacked pivot cup: Thunders mainly
Wheels flatspotted within a few days or just broke the fuck off Hubba wheels kickdown to me a set of Rictas and Oj's flatspotted down a few hills in Colorado
Boards that just plain sucked and broke for little to no reason: Creature, Antihero, World Industries, Hockey, Quasi, FA too many to list however what was your experience and what'd you do to rectify this situation apart from buying a new product what was your initial thought?
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Post by: louchi88 on June 09, 2020, 02:46:12 PM
I wants took a pair of formula four tablets into the shower with me for two weeks trying to scrub them white before I skated them and realized that Spitfire wheels are the color of puke brand new. Why are spitfire wheels that fuxkin yellow color? And why won’t OJ make a tablet wheel???
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Post by: yourbreakfsat on June 09, 2020, 03:10:46 PM
I wants took a pair of formula four tablets into the shower with me for two weeks trying to scrub them white before I skated them and realized that Spitfire wheels are the color of puke brand new. Why are spitfire wheels that fuxkin yellow color? And why won’t OJ make a tablet wheel???

lol what

If the color white matters that much, just get Bones STFs
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Post by: formula420 on June 09, 2020, 03:43:55 PM
Snapped a real deck within an hour. A zero broke super fast too. Other than that it's more I didn't like certain shapes (didnt like the nose on a dw and don't like the wide wb quasis) which is preference, not so much that it took a shit on me.
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Post by: JANUS on June 09, 2020, 03:57:45 PM
I wants took a pair of formula four tablets into the shower with me for two weeks trying to scrub them white before I skated them and realized that Spitfire wheels are the color of puke brand new. Why are spitfire wheels that fuxkin yellow color? And why won’t OJ make a tablet wheel???

(https://66.media.tumblr.com/4ba0f662f5db023009fa86917aa805f2/tumblr_oiivc6mhBK1qgf1i8o1_500.gif)
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Post by: 411bandit on June 09, 2020, 04:47:23 PM
I wants took a pair of formula four tablets into the shower with me for two weeks trying to scrub them white before I skated them and realized that Spitfire wheels are the color of puke brand new. Why are spitfire wheels that fuxkin yellow color? And why won’t OJ make a tablet wheel???

They are that color naturally.

All other manufacturers add white die to get them to be plastic white.

I think bones look so cheap with that color
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Post by: Seventyfrigginseven on June 09, 2020, 07:28:35 PM
I wants took a pair of formula four tablets into the shower with me for two weeks trying to scrub them white before I skated them and realized that Spitfire wheels are the color of puke brand new. Why are spitfire wheels that fuxkin yellow color? And why won’t OJ make a tablet wheel???
The conscious decision to bring skateboard parts in the shower with you is admirable. But to repeat this process multiple times earns my highest respect.

*edit* Unless you meant you actually showered for 14 solid days trying to scrub them white. Thats would be silly.
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Post by: Xen on June 09, 2020, 09:52:26 PM
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I wants took a pair of formula four tablets into the shower with me for two weeks trying to scrub them white before I skated them and realized that Spitfire wheels are the color of puke brand new. Why are spitfire wheels that fuxkin yellow color? And why won’t OJ make a tablet wheel???
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The conscious decision to bring skateboard parts in the shower with you is admirable. But to repeat this process multiple times earns my highest respect.

*edit* Unless you meant you actually showered for 14 solid days trying to scrub them white. Thats would be silly.

I think he was just stacking two wheels (if that) and using the holes....*scrubbing*...while in the shower...
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Post by: munchbox on June 09, 2020, 10:13:16 PM
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I wants took a pair of formula four tablets into the shower with me for two weeks trying to scrub them white before I skated them and realized that Spitfire wheels are the color of puke brand new. Why are spitfire wheels that fuxkin yellow color? And why won’t OJ make a tablet wheel???
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The conscious decision to bring skateboard parts in the shower with you is admirable. But to repeat this process multiple times earns my highest respect.

*edit* Unless you meant you actually showered for 14 solid days trying to scrub them white. Thats would be silly.
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I think he was just stacking two wheels (if that) and using the holes....*scrubbing*...while in the shower...
two wheels is a little generous
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Post by: Solid bowlcut on June 10, 2020, 12:29:46 AM
With my Tensors hangers bending last week, i have now bent pretty much every truck except big three.

Also had many broken hangers on Thunders.
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Post by: Seventyfrigginseven on June 10, 2020, 02:43:51 AM
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I wants took a pair of formula four tablets into the shower with me for two weeks trying to scrub them white before I skated them and realized that Spitfire wheels are the color of puke brand new. Why are spitfire wheels that fuxkin yellow color? And why won’t OJ make a tablet wheel???
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The conscious decision to bring skateboard parts in the shower with you is admirable. But to repeat this process multiple times earns my highest respect.

*edit* Unless you meant you actually showered for 14 solid days trying to scrub them white. Thats would be silly.
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I think he was just stacking two wheels (if that) and using the holes....*scrubbing*...while in the shower...
A whole two wheels stacked? If thats the case I can assume we know what his day job is! Our dude is packing serious heat.
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Post by: LordManHammer on June 10, 2020, 09:04:24 AM
I’ve had a set of those 80hd spitfire literally chunk then disintegrated by the time I was almost down the hill.

Spitfires I think have good quality control buttttt Bones have had the game on lock for a long time.
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Post by: jay_nev on June 10, 2020, 09:18:30 AM
i have an older set of the 80HD chargers and haven't had any crazy issues *yet*
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Post by: baustin on June 10, 2020, 09:29:15 AM
Picked up Bones Reds Big Balls after hearing everyone raving about them here. 2 months of light skating later I go to clean them and discover two bad bearings with cracked cages, never again. Seems to me that Reds used to be a decent quality cheap bearing but I've had nothing but problems with them lately. Meanwhile the $10 Modus Blacks I replaced the Big Balls with are going strong months later...
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Post by: Utopos on June 10, 2020, 09:51:07 AM
I had a primitive deck (only got it because of the pendleton zoo graphic), the tail flexed so bad on day one that it would bounce me out of front smiths. Never had that experience before.
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Post by: Quasi on June 10, 2020, 10:21:39 AM
World decks from 89 to 91 was dogshit
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Post by: ZachV on June 10, 2020, 10:31:02 AM
I once had Bones medium bushings, the top bushings blew out on me after only a month of skating them. So now I just ride indy bushings cause they have been pretty consistent everytime I get a new pair.
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Post by: Ok on June 10, 2020, 10:38:42 AM
World decks from 89 to 91 was dogshit


I started skating again in 94 (I think). I missed that time. World board in 95-97 weren’t great, in that they broke, but that was pretty satisfying. The boards were the shit for a few hours tho. I worked, didn’t have any financial responsibilities, so buying boards frequently wasn’t a problem. I remember skating a wet willy just cuz that was the only world wood, smaller board. That was probably my last world board, I was like ‘wtf am I doing’.

**edit I’m not sure what happens to my brain, when I’m in a skateshop, and I get yet another pack of reds. Why. Mini logos don’t ever make me as annoyed as reds. I should try and find nmb’s. Those things were tanks

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Post by: Uncle Flea on June 10, 2020, 06:13:25 PM
Shits run a foul day one a bunch.

Maple Boards were sick then one day I broke two back to back on flat. There really wasn't a reason to buy their shit any more anyway.

I had a bunch of bad girl boards in a row.

I bought expensive tensors I broke the back hanger so fast I didn't notice. We was rolling and Abe was like yo your trucks broken.

Low point in skating never heard shit back.

Thunder king pins. I had tons of old trucks.
 You would just say fuck it put the new hanger on the old plate and roll. I got into a pinch once had thunder hangers on Destructo plates. It worked.

Since getting back into this in 2016 I've had issues with 2 boards. Both AH but I buy a ton of deluxe shit. Sometimes shit happens.

One of my current ventures should have failed inspection. It has two pretty heavy flaws. The other doesn't slip anymore.
My Skating has improved and the weather has warmed. Axles are less likely to move? Landing my flip tricks more often?

I don't got time to play around. If it's rolling it's working.

Oh Bones Bearings. The red super red and ceramic reds all have air bubbles in the plastic cages. This cavity gets filled with ledge shit. That Causing breaks. Bearings in general have gone down hill since like mid 2000s

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Post by: Noble Experiment on June 10, 2020, 06:24:23 PM
Bones bushings.
There was a period of time a handful of years back where I had like five pairs of vans in a row where the sole detached from the shoe when there was still a bunch of life left in the shoe. Don’t get that problem much anymore thankfully but I’ll still have that happen on a pair here n there.
Indy abec 7; had two sets in a row where the cages just shattered on me one by one in like a months time or less.
Jessup grip when they had all those defective sheets that would just crack away at the edges and leave horrible white crack marks.
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Post by: Weezil on June 10, 2020, 07:33:41 PM
One of my current ventures should have failed inspection. It has two pretty heavy flaws. The other doesn't slip anymore.
My Skating has improved and the weather has warmed. Axles are less likely to move? Landing my flip tricks more often?
idk what's up with that, same experience with my pair. been skating them to finish off the rest of the 8.25s I have left and haven't had the issues I had with them last time I skated them. same pair too.
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Post by: johnes on June 10, 2020, 08:59:06 PM
The white eS accelerate (I think that was the name) from maybe 2006 or 2005, white shoe with a clearish sole. I bought two right pair when they came out and both of the soles came unglued after a day or two of wearing each pair.
I found out many years later that some people got replacements. I never looked into contacting eS about it and just threw them away :(

Also bushings used to crumble/melt on me immediately after getting new trucks but it was because I had very tight trucks plus being fat. Doesn’t happen anymore tho.
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Post by: LordManHammer on June 10, 2020, 10:48:56 PM
Spitfire 80hd wheels holy shit what absolute dogshit wheels, took em down a steep hill and they literally fell apart to bearings.....
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Post by: cucktard on June 11, 2020, 07:04:48 AM
No Bronson stories?
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Post by: gaunting on June 11, 2020, 07:18:41 AM
No Bronson stories?

worst bearings I’ve ever had. went through two sets in a month once...never again.
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Post by: Paperclip20 on June 11, 2020, 07:28:26 AM
No Bronson stories?

Personally I've always had good experiences with them. Only second to bones swiss.
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Post by: Seventyfrigginseven on June 11, 2020, 08:21:06 AM
Bones bushings.
There was a period of time a handful of years back where I had like five pairs of vans in a row where the sole detached from the shoe when there was still a bunch of life left in the shoe. Don’t get that problem much anymore thankfully but I’ll still have that happen on a pair here n there.
Indy abec 7; had two sets in a row where the cages just shattered on me one by one in like a months time or less.
Jessup grip when they had all those defective sheets that would just crack away at the edges and leave horrible white crack marks.
Thats depressing. I am using 4-5 sessions into my first pair of bones bushings now in my Venture 5.6s I love them so much, it would be catastrophic if they fell apart.  :-\
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Post by: The3Bobbys on June 11, 2020, 08:26:07 AM
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Bones bushings.
There was a period of time a handful of years back where I had like five pairs of vans in a row where the sole detached from the shoe when there was still a bunch of life left in the shoe. Don’t get that problem much anymore thankfully but I’ll still have that happen on a pair here n there.
Indy abec 7; had two sets in a row where the cages just shattered on me one by one in like a months time or less.
Jessup grip when they had all those defective sheets that would just crack away at the edges and leave horrible white crack marks.
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Thats depressing. I am using 4-5 sessions into my first pair of bones bushings now in my Venture 5.6s I love them so much, it would be catastrophic if they fell apart.  :-\

Ok.... I guess I just don't understand... What's the big difference with the bones bushings ?
I just got 5.2s and I love them. I think they turn great. What more do the bones offer?
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Post by: Mr. Stinky on June 11, 2020, 08:59:18 AM
The only set of Bronsons I ever got (by necessity, no reds in the shop) easily outlasted several sets of reds I bought after. Wouldn't expect it to happen again because that particular set of bearings was just weirdly durable, but it figures.
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Post by: Cord Winer on June 11, 2020, 09:56:58 AM
Bones Big Ball Bearings. They all died within a month. Probably the only time I put on all new bearings and had them die so quickly.
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Post by: baustin on June 11, 2020, 10:00:45 AM
The only set of Bronsons I ever got (by necessity, no reds in the shop) easily outlasted several sets of reds I bought after. Wouldn't expect it to happen again because that particular set of bearings was just weirdly durable, but it figures.

I too have only had good experiences with them. Only ever had the G3s though, can’t speak to the G2s.
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Post by: Seventyfrigginseven on June 11, 2020, 10:24:50 AM
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Bones bushings.
There was a period of time a handful of years back where I had like five pairs of vans in a row where the sole detached from the shoe when there was still a bunch of life left in the shoe. Don’t get that problem much anymore thankfully but I’ll still have that happen on a pair here n there.
Indy abec 7; had two sets in a row where the cages just shattered on me one by one in like a months time or less.
Jessup grip when they had all those defective sheets that would just crack away at the edges and leave horrible white crack marks.
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Thats depressing. I am using 4-5 sessions into my first pair of bones bushings now in my Venture 5.6s I love them so much, it would be catastrophic if they fell apart.  :-\
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Ok.... I guess I just don't understand... What's the big difference with the bones bushings ?
I just got 5.2s and I love them. I think they turn great. What more do the bones offer?
I always run stock bushings in 5.0 and 5.2 but on 5.6 and up Ventures I put bones in them. For me they turn better/quicker but still keep the Venture "stability" when I'm setting up for tricks, manual stuff, ect. Also I am almost 190 lbs. and prefer medium loose, so maybe that has something to do with it. I would think for lighter people stock bushings would be just fine at any looseness.
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Post by: Mongoloid on June 11, 2020, 10:30:21 AM
I made the mistake of buying board brand wheels (girl), and I’ll never repeat that mistake ever again.

Back in the day I made the mistake of trying Silver trucks when they first came out. Broke skating a 4 stair, and broke 2 sets of Hurricanes back in the day skating flat.

I’m hot garbage now, so I haven’t broke anything in a minute.
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Post by: Uncle Flea on June 11, 2020, 10:57:45 AM
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One of my current ventures should have failed inspection. It has two pretty heavy flaws. The other doesn't slip anymore.
My Skating has improved and the weather has warmed. Axles are less likely to move? Landing my flip tricks more often?
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idk what's up with that, same experience with my pair. been skating them to finish off the rest of the 8.25s I have left and haven't had the issues I had with them last time I skated them. same pair too.

I totally forgotten i had put epoxy on the axles and re centered them. That's why the one is fixed.

The one that's funked all the way has these issues...

(Huge rant about how pathetic I feel)

I'm fucking wasted I'm very unhappy and I don't know why. It's raining too hard to roll out my hate. I had surgery but I could hill like this a few times.

Who knows one could die of infection at any moment. Got to get it while you can and a hill would help me live with my pain. Thank the dark lord my phone's about to die. Black out postings bad.

I luv you slap
(A)rs(E) bug lowwlife
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Post by: Skart on June 11, 2020, 12:36:14 PM
Food and water man

Do your best to level out
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Post by: The3Bobbys on June 11, 2020, 01:41:42 PM
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Bones bushings.
There was a period of time a handful of years back where I had like five pairs of vans in a row where the sole detached from the shoe when there was still a bunch of life left in the shoe. Don’t get that problem much anymore thankfully but I’ll still have that happen on a pair here n there.
Indy abec 7; had two sets in a row where the cages just shattered on me one by one in like a months time or less.
Jessup grip when they had all those defective sheets that would just crack away at the edges and leave horrible white crack marks.
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Thats depressing. I am using 4-5 sessions into my first pair of bones bushings now in my Venture 5.6s I love them so much, it would be catastrophic if they fell apart.  :-\
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Ok.... I guess I just don't understand... What's the big difference with the bones bushings ?
I just got 5.2s and I love them. I think they turn great. What more do the bones offer?
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I always run stock bushings in 5.0 and 5.2 but on 5.6 and up Ventures I put bones in them. For me they turn better/quicker but still keep the Venture "stability" when I'm setting up for tricks, manual stuff, ect. Also I am almost 190 lbs. and prefer medium loose, so maybe that has something to do with it. I would think for lighter people stock bushings would be just fine at any looseness.

Gotcha cheers man
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Post by: Mr. Stinky on June 11, 2020, 02:44:53 PM
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The only set of Bronsons I ever got (by necessity, no reds in the shop) easily outlasted several sets of reds I bought after. Wouldn't expect it to happen again because that particular set of bearings was just weirdly durable, but it figures.
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I too have only had good experiences with them. Only ever had the G3s though, can’t speak to the G2s.

Even funnier, since aren't those the "shieldless" ones that would break in a single session for tons of people?  I got
G2s, still have them over a year later, and they still spin forever and go "tssssssssssssssssssssss" with some speed cream.  Broken probably three sets each of standard Reds and (supposedly extra tough) Big Balls in that time.

Honestly, I have no reason to disbelieve the Bronson hate from anyone else, but I could just as easily point to my luck with Reds over the last couple years as proof that they are hot trash.  Even then, that's likely broadly true of all bearings besides Swiss, I would guess. 
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Post by: Seventyfrigginseven on June 11, 2020, 04:02:50 PM
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The only set of Bronsons I ever got (by necessity, no reds in the shop) easily outlasted several sets of reds I bought after. Wouldn't expect it to happen again because that particular set of bearings was just weirdly durable, but it figures.
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I too have only had good experiences with them. Only ever had the G3s though, can’t speak to the G2s.
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Even funnier, since aren't those the "shieldless" ones that would break in a single session for tons of people?  I got
G2s, still have them over a year later, and they still spin forever and go "tssssssssssssssssssssss" with some speed cream.  Broken probably three sets each of standard Reds and (supposedly extra tough) Big Balls in that time.

Honestly, I have no reason to disbelieve the Bronson hate from anyone else, but I could just as easily point to my luck with Reds over the last couple years as proof that they are hot trash.  Even then, that's likely broadly true of all bearings besides Swiss, I would guess.
"tssssssssssssssssssssss"
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Post by: moonordie on June 12, 2020, 06:13:22 AM
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No Bronson stories?
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worst bearings I’ve ever had. went through two sets in a month once...never again.
Worst pieces of shit ever. I tried done g3 like 2 years ago. They lasted me 3 sessions and then that little black metal ring bended inside wise. Took all shields out, skated then 1 more time and they all exploded.
This is how I learnt to not betray Bones.
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Post by: Krooked antihero on June 12, 2020, 08:04:12 AM
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No Bronson stories?
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worst bearings I’ve ever had. went through two sets in a month once...never again.
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Worst pieces of shit ever. I tried done g3 like 2 years ago. They lasted me 3 sessions and then that little black metal ring bended inside wise. Took all shields out, skated then 1 more time and they all exploded.
This is how I learnt to not betray Bones.
I saw mine +  2 other sets break in less than two months, skating INDOORS. G3’s, cages broke, I got 5/8 cages broken before I tossed ’em. No good imo, stick with Bones Swiss.
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Post by: FrozenIndustries on June 12, 2020, 05:32:22 PM
Hearing these Bronson stories reminds me of Lucky back in the day. I exploded so many of those just doing ollies over manholes in my parents neighborhood growing up.
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Post by: TheBoognish on June 12, 2020, 05:55:42 PM
GX1000 board was the worst board i've ever had. I skated it an hour and a half, went home, and set up an old board. It's been in my closet for over a year and it pisses me off everytime I see it.

Ricta wheels. I fucking despise Ricta wheels. Never had a wheel so slippery and prone to flat spots. The sound they make also sucks. Walmart-ass wheels.

Vans shoes. Every pair of Vans shoes i've bought after 2012 was terrible. Side panels tearing, soles coming apart just walking, weird creases, inconsistent sizing/fit and more. I will never buy another pair of Vans, I don't care if they've gotten better.

Reflex bearings. Doubt they still exist, but I destroyed 4 bearings in one session. Always keep spare bearings in your car, boys and girls. Had a similar experience with Speed Demons and Lucky.

The only Krooked board I've ever had (2012 Mike Anderson) chipped horribly. It felt real dry and was a complete mess after about 10 days..



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Post by: jay_nev on June 12, 2020, 06:54:18 PM
Hearing these Bronson stories reminds me of Lucky back in the day. I exploded so many of those just doing ollies over manholes in my parents neighborhood growing up.
haha. Have a crazy old set of wheels with speed demons still. And black panthers.. all mismatched.  Can’t say I ever exploded a bearing. Maybe internally bc they’ve def gone to shit.
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Post by: Sundaynuggets on June 12, 2020, 07:14:23 PM
Spitfire chargers 80a

I’ve had like three or four sets of these and they have all have had some weird deforming problems. The core sunk into the wheel on the last two sets I had.
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Post by: FrozenIndustries on June 12, 2020, 07:15:17 PM
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Hearing these Bronson stories reminds me of Lucky back in the day. I exploded so many of those just doing ollies over manholes in my parents neighborhood growing up.
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haha. Have a crazy old set of wheels with speed demons still. And black panthers.. all mismatched.  Can’t say I ever exploded a bearing. Maybe internally bc they’ve def gone to shit.

Man, I totally forgot about black panthers! I used to love those. Lucky were definitely the worst of the worst, but they had green shields and matched the bushings in my ventures so I was (unfortunately) about them.
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Post by: matty_c on June 12, 2020, 08:40:08 PM
Both of these happened early 2000s

Destructo trucks - broken kingpin on a manual pad. I’m not a big cunt

Those spitfires with the core and the rims.
Multiple sets down to the rim in a week
Only skated stf after that, came back when f4 came out
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Post by: tom on June 12, 2020, 10:06:30 PM
Ricta AirCores. The geniuses at Ricta made a hollow wheel and were surprised when every set fell apart within a week

Indy stage 9’s and the broken baseplate issue. The axles slipped and bent like crazy too. I switched to Thunders in 2005 because every pair I had were unskateable after a few months

True Love Collective; man what a shitshow and an embarrassment. I’m not sure who here remembers that company, but a few of us here from the message board were involved with it at one time. This was before we found out the owner fucked over shops, woodshops, wheel factories, artists, Traffic/Ricky Oyola, Landscape/Fos, and even the Breast Cancer Foundation at one point. Almost everyone involved collectively quit the same week. Anyways during one of the many woodshop changes I was given a board so badly made that the baseplate section of the tail broke out. There was an almost perfect rectangular hole in the deck where your truck would go

Exp1 Interlock boards were Kayos foray into technology boards. They used a mounting system where the bolt holes were threaded and you screwed in special bolts into the bottom of the deck. The bolts would rattle themselves loose, sometimes even falling completely off
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Post by: Lou Strux on June 12, 2020, 10:11:07 PM
Hearing these Bronson stories reminds me of Lucky back in the day. I exploded so many of those just doing ollies over manholes in my parents neighborhood growing up.
Agree 100%: Lucky was chilled turd. Sadly, they were the only set of bearings I could get for free, so I was changing them out, 1 here, another there, about every other day. Eventually I got tired of keeping spare bearings on my person constantly & started paying for Bones Swiss, despite the free Luckys.
My person was much happier & so was I.
Title: Re: boards, trucks, and wheels that have taken a shit on you.....
Post by: DarkPools on June 13, 2020, 02:08:20 PM
Spitfire wheels. Some cored type of wheel where the urethane separated from the core while skating them not too long after getting them. Fucking sucked and was a waste of my parents' money when I was 14.

Ricta wheels 11 years ago. Almost immediately flat spotted after breaking them in. Still skated them though.

Any Royal truck I had following Fully Flared over 11 years ago. Base plates cracked on every pair.

Thunder Hollow lights around 12 years ago. Kingpin snapped and bushings blew up.

Silver trucks in 2008. I know. I know. Doomed from the start but the kingpins snapped on them and they replaced them and then the kingpins snapped again! 😡 Went back to Thunder before seeing the light of Independent for my type of skating.

Plan B board back in 2008. Cracked the space across the bolts on my back truck after skating it for 3 days on a 2 ft drop at my local skate park. Haven't had a Plan B since.

Bronsons 4-5 years ago. Straight up blew up on me and seized up. Never had a pair since. Even SJ had better bearings, for what it's worth.

Any Allen key hardware. Always lost those damn bolts while skating. Never have that issue with Phillips.

I've had a good amount of gear just shit the bed on me from 2007-2011 but I've found most reliability in Indy Trucks, Bones STF wheels, DLX wood, and Bones Bearings since then.
Title: Re: boards, trucks, and wheels that have taken a shit on you.....
Post by: thelonelynow on June 13, 2020, 02:36:58 PM
I had a Spitfire 80HD Charger's urethane completely de-glove (correct term?) from the hard plastic core while doing a turn at very high speed. This lead to a wonderful shoulder injury. The wheel was only like a month old and had a couple small cuts and chunks in it from rock strikes or from going over sewer grates but no serious damage. Never have I seen a wheel come completely apart like that. No more soft Spitfire wheels for me.
Title: Re: boards, trucks, and wheels that have taken a shit on you.....
Post by: LordManHammer on June 14, 2020, 12:14:45 PM
I had a Spitfire 80HD Charger's urethane completely de-glove (correct term?) from the hard plastic core while doing a turn at very high speed. This lead to a wonderful shoulder injury. The wheel was only like a month old and had a couple small cuts and chunks in it from rock strikes or from going over sewer grates but no serious damage. Never have I seen a wheel come completely apart like that. No more soft Spitfire wheels for me.
This happened to me but they disintegrated I was super bummed.........

Spitfire wheels. Some cored type of wheel where the urethane separated from the core while skating them not too long after getting them. Fucking sucked and was a waste of my parents' money when I was 14.

Ricta wheels 11 years ago. Almost immediately flat spotted after breaking them in. Still skated them though.

Any Royal truck I had following Fully Flared over 11 years ago. Base plates cracked on every pair.

Thunder Hollow lights around 12 years ago. Kingpin snapped and bushings blew up.

Silver trucks in 2008. I know. I know. Doomed from the start but the kingpins snapped on them and they replaced them and then the kingpins snapped again! 😡 Went back to Thunder before seeing the light of Independent for my type of skating.

Plan B board back in 2008. Cracked the space across the bolts on my back truck after skating it for 3 days on a 2 ft drop at my local skate park. Haven't had a Plan B since.

Bronsons 4-5 years ago. Straight up blew up on me and seized up. Never had a pair since. Even SJ had better bearings, for what it's worth.

Any Allen key hardware. Always lost those damn bolts while skating. Never have that issue with Phillips.

I've had a good amount of gear just shit the bed on me from 2007-2011 but I've found most reliability in Indy Trucks, Bones STF wheels, DLX wood, and Bones Bearings since then.
Never had Bronsons seize up but my biggest issue definitely was the stage 9's debacle I would just switch out baseplates of homies didn't matter as long as it was Indy's.

Shake Junt that dog shit griptape sucked not tacky enough, along with Primitive nothing worse then shitty grip that rubs off after a few sessions. 

Countless board brands I gladly supported but just never met my needs as a hefty dude, Real made a quality deck I think is rad, so if I were to really put a nail on the coffin of what brands I trust Real, Thunder, Indy, Bronsons, Bones and Spitfire F-4's.
Title: Re: boards, trucks, and wheels that have taken a shit on you.....
Post by: DarkPools on June 14, 2020, 06:58:50 PM
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I had a Spitfire 80HD Charger's urethane completely de-glove (correct term?) from the hard plastic core while doing a turn at very high speed. This lead to a wonderful shoulder injury. The wheel was only like a month old and had a couple small cuts and chunks in it from rock strikes or from going over sewer grates but no serious damage. Never have I seen a wheel come completely apart like that. No more soft Spitfire wheels for me.
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This happened to me but they disintegrated I was super bummed.........

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Spitfire wheels. Some cored type of wheel where the urethane separated from the core while skating them not too long after getting them. Fucking sucked and was a waste of my parents' money when I was 14.

Ricta wheels 11 years ago. Almost immediately flat spotted after breaking them in. Still skated them though.

Any Royal truck I had following Fully Flared over 11 years ago. Base plates cracked on every pair.

Thunder Hollow lights around 12 years ago. Kingpin snapped and bushings blew up.

Silver trucks in 2008. I know. I know. Doomed from the start but the kingpins snapped on them and they replaced them and then the kingpins snapped again! 😡 Went back to Thunder before seeing the light of Independent for my type of skating.

Plan B board back in 2008. Cracked the space across the bolts on my back truck after skating it for 3 days on a 2 ft drop at my local skate park. Haven't had a Plan B since.

Bronsons 4-5 years ago. Straight up blew up on me and seized up. Never had a pair since. Even SJ had better bearings, for what it's worth.

Any Allen key hardware. Always lost those damn bolts while skating. Never have that issue with Phillips.

I've had a good amount of gear just shit the bed on me from 2007-2011 but I've found most reliability in Indy Trucks, Bones STF wheels, DLX wood, and Bones Bearings since then.
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Never had Bronsons seize up but my biggest issue definitely was the stage 9's debacle I would just switch out baseplates of homies didn't matter as long as it was Indy's.

Shake Junt that dog shit griptape sucked not tacky enough, along with Primitive nothing worse then shitty grip that rubs off after a few sessions. 

Countless board brands I gladly supported but just never met my needs as a hefty dude, Real made a quality deck I think is rad, so if I were to really put a nail on the coffin of what brands I trust Real, Thunder, Indy, Bronsons, Bones and Spitfire F-4's.
Maybe I got unlucky since it was an early pair of Bronsons not too long after they launched. Maybe they've gotten better since then?

Yeah, I've had SJ a couple times in a pinch since Grizzly and Jessup are not my jam when Mob is out of stock. I thought it was okay but I wouldn't skate it again.

A lot of brands actually make decent boards but not every deck is designed for taller and/or 200lb + people. :/ Real has been reliable for me, too. I wanted to love this Heavyweights deck i had but the WB was 14.6 or 14.73 or something and was too long for me (I like 14.25-14.5) so I passed it on to my 6'4" friend and he enjoyed the deck a lot being a lanky dude. Haha
Title: Re: boards, trucks, and wheels that have taken a shit on you.....
Post by: munchbox on June 14, 2020, 11:21:24 PM
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I had a Spitfire 80HD Charger's urethane completely de-glove (correct term?) from the hard plastic core while doing a turn at very high speed. This lead to a wonderful shoulder injury. The wheel was only like a month old and had a couple small cuts and chunks in it from rock strikes or from going over sewer grates but no serious damage. Never have I seen a wheel come completely apart like that. No more soft Spitfire wheels for me.
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This happened to me but they disintegrated I was super bummed.........

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Spitfire wheels. Some cored type of wheel where the urethane separated from the core while skating them not too long after getting them. Fucking sucked and was a waste of my parents' money when I was 14.

Ricta wheels 11 years ago. Almost immediately flat spotted after breaking them in. Still skated them though.

Any Royal truck I had following Fully Flared over 11 years ago. Base plates cracked on every pair.

Thunder Hollow lights around 12 years ago. Kingpin snapped and bushings blew up.

Silver trucks in 2008. I know. I know. Doomed from the start but the kingpins snapped on them and they replaced them and then the kingpins snapped again! 😡 Went back to Thunder before seeing the light of Independent for my type of skating.

Plan B board back in 2008. Cracked the space across the bolts on my back truck after skating it for 3 days on a 2 ft drop at my local skate park. Haven't had a Plan B since.

Bronsons 4-5 years ago. Straight up blew up on me and seized up. Never had a pair since. Even SJ had better bearings, for what it's worth.

Any Allen key hardware. Always lost those damn bolts while skating. Never have that issue with Phillips.

I've had a good amount of gear just shit the bed on me from 2007-2011 but I've found most reliability in Indy Trucks, Bones STF wheels, DLX wood, and Bones Bearings since then.
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Never had Bronsons seize up but my biggest issue definitely was the stage 9's debacle I would just switch out baseplates of homies didn't matter as long as it was Indy's.

Shake Junt that dog shit griptape sucked not tacky enough, along with Primitive nothing worse then shitty grip that rubs off after a few sessions. 

Countless board brands I gladly supported but just never met my needs as a hefty dude, Real made a quality deck I think is rad, so if I were to really put a nail on the coffin of what brands I trust Real, Thunder, Indy, Bronsons, Bones and Spitfire F-4's.
sad how SJ grip looks tackier than it really is
Title: Re: boards, trucks, and wheels that have taken a shit on you.....
Post by: rocklobster on June 15, 2020, 09:00:55 AM
Bought a pair of Kirchart 1s that my shop had found in storage and they disintegrated within 30 minutes of my Session. Same with another pair of DCs I got on clearance last year too, it was for the better I was not feeling that cupsole. Shoes don't last here in the tropics.
Title: Re: boards, trucks, and wheels that have taken a shit on you.....
Post by: concerned_parent on June 15, 2020, 10:19:18 AM
quasi boards.
Title: Re: boards, trucks, and wheels that have taken a shit on you.....
Post by: LordManHammer on September 03, 2020, 04:54:11 PM
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I had a Spitfire 80HD Charger's urethane completely de-glove (correct term?) from the hard plastic core while doing a turn at very high speed. This lead to a wonderful shoulder injury. The wheel was only like a month old and had a couple small cuts and chunks in it from rock strikes or from going over sewer grates but no serious damage. Never have I seen a wheel come completely apart like that. No more soft Spitfire wheels for me.
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This happened to me but they disintegrated I was super bummed.........

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Spitfire wheels. Some cored type of wheel where the urethane separated from the core while skating them not too long after getting them. Fucking sucked and was a waste of my parents' money when I was 14.

Ricta wheels 11 years ago. Almost immediately flat spotted after breaking them in. Still skated them though.

Any Royal truck I had following Fully Flared over 11 years ago. Base plates cracked on every pair.

Thunder Hollow lights around 12 years ago. Kingpin snapped and bushings blew up.

Silver trucks in 2008. I know. I know. Doomed from the start but the kingpins snapped on them and they replaced them and then the kingpins snapped again! 😡 Went back to Thunder before seeing the light of Independent for my type of skating.

Plan B board back in 2008. Cracked the space across the bolts on my back truck after skating it for 3 days on a 2 ft drop at my local skate park. Haven't had a Plan B since.

Bronsons 4-5 years ago. Straight up blew up on me and seized up. Never had a pair since. Even SJ had better bearings, for what it's worth.

Any Allen key hardware. Always lost those damn bolts while skating. Never have that issue with Phillips.

I've had a good amount of gear just shit the bed on me from 2007-2011 but I've found most reliability in Indy Trucks, Bones STF wheels, DLX wood, and Bones Bearings since then.
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Never had Bronsons seize up but my biggest issue definitely was the stage 9's debacle I would just switch out baseplates of homies didn't matter as long as it was Indy's.

Shake Junt that dog shit griptape sucked not tacky enough, along with Primitive nothing worse then shitty grip that rubs off after a few sessions. 

Countless board brands I gladly supported but just never met my needs as a hefty dude, Real made a quality deck I think is rad, so if I were to really put a nail on the coffin of what brands I trust Real, Thunder, Indy, Bronsons, Bones and Spitfire F-4's.
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Maybe I got unlucky since it was an early pair of Bronsons not too long after they launched. Maybe they've gotten better since then?

Yeah, I've had SJ a couple times in a pinch since Grizzly and Jessup are not my jam when Mob is out of stock. I thought it was okay but I wouldn't skate it again.

A lot of brands actually make decent boards but not every deck is designed for taller and/or 200lb + people. :/ Real has been reliable for me, too. I wanted to love this Heavyweights deck i had but the WB was 14.6 or 14.73 or something and was too long for me (I like 14.25-14.5) so I passed it on to my 6'4" friend and he enjoyed the deck a lot being a lanky dude. Haha
Yeah I thought I was going not like the heavyweights deck wheelbase either as it's a but longer than I'm used to and the nose and tail are mellow especially the 8.38" to 8.5" but as long as you give it time you'll figure out your niché for them.

Been on a roll with fs shuv variations and they've taken a beating whereas any other board would have broke. If you can stomach a deck being slightly heavier than average and sticking with it till they break HW decks are the Jane and moderately priced as opposed to Powell flight decks or SC VX decks.

In summation to have a deck that lasts longer then your average deck is blessing especially for us big boy's plus breaking board's kinda sucks as the walk home is going to be fucked
Title: Re: boards, trucks, and wheels that have taken a shit on you.....
Post by: Baswell Cerry on September 03, 2020, 05:08:49 PM
The only, and last, foundation board  i bought had a tail and nose at such a weird angle that the entire top ply delaminated on me. The tail length was also an inch shorter than I've ever seen.  Lasted two weeks was so bummed. Shout out to Cole Wilson tho sick graphic.
Title: Re: boards, trucks, and wheels that have taken a shit on you.....
Post by: switchfrontshuv on September 03, 2020, 09:50:55 PM
Orbs 99a wheels
fucking terrible

a maxallure board
so shit