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Skateboarding => USELESS WOODEN TOY BANTER => Topic started by: whiteley on April 26, 2010, 08:17:20 AM
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haven't seen anybody do it in years and always thought it was bad-ass. who's done it? post pictures if you got them.
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do crooks/ sw crooks count? it's kinda the easy way out, but it's the only way i get to the axle. doing it on 50-50s is fucking bad ass!
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Done it on grind kings when I was a pup. Haven't acheived this legendary status since.
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local dudes Indys
(http://oneuppgh.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/dsc01454.jpg)
(http://oneuppgh.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/dsc01456.jpg)
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Sure, every pair of trucks I've ever had. I am too cheap to buy new ones.
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i always grind my trucks to the axle. imma have to look around to see if i have a set lying around for a photo.
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you know your trucks are good and broken in when you can see the axle
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Not yet, but I'm gonna do it at least once. The back truck on my cruiser board is worn down so you can see the kingpin, and I have some nosegrind grooves on the front truck.
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this is a grind king i skated down for a couple of years ago.
(http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/3255/king1.jpg)
notice the light passing underneath the hanger....
(http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/3430/king2.jpg)
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I'm guessing you have to be part of a long-standing and torrid love affair with all things grindable that are made of concrete to wear your trucks down this far. I just don't see it happening if you're scraping metal coping. Confirm/deny?
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I'm guessing you have to be part of a long-standing and torrid love affair with all things grindable that are made of concrete to wear your trucks down this far. I just don't see it happening if you're scraping metal coping. Confirm/deny?
it will just take longer, abrasion is abrasion.
but metal coping sucks, get in a fucking pool, ahhhhhhhh!
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yeah. every pair, unless i give them to a grom in need. i've not got my aces down to the axle yet, but i'm getting there. the summers shaping up nicely and i predict copious amounts of slappies and a new diy spot will get them there by the end of august. ahhhh slappies.
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I'm guessing you have to be part of a long-standing and torrid love affair with all things grindable that are made of concrete to wear your trucks down this far. I just don't see it happening if you're scraping metal coping. Confirm/deny?
I confirm. My friend has been riding his Krux III for years and there is still a lot of aluminium to grind.
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the truck has always broken before i got to that point basically. but thats probably cause i take them drops a lot, i had an indy crack completely in 2 perfect pieces.
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I haven't done this in years and years. Back in 88, before my friends and I discovered waxing curbs, we would just raw haul as fast as we could and slappy into grinds at a curb cut. 12 foot grinds, no wax, unpainted. Ground down to the axle on one pair. Gullwing super pro III's. My first trucks were well on their way (Tracker Ultra lites) but the kingpin broke and those baseplates were so lame, the kingpin wasn't removable so basically ditched them.
I once saw Sam Devlin grind through the pivot part of his Indy's from doing nose and tail slides. So raw.
These days, all I really skate are plaza ledges. The ledges there (granite and metal) always seem to be slippery and waxed. Probably never gonna get down to the axle the rest of my life.
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I just remember eric dressens trucks always looked the best, flat across,all the way to the axle.
Ive done it once or twice way back but now the axles bend too much before I can get to that point.
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on the tensor trucks i merked the fuck out of those plastic things that helped you slide noseslides and tailslides. those things were actually pretty shitty - mostly just because they axles would get bent real easily. the turning was real stiff too i didnt really like the feel
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on the last few sets of thunders i've had, the hangar started to crack around the axle on the part close to the wheels after being ground down to the axle. i usually replace them before they completely snap in half.
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every pair of indys i get i take um all the way down. once i set up a new pair i always wonder why i waited so long because they grind 10 times better new haha
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The old Gullwings seemed to grind down just in time for my one new set-up a year at Christmas. As soon as I find a decent curb spot around here, it's on. I don't get free stuff anymore so these Indy's I bought will be ground until they scream for mercy. FDR is starting the job but I don't get there often enough anymore.
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my buddy has a groove in his indy's that are about to the axle from doing nosegrinds. it's awesome.
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not yet. but imma keep trying.
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<---Trying to take the krooked route
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Just barely on the current set! definitely on the crook spot as well
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i've yet to do it myself, been spoiled with free product for too long, but i hope to put down some serious slappy abuse and make it happen before the end. i think the full-truck version looks great and the crooked version ends up looking like you should do some other kinds of grinds periodically! ha ha, just playing. but either way, it's awesome and it's also amazing how much work it takes to get through like 1/4 inch of metal... stoked to read and see all this, thanks guys, keep 'em coming!
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the only pair i ever did it on was a pair of stage 8 indies and only the back truck. maybe one more time on a set of thunders on the krook spot.
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seeing grinded down trucks makes me want to skate so much for some reason haha.
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Did it when i was a really broke kid on some old Indy's back in the 90's, haven't done it recently because I'd been habitually buying and getting new gear for a bit, but it's funny that this thread came up because last week I made a conscious decision to go ahead and plow through the trucks I have now and grind 'em the fuck down.
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(http://i40.tinypic.com/2zywgeb.jpg)
this is the only one i could find
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its really sick to just look at all the grind marks on your board... there is a memory for each one
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I've done it. In the early 90's I rode Gullwings and that was kind of a copout because of the groove and the magnesium. When I switched back to Indy's in 1995 I ground those down to the axles(the rear truck) then swapped out a hanger and did it again to the older front truck. I have only bought one set of trucks since and that was just to use some new pieces when I had to. I still have the original baseplates from the 1995 pair(anodized red) around somewhere. I always got new boards and wheels and all that jazz but I refused to ever change out the trucks. I liked to get already broken in hangers from the shop bin and use those. Not because I am cheap...it's just what I prefer.
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The combination of pivot fakie grinds, ss crooks en fs 5-0 on transition got me my first pair of trucks worn out to the axle, recently.
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fs 5-0s on tranny are the main cause for indys going down to the axle in a matter of 2 months
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(http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/3214/photo241.jpg)
(http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/5009/photo243.jpg)
edit: these were already pretty ground down when i got them, but they are all the way to the axle.
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fs 5-0s on tranny are the main cause for indys going down to the axle in a matter of 2 months
Exactly. Every single grind i do on tranny basically hits the same spot on my back truck. My back truck looks a year older than the front
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Last set and current set. Just got down to it a couple days ago
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what kind of board is the one with what looks like mr.t?
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Girl Brian Anderson BA TEAM
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is that a board thats out now? what size is it? that is the best thing girl has ever made. by far.
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I was so close to getting my old Thunders (the ones I lost at Heathrow) down to the axle. I was replacing a kingpin on one and the owner of the skate/snow shop by my house (not Uprise) made some kind of condescending remark about how I should probably look into new trucks because I was so close to the axle. Ass.
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Never really thought about it but there it is peaking through. I've been wanting to try some ACE for awhile. I usually just skate the same indys until they break and then get some new ones with the lifetime warranty. fun.
(http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u268/iamtokito/Photo295.jpg)
(http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u268/iamtokito/Photo296.jpg)
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Every pair here, too. I hate new trucks.
Indy "lights" rule.
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Yeah, it's out now. It's an 8.5
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I did it about 20 years ago to a set of Gullwing magnesiums.
That probably counts as cheating.
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bad ass!
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bad ass!
Dude, how long have you been grinding on the actual axle itself?
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bad ass!
Dude, how long have you been grinding on the actual axle itself?
lol
Well done sir.
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Never really thought about it but there it is peaking through. I've been wanting to try some ACE for awhile. I usually just skate the same indys until they break and then get some new ones with the lifetime warranty. fun.
(http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u268/iamtokito/Photo295.jpg)
(http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u268/iamtokito/Photo296.jpg)
this is what i'm talking about. excellent work. i'll give you a gnar for your real life work there!
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i've gone through a bunch of hangers doing this. i want to say it was an old(2002-2004)rick howard 2 page ad that showed a close up of his board on one side. his trucks were grinded down to the axle and i thought it was the coolest thing ever, so since then i've tried to do it with every pair of trucks that i get. i also used to skate this one ledge almost everyday anywhere between three and eight hours at a time for a good eight months before it got skate stopped. i went through a few sets during that time period
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(http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u268/iamtokito/Photo296.jpg)
bad ass!
Dude, how long have you been grinding on the actual axle itself?
lol
Well done sir.
smiths in the background
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on the tensor trucks i merked the fuck out of those plastic things that helped you slide noseslides and tailslides. those things were actually pretty shitty - mostly just because they axles would get bent real easily. the turning was real stiff too i didnt really like the feel
I've never actually skated Tensors but I ended up with a hand-me-down board a few years back that had these trucks on it:
(http://www.outlookskates.com/TrucksKreeperBlack.gif)
I was so embarrassed to skate those...they're awful, literally the worst fucking thing ever.
Perhaps surprisingly the board that had those trucks on it was really nice except for the trucks...Anti-Hero, 54mm Spitfires, Bones Swiss...what an abomination...
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I've had mine down to the axle for a bit now. I was so stoked too because I haven't done that since I was a little kid doing slappies for days.
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Never really thought about it but there it is peaking through. I've been wanting to try some ACE for awhile. I usually just skate the same indys until they break and then get some new ones with the lifetime warranty. fun.
(http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u268/iamtokito/Photo295.jpg)
(http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u268/iamtokito/Photo296.jpg)
this is what i'm talking about. excellent work. i'll give you a gnar for your real life work there!
Wow.... Are you trying to grind your wheels down to the axle too? ;)
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I've done it a couple of times but not recently, here's a pair of Venture hangers I had lying around from a few years ago.
(http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r109/Luke_Fletcher/Photo-0121.jpg)
(http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r109/Luke_Fletcher/Photo-0124.jpg)
(http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r109/Luke_Fletcher/Photo-0125.jpg)
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I've done a couple sets. Now that there are so many skateparks I don't grind as many curbs as the old days.
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I've done it on a few sets. I hate getting new trucks, and see nothing wrong with an old set until they are unridable.
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Sure, every pair of trucks I've ever had. I am too cheap to buy new ones.
Yep, me too!
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I did it with a pair of Krux Downlows, when they were ljust released, then I did it on a sey of Indy Lows, and then I did it with a set of black Thunders. Now, I change my trucks too much.
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i've done it once a few years ago, venture highs. i was proud.
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What's the shortest time someone on here ever grinded down to the axle? I never did it myself. I'm going to do my best now.
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What's the shortest time someone on here ever grinded down to the axle? I never did it myself. I'm going to do my best now.
During the winter, skating the mini ramp at my work every night after closing, I got down to the axle of my back truck in 2.5 months strictly from bs 5-0 fakies, fs 5-0s, and our no waxing the coping rule.
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What's the shortest time someone on here ever grinded down to the axle? I never did it myself. I'm going to do my best now.
a little over a month for me. i remember hearing that tom knox did it in a day though
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ive got quite a few indys down to the axle
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What's the shortest time someone on here ever grinded down to the axle? I never did it myself. I'm going to do my best now.
Oh shit. That's gnar
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that's alot of slappies...haven't done it in years either....axel slip would drive me to insanity before I even got near. Remember before they moved the mounting hardware holes back, guys would wear through the baseplate from doing crooked grinds.
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(http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk131/Mr_Friendly_photos/securedownload-6.jpg)
I skated these for almost 7 months, I think the majority of the wear is from front 5-0s and smiths on tranny ( I take pride in actually standing up and grinding 10+ feet, vs. the very popular frontside kickturn truck tap) If the kingpin hadn't snapped off, I'd still be skating them.
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I haven't done this in years and years. Back in 88, before my friends and I discovered waxing curbs, we would just raw haul as fast as we could and slappy into grinds at a curb cut. 12 foot grinds, no wax, unpainted. Ground down to the axle on one pair. Gullwing super pro III's. My first trucks were well on their way (Tracker Ultra lites) but the kingpin broke and those baseplates were so lame, the kingpin wasn't removable so basically ditched them.
I once saw Sam Devlin grind through the pivot part of his Indy's from doing nose and tail slides. So raw.
These days, all I really skate are plaza ledges. The ledges there (granite and metal) always seem to be slippery and waxed. Probably never gonna get down to the axle the rest of my life.
your ears must have been bleeding.
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Have not done it in a while, my ACE are getting worn down though and I plan on getting to the axle on them. And I once got to the axle in 6 weeks.
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From the Chrome Ball Incident:
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4OE2LlxxWrc/S-I0QCndXrI/AAAAAAAAIYQ/_TU6rdPF6AI/s1600/wadeventurechrome.jpg)
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Here is the backtruck of my past set.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/sizbroo/CIMG0423.jpg)
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This thread gives me a boner.
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On my last board, before it got jacked out of my car, the back truck was so jacked. It was an indy baseplate with a tracker hanger I believe. It had a groove down to the axel from doing f/s 5-0s, and the nut for the king pin couldn't be adjusted because it was grinded so far down from smith grinds. I wish I had a picture to show. They turned so good.
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i broke some silvers once relevant to this thread
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the simple question why would you grind down to the axle?
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i broke some silvers once relevant to this thread
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the simple question why would you grind down to the axle?
Why would you replace a pair of trucks before grinding to the axle?
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I just did it... No photo evidence though. I gave the trucks to my next door neighbors kid cause he just started skateboarding and needs some stuff.
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Bump for obvious reasons. Both the washer and the nuts are fucked.
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took the truck apart for bushings
(http://www.slapmagazine.com/component/option,com_jfusion/Itemid,4/index.php?action=dlattach&topic=43807.0&attach=3604&image)
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From the Chrome Ball Incident:
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4OE2LlxxWrc/S-I0QCndXrI/AAAAAAAAIYQ/_TU6rdPF6AI/s1600/wadeventurechrome.jpg)
YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQtA7XXPZWA&feature=player_embedded#)
0:45
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This thread gives me a boner.
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How about taisliding through to the pivot cup?
(http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j234/robert4444/100_0826.jpg)
My set up from mid summer. deck was cracked, wheels worn too, so I ended up buying a new complete :) .
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my front truck is down to the axle, will get a photo and post it tomorrow.
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You know why you never see this shit anymore? Because kids stick to skateparks and plazas now and everything street is withering into the memory's of older kids who did their first 5050 on a ledge in their town and not a box at a park that dad brought them to. That's just my theory at least.
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Not really the same deal, but my buddy has been riding the same wheels for so long that you can literally see the bearing THROUGH the wheel.
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You know why you never see this shit anymore? Because kids stick to skateparks and plazas now and everything street is withering into the memory's of older kids who did their first 5050 on a ledge in their town and not a box at a park that dad brought them to. That's just my theory at least.
most of these dudes skate 90% transition. and to grind to the axle you have to keep trucks for a long time, which a lot of people don't do.
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Breaking in new trucks is the worst, which is why it makes sense to keep your trucks for a long time.
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You know why you never see this shit anymore? Because kids stick to skateparks and plazas now and everything street is withering into the memory's of older kids who did their first 5050 on a ledge in their town and not a box at a park that dad brought them to. That's just my theory at least.
even in the most positive, non shit talking thread on slap.. COTG you have seem to once again, bring the negative card to the table.
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If the truth is negative......
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^ perfect post for my response.
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You know why you never see this shit anymore? Because kids stick to skateparks and plazas now and everything street is withering into the memory's of older kids who did their first 5050 on a ledge in their town and not a box at a park that dad brought them to. That's just my theory at least.
You fucking suck at transition. Don't talk shit. Especially considering grinding unwaxed pool block (which you have never done) will grind your truck down like a motherfucker. But again, you entered I $100 bet and had a year to learn it, and at the end of said year had 3 tricks, and appeared to be unable to keep your speed on a 3 foot mini, so don't act better than it.
And to the person wondering why somebody would grind to the axle of a truck- new trucks are the worst fucking thing ever. It takes too damn long to get them feeling right, and I don't go through that unless I have to.
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HAHAHAHA you're such an idiot. I'd be willing to bet money I'm way better than you at transition and skateboarding in general. I actually said the reason they're grinded down was because they skate transition. gipper You talk all this shit online but whenever i say see me in person you make some excuses or give me the run around. you're a faggot.
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Gipper is a complete faggot.
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HAHAHAHA you're such an idiot. I'd be willing to bet money I'm way better than you at transition and skateboarding in general. I actually said the reason they're grinded down was because they skate transition. gipper You talk all this shit online but whenever i say see me in person you make some excuses or give me the run around. you're a faggot.
I posted a sequence of me doing a backside 5-0 270 out on a miniramp in the post yourself skating thread. You got that one? Why would I want to go skating with some dude who is just going to be competitive and hate the whole time? Especially when you actually live like an hour away from me.
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I'd like to see you guys get together and skate. Just saying.
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HAHAHAHA you're such an idiot. I'd be willing to bet money I'm way better than you at transition and skateboarding in general. I actually said the reason they're grinded down was because they skate transition. gipper You talk all this shit online but whenever i say see me in person you make some excuses or give me the run around. you're a faggot.
The beginnings of:
The COTG Transition Challenge 2
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HAHAHAHA you're such an idiot. I'd be willing to bet money I'm way better than you at transition and skateboarding in general. I actually said the reason they're grinded down was because they skate transition. gipper You talk all this shit online but whenever i say see me in person you make some excuses or give me the run around. you're a faggot.
HAHAHAHAHA culver city is like 15 minutes away from where I live. competitive and hate? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHha you're such a clown. And you act like I'm not at stoner all the time.
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How about taisliding through to the pivot cup?
(http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j234/robert4444/100_0826.jpg)
My set up from mid summer. deck was cracked, wheels worn too, so I ended up buying a new complete :) .
been staring at this for the past 5 minutes. good work
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My last trucks were almost there.
I remember being 11 and my cousin showed me his old board that had trucks that were ground down all the way down. I thought it was super bad ass and set out that day to learn to grind ledges.
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Nosferatu truck update:
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HAHAHAHA you're such an idiot. I'd be willing to bet money I'm way better than you at transition and skateboarding in general. I actually said the reason they're grinded down was because they skate transition. gipper You talk all this shit online but whenever i say see me in person you make some excuses or give me the run around. you're a faggot.
I don't live quite in culver city, but still, maybe it is closer than I think. Also, you said you are never at stoner, I thought I saw you there one time and you told me you had only been there a couple of times. I'm down to skate if its not going to be a hate-a-thon, but as we've talked about (and you've hated on me for) with my schedule lately all skate session time is hard sought and difficult to come by. If you want to go out, and have a fun session, I'm down. I'll teach you some shit on tranny, you show me how to do proper nollie heels.
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you guys all live in LA, right? i think i'm heading to LA for a couple days in february. hows about we meet up--COTG, gipper, whoever else--and i film this showdown right proper.
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You know why you never see this shit anymore? Because kids stick to skateparks and plazas now and everything street is withering into the memory's of older kids who did their first 5050 on a ledge in their town and not a box at a park that dad brought them to. That's just my theory at least.
And to the person wondering why somebody would grind to the axle of a truck- new trucks are the worst fucking thing ever. It takes too damn long to get them feeling right, and I don't go through that unless I have to.
i don't know if that's what he intended to do, but i don't see how anything cotg posted was talking shit on transition, read more like a counter-argument to bobbito's theory, and it made sense, considering the majority of the posts i read at least on that page consisted of people talking about how they did it through 5-0s and smiths on transition, and most of the newer generation of skaters don't really skate transition like that. in my local park, the only time the bowl really gets any attention is when kids are launching out of it, i've seen like two dudes actually grind the coping. i've had my same trucks for about two years now, but i know dudes who are down for new completes semi-regularly.
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I've never gotten all the way to the axle, my trucks always end up breaking or fucking up somehow before I could even get close to grinding em down to the axle, so I replace em.
And I think i might be the only person here who actually doesn't mind breaking in new trucks. It's really not all that bad. I will admit though I hate it when I break a set of trucks just as I get them feeling right and turning the way I like em to.
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Did my 2nd pair in the last year yesterday.5 months for this set.
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happened once a long time ago on pair of grind kings when i first learned 50-50s
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ahh... I chuckled to myself when I read this, everybody I know grinds there shit to they axle. Why else do people buy new trucks?
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ahh... I chuckled to myself when I read this, everybody I know grinds there shit to they axle. Why else do people buy new trucks?
Breaking it?
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I want to note how gipper changed when meeting me in real life was a real possibility. It went from you're a bitch and an idiot, to teach me nollie heels.
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always nose/tail slide till the pivot cups blast out. Currently on my second baseplate, front truck on the axle, back truck is brand new cause my axles bent too bad.
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I want to note how gipper changed when meeting me in real life was a real possibility. It went from you're a bitch and an idiot, to teach me nollie heels.
Read it again and reconsider who you are calling an idiot, bitch.
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA are you going to be at stoner saturday?
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Maybe. We gonna rumble?
YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWb_xz0OakQ#)
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maybe, who knows.if you go up there, i'll definitely make it down there though.
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Like I said, low key session and I'm down, angry competitive session, not so much. Not my game.
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;D
I like how I can click on any thread and it will be you two going at it.
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its pretty fucked. We are both stubborn, love to argue, and just keep repeating the same shit.
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it's just one person's shit (mine) is based on practice and one person's (yours) is based on theory.
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it's just one person's shit (mine) is based on practice and one person's (yours) is based on theory.
The key is putting theory into practice. Want to meet up then go to venice park? I'd be curious to see how your claim that everything in the deep end of bowls pro tranny guys are doing is lame is based on practice.
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that's based on common sense.
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ah yes, the OG T. Paine.
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you guys are like itchy and scratchy.
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Nah, Itchy is always doing the killing, Scratchy never comes out on top, it's always a one sided battle. I'd say they're more like Spy vs. Spy
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Like I said, low key session and I'm down, angry competitive session, not so much. Not my game.
Bring some ice cream and everything will be fine.
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Nah, Itchy is always doing the killing, Scratchy never comes out on top, it's always a one sided battle. I'd say they're more like Spy vs. Spy
Ahahahahahaaa, spot on!
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The axle just started peeking out from these Thunders last session.
(http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/1468/axleh.jpg) (http://img52.imageshack.us/i/axleh.jpg/)
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i always do it with crook and then my shit snaps..crooks easier though.the most legit is grinding down your baseplate to your hardware from tailslides (or noseslides i guess)
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my indy's lasted forever
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I never grinded to axle, but my Thunders are getting a nice crooked grind hole in them, so this may be my first pair. Hopefully they dont bend or something until I achieve this, but Thunders had never let me down.
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Both hangers cracked,back one to the axle.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v643/ttowndave/1298823041.jpg)
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Both hangers cracked,back one to the axle.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v643/ttowndave/1298823041.jpg)
Woah dood!
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ive been riding the same pair of trucks for close to 5 years. and im almost to the axel.
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^^ lol
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ive been riding the same pair of trucks for close to 5 years. and im almost to the axel.
You must never skate then, or only do manuals.
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i always do it with crook and then my shit snaps..crooks easier though.the most legit is grinding down your baseplate to your hardware from tailslides (or noseslides i guess)
Same thing happened with my last ventures.
(http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/6903/venturem.jpg) (http://img823.imageshack.us/i/venturem.jpg/)
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ive been riding the same pair of trucks for close to 5 years. and im almost to the axel.
You must never skate then, or only do manuals.
or just not loads of grinds ::)
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Or just skating skateparks with metal ledges.
Anyone skating the streets with real cement/granite ledges will go through a set of trucks with a quickness.
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thunders are the shit! i got a pair for my birthday when i was fifteen and im still ridin em now and im 20
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back when we had the parking block slappy jam at the bridge, i took a set of indys down to the axle in about two months. i really liked that thing.
but most of my life, it's taken about a year or so to get there. except for stage 10's, which must be a softer alloy, since now i can't seem to get more than 5 or 6 months out of a set of trucks.
i remember reading about tom knox grinding a set of indys to the axle in ONE DAY. i really wish that would've happened now, during the "everything a pro does is filmed" days. that must have been the most epic slappy session ever.
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yep
(http://piczasso.com/i/ljvna.jpg) (http://www.imagehosting.com/)
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Or just skating skateparks with metal ledges.
Anyone skating the streets with real cement/granite ledges will go through a set of trucks with a quickness.
also breaking in ledges will tetar your trucks apart. i used to see how quickly i could blow through a set of trucks. i got a pair to the axle in just about a month once. i still want to try and get it done in under a week
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when you hit the axel, that means your truck is nice and broken in
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when you hit the axel, that means your truck is nice and broken in
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(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/veganshawn/shawn%20part%202/030511202229.jpg)
Only the front truck so far, the back is getting close.
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Got down the axle of my back truck yesterday, i'll post a pic when it becomes more significant.
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Or just skating skateparks with metal ledges.
Anyone skating the streets with real cement/granite ledges will go through a set of trucks with a quickness.
I've found a solid metal edge will tear your trucks apart on some tricks. If you do long grinds on a metal edge it kind of cuts into it. Cement can go either way, granite will fuck your shit up though, in a nice and smooth way
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Yeah it does depend on what it is.
Most park ledges here are rounded. A good angle iron ledge will eat up your trucks fast.
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(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/veganshawn/shawn%20part%202/030511202229.jpg)
Only the front truck so far, the back is getting close.
I love the look of a fresh deck, and wheels with well grinded in trucks.
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Old trucks and old bearings with a new board and wheels is the best.
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I thought I was going to hit the axle but my indy baseplate finally decided to crack today. I think I've been riding this set for ~4 years.
(http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b247/mathprofessor/brokeindy.jpg)
I guess the new stage 10's don't have the extra bolt holes which probably make them a bit stronger.
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Old trucks and old bearings with a new board and wheels is the best.
Agreed.
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back when we had the parking block slappy jam at the bridge, i took a set of indys down to the axle in about two months. i really liked that thing.
but most of my life, it's taken about a year or so to get there. except for stage 10's, which must be a softer alloy, since now i can't seem to get more than 5 or 6 months out of a set of trucks.
i remember reading about tom knox grinding a set of indys to the axle in ONE DAY. i really wish that would've happened now, during the "everything a pro does is filmed" days. that must have been the most epic slappy session ever.
Peter hewitt grinded to the axle in one day at washington street. funny how this video hasn't been up yet.
http://www.strangenotes.com/video/96653922001/ (http://www.strangenotes.com/video/96653922001/)
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back when we had the parking block slappy jam at the bridge, i took a set of indys down to the axle in about two months. i really liked that thing.
but most of my life, it's taken about a year or so to get there. except for stage 10's, which must be a softer alloy, since now i can't seem to get more than 5 or 6 months out of a set of trucks.
i remember reading about tom knox grinding a set of indys to the axle in ONE DAY. i really wish that would've happened now, during the "everything a pro does is filmed" days. that must have been the most epic slappy session ever.
Peter hewitt grinded to the axle in one day at washington street. funny how this video hasn't been up yet.
http://www.strangenotes.com/video/96653922001/ (http://www.strangenotes.com/video/96653922001/)
If I was still skating WSVT on a daily basis I would have probably blown out my trucks waaaay quicker. The coping there ain't no joke.
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I was trying to do it on my ventures, then the fucking kingpin broke and i cant get it out the baseplate. So gay, got some brand new thunder 149ers now though so its all good!
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Still riding them.
(http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/6420/20110320122108.jpg)
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Blunt wrap BGPS!
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I'm giving it a go currently, but the majority of my grinding is on skatepark ledges with round metal coping and on ramps with the same :/ not much chances for street ledges around here
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pool coping.
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My back truck is at the axle and my front truck is getting there. I hope they snap soon.
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why? breaking in new trucks is the worst part of skateboarding.
i'd rather take a hipper or roll my ankle than break in new trucks.
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Cause you know you have skated them to death
When i get new trucks i just put in my bones bushings and there ready to go
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I'm going on my second year with my indy's and I think my back truck is getting real close to the axle from feebles. i kind of want to do it just because I never have. I almost can't even remember what new trucks are like anymore
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stiff, unresponsive, and they don't lock into grinds worth poo.
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why? breaking in new trucks is the worst part of skateboarding.
i'd rather take a hipper or roll my ankle than break in new trucks.
I'd rather skate new trucks than not skate because of a rolled ankle. And yes, Bones bushings take care of that shit.
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Bobby Puleo's truck:
(http://www.venturetrucks.net/interviews/puleo/images/link.jpg)
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I just reuse my worn in thunder bushings when breaking in new trucks.
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Big Brother Magazine once had an article on the number of grinds it takes to get down to the axle of various brands of trucks. If I remember correctly, the least was 200ish grinds on Grind Kings. I think they were doing 50/50's on a curb outside their office. It was reminded me of the Tootsie Roll Pop commercial about "how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop."
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Big Brother Magazine once had an article on the number of grinds it takes to get down to the axle of various brands of trucks. If I remember correctly, the least was 200ish grinds on Grind Kings. I think they were doing 50/50's on a curb outside their office. It was reminded me of the Tootsie Roll Pop commercial about "how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop."
only 200?
i feel like i do thousands on each set and they don't usually get close to the axel before breaking.
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What usually fucks my trucks up is the hardware holes getting worn out super wide somehow. I swear I don't mall grab either.
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What usually fucks my trucks up is the hardware holes getting worn out super wide somehow. I swear I don't mall grab either.
get some new hardware? ???
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What usually fucks my trucks up is the hardware holes getting worn out super wide somehow. I swear I don't mall grab either.
I've had the same problem, just check to make sure your hardware is still tight at least once a day. if it gets loose and you dont notice then any sideways torsion is going to fuck the fuck out of your mounting holes. then shit gets all crooked and wobbly
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I am loving the shit out of my Indys right now. They're at that perfect stage. Well worn and broken in.
Can't find the camera to show off, but it's nice.
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One of the best things I've ever read was the last page of independent trucks book Built to grind its awesome and always makes me wanna keep my trucks forever....I'm puttin in alot of slappy abuse to my indy's
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back when we had the parking block slappy jam at the bridge, i took a set of indys down to the axle in about two months. i really liked that thing.
but most of my life, it's taken about a year or so to get there. except for stage 10's, which must be a softer alloy, since now i can't seem to get more than 5 or 6 months out of a set of trucks.
i remember reading about tom knox grinding a set of indys to the axle in ONE DAY.? i really wish that would've happened now, during the "everything a pro does is filmed" days. that must have been the most epic slappy session ever.
In an interview in Juice magazine #60, Tom said that he thinks he once grinded his back truck to the axle in a day.
http://www.juicemagazine.com/TOMKNOX.html. (http://www.juicemagazine.com/TOMKNOX.html.) There is a guy on Concrete Disciples (Miqskate) that claims to have witnessed it.
http://www.concretedisciples.com/forum/index.php?action=vthread&forum=17&topic=659 (http://www.concretedisciples.com/forum/index.php?action=vthread&forum=17&topic=659)
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One of the best things I've ever read was the last page of independent trucks book Built to grind its awesome and always makes me wanna keep my trucks forever....I'm puttin in alot of slappy abuse to my indy's
Speaking of the Indy book, check out pages 162-3. Danny Sargent was pretty rough on trucks. The fact that Indy's were beefier then makes it even gnarlier.
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Big Brother Magazine once had an article on the number of grinds it takes to get down to the axle of various brands of trucks. If I remember correctly, the least was 200ish grinds on Grind Kings. I think they were doing 50/50's on a curb outside their office. It was reminded me of the Tootsie Roll Pop commercial about "how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop."
I'd love to see this article, or anything similar. Sounds really interesting.
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Big Brother Magazine once had an article on the number of grinds it takes to get down to the axle of various brands of trucks.? If I remember correctly, the least was 200ish grinds on Grind Kings.? I think they were doing 50/50's on a curb outside their office.? It was reminded me of the Tootsie Roll Pop commercial about "how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop."
I'd love to see this article, or anything similar. Sounds really interesting.
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Big Brother Magazine once had an article on the number of grinds it takes to get down to the axle of various brands of trucks.? If I remember correctly, the least was 200ish grinds on Grind Kings.? I think they were doing 50/50's on a curb outside their office.? It was reminded me of the Tootsie Roll Pop commercial about "how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop."
I'd love to see this article, or anything similar. Sounds really interesting.
I might have that issue at my parent's house. It's funny, but it's not as interesting as you'd think.
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Never clicked on this thread, glad i did.
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front truck. krooked grinds and kind of through on the bs nosegrind spot
(http://s2.postimage.org/6o05l4lj7/fronttruck.jpg)
backtruck. the hangar cracked on me today. does anyone know if i can ride em' a while longer or will they snap soon? i hate new trucks
(http://s2.postimage.org/6nyva2vpf/backtruck.jpg)
sorry for the shitty phone-pics
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oh don't worry about it, its like they're not even there!
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Big Brother Magazine once had an article on the number of grinds it takes to get down to the axle of various brands of trucks.?? If I remember correctly, the least was 200ish grinds on Grind Kings.?? I think they were doing 50/50's on a curb outside their office.?? It was reminded me of the Tootsie Roll Pop commercial about "how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop."
I'd love to see this article, or anything similar. Sounds really interesting.
some magazine just did this again with indys. i think it was like march in the skateboard mag. just like a one page thing, but still cool
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Big Brother Magazine once had an article on the number of grinds it takes to get down to the axle of various brands of trucks. If I remember correctly, the least was 200ish grinds on Grind Kings. I think they were doing 50/50's on a curb outside their office. It was reminded me of the Tootsie Roll Pop commercial about "how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop."
only 200?
i feel like i do thousands on each set and they don't usually get close to the axel before breaking.
if I remember correctly, Grind King is made with a softer aluminum than most trucks, so they wore down significantly faster.
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My buddy grinded his indys down to were the bolt couldnt come off and they were at the perfect loosness (I know its not a word) it was so awesome he could do such sharp turns im pretty sure he still has those trucks to.
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Back truck.
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I want to note how gipper changed when meeting me in real life was a real possibility. It went from you're a bitch and an idiot, to teach me nollie heels.
Do you ever learn to shut your fucking mouth you cunt?
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(http://www.strangenotes.com/images/uploaded/3471.jpg)
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^kinda gay
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Back truck.
Holy shit man.
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never made it to the axel something always goes wrong with the trucks before i get there. its gonna happen this time!
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Big Brother Magazine once had an article on the number of grinds it takes to get down to the axle of various brands of trucks. If I remember correctly, the least was 200ish grinds on Grind Kings. I think they were doing 50/50's on a curb outside their office. It was reminded me of the Tootsie Roll Pop commercial about "how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop."
only 200?
i feel like i do thousands on each set and they don't usually get close to the axel before breaking.
When I skated thunders like 2005 or 2006 I felt like the trucks were soft too.
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I was just going thrugh my box full of old crap, and I found this, I even forgot I had it. My first real pair of trucks, I bought it of one dude that did mad crooked grinds all the time, so its not my work, but still, nice one.
(http://i54.tinypic.com/9i8v3n.jpg)
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What's the shortest time someone on here ever grinded down to the axle? I never did it myself. I'm going to do my best now.
During the winter, skating the mini ramp at my work every night after closing, I got down to the axle of my back truck in 2.5 months strictly from bs 5-0 fakies, fs 5-0s, and our no waxing the coping rule.
Kcdc employee? The no waxing is one of six rules, but the only one not pertaining to birthday parties...
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the backtruck snapped on me a few days ago. started skating a complete new setup and i gotta say, breaking in new trucks was way worse then i remembered.
(http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa476/Plug_One/fucktruck.jpg?t=1305129398)
rip
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(http://www.strangenotes.com/images/uploaded/3471.jpg)
Judging by how the truck looks the guy didn't do a single stand up grind. Even the photo suggests all he did was slash grinds.
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the backtruck snapped on me a few days ago. started skating a complete new setup and i gotta say, breaking in new trucks was way worse then i remembered.
(http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa476/Plug_One/fucktruck.jpg?t=1305129398)
rip
musta been a right shock when that happned
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fuck yeah, workin on it right now.
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grind kings do not qualify. they are made of shitty aluminum and the axel is really close to the top of the hanger to start with. thunder, indy, venture, and whatever truck that are built like those. thats going all out.
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(http://i.imgur.com/HvTDyl.jpg)
had em for ~2 years, fuckin love em. got new thunders and set em up and they just felt terrible, so i put these back on. gonna ride em til i physically can't anymore.
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I didn't want to start a new topic. But has anybody grinded their baseplate down to the pivot cup from too many nose/tail slides?
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the backtruck snapped on me a few days ago. started skating a complete new setup and i gotta say, breaking in new trucks was way worse then i remembered.
(http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa476/Plug_One/fucktruck.jpg?t=1305129398)
rip
musta been a right shock when that happned
mine were almost there. i was showing about 3 inches of axle, a,d some fucking kook broke into my van and stole my setup. now i have to break in new trucks without the satisfaction of breaking the old ones. first time in over a decade i haven't completely obliterated my trucks.... worst part, i can't transfer the bushings, since some goon now has my setup. it's gonna be a long couple weeks, checking every kid i see's hangars for "be like water."
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I didn't want to start a new topic. But has anybody grinded their baseplate down to the pivot cup from too many nose/tail slides?
sorry dont know how to screen cap but check 1:14 http://youtu.be/A147BrvL6WU (http://youtu.be/A147BrvL6WU)
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I didn't want to start a new topic. But has anybody grinded their baseplate down to the pivot cup from too many nose/tail slides?
(http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/1378/screenshot20110627at230.png)
I'd say they're pretty ruined.
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My buddy Jeff invariably snaps the heelside wheel of his back truck off every set he rides from sitting on his frontside 5-0s perfectly and doing them all the time, wearing a groove into the truck.
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i slid down to the pivot cup recently from tailslides. i don't have a camera though
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It's way gnarlier to do it with 5-0's as opposed to crooked grinds. Also:
Skate Shop (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6VPwJKvJg0#)
Striations
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Been grinding on the axle for about six months and these thunders are still going strong.
(http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/8477/axleq.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/10/axleq.jpg/)
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(http://www.strangenotes.com/images/uploaded/3471.jpg)
that was the first thing that came to mind when I read the thread title, that's a shitload of grinds
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Big Brother Magazine once had an article on the number of grinds it takes to get down to the axle of various brands of trucks.? If I remember correctly, the least was 200ish grinds on Grind Kings.? I think they were doing 50/50's on a curb outside their office.? It was reminded me of the Tootsie Roll Pop commercial about "how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop."
I'd love to see this article, or anything similar. Sounds really interesting.
The issue is Big Brother February 2000, pages 62-81. I believe that would be issue #57.
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(http://www.strangenotes.com/images/uploaded/3471.jpg)
This is page 134 of The Skateboard Mag # 87 (June 2011)
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You have encyclopedic Mag knowledge.
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You have encyclopedic Mag knowledge.
Especially with the page number right in the picture.
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Bumping this.
I'm getting there;
(http://i48.tinypic.com/2mx1wqu.jpg)
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(http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/199319_415454605185411_235826656_n.jpg)
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COOL
WHAT WHEEL IS THIS DUDE ^^
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Jimi Hendrix - Are you Experienced (album) HQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPL_HTQ37F0#)
NOBLE EXPERIMENT :o
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I hate new trucks.
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Skating these at the moment.
(http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/h351/generikthinktree/IMG_0012-1.jpg)
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pool coping is pretty rough on that back truck. http://instagram.com/p/RMwQqfqzrP/ (http://instagram.com/p/RMwQqfqzrP/)
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what a beautiful thread! I ran across the site doing a google search for "grind trucks through axle"......because it gets me off seeing damage and I do damage. I pretty much grind every truck to the axle and have been skating since 1987 ...to be fair about half of the time I have skated I have gone to the axles and pretty much kill every truck. I too, love seeing the grinds and gashes because as one of you said "each one has a memory". Skateboarding isn't a bunch of tricks to me....it's me putting myself into the board and whatever I am skating....what comes out of it is also ME....in damage left by me. Make sense? I did this up with one of my trucks for fun.
grindking from late 90's
(http://images15.fotki.com/v1626/photos/0/1515100/7561481/23_523229487689034_703160076_n-vi.jpg)
this is my current Venture...few days ago, they are much "better" than this now ;D photo might be hard to tell, but axle
almost all the way across
(http://images49.fotki.com/v572/photos/0/1515100/7561481/3_524040280941288_1458803486_o-vi.jpg)
last ones were Thunder and I don't have the last damage photo...but this is close before the axle was showing
(http://images12.fotki.com/v540/photos/0/1515100/7561481/214_0140-vi.jpg)
same grindkings, both to axles , cracked too, busted kingpin baseplate sex
(http://images18.fotki.com/v458/photos/0/1515100/7561481/Untitled1copy-vi.jpg)
better pic of my current....see behind kingpin where axle shows from factory....you can see how they are down to it.
(new setup waiting for my old to die)
have skated current about two months maybe...
(http://images45.fotki.com/v148/photos/0/1515100/7561481/240_9659-vi.jpg)
I have more in the box of junk, but this should do for now.
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(https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/64832_10151498083460477_2051937269_n.jpg)
I'm just about there too. A year and a half in.
I'm thinking about getting some Indy stage 11s next. How does the lifetime warranty work on them? Do you email them a picture once you grind through a pair?
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I'm thinking about getting some Indy stage 11s next. How does the lifetime warranty work on them? Do you email them a picture once you grind through a pair?
Guaranteed for life against manufacturing defects. Grinding down to the axle falls under normal wear and tear.
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almost done with these
(https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/600587_571893332822649_163083426_n.jpg)
(https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/563100_571893732822609_535850021_n.jpg)
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This thread has me determined to hit axle on my current indys. I haven't got down to the axle in like 7 years, something else always breaks before then, and it's been even longer since I got to the pivot cup. Then again being half the size I am now and being a broke little kid probably helped me out.
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The last Indy's I broke through. Now I'm riding a set of shitty Gullwings I got for free and really missing these trucks. Had such a nice groove worked in.
(http://i.imgur.com/axIWbf0.jpg?1)
(http://i.imgur.com/OXinOuQ.jpg?1)
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I tried it on my thunders but they just ended up bending and the kingpin nut was impossible to bet off because there was very little hanging on
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I'm thinking about getting some Indy stage 11s next. How does the lifetime warranty work on them? Do you email them a picture once you grind through a pair?
Guaranteed for life against manufacturing defects. Grinding down to the axle falls under normal wear and tear.
I know Thunders are guaranteed against defect, but I thought Indies were straight guaranteed for life.
Some dudes earlier in the thread mentioned grinding through indies and getting new pairs.
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getting the grooves into your trucks and putting in that work on real concrete is an irreplaceable feeling of accomplishment.
done it a few times, here's currently what I'm working with. Had these Indys since the first of Nov.
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(http://i1304.photobucket.com/albums/s531/Adamas10/b3c19f20-dd45-4225-88bc-901cc220c431_zps7a7a4e93.jpg)
Bought these Indys in the winter of 2011. Spent 2012 grinding them out and hit the axle. Frontside slappy bite marks. The last pair of Indys I had were years ago - the baseplate broke after a couple of weeks of flatground tricks, it was disheartening so I switched to Destroyers. I guess they were a defect pair of Indys though, these have stayed on point. Shout out to Studio
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I have phantoms and theyre really good
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Bumping this good thread to combat all the shitty t racer threads on SLAP.
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This should be Indys motto
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This thread gives me a boner.
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found this the other day in the garage. other is my front truck from a lot of crooked grinds!
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This thread gives me a boner.
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related
(http://i39.tinypic.com/2uj3tlc.jpg)
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(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b30/neko_4343/axlegrinder.jpg)
Just did the same. Pretty psyched about it.
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My buddy just recently hit axle on a pair of 149s on the 5-0 spot. No pics though mang. take me at my word
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(http://distilleryimage4.s3.amazonaws.com/7d1673f60a4f11e3895222000aaa0568_7.jpg)
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This thread is gnar.
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This thread always reminds me of this indy ad. Hewitt is the man.
Peter Hewitt Independent Trucks Built to Grind (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRAq1Q_Lq0E#)
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(http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i315/thxmg23/b12f78d2.jpg)
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Back truck. 1 1/2 inches of axle
(http://i1285.photobucket.com/albums/a587/handsclapanin/backtruck2_zps86d6843a.jpg)
(http://i1285.photobucket.com/albums/a587/handsclapanin/backtruck1_zps9ffc2115.jpg)
Front truck. 1/2 inch of axle
(http://i1285.photobucket.com/albums/a587/handsclapanin/fronttruck1_zps3120b3a0.jpg)
(http://i1285.photobucket.com/albums/a587/handsclapanin/fronttruck2_zps97461f6d.jpg)
I had these almost 2 years. And recently replaced them with a new set of 139s.
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Anyone know a good truck that'll grind down fast? Ive always wanted to get grooves or grind to the axle, but my trucks always break before that. I hear thunders grind down kinda fast, I'm just afraid ill bend the axle like every other truck. I need new trucks so I want one that'll turn well and grind down fast. Any suggestions?
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Anyone know a good truck that'll grind down fast? Ive always wanted to get grooves or grind to the axle, but my trucks always break before that. I hear thunders grind down kinda fast, I'm just afraid ill bend the axle like every other truck. I need new trucks so I want one that'll turn well and grind down fast. Any suggestions?
A good truck won't grind down fast. Quit looking for the easy way to look like a man.
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Anyone know a good truck that'll grind down fast? Ive always wanted to get grooves or grind to the axle, but my trucks always break before that. I hear thunders grind down kinda fast, I'm just afraid ill bend the axle like every other truck. I need new trucks so I want one that'll turn well and grind down fast. Any suggestions?
That's the most bitch made shit I've ever read. Get some Indy's and put in work.
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Anyone know a good truck that'll grind down fast? Ive always wanted to get grooves or grind to the axle, but my trucks always break before that. I hear thunders grind down kinda fast, I'm just afraid ill bend the axle like every other truck. I need new trucks so I want one that'll turn well and grind down fast. Any suggestions?
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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Anyone know a good truck that'll grind down fast? Ive always wanted to get grooves or grind to the axle, but my trucks always break before that. I hear thunders grind down kinda fast, I'm just afraid ill bend the axle like every other truck. I need new trucks so I want one that'll turn well and grind down fast. Any suggestions?
Get some wal mart shitz. They're basically made of charcoal.
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This is my favorite thread.
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This is my favorite thread.
Ever since I first saw this thread it has motivated me to try and get my trucks to the axle. Bs slappys have almost got me there.
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Wtf, fools measuring the length of their exposed axle..... that's some prison bitch shit.
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This is my favorite thread.
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That's the most bitch made shit I've ever read. Get some Ventures and put in work.
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That's the most bitch made shit I've ever read. Get some Theeve's and put in work.
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Awesome thread!!! I love these pics.
Vrije my old set of ventures.
Just bought some Indy 129's . Been riding them for a week but the bushings are already blown out... I hate new trucks.
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Awesome thread!!! I love these pics.
Vrije my old set of ventures.
Just bought some Indy 129's . Been riding them for a week but the bushings are already blown out... I hate new trucks.
Whoa whoa whoa... Slow down there Per Welinder
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Anyone know a good truck that'll grind down fast? Ive always wanted to get grooves or grind to the axle, but my trucks always break before that. I hear thunders grind down kinda fast, I'm just afraid ill bend the axle like every other truck. I need new trucks so I want one that'll turn well and grind down fast. Any suggestions?
Gullwings come pre grooved.....
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Awesome thread!!! I love these pics.
Vrije my old set of ventures.
Just bought some Indy 129's . Been riding them for a week but the bushings are already blown out... I hate new trucks.
Whoa whoa whoa... Slow down there Per Welinder
Well your first mistake was that you bought 129's
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And why exactly is that a mistake?
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small trucks is for little bitches
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And why exactly is that a mistake?
Little trucks = little wiener.
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who the fuck skates 129's?!?
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who the fuck skates 129's?!?
little people, dont pretend you never had 129s
forreal though grinding down to the axle is impossible these days, axles are slippin and baseplates snap
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Sean Sheffey rides 129...so shut the fuck up
(http://uproxx.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/m3.gif?w=650&h=365)
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Sean Sheffey rides 129...so shut the fuck up
(http://uproxx.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/m3.gif?w=650&h=365)
So doesn't Dustin Dollin.
Edit: it was meant to say so "Does" Dustin Dollin.
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That gif is cute
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yeah. every pair, unless i give them to a grom in need. i've not got my aces down to the axle yet, but i'm getting there. the summers shaping up nicely and i predict copious amounts of slappies and a new diy spot will get them there by the end of august. ahhhh slappies.
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Aces ride really nice but seam to wear down faster then other trucks. The slimmed down form lightens the truck but I crook grinded through my last pair. It is honestly my sloppy addiction that ruins trucks so fast.
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Three years in the making.
(http://38.media.tumblr.com/d77d6efcee21179811f6c7fc908db935/tumblr_n9z0v13jqL1riuu4oo1_1280.jpg)
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Three years in the making.
(http://38.media.tumblr.com/d77d6efcee21179811f6c7fc908db935/tumblr_n9z0v13jqL1riuu4oo1_1280.jpg)
good to see I'm not the only one striving to be able to post in this thread.
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Was getting pretty close on my back truck, but the bottom part of the hanger cracked before the axle could be reached. I got an extra 149 hanger from a friend who barely skates and used it as a replacement. Now my front truck is all grinded up and my back truck looks brand new; shit looks weird.
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i do a lot of feebles, smiths and 5-0s so my back truck is kinda like down to the axle after 2 years
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(https://31.media.tumblr.com/8afd339d1e01cedb59495ffdbdfbf697/tumblr_navaymZWw31r0fc7wo1_500.jpg)
My trophies.
(http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/hphotos-xpa1/t51.2885-15/1171988_489511487838082_937930043_n.jpg)
Find girtty coping and make it bark.
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Awesome.
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Okay so I know these aren't all the way to axle per se but here are Dan Plunkett's (first photo) and Frank Gerwer's trucks (second photo)
(http://i62.tinypic.com/10qxcif.jpg)
(http://i57.tinypic.com/9kwmxg.jpg)
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gerwer = gnar
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damn, that top bushing is a few steps away from being dust.
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these aren't mine, but i saw these the other day
(http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/hphotos-xfa1/t51.2885-15/10654883_781175268592019_1511765214_n.jpg)
(http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/hphotos-xaf1/t51.2885-15/10598751_749848245088994_2079632359_n.jpg)
Gnarly as fuck
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i need more pics of pro's trucks like gerwer and plunket. supply now
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(http://elchinblr420.tumblr.com/image/97276158233) they gave up on me before i could get to the axle.
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The only thing you nerds grind down is yer keyboard keys.
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kind of hard to see, but it's definitely there. I'm a fan of feeble grinds.
(http://i62.tinypic.com/2iasn68.jpg)
(http://i60.tinypic.com/zl8z7d.jpg)
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(http://s8.postimg.org/7awg977w5/IMG_0686.jpg)
Thunder 147
3 1/4" of axle on each.
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One of the pics above reminded me of a photo Akira Imamura posted. If you ever skated with him you know it doesn't take long for him to get to this point.
http://instagram.com/p/tofpeVxash/?modal=true (http://instagram.com/p/tofpeVxash/?modal=true)
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(http://s10.postimg.org/56togqz09/2014_08_22_17_27_09.jpg)
saw this on a friends cruiser
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(http://s10.postimg.org/56togqz09/2014_08_22_17_27_09.jpg)
saw this on a friends cruiser
Holy shit if that is their cruzer then what does their regular setup look like?! :o
or do they put their regular setup trucks on the cruzer once they have been defiled?
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(https://imageshack.com/i/paR4RpgMj)
I'm only 2 months in on these. I've never tried to grind to the axle but I'm gonna give it a shot
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(http://i.imgur.com/liMstqP.png?1)
just retired these trucks, the kingpin nut was grinded down to about the thickness of a nickle.
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Apart from Mini ramp groove - in which case, you are allowed a pass, Grinding down to the axle means either you are a kid, un sponsored or can't afford new trucks.
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Apart from Mini ramp groove - in which case, you are allowed a pass, Grinding down to the axle means either you are a kid, un sponsored or can't afford new trucks. you're a man.
fixed that one for ya.
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Apart from Mini ramp groove - in which case, you are allowed a pass, Grinding down to the axle means either you are a kid, un sponsored or can't afford new trucks.
Haha., fuck off. New trucks are a pain in the ass.
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bones bushing and balance my friend
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Bones bushings are highway robbery. They must be a 100 percent mark up from their production expense.
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Hey GIP, did you ever meet up with COTG at stoner?
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Okay so I know these aren't all the way to axle per se but here are Dan Plunkett's (first photo) and Frank Gerwer's trucks (second photo)
(http://i62.tinypic.com/10qxcif.jpg)
(http://i57.tinypic.com/9kwmxg.jpg)
Gerwer's are amazing. dedication
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Bones bushings are highway robbery. They must be a 100 percent mark up from their production expense.
They are cheap and make your trucks not suck, unless your broke, then you can't afford them or new trucks anyway, hense the grinding down to the axl.
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Bones bushings are highway robbery. They must be a 100 percent mark up from their production expense.
They are cheap and make your trucks not suck, unless your broke, then you can't afford them or new trucks anyway, hense the grinding down to the axl.
Bones bushings are crap. They have very good urethane so they feel great for about a month but that plastic insert is a gimmick and completely unnecessary
Once broken in Thunder and Indy aftermarket win every time
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(http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b615/sweatstainsslap/bb5dbe5f-0203-47e1-b2c4-dccbdced174a_zpsaezkfzte.jpg)(http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b615/sweatstainsslap/4a034b40-e8b1-4eda-b557-32c9f223df1a_zpsmuv88tsv.jpg)
Back truck and front truck, just retired. Would've kept these on but the axles are all stripped, and they started sounding like they were gonna fall off when I rolled down the street.
(http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b615/sweatstainsslap/f6948b66-b6fd-45a7-9abc-6970ea7bf7d0_zps2iybeg5n.jpg)
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(http://s4.postimg.org/dtbm3tg4d/truck.jpg)
From Vans Pool party
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I can never get to the axle before my baseplate blows out :'( Honestly I'm sick of the stage 11s I hate them but I'm too scared to try Thunders or Aces because I've skated nothing but Indy my whole life.
(http://i.imgur.com/6g48lcYl.jpg)
This is as close as I can ever get
(http://i.imgur.com/1UiYz3Vl.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/liODJKFl.jpg)
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I can never get to the axle before my baseplate blows out :'( Honestly I'm sick of the stage 11s I hate them but I'm too scared to try Thunders or Aces because I've skated nothing but Indy my whole life.
(http://i.imgur.com/6g48lcYl.jpg)
This is as close as I can ever get
(http://i.imgur.com/1UiYz3Vl.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/liODJKFl.jpg)
i always set up my new trucks separately, try just changing the baseplate and keep the axle untill its done, then change the axle if possible
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Yeah I've thought about doing that but at this point it's too late my new pair of trucks is already like two months old. The second I get back home I'm probably going to pick up a pair of Thunder 151s they just look so good, and I'm having different problems with this new set of stage 11s as well.
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i thought this thread was about anal sex
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Bump.
Looks like the beginning of the end for my theeve TiH (titanium axleless hangers). There's no traditional axle so it grinded a hole through and is starting to hollow away. These are 3 years old now, I wonder how long til the truck compound fractures and the wheel falls off..
(http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i315/thxmg23/3B50A779-CDA1-4C37-9B0A-908B425BE87A_zpsyfbpn0y6.jpg)
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Good reason not to buy Theeve trucks, amongst the million other reasons.
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Don't be scared of Ace kids, if you like to turn and shit like that
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Good reason not to buy Theeve trucks, amongst the million other reasons.
Nothing grinds curbs better than the TiH. And no other truck can take the same abuse. Grinding to the axle on other trucks is like a knife cutting warm butter compared to these.
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Don't be scared of Ace kids, if you like to turn and shit like that
Ace definitely has the sharpest turning radius/response. Theeve turning is in the middle... a bit slower than Ace and a bit quicker than Indy.
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I get that the underside of those trucks are thinner than other trucks, but that looks like a cavity in the hanger. What's the deal?
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I get that the underside of those trucks are thinner than other trucks, but that looks like a cavity in the hanger. What's the deal?
Yep, insanely thin. Would be nice if they gave you an extra few mm of thickness but I guess the trucks would be even more expensive. Here's what the underside looks like. You can see the holes as it hollows out
(http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i315/thxmg23/8D154D28-F964-4502-AC11-85113AB56C6A_zpsib9twlui.jpg)
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Good reason not to buy Theeve trucks, amongst the million other reasons.
Hmm, good to know!
Just finished with these Indys after two years or so. The back truck is worn down to the axle. I was hoping to hit the axle with the front one as well, but after the bushing got shredded I figured it was time for a change (and bought new Indys):
(http://i1304.photobucket.com/albums/s531/Adamas10/22128121-3c75-43f5-8f58-d56f71c98738_zpshowiahep.jpg) (http://s1304.photobucket.com/user/Adamas10/media/22128121-3c75-43f5-8f58-d56f71c98738_zpshowiahep.jpg.html)
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I am working into uploading a photo here. My back truck is actually going for it as I do 5-0s and smiths regualrly. Recently I realised I am broke and I should swap the back truck with the front. So it has to wait for a few months.
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Don't be scared of Ace kids, if you like to turn and shit like that
if only they didn't completely obliterate pivot cups though...
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Just finished with these Indys after two years or so. The back truck is worn down to the axle. I was hoping to hit the axle with the front one as well, but after the bushing got shredded I figured it was time for a change (and bought new Indys):
(http://i1304.photobucket.com/albums/s531/Adamas10/22128121-3c75-43f5-8f58-d56f71c98738_zpshowiahep.jpg) (http://s1304.photobucket.com/user/Adamas10/media/22128121-3c75-43f5-8f58-d56f71c98738_zpshowiahep.jpg.html)
This photograph makes me want to skate more than anything in the latest Thrasher. Beaut, mate.
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Just finished with these Indys after two years or so. The back truck is worn down to the axle. I was hoping to hit the axle with the front one as well, but after the bushing got shredded I figured it was time for a change (and bought new Indys):
(http://i1304.photobucket.com/albums/s531/Adamas10/22128121-3c75-43f5-8f58-d56f71c98738_zpshowiahep.jpg) (http://s1304.photobucket.com/user/Adamas10/media/22128121-3c75-43f5-8f58-d56f71c98738_zpshowiahep.jpg.html)
This photograph makes me want to skate more than anything in the latest Thrasher. Beaut, mate.
Fuck yeah! Thanks, that means a lot to me, seriously.
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I get that the underside of those trucks are thinner than other trucks, but that looks like a cavity in the hanger. What's the deal?
Yep, insanely thin. Would be nice if they gave you an extra few mm of thickness but I guess the trucks would be even more expensive. Here's what the underside looks like. You can see the holes as it hollows out
(http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i315/thxmg23/8D154D28-F964-4502-AC11-85113AB56C6A_zpsib9twlui.jpg)
Theeve TiH trucks are one in a million trucks, three years for a truck is pretty hard to come buy these days and you're right, they grind concrete like no other truck will, especially after they're worn in a bit, keep an eye out for the next gen TiH coming up in the near future, I think they will have a bit more underneath.
But if it helps you to know, you still have a fair bit to go yet, duncombe apparently had a set that had a gap formed three times the size of that before they let go. Also, the TiH has the best turning out of all the theeve's, they're pretty much a full titianium ace hanger.
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Replaced my wonky bushing yesterday and thought of this thread. Managed to get the new set on there despite a fucked up kingpin, no washer tho.
(http://i.imgur.com/UMmwhlT.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/3dgipd7.jpg)
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Gonna rock this til the wheels fall off.
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Done it on grind kings when I was a pup. Haven't acheived this legendary status since.
So did I! Grind kings must have been hella soft, I've been on indys since and they don't grind down near as fast
Edit: sorry just came of night shift and didn't notice I was replying to a post 6
Years old!
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Bump. Not exactly grinding to the axle, but these trucks are done either way.
(https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/p640x640/1168551_1000604313357986_1517014315_n.jpg?ig_cache_key=MTE4OTIzMDk0ODU5Mjg2NDM3NQ%3D%3D.2)
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damn son! i think thats the type of thing that qualifies for a free replacement pair of trucks
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(http://i63.tinypic.com/mcut60.jpg)
(http://i65.tinypic.com/2nklwtj.jpg)
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^WHAT'RE THOOOOOOSE
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Dug through some of my old bushings and washers and pulled out a few of the worst ones, thought you guys might get a kick out of them.
(https://40.media.tumblr.com/c84a1ce4aec63e9766155580b0e11a6e/tumblr_o5p173oHUn1unnraco3_400.jpg)(https://36.media.tumblr.com/57e8699aa3d7704968665d3fba8ea80b/tumblr_o5p173oHUn1unnraco1_400.jpg)(https://41.media.tumblr.com/f196fe39900ed481dc30cd717609c8ab/tumblr_o5p173oHUn1unnraco2_400.jpg)(https://41.media.tumblr.com/22cd34a592baac55305ab0a4394d9c29/tumblr_o5p173oHUn1unnraco4_400.jpg)(https://40.media.tumblr.com/914765288f8e44aee86451f25a4e6bbb/tumblr_o5p173oHUn1unnraco5_400.jpg)(https://41.media.tumblr.com/c5c66126408daa9438ed2acc8140bb34/tumblr_o5p173oHUn1unnraco6_400.jpg)
Could take off and put back on the last two bushings with out removing the nut and washer, and the last washer actually popped off over the nut while skating.
I'm not actually good at skating, I just enjoy skating trucks till the end.
Yes!
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fuck yeah
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One of my trucks from an old set of Indys, chewed away from mostly curbs and chunky ledges
(http://s24.postimg.org/kp4cqxrh1/image.jpg)
(http://s24.postimg.org/9qt38r2vp/image.jpg)
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This was the first slap thread i ever saw and now i have something to contribute. Never thought i'd snap a kingpin either but here we are
(https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/s640x640/sh0.08/e35/13126781_1169001099818788_1441899852_n.jpg?ig_cache_key=MTI0NTM4MjAwMDY4ODE4MDkzOA%3D%3D.2)
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Dug through some of my old bushings and washers and pulled out a few of the worst ones, thought you guys might get a kick out of them.
(https://40.media.tumblr.com/c84a1ce4aec63e9766155580b0e11a6e/tumblr_o5p173oHUn1unnraco3_400.jpg)(https://36.media.tumblr.com/57e8699aa3d7704968665d3fba8ea80b/tumblr_o5p173oHUn1unnraco1_400.jpg)(https://41.media.tumblr.com/f196fe39900ed481dc30cd717609c8ab/tumblr_o5p173oHUn1unnraco2_400.jpg)(https://41.media.tumblr.com/22cd34a592baac55305ab0a4394d9c29/tumblr_o5p173oHUn1unnraco4_400.jpg)(https://40.media.tumblr.com/914765288f8e44aee86451f25a4e6bbb/tumblr_o5p173oHUn1unnraco5_400.jpg)(https://41.media.tumblr.com/c5c66126408daa9438ed2acc8140bb34/tumblr_o5p173oHUn1unnraco6_400.jpg)
Could take off and put back on the last two bushings with out removing the nut and washer, and the last washer actually popped off over the nut while skating.
I'm not actually good at skating, I just enjoy skating trucks till the end.
That'd make an awesome tshirt
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(https://i.imgur.com/7yn680B.jpg)
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This was the first slap thread i ever saw and now i have something to contribute. Never thought i'd snap a kingpin either but here we are
(https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/s640x640/sh0.08/e35/13126781_1169001099818788_1441899852_n.jpg?ig_cache_key=MTI0NTM4MjAwMDY4ODE4MDkzOA%3D%3D.2)
the kingpin broke because your top bushing has been squeezed flat and the washer presses against the hanger thus creating a lever and braking the kingpin. the proof for this are the marks that the washer has left on the trucks. these marks occur on pretty much all set ups but when the "leverage" occurs strongly then the kingpin breaks. if you replace the kingpin you'll have it broken again within a few days. just make sure you get a fresh top bushing
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Dug through some of my old bushings and washers and pulled out a few of the worst ones, thought you guys might get a kick out of them.
(https://40.media.tumblr.com/c84a1ce4aec63e9766155580b0e11a6e/tumblr_o5p173oHUn1unnraco3_400.jpg)(https://36.media.tumblr.com/57e8699aa3d7704968665d3fba8ea80b/tumblr_o5p173oHUn1unnraco1_400.jpg)(https://41.media.tumblr.com/f196fe39900ed481dc30cd717609c8ab/tumblr_o5p173oHUn1unnraco2_400.jpg)(https://41.media.tumblr.com/22cd34a592baac55305ab0a4394d9c29/tumblr_o5p173oHUn1unnraco4_400.jpg)(https://40.media.tumblr.com/914765288f8e44aee86451f25a4e6bbb/tumblr_o5p173oHUn1unnraco5_400.jpg)(https://41.media.tumblr.com/c5c66126408daa9438ed2acc8140bb34/tumblr_o5p173oHUn1unnraco6_400.jpg)
Could take off and put back on the last two bushings with out removing the nut and washer, and the last washer actually popped off over the nut while skating.
I'm not actually good at skating, I just enjoy skating trucks till the end.
Man this is why I kind of miss being broke and not having a good job.... The days of skating my shit till death arent really here anymore, as I give away all my semi grinded trucks.... fuck it if you do slappy grinds on crusty curbs you're gonna be running through hangers just a little bit slower than running through decks.
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(http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu212/bluntstofakie/FullSizeRender201_zpsjajlwowp.jpg) (http://s649.photobucket.com/user/bluntstofakie/media/FullSizeRender201_zpsjajlwowp.jpg.html)
Just hit axle recently, then this happened.
(http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu212/bluntstofakie/b63b5b9f-8f88-4ca7-a480-03ba67f40017_zps7wj2isf8.jpg) (http://s649.photobucket.com/user/bluntstofakie/media/b63b5b9f-8f88-4ca7-a480-03ba67f40017_zps7wj2isf8.jpg.html)
I haven't snapped a pivot like this since I did it on a set of ventures like 10 years ago. Anybody else have this happen to their stage 11s?
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(http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu212/bluntstofakie/FullSizeRender201_zpsjajlwowp.jpg) (http://s649.photobucket.com/user/bluntstofakie/media/FullSizeRender201_zpsjajlwowp.jpg.html)
Just hit axle recently, then this happened.
(http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu212/bluntstofakie/b63b5b9f-8f88-4ca7-a480-03ba67f40017_zps7wj2isf8.jpg) (http://s649.photobucket.com/user/bluntstofakie/media/b63b5b9f-8f88-4ca7-a480-03ba67f40017_zps7wj2isf8.jpg.html)
I haven't snapped a pivot like this since I did it on a set of ventures like 10 years ago. Anybody else have this happen to their stage 11s?
Not on a set of stage 11s but on a set of stage 10s, yes.
Mail those fuckers in to NHS and they'll replace em for you.
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The indy's took 4 months to hit and was stoked being my first pair to hit axel. Got the black Tensors as a gift and as Tensors are they refused to turn so my goal was to get them to axel as quick as i could (6 weeks) to justify buying the 159's im on now.
(sorry for huge photo.)
(http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y444/cameronhoegee/IMG_2776_zps6npwlqre.jpg) (http://s1275.photobucket.com/user/cameronhoegee/media/IMG_2776_zps6npwlqre.jpg.html)
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I'm honestly shocked that someone skated a set of tensors long enough to grind them to the axle.
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The indy's took 4 months to hit and was stoked being my first pair to hit axel. Got the black Tensors as a gift and as Tensors are they refused to turn so my goal was to get them to axel as quick as i could (6 weeks) to justify buying the 159's im on now.
That's gnarly. Were you skating a pool/ bowl with tensors?
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The indy's took 4 months to hit and was stoked being my first pair to hit axel. Got the black Tensors as a gift and as Tensors are they refused to turn so my goal was to get them to axel as quick as i could (6 weeks) to justify buying the 159's im on now.
Nah just a curb every night for hours till i could get the bitch down
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front truck, lots of crooks
(http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c364/gristryne/Mobile%20Uploads/image_9.jpeg)
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/\ beautiful!
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/janky858/28748599783/in/dateposted-public/ (https://www.flickr.com/photos/janky858/28748599783/in/dateposted-public/)
A few trucks over the years.
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/\ beautiful!
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/janky858/28748599783/in/dateposted-public/ (https://www.flickr.com/photos/janky858/28748599783/in/dateposted-public/)
A few trucks over the years.
Will you take my senior year photos?
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/janky858/28748599783/in/dateposted-public/ (https://www.flickr.com/photos/janky858/28748599783/in/dateposted-public/)
A few trucks over the years.
Will you take my senior year photos?
NAW FAMILY
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/janky858/28748599783/in/dateposted-public/ (https://www.flickr.com/photos/janky858/28748599783/in/dateposted-public/)
A few trucks over the years.
Will you take my senior year photos?
NAW FAMILY
Damn.
Welcome to slap, enjoy your gnar.
Put your photos on private before someone super perverted gets into them.
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This thread gets me hyped to grind crusty shit. I'm gonna go 5-0 my local unwaxed ledge at Mach 10 now until my truck fucking snaps in half.
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I'm getting there
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v355/hatexdrivesxusxall/P1000172_zpsckr2tg5d.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/hatexdrivesxusxall/media/P1000172_zpsckr2tg5d.jpg.html)
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Peek-a-boo
(http://i66.tinypic.com/1qg7dg.jpg)
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This just came across my FB feed:
(https://scontent-syd1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/14484909_10155270002028332_3291935759200201312_n.jpg?oh=b6587d18feb076c8f477d680a7d4b8e1&oe=5865ACDF)
???
https://www.facebook.com/BrokenSkateboardMagazine/photos/a.399182338331.212466.247659418331/10155270002028332/?type=3&theater (https://www.facebook.com/BrokenSkateboardMagazine/photos/a.399182338331.212466.247659418331/10155270002028332/?type=3&theater)
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ooooooooooh aaaaaaaaaaaaaah, that's amazing
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This just came across my FB feed:
(https://scontent-syd1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/14484909_10155270002028332_3291935759200201312_n.jpg?oh=b6587d18feb076c8f477d680a7d4b8e1&oe=5865ACDF)
???
https://www.facebook.com/BrokenSkateboardMagazine/photos/a.399182338331.212466.247659418331/10155270002028332/?type=3&theater (https://www.facebook.com/BrokenSkateboardMagazine/photos/a.399182338331.212466.247659418331/10155270002028332/?type=3&theater)
Saw that on instagram. Amazing.
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truck porn
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i need more pics of pro's trucks like gerwer and plunket. supply now
I gotchoo fam.
Danny Sargent's
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MmEOoVpCLfs/Vl3bW7JmkoI/AAAAAAAAAak/aCCNyZcxqaw/s1600/intdannysargentstruckschrome.jpg)
Peter Hewitt's
(http://lushproductions.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/hewitts-truck.jpg)
Curren Caples
(http://www.thrashermagazine.com/imagesV2/Junk_Drawer/2015/07/134Curren-IndyTrucks-WEB-LAYNE.jpg)
Joey Pepper's
(http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2010/1201/as_skate_pepper_300.jpg)
No idea whose these are but got damn!
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CL6lGBjUYAAHgcp.jpg)
Evan Smith's
(http://68.media.tumblr.com/819a0e22bcd54982e2aa46e3879f247b/tumblr_nlmjn8uEPP1sec0foo1_1280.jpg)
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No idea whose these are but got damn!
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CL6lGBjUYAAHgcp.jpg)
god damn these are beautiful
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Price did a short article on a PHX local grinding down to the axle in 3 and a half hours.
It is from an 2010 or 2011 issue of The Skatebord Mag
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Price did a short article on a PHX local grinding down to the axle in 3 and a half hours.
It is from an 2010 or 2011 issue of The Skatebord Mag
I used to be subbed to Skateboarder (never subbed to TSM) and I swear I saw the same thing in Skateboarder.
Some guy just rode a bowl/pool and kept doing frontside grinds and like 4 hours later he had ground down to the axle.
Is this the same thing you're talking about?
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Wasn't that Hewitt at Washington street? i do vaguely remember a dude doing it under the guise of a tootsie pop reference too
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Wasn't that Hewitt at Washington street? i do vaguely remember a dude doing it under the guise of a tootsie pop reference too
Peter Hewitt Independent Trucks Built to Grind (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRAq1Q_Lq0E#)
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It is from an 2010 or 2011 issue of The Skatebord Mag
Some guy just rode a bowl/pool and kept doing frontside grinds and like 4 hours later he had ground down to the axle.
Is this the same thing you're talking about?
Yea.
I don't which came first this or the Hewitt thing, but yea, just tons of front-side grinds.
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What's it like to skate the axle? Are grinds more smooth? Can you lock in like a mother fucker?
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What's it like to skate the axle? Are grinds more smooth? Can you lock in like a mother fucker?
it's a whole 'nother level
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Such a sick thread. Only did it once and that was some gullwing super pro III's back in the late 80's.
Would love to get down to the axle on some indy's but just don't skate enough at the ripe age of 42. I've broken a lot of trucks the past several years though and I suppose that doesn't help to get to the axle due to constant replacement.
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Frank Gerwer's trucks
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CZq4MeQUYAAbLp8.jpg)
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that hewitt clip is fucking amazing, i actually was thinking about that article a few days ago and if i remember it was on a mini ramp but that whole thing was done like how to get to the center of a tootsie pop
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Hey Slap! new here, loving this thread. Anyway, I was happy today that after one year and a month of work I eventually reached this point :
(http://img11.hostingpics.net/pics/590255Acetruckback.jpg) (http://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?id=590255Acetruckback.jpg)
Also really glad that it happened just at the end of the session, and on a slow flatground trick...
First time breaking a truck also, except for a few kingpins and maybe cracking a couple baseplates back in the day.
The front truck is still holding despite the aluminium being cracked all around the axle at the k-grind groove:
(http://img11.hostingpics.net/pics/576421Acetruckfront.jpg) (http://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?id=576421Acetruckfront.jpg)
Time to set up a new pair I guess!
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gnar-ed for a great first post
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My thread is the best antidote to the truck set up thread. Nice fucking work.
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slow flatground trick...
what trick?
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This thread is the best...it's after midnight now and I want to grind some shit instead of going to bed.
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Front Truck
(https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t35.0-12/17761283_10208848930521674_20695986_o.jpg?oh=6b47a10f71a136c3438a2bd36818f872&oe=58E707B2)
(https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t35.0-12/17797080_10208848929921659_1151823573_o.jpg?oh=70d95bc7a5afc829081b65d01d26ea2a&oe=58E748A0)
Rear Truck
(https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t35.0-12/17522218_10208848928801631_2048607120_o.jpg?oh=5cadd990157b49d78be7379c8087ab0e&oe=58E71CEA)
(https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t35.0-12/17797644_10208848928241617_2049630339_o.jpg?oh=d93c90c3349c9ce9e91ee3635ac97579&oe=58E703CD)
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My thread is the best antidote to the truck set up thread. Nice fucking work.
honestly, fuck that thread.
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Nice work Fuddit
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Wade's Ventures
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e31/scumbagstyle/wstrucks_zpskqlky3mf.jpg) (http://s36.photobucket.com/user/scumbagstyle/media/wstrucks_zpskqlky3mf.jpg.html)
Sarge's (again)
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e31/scumbagstyle/dstrucks_zpsr3z2xe1e.jpg) (http://s36.photobucket.com/user/scumbagstyle/media/dstrucks_zpsr3z2xe1e.jpg.html)
JFA - "Danny Sargent's Trucks" DC-Jam Records (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD6eDdN1cbA#)
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Danny's trucks are like a work of art.
Super hard to have them grind down like that, in almost perfect unison.
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keep the gnar alive
from gt's insta
(http://i.imgur.com/zAQMtlV.jpg)
friends indys
(http://i.imgur.com/RHzmx1m.jpg)
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Hello y'all. Long time lurker posting for the first time.
Was stoked on these but the kingpin snapped the other day. Was almost there. Oh well.
(http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h97/francoisgrand/0cd2bdcd-1eb1-4f1b-8afb-4af8de2d4d17_zps0hrji4ta.jpg)
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beauty! Good shit franc
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What causes that gash? Smiths on angle iron?
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What causes that gash? Smiths on angle iron?
(http://www.patchtogether.com/media/products/DEFAULT_155_4aaa394a710b2.jpeg)
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What causes that gash? Smiths on angle iron?
bs crookeds and being regular.
that 'd be my educated guess.
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bs crookeds and being regular.
that 'd be my educated guess.
Correct!
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Hello y'all. Long time lurker posting for the first time.
Was stoked on these but the kingpin snapped the other day. Was almost there. Oh well.
(http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h97/francoisgrand/0cd2bdcd-1eb1-4f1b-8afb-4af8de2d4d17_zps0hrji4ta.jpg)
Sorry for the nerd out but what risers are those that fit perfectly on your Indys ?
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Sorry for the nerd out but what risers are those that fit perfectly on your Indys ?
It's these > https://www.nhsfunfactory.com/genuine-parts-18-in-pk2-risers (https://www.nhsfunfactory.com/genuine-parts-18-in-pk2-risers)
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I love this thread.
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What causes that gash? Smiths on angle iron?
Kgrinds.....unless he rode his trucks backwards like a street league trophy
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Hello y'all. Long time lurker posting for the first time.
Was stoked on these but the kingpin snapped the other day. Was almost there. Oh well.
(http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h97/francoisgrand/0cd2bdcd-1eb1-4f1b-8afb-4af8de2d4d17_zps0hrji4ta.jpg)
Don't give up! You can replace the Kingpin for Chrissakes... We want to see the end of this journey...
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ME IN THIS THREAD:
(https://s28.pixxxels.org/qjeplvpn1/2035_-_autoplay_gif_gif_vince_mcmahon_wwf.gif)
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WHEN PEOPLE ASK WHY WE DON'T SNOWBOARD, SHOW THEM THIS THREAD FAM
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Don't give up! You can replace the Kingpin for Chrissakes... We want to see the end of this journey...
I'm not giving up. I took my truck to my local shop, to see what my friend there could do, and he sent it back to the distributor's as he had no hollow kingpins. Hopefully I'll get it back with a new hollow kingpin. Fingers crossed.
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Don't give up! You can replace the Kingpin for Chrissakes... We want to see the end of this journey...
HOPEFULLY HE'LL GET BACK WITH A NEW HOLLOW KINGPING?????
YOU DON'T NEED A HOLLOW KINGPIN YOU FUCKING FAGGOT
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(http://i.imgur.com/JsfLINl.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/Nu3XhX3.jpg)
front truck. down to the axle. but
i retired them after this winter to
start with all new setup in spring.
still have sum life left. ill probably
give them away to a girly friend,
who wants to start skateboarding.
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That's real pretty
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Don't give up! You can replace the Kingpin for Chrissakes... We want to see the end of this journey...
Could have gone with with a normal kingpin. I think they're interchangeable. Let's hope your get your truck back and not new replacement trucks, cuz they might be impressed by your work and wanna hook you up with new ones after they see that beautiful beautiful thing. :)
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Looking real good somethingmustbreaknow! Plenty of life left in them. I'd be hesitant setting up a new pair if I had trucks like that but sometimes you just get the feeling of having to have new shit and it can be hard to overcome. :)
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yeah, i feel the same. but i hated the wheels that were on there. they were already fucking small and had couple of flatspots.
the axlenuts were fucked up as well so undoing them, change the wheels and crank the nuts back on would have been some
kind of pain in the ass. so i a decided that i go christmas complete for the spring and retired the trucks. the backtruck actually
looks kinda worn too from back and front tails on the baseplate but i seem not to be able to take a pic that captures it properly
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What causes that gash? Smiths on angle iron?
Kgrinds.....unless he rode his trucks backwards like a street league trophy
I guess now is as good as any time to learn I'm dyslexic.
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Don't give up! You can replace the Kingpin for Chrissakes... We want to see the end of this journey...
I remember reading an old AVE interview where he said when he's setting up "new" trucks he likes to keep as much of his old parts from his previous set of trucks as possible, right down to the pivot cup. Ever since reading that interview I've adopted the same habit with new trucks as well. So if anything, just be like AVE; get some new trucks and just move your old hangers over, and then when those are done just switch em out with the new unused hangers.
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Don't give up! You can replace the Kingpin for Chrissakes... We want to see the end of this journey...
Damn. This seems like such a great idea. :o I gotta start doing this.
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I don't like having to set up new trucks but find Stage 11 Indys pretty easy to get used to, and easier to break in than new shoes or even a new board.
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Don't give up! You can replace the Kingpin for Chrissakes... We want to see the end of this journey...
Damn. This seems like such a great idea. :o I gotta start doing this.
Jason Adams does this also. Makes complete sense. But you'll likely end up with a stack of baseplates...
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Don't give up! You can replace the Kingpin for Chrissakes... We want to see the end of this journey...
Damn. This seems like such a great idea. :o I gotta start doing this.
Jason Adams does this also. Makes complete sense. But you'll likely end up with a stack of baseplates...
No harm in that really. You can sell them as scrap metal after decades of trucks. ;D
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(http://i.imgur.com/JsfLINl.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/Nu3XhX3.jpg)
front truck. down to the axle. but
i retired them after this winter to
start with all new setup in spring.
still have sum life left. ill probably
give them away to a girly friend,
who wants to start skateboarding.
If I saw a girl with trucks like that I would immediately get a boner
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(http://i63.tinypic.com/2n67wp2.jpg)
151s coming along...
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(http://i68.tinypic.com/t96wbb.jpg)
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(http://i68.tinypic.com/t96wbb.jpg)
How in the hell did you go straight through the end of that one axle? ???
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(http://i68.tinypic.com/t96wbb.jpg)
How in the hell did you go straight through the end of that one axle? ???
Yeah what's up here:
(http://image.prntscr.com/image/6326a635b91d426ba9e44d9970217398.png)
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(http://i68.tinypic.com/t96wbb.jpg)
How in the hell did you go straight through the end of that one axle? ???
Yeah what's up here:
(http://image.prntscr.com/image/6326a635b91d426ba9e44d9970217398.png)
Looks like the truck was ridden without a wheel until it ground itself down on the ground. Possibly run over by a car??
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cracked my back hanger last night (it is ground down to the axle) going to get a new truck today, not looking forward to breaking it in and I can't really use any of the old pieces as they are pretty much destroyed
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(http://i68.tinypic.com/t96wbb.jpg)
How in the hell did you go straight through the end of that one axle? ???
Yeah what's up here:
(http://image.prntscr.com/image/6326a635b91d426ba9e44d9970217398.png)
Looks like the truck was ridden without a wheel until it ground itself down on the ground. Possibly run over by a car??
powertools, fucking fake
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(https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/18423752_1344033298997888_7555294022218889196_n.jpg?oh=ed505181ffb55f727ab6ad1287e5b536&oe=597676AF)
Powertools and popstars
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(http://i68.tinypic.com/t96wbb.jpg)
How in the hell did you go straight through the end of that one axle? ???
Yeah what's up here:
(http://image.prntscr.com/image/6326a635b91d426ba9e44d9970217398.png)
Looks like the truck was ridden without a wheel until it ground itself down on the ground. Possibly run over by a car??
When they take power tools to trucks in videos are they actually doing something or just fucking around? It looks like they're doing something to the kingpin...I think JT has a video doing it and raven in PS also does it
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When they take power tools to trucks in videos are they actually doing something or just fucking around? It looks like they're doing something to the kingpin...I think JT has a video doing it and raven in PS also does it
If you replace a kingpin or whole base plate, etc. the new kingpin and nut are going to stick up past the ground down hanger.
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Theeve TiH still hanging on, had these since 2012
(http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i315/thxmg23/B892ACCB-FF5A-4E15-8F59-F4B7618D7DF1_zpsx23ix0og.jpg)
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^Fuck that's awesome! :o
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When they take power tools to trucks in videos are they actually doing something or just fucking around? It looks like they're doing something to the kingpin...I think JT has a video doing it and raven in PS also does it
I do this with new trucks too, it makes feebles and smith grinds easier.
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(http://i68.tinypic.com/t96wbb.jpg)
the last four look photo shopped... ???
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(http://i68.tinypic.com/t96wbb.jpg)
the last four look photo shopped... ???
Nah, just wear tested in some of the girls in the Slap Officially Over thread.
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Anyone ever slide through the baseplate?
(https://scontent-lga3-1.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/15057323_1606211356340335_8166726308701667328_n.jpg)
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the last four look photo shopped... ???
They're all photoshopped.
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(https://i.imgur.com/04Gng8Q.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/rcEiPD6.jpg)
Have a gnar for your efforts, those should go in the “grind down to the axle” thread
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Good man
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im sick so i trawled the rtbftr # on insta for some shredding
(https://instagram.fbhx3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/vp/b7b6a6086b550e5f7147157049ee3510/5B7D448C/t51.2885-15/e35/29416756_561681284196950_5643171617707130880_n.jpg)
(https://instagram.fbhx3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/vp/60cc3106572b3826d2c30c07a8dc7243/5B80677E/t51.2885-15/e35/31312051_1734897353303798_6994432023393730560_n.jpg)
(https://instagram.fbhx3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/vp/406122faf586fe3a2f8f735aa6aaeeeb/5B90F8E6/t51.2885-15/e35/31354455_436835253430578_6782717859714826240_n.jpg)
(https://instagram.fbhx3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/vp/c4d9a46120599eb573587776105e2fb4/5B85DE82/t51.2885-15/e35/29093656_782822088582410_9072252989774757888_n.jpg)
(https://instagram.fbhx3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/vp/d5df491331b4944916b6d48c3e3bb941/5B994B1B/t51.2885-15/e35/22709047_1884295635218727_7716244398958182400_n.jpg)
(https://instagram.fbhx3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/vp/423b66d4dde4057201dffc45f2a5fb99/5B91FDCA/t51.2885-15/e35/21435594_334020947048175_8240081953525596160_n.jpg)
(https://instagram.fbhx3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/vp/321203b2df21a9aadc05d843a76eea18/5B8C1AD1/t51.2885-15/e35/17265633_1299385246814241_3784096982138617856_n.jpg)
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(http://i.imgur.com/JsfLINl.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/Nu3XhX3.jpg)
front truck. down to the axle. but
i retired them after this winter to
start with all new setup in spring.
still have sum life left. ill probably
give them away to a girly friend,
who wants to start skateboarding.
If I saw a girl with trucks like that I would immediately get a boner
good point
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im sick so i trawled the rtbftr # on insta for some shredding
(https://instagram.fbhx3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/vp/d5df491331b4944916b6d48c3e3bb941/5B994B1B/t51.2885-15/e35/22709047_1884295635218727_7716244398958182400_n.jpg)
Damn those look rad. Is that a Hosoi pro model?
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(https://www.noteshop.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/1000x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/i/n/independent-149-christian-hosoi-pro-truck-advert.jpg)
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(http://i63.tinypic.com/z20zt.jpg)
Finally using the whole board. 8)
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Not mine but holy hell!
http://www.instagram.com/p/BnxPI_0lRmw/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=14lzl9g4vj30s
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Retired these last week
(https://i.imgur.com/kJYU0e5r.jpg)
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I once dark-slid all the way through to the axle, through the board, base-plate, bushings and kingpin, and landed it.
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I once dark-slid all the way through to the axle, through the board, base-plate, bushings and kingpin, and landed it.
dont ever post on this thread again, bitch
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About to retire these Indys. 2 years in.
Back
(https://i.imgur.com/LB7F0WBl.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/yeBY5CSl.jpg)
Front
(https://i.imgur.com/OA6JR1zl.jpg)
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beautiful
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About to retire these Indys. 2 years in.
Back
(https://i.imgur.com/LB7F0WBl.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/yeBY5CSl.jpg)
Front
(https://i.imgur.com/OA6JR1zl.jpg)
Sick. Shit ton of slappies or what?
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Yes, I'm a fan of the slappy.
For a while, I was really stoked on the idea of grinding these down until they actually broke. But I'm going to take them off while they still have a little life left and use them for a cruiser type set up.
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A bit of axle just started peeking out of my Aces.
(https://i.imgur.com/nosap1Ul.jpg)
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(https://i.imgur.com/wvI8kWb.jpg?2)
(https://i.imgur.com/RTUUqWh.jpg?2)
Recently retired these and put them on my cruiser. Once I get a good amount of axel showing on my back truck, I rotate my hangers and grind the other one down. I mostly skate pool coping and go through a pair of trucks in about a year.
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Is Gnar Hammered still making boards?
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Is Gnar Hammered still making boards?
Nah, I'm over making boards. Things changed over time and after a while everyone I was skating and filming with rode for other board companies and it didn't make sense for me to make boards anymore. I'm in the process of rebranding Gnarhammered into a video production company under a new name.
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(http://i67.tinypic.com/oh0k5t.jpg)
Still lots of life yet in these 151s but they look better and better every session.
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Retiring these 149s
(https://i.postimg.cc/1zGfFV71/20190728-114059.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/9MxXPdGK/20190728-114112.jpg)
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^Gawd damn!
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Ha Ive never done this.
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Time to get this thread going again...
My beloved 151s. Maybe the last Stamped 'Made in the USA' Thunders I will ever own....
(https://i.imgur.com/es9dqXa.jpg?1)
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Not mine but holy hell!
http://www.instagram.com/p/BnxPI_0lRmw/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=14lzl9g4vj30s
What the fuck, did you skate those in a microwave? Jesus Christ.
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Not mine but holy hell!
http://www.instagram.com/p/BnxPI_0lRmw/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=14lzl9g4vj30s
i wonder what he had to say to get a free pair...
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those actually look gross, they also kinda make me feel like the pair I just took off have more life left in them.
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Y’all be grinding too much.
I have some indys that I’m gonna be nursing grinds out of for the rest of my life and hopefully I’ll never hit the axle.
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Apart from Mini ramp groove - in which case, you are allowed a pass, Grinding down to the axle means either you are a kid, un sponsored or can't afford new trucks. you're a man.
Your the man for fixing that. Fuck that kook
fixed that one for ya.
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Why would you change your trucks before the axel starts to peek?
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Y’all be grinding too much.
I have some indys that I’m gonna be nursing grinds out of for the rest of my life and hopefully I’ll never hit the axle.
8)
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Y’all be grinding too much.
I have some indys that I’m gonna be nursing grinds out of for the rest of my life and hopefully I’ll never hit the axle.
8)
The Forbidden 8"
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(https://i.imgur.com/LmfuWae.jpg?1)
Not looking forward to breaking in new 151s. Old ones are cracked but probably had a few more sessions in them...
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(https://i.imgur.com/LmfuWae.jpg?1)
Not looking forward to breaking in new 151s. Old ones are cracked but probably had a few more sessions in them...
That's sick! I just got addicted to the grooved trucks IG and can look at these photos for hours.
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Been mainly doing slappies over the last 12 months and it’s eating my trucks alive. Been breaking in a new curb and it’s basically waxed with half of my truck
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(https://i.imgur.com/aKYK7hK.jpg?1)
Started to hit axle in the middle of my Ace 33 here.
Hope everyone's getting out and getting some.
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(https://imgur.com/w5XjGqu)
https://imgur.com/w5XjGqu (https://imgur.com/w5XjGqu)
my last pair of indy's. waste not, want not.
how tf do you embed image? the img /img isn't working
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yeah. every pair, unless i give them to a grom in need. i've not got my aces down to the axle yet, but i'm getting there. the summers shaping up nicely and i predict copious amounts of slappies and a new diy spot will get them there by the end of august. ahhhh slappies.
Nice.
Yeah I managed this on GK's in like 1999, but they had the allen key kingpin so you could actually grind them to the axle without the kpin biting.
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(https://i.imgur.com/Efiv86O.jpg)
So close now, I can taste it... been a goal for years to take these thunders down to axle.
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Tensor ATG mags front truck after 3 months of nosegrinds, crook to fakies/shuv/bigspin
(https://i.imgur.com/8kXar7bl.jpg)
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(https://i.imgur.com/6KXBw51.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/zTsInb7.jpg)
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serious question, and i don't mean any offense either, but is grinding to the axle really that impressive? i do it to all my trucks. that's how i know to get new ones eventually.
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serious question, and i don't mean any offense either, but is grinding to the axle really that impressive? i do it to all my trucks. that's how i know to get new ones eventually.
I think it's viewed as more of a personal feeling, and probably adds credibility to the ego for being the opposite of a poser by taking em' down to the axle. Who knows.
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serious question, and i don't mean any offense either, but is grinding to the axle really that impressive? i do it to all my trucks. that's how i know to get new ones eventually.
Nope, but it's beautiful.
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serious question, and i don't mean any offense either, but is grinding to the axle really that impressive? i do it to all my trucks. that's how i know to get new ones eventually.
1. there's something satisfying about seeing a worn-out truck
2. Is it impressive> not really, but a lot of us constantly buy new skate gear, we dontneed. Trucks being the longest lasting product, I see it as a badge of honnor to get the maximum usage out of truck before switching them out.
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(https://i.imgur.com/Efiv86O.jpg)
So close now, I can taste it... been a goal for years to take these thunders down to axle.
Thunders and Bones bushings ? For some reason, i always thought those two didn't work together. Something to to with the kingpin's length...
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Tensor ATG mags front truck after 3 months of nosegrinds, crook to fakies/shuv/bigspin
(https://i.imgur.com/8kXar7bl.jpg)
I love the way a crook groove looks.
Its not really picture worthy yet; but I just broke through to axle on some 1.5 year old indys. The odd thing is its on the front truck. I've never hit axle on the front truck first. Always back truck, heel side first. Then the front truck. I think its just from a ton of slappies.
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Time for new ones. Not looking forward to breaking them in!
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ejp1yI0XYAIsd3w?format=jpg&name=small)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ejp1yIzWsAUKuYJ?format=jpg&name=small)
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getting the sargent truck!
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wish i could get all four corners
back heel-side is almost there, followed by back toe-side
the middle of the front truck has hit axle from slappies, but it looks ugly because there's still meat on the sides
not a fan of nosegrinds
maybe i should learn willy grinds :^)
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I’m just axeling my trucks now too, but only on the front truck, crook position. Lots of Slappy crooks these days...
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Wussup grinders, let's resurrect and see some shredded trucks, I just got a lil peekaboo today shalom
(https://i.imgur.com/M2eIHydl.jpg)
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I hit axle on my crooked grind spot only, which probably demonstrates a lack of priority wrt other tricks
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Set these up in january. Not just pinchy grinds but those are definitely the biggest contributors. Should last a few more boards.
(https://i.imgur.com/pnQwKeE.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/dFE7vUZ.jpg)
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This is my fav thread on slap hands down.
Good work everyone
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Set these up in january. Not just pinchy grinds but those are definitely the biggest contributors. Should last a few more boards.
(https://i.imgur.com/pnQwKeE.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/dFE7vUZ.jpg)
You skate mainly curbs or you just got crooks on ledges like that? Either way, respect ✊.
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Set these up in january. Not just pinchy grinds but those are definitely the biggest contributors. Should last a few more boards.
(https://i.imgur.com/pnQwKeE.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/dFE7vUZ.jpg)
You skate mainly curbs or you just got crooks on ledges like that? Either way, respect ✊.
Mainly ledges, curbs maybe once a week. Most of the crook damage is probably from curbs though
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Not to spam this thread but did some cleaning and dug these up
(https://i.imgur.com/nc9cAAh.jpg)
Always want to skate them until they break, but honestly trying to hold grinds properly on them at this point is a nightmare, the metal feels pretty different.
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(https://i.ibb.co/JrK60Rq/1303-BA80-4743-4-D05-A04-D-E5-B397-DA37-A2.jpg)
This is a pic of my back truck. ACE 33’s that I’ve been skating since the end of October. There’s been exposed axle for some time now. I plan on skating them until the truck breaks. I’ve axled more trucks than I can count, but never skated them to the point of the axle breaking
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Not to spam this thread but did some cleaning and dug these up
(https://i.imgur.com/nc9cAAh.jpg)
Always want to skate them until they break, but honestly trying to hold grinds properly on them at this point is a nightmare, the metal feels pretty different.
I got a visceral feeling looking at those! Ventures look so good even when they're all fucked up
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Always stoked to see this thread get bumped.
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(https://i.imgur.com/eiTsrtx.jpg)
For Frank and Freds stoke
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Fuck Yeah!
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(https://i.ibb.co/rsKcxTS/36648-AA1-FA11-4738-83-AD-C9638-E544025.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/CwkHNj4/64-E10-EEA-4-A4-B-458-D-82-E3-D9-D8-EE203-B26.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/9gSpy0R/image.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/ZKHV3WV/image.jpg)
Hasn't snapped yet but i hope it's from ollieing into a truck bash
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Indys grind down to the axle so easy i've done 2 pairs in a year only skating metal coping. Show me some thunders grinded down
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Indys grind down to the axle so easy i've done 2 pairs in a year only skating metal coping. Show me some thunders grinded down
By God, I’m gonna take some 148s I’ve been working on all the way down in the crooks groove as soon as I’m back skating. Got a major start already, just gotta take them to curbs and they’ll get there in no time.
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I knew it, dale sr is a big wheel mini ramp skater LOL tech... ;D
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I need smooth grinds perpetually, I need to switch up my trucks at least 4 times a year instead of waiting 4 years to switch them. less energy needed for speed if my trucks are new and grinding smooth. Invest in your trucks, new trucks always grind better, don't wait. Support the local skate shop that truly supports you.
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Misplaced priorities
(https://i.ibb.co/JzPvymt/2-D3-E17-FB-452-E-4-AB7-922-F-61-A2-ABBFAE6-C.jpg) (https://ibb.co/JzPvymt)
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the mark mine got come from a lot of skateboarding, not just grinding. that mark happens with drops. also, how old are your trucks, bro? is that rust? lol
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just saying, tensor maglights can change your life. ;)
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the mark mine got come from a lot of skateboarding, not just grinding. that mark happens with drops. also, how old are your trucks, bro? is that rust? lol
Tell me you've never seen a red curb without telling me you've never seen a red curb.
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I knew it, dale sr is a big wheel mini ramp skater LOL tech... ;D
When have i ever claimed to be tech? I'm pretty open about the type of skating i do on here and nobody gives a shit except for you poser.
Post a tre flip coward or focus your account
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the mark I got is from drops as you can see, it cracked. no red curbs, wish I had a red curb spot, lucky you. but yeah, why use regular king pins? do even ollie anymore?
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the mark I got is from drops as you can see, it cracked. no red curbs, wish I had a red curb spot, lucky you. but yeah, why use regular king pins? do even ollie anymore?
Clips or it didn't happen. You talk a lot about the things you've done but talk is cheap. Go post in post yourself skating. Your bragging about the stuff you've done is unimpressive
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Indys grind down to the axle so easy i've done 2 pairs in a year only skating metal coping. Show me some thunders grinded down
i dont skate thunders anymore but heres some. first 2 pics are back/front truck, 2nd pic is another back truck.
(https://i.imgur.com/bSApmF6l.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/paOYZwzl.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/WMbk0g9l.jpg)
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I imagine what you're skate videos are like with that old school set up you got. I'm yawning just thinking about it lol you wish you could pressure me. you want control over others while you have none over yourself. Who cares, deep face technology will make it so the dude that signed your board is actually a double that cant skate but paid for the pro skate life. I am never submitting any content, you will never have the rights.
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I had a pair of thunder hollow lows, they grinding down too quick in my opinion, I guess they are great but get 4 at a time. Ventures are great if you haven't tried them. Krux are a bit heavy but grind smooth for long, with dlk. indy's you already know are great.
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I imagine what you're skate videos are like with that old school set up you got. I'm yawning just thinking about it lol you wish you could pressure me. you want control over others while you have none over yourself. Who cares, deep face technology will make it so the dude that signed your board is actually a double that cant skate but paid for the pro skate life. I am never submitting any content, you will never have the rights.
Ok then shut the fuck up about how good or high your tre flips are.
Also i have more than one setup, that one just has big wheels
And finally fuck the troops, jodies are the real heroes
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Indys grind down to the axle so easy i've done 2 pairs in a year only skating metal coping. Show me some thunders grinded down
i dont skate thunders anymore but heres some. first 2 pics are back/front truck, 2nd pic is another back truck.
(https://i.imgur.com/bSApmF6l.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/paOYZwzl.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/WMbk0g9l.jpg)
These are the past two sets of Thunders I skated before switching to ACE
(https://i.ibb.co/jkMJQN9/D92-A5663-6528-4-B2-D-A873-D8591-A8-FDAB3.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/wNbmgPC/A464-ABE4-84-BA-481-B-AFA7-9546-A6-D52-B99.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/0yQDhcJ/184-AE284-2213-4872-96-BC-7-A4-CE9-B1698-C.jpg)
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Front truck from my last set of 44s:
(https://i.imgur.com/SBid7E8.jpg)
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(https://i.imgur.com/w4IkUp7.jpg)
First axle starting to show on these indys, been grinding them for only 3 months. Is this a normal amount of time before I wear my trucks down to this level, or do European curbs really suck this bad?
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(https://i.imgur.com/w4IkUp7.jpg)
First axle starting to show on these indys, been grinding them for only 3 months. Is this a normal amount of time before I wear my trucks down to this level, or do European curbs really suck this bad?
a little from column a and a little from column b
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a little from column a and a little from column b
I did skate them a lot in those 3 months, I try to skate 6/7 days a week so a destroyed setup is kinda expected after some time. Got a new set of trucks on ice already for the inevitable moment when these are gonna break, but they still have lots of life left.
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(I don't know how to post images)
I'm currently skating a Silver 139mm M-Hollow Leeper 8.0
Only the kingpin is hollow. The kingpin clearance isn't the best after some weardown and I actually grind the kingpin often if the wheels aren't fully locked in (sometimes my 5050s go back truck heelside and front truck kinda in the middle between heelside and toeside), and that caused the front kingpin hole to close (from grinding?!) which is pretty funny. The nut got all trashed too. I couldn't find the height of them at silver website but was wondering if is there anyway to make up for more kingpin clearance on them since besides that and the pivot cups breaking (already swapped for new ones) it's still pretty decent.
I'm from Brazil and a new set of Indy trucks are like 600 where the minimum wage is 1100
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(I don't know how to post images)
I'm currently skating a Silver 139mm M-Hollow Leeper 8.0
Only the kingpin is hollow. The kingpin clearance isn't the best after some weardown and I actually grind the kingpin often if the wheels aren't fully locked in (sometimes my 5050s go back truck heelside and front truck kinda in the middle between heelside and toeside), and that caused the front kingpin hole to close (from grinding?!) which is pretty funny. The nut got all trashed too. I couldn't find the height of them at silver website but was wondering if is there anyway to make up for more kingpin clearance on them since besides that and the pivot cups breaking (already swapped for new ones) it's still pretty decent.
I'm from Brazil and a new set of Indy trucks are like 600 where the minimum wage is 1100
you have to upload to somewhere like imgur, copy the exact url of the photo located to the exact file extention (i.e. something like imgur.com/a3D5Hwg3G/backtail.jpg)
then click the little mona lisa thing underneath the B (it says "insert image" on hover")
this will create (http://) and will position your cursor perfectly in between those. Paste your image URL there and voila you have image linked
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That grooved trucks Instagram is the best page ever.
Some of them trucks..... Fucking hell
https://www.instagram.com/p/CEUgumvF9VI/?utm_medium=copy_link
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(https://i.imgur.com/kJaQLTr.jpeg)
time for a new set
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That grooved trucks Instagram is the best page ever.
Some of them trucks..... Fucking hell
https://www.instagram.com/p/CEUgumvF9VI/?utm_medium=copy_link
I remember crossing this page back when I had ig, pretty cool. Looks like this guy is damn near through the whole axle. What even is that kingpin nut?!?!
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That grooved trucks Instagram is the best page ever.
Some of them trucks..... Fucking hell
https://www.instagram.com/p/CEUgumvF9VI/?utm_medium=copy_link
The kid who runs that page is like 17, too. Smart little whippersnapper
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Set these up in january. Not just pinchy grinds but those are definitely the biggest contributors. Should last a few more boards.
(https://i.imgur.com/pnQwKeE.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/dFE7vUZ.jpg)
That's pornography. Looking like a frickin old ass gullwing now. Boingggggg
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This thread is one step away from the 'post your fit' thread.
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(https://i.ibb.co/6b528KM/20210923-184145.jpg) (https://ibb.co/6b528KM)
Thought my Indys were almost done, but this thread makes me hopeful that I'm able to get some more sessions out of them. The kingpin and the bolt are wearing down really hard, till the point where my bushings are squeezed together but I'm gonna ride 'em until they break.
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(https://i.ibb.co/6b528KM/20210923-184145.jpg) (https://ibb.co/6b528KM)
Thought my Indys were almost done, but this thread makes me hopeful that I'm able to get some more sessions out of them. The kingpin and the bolt are wearing down really hard, till the point where my bushings are squeezed together but I'm gonna ride 'em until they break.
Yeah, or learn backside (or frontside) grinds, haha. The other side of the truck is relatively untouched.
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This thread is one step away from the 'post your fit' thread.
i don’t find evidence that you can dress yourself (in brand-name shit) particularly impressive, but i do take pleasure in showing the evidence that you’ve put in time and dedication on some concrete.
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Anyone else grind down to the pivot cup on nose slides
(https://i.imgur.com/q5ghDgk.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/bDV4AUn.jpg)
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Makes one wonder, how dooz it still work?
Looks like it oughta pop right outta there!
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It still worked, maybe even lubed the ledge like those tensor slide plates. But I didn't want to keep skating it til it fell off and pitched me so just changed trucks
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(https://i.ibb.co/6b528KM/20210923-184145.jpg) (https://ibb.co/6b528KM)
Thought my Indys were almost done, but this thread makes me hopeful that I'm able to get some more sessions out of them. The kingpin and the bolt are wearing down really hard, till the point where my bushings are squeezed together but I'm gonna ride 'em until they break.
Yeah, or learn backside (or frontside) grinds, haha. The other side of the truck is relatively untouched.
Actually started learning those two days ago, but anything backside feels like I'm going to die. Right now I'm learning ollie to bs 50 and bs 180s to get used to the feeling of backside tricks but I'm having a hard time adjusting. Right now I only got bs nose and boardslides, so I'm trying to learn bs crooks as I've heard that they're similar to noseslides but they aren't really clicking for me.
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Anyone else grind down to the pivot cup on nose slides
(https://i.imgur.com/q5ghDgk.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/bDV4AUn.jpg)
Yup, last pair of trucks (I'm a big noseslide variation guy) and then I finally just cracked through the baseplate.
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I wanted to ride these 139 hollow forged a bit longer, but 8.25 decks feel too tippy for me with them and I will retire them. For some reason tippy setups cause ankle rolls in my experience.
(https://i.ibb.co/51zYtzh/20211014-135127-3.jpg) (https://ibb.co/CwXJNXK)
(https://i.ibb.co/zm6MYbD/20211014-135228-3.jpg) (https://ibb.co/kGm7f0v)
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^ looking nice brah
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^ looking nice brah
I could say the same about your sig. Thanks mate. I think I will mount these truck at my wall to hold keys.
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I hit the axle on my trusty standard 144 Indys today. I was just working on a clip on the slappy curb so I had to wax them down to get the clip.
I had them for 20 months only just slightly worn down but last month 4 or 5 intense slappy sessions on a hard ass curb that took their toll on them.
I am now debating whether I should upgrade to 149s as I skate 8.5 decks or get another pair of 144s. Also, should I get something fancy like hollows, titaniums. Or should I even consider trying some Lurpivs.
(https://i.imgur.com/9Wu8UAm.jpg)
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Top work man
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Just out of curiosity: I would assume that titanium axles take longer to break, than normal steel axles once you are actually down to the axle. (Like in the Titanium Indys or the Thunder Titanium Lights). Can anyone report on this?
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Just out of curiosity: I would assume that titanium axles take longer to break, than normal steel axles once you are actually down to the axle. (Like in the Titanium Indys or the Thunder Titanium Lights). Can anyone report on this?
I think that's a safe thing to assume, based on those weird Theeve Titanium trucks with the hollowed out hangar that didn't even have an axle.
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Just out of curiosity: I would assume that titanium axles take longer to break, than normal steel axles once you are actually down to the axle. (Like in the Titanium Indys or the Thunder Titanium Lights). Can anyone report on this?
I’m nearly to axle on my 159s so I’ll let you know
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I hit the axle on my trusty standard 144 Indys today. I was just working on a clip on the slappy curb so I had to wax them down to get the clip.
I had them for 20 months only just slightly worn down but last month 4 or 5 intense slappy sessions on a hard ass curb that took their toll on them.
I am now debating whether I should upgrade to 149s as I skate 8.5 decks or get another pair of 144s. Also, should I get something fancy like hollows, titaniums. Or should I even consider trying some Lurpivs.
(https://i.imgur.com/9Wu8UAm.jpg)
159s will lock into slappies even nicer than 149s. I was a 149 guy for most of my skating life until I got some hollow 159s last year.
either way good work!
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They sure do look good!
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Just out of curiosity: I would assume that titanium axles take longer to break, than normal steel axles once you are actually down to the axle. (Like in the Titanium Indys or the Thunder Titanium Lights). Can anyone report on this?
@tuesday
I went through a pair of the first titanium Indys and I will say the titanium axel felt super sticky to the point where I didn't even enjoy grinding on them. This is actually backed up in the density of the metals.
Titanium is around 4.5 g/cm3
Steel is around 8.05 g/cm3
So where it is lighter, once you hit the axel they scream to a halt. With that said, I loved those trucks up until they hit the axels.
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Titanium on raw concrete sparks like crazy. Have fun!
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Thanks for your input, guys. Much appreciated. :)
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Just out of curiosity: I would assume that titanium axles take longer to break, than normal steel axles once you are actually down to the axle. (Like in the Titanium Indys or the Thunder Titanium Lights). Can anyone report on this?
I went through a pair of the first titanium Indys and I will say the titanium axel felt super sticky to the point where I didn't even enjoy grinding on them. This is actually backed up in the density of the metals.
Titanium is around 4.5 g/cm3
Steel is around 8.05 g/cm3
So where it is lighter, once you hit the axel they scream to a halt. With that said, I loved those trucks up until they hit the axels.
To add to the topic, I absolutely love the grind on my trucks, once they’re well and proper “into” the axle.
For me, trucks are at their best when they’re on their last legs. Not to mention, my standard, cast, team issue Thunders now weigh less than even the lightest production truck available, thanks to all of the material that has been removed.
Worth noting though: Ive only ever run the standard steel axles, so I can’t comment on them titanium jawns.
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sorry if it's already been mentioned, but has anyone noticed that when you grind on the axel it creates a kinda burning metal smell, but you don't get that smell at all when grinding on the hanger? Never heard that mentioned by anyone before, but this year I axeled my first pair and was surprised when I noticed it. Felt like I learned a cool secret.
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Grinding the axle sucks, the shrieking noise is unbearable. Only thinking about it gives me goosebumps.
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Just out of curiosity: I would assume that titanium axles take longer to break, than normal steel axles once you are actually down to the axle. (Like in the Titanium Indys or the Thunder Titanium Lights). Can anyone report on this?
I went through a pair of the first titanium Indys and I will say the titanium axel felt super sticky to the point where I didn't even enjoy grinding on them. This is actually backed up in the density of the metals.
Titanium is around 4.5 g/cm3
Steel is around 8.05 g/cm3
So where it is lighter, once you hit the axel they scream to a halt. With that said, I loved those trucks up until they hit the axels.
For me, trucks are at their best when they’re on their last legs. Not to mention, my standard, cast, team issue Thunders now weigh less than even the lightest production truck available, thanks to all of the material that has been removed.
Worth noting though: Ive only ever run the standard steel axles, so I can’t comment on them titanium jawns.
I feel the same, absolutely hate grinding new trucks and only after they are well worn I'll be able to grind at my maximum potential. New trucks stick way too hard on curbs and ledges for me.
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@Easy Slider I am running 159s hollows on my big boy and the flipping can get tiring.
Looks like you grinded down some standard 144s.
Forged Hollow 149s will be 1.5mm shorter, which can help for flips and board feel.
I am on 144 Titanium since 2 months on my main board and these feel great.
If you don't care about flipping all day, go for 159 forged or titanium. Titanium are a bit more expensive, but also a bit lighter.
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@Easy Slider I am running 159s hollows on my big boy and the flipping can get tiring.
Looks like you grinded down some standard 144s.
Forged Hollow 149s will be 1.5mm shorter, which can help for flips and board feel.
I am on 144 Titanium since 2 months on my main board and these feel great.
If you don't care about flipping all day, go for 159 forged or titanium. Titanium are a bit more expensive, but also a bit lighter.
Thanks. I love flipping (even if I suck at it) so the 159s are no option. How is the wheelbite on the titaniums? I understand they are lwer than the standards.
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i set these aside awhile back. now looking at them it looks like theres still some life left. i think i didnt want the axle to crack
(https://i.imgur.com/dGlzEw9.jpg)
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look at these bad boys
(https://i.imgur.com/1PpeRsi.jpg)
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i set these aside awhile back. now looking at them it looks like theres still some life left. i think i didnt want the axle to crack
(https://i.imgur.com/dGlzEw9.jpg)
@lilboosie, those are just now getting into the good stuff!
Below are my current 149 Team Edition jawns. They grind concrete like the curb/ledge was made of ice, now that they’re into the steel axle.
(https://i.ibb.co/KmJHC7d/Axled-Thundie-rear.jpg) (https://ibb.co/nRFShf9)
(https://i.ibb.co/BBwhBvP/Axled-Thundie-front.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Wfsrf73)
Er’body feel free to send me your used Indy/Ace/Thunder trucks if’n you don’t like that extra slick grinding sensation. I’ll be happy to escort them that last mile to their grave for you.
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damn those are almost evenly/equally worn down.
yea i swapped them for aces a couple years ago. the one black friday item ill buy is a deck for these. ill keep the aces on my 9in board.
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look at these bad boys
(https://i.imgur.com/1PpeRsi.jpg)
You got a skate spot in your cubicle?
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@Easy Slider I am running 159s hollows on my big boy and the flipping can get tiring.
Looks like you grinded down some standard 144s.
Forged Hollow 149s will be 1.5mm shorter, which can help for flips and board feel.
I am on 144 Titanium since 2 months on my main board and these feel great.
If you don't care about flipping all day, go for 159 forged or titanium. Titanium are a bit more expensive, but also a bit lighter.
Thanks. I love flipping (even if I suck at it) so the 159s are no option. How is the wheelbite on the titaniums? I understand they are lwer than the standards.
Yeah titanium and forged are both 53.5 mm high and the wheelbase is around +3.15
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How long do trucks usually last grinding on that axle? Been skating for most of my life and spoiled myself in my adult years of buying too many new trucks due to the madness, so I've only axled one set of 44's that I still got. Little bit peeking through on one of em, the other truck probably soon. I just retired em thinking they'd probably break next slappy but maybe I'm wrong?
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I have a set of Indy hollows that are 3/4s through the axle. They didn’t break but bent enough to start coning wheels so they’re retired now.
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How long do trucks usually last grinding on that axle? Been skating for most of my life and spoiled myself in my adult years of buying too many new trucks due to the madness, so I've only axled one set of 44's that I still got. Little bit peeking through on one of em, the other truck probably soon. I just retired em thinking they'd probably break next slappy but maybe I'm wrong?
It all depends on what you are skating and how hard you are grinding, especially on rough or nasty edges.
Some trucks will never get through to axle with the amount of wax and slippery edges or nice coping, but others can burn through a set very quickly if skating super rough or unfinished edges, pool coping, crusty curbs, or anything where the truck metal (axle included) is softer than the material they are grinding.
There is one curb that I know people skate and we don't know what was in the mix when it was poured, but it will eat trucks faster than anything else, no matter what is put on it, as well as it being almost still completely intact while other curbs are very worn down.
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We’ve got a curb like that. I’ve been skating it for 5 years and it’s lost nothing. Another one I skated for a year was toast.
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We’ve got a curb like that. I’ve been skating it for 5 years and it’s lost nothing. Another one I skated for a year was toast.
Swiss curbs are like that, must be granite or something. I never thought we‘d get one to grind in the first place but my buddy insisted and waxed it up like a madman, but it ate my trucks in no time. Nice feeling tho.
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How long do trucks usually last grinding on that axle? Been skating for most of my life and spoiled myself in my adult years of buying too many new trucks due to the madness, so I've only axled one set of 44's that I still got. Little bit peeking through on one of em, the other truck probably soon. I just retired em thinking they'd probably break next slappy but maybe I'm wrong?
Nah. You can still get a shit load of life out of truck if there is only a little axle showing. Keep going! You will likely crack the hanger before you grind through the actual axle. Just keep your eye on any hair line fractures that might develop. When the hangar cracks and bends... then you are done...
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just hit axle on these 2 month old ventures. kinda bummed on blowing through trucks so fast
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It’s been a minute since I hit axle, but I went through a ply semi-recently:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CPgvXfql9KU/?utm_medium=copy_link
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just hit axle on these 2 month old ventures. kinda bummed on blowing through trucks so fast
These newer ones grind down quicker for sure.
Which I need, because I buy trucks too often.
Definitely more disposable
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My indy forged/hollow 159's retired after 2 years of use. Lots of slappy and ledge skating on Canadian crust.
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How long do trucks usually last grinding on that axle? Been skating for most of my life and spoiled myself in my adult years of buying too many new trucks due to the madness, so I've only axled one set of 44's that I still got. Little bit peeking through on one of em, the other truck probably soon. I just retired em thinking they'd probably break next slappy but maybe I'm wrong?
Nah. You can still get a shit load of life out of truck if there is only a little axle showing. Keep going! You will likely crack the hanger before you grind through the actual axle. Just keep your eye on any hair line fractures that might develop. When the hangar cracks and bends... then you are done...
Thanks man, I'm still retiring them because I'm back on Indy's. 159's...the width is really nice. Tempted to go up to 169's now.
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How long do trucks usually last grinding on that axle? Been skating for most of my life and spoiled myself in my adult years of buying too many new trucks due to the madness, so I've only axled one set of 44's that I still got. Little bit peeking through on one of em, the other truck probably soon. I just retired em thinking they'd probably break next slappy but maybe I'm wrong?
It all depends on what you are skating and how hard you are grinding, especially on rough or nasty edges.
Some trucks will never get through to axle with the amount of wax and slippery edges or nice coping, but others can burn through a set very quickly if skating super rough or unfinished edges, pool coping, crusty curbs, or anything where the truck metal (axle included) is softer than the material they are grinding.
There is one curb that I know people skate and we don't know what was in the mix when it was poured, but it will eat trucks faster than anything else, no matter what is put on it, as well as it being almost still completely intact while other curbs are very worn down.
I’ve been curious about that mix as well, and have even asked some local masonry supply places if there is a steel epoxy component available. Turns out there is, but it is not often used on street infrastructure such as curbs. The best advice I got was that certain mixes source their sand elsewhere, and it might be a more abrasive sand component.
I will say that loading dock angle iron ledges are hanger hungry as well, especially on crooks.
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First time on thunders in over a decade. They were pretty good. Plenty of life left in the axles with some solid grooves. Kinda bummed the bushings split on both trucks so now they’re loose and the kingpins are so ground down can’t change the bushings but hey something has gotta breakdown first.
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Haven't bought new trucks in over 15 years without hitting the axle first.
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Haven't bought new trucks in over 15 years without hitting the axle first.
Congrats on being a sensible functioning person and not a lunatic wondering what a different truck will do for you at all times like me.
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Haven't bought new trucks in over 15 years without hitting the axle first.
This is the way
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I agree with the thought newer Ventures grind down fast. Just hit axle in less than a year of skating 1-2 times a week for 1-2 hr sessions each time. Still plenty of life tho.
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Haven't bought new trucks in over 15 years without hitting the axle first.
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did this in about 20 weeks of skating
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retired thunder 151s. both pics are of the back truck. tried to break em, but I aint strong enough. was feebling on the bushing and had to call it quits.. when the gear isn't letting you do specific tricks anymore it's time for it to be done as much as you want to kill em completely
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If I had to guess, I’d say I’m more than halfway through the hollow axle. Riding em until something breaks…
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If I had to guess, I’d say I’m more than halfway through the hollow axle. Riding em until something breaks…
Gnarly, can we get a pic from above pls?
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If I had to guess, I’d say I’m more than halfway through the hollow axle. Riding em until something breaks…
This is so fucking beautiful. I'd frame it
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For your viewing pleasure
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Now I have to retire my venture 6.1's, that I set up this January.
I think the newly learned front slappies ate them mostly.
See me in the thunder thread next time
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If I had to guess, I’d say I’m more than halfway through the hollow axle. Riding em until something breaks…
Did you set up your rails in a non symetric way ? Is it of some help for certain tricks ? Just out of curiosity...
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If I had to guess, I’d say I’m more than halfway through the hollow axle. Riding em until something breaks…
These joints look like they got melted by the sun. So sick.
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Added some photos, included front truck as well which is also down to axle. @Easy Slider
@Dirty Douggie honestly just probably put them on uneven. Wasn’t a “choice” lol
@goodatmeth i’m going to wall mount these on a plaque whenever they die
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Added some photos, included front truck as well which is also down to axle. @Easy Slider
@Dirty Douggie honestly just probably put them on uneven. Wasn’t a “choice” lol
@goodatmeth i’m going to wall mount these on a plaque whenever they die
Cheers bruh!
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Looking at trucks you've ground down provides the same level of satisfaction as looking at a cream pie you made
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Anyone else grind down to the pivot cup on nose slides
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Nice I only had to go back one page to find what I was looking for in this regard.
I'm still pretty far away but just starting to get through the extra bolt pattern. I'll definitely achieve this before grinding the hangers to the axle since I only grind buttery steel coping and I can't find a concrete ledge to save my life, nor do I know how to do slappies so yeah... I'll be back 1000 noseslides later.
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I have a friend who’s getting there, and he’s been working on it for yeeeears!
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I have a friend who’s getting there, and he’s been working on it for yeeeears!
tell your friend he can do it and we believe in him.
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I’d have kept these running for longer but I’ve seen the light of 159s.
A lot of concrete seen against these
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Sheer beauty @Paco Supreme !
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retired thunder 151s. both pics are of the back truck. tried to break em, but I aint strong enough. was feebling on the bushing and had to call it quits.. when the gear isn't letting you do specific tricks anymore it's time for it to be done as much as you want to kill em completely
love it but why block out the logo?
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retired thunder 151s. both pics are of the back truck. tried to break em, but I aint strong enough. was feebling on the bushing and had to call it quits.. when the gear isn't letting you do specific tricks anymore it's time for it to be done as much as you want to kill em completely
love it but why block out the logo?
it's a shoelace holding the two trucks together.
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Haha. Sorry!
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retired thunder 151s. both pics are of the back truck. tried to break em, but I aint strong enough. was feebling on the bushing and had to call it quits.. when the gear isn't letting you do specific tricks anymore it's time for it to be done as much as you want to kill em completely
Skated with @goldfishboot last weekend, and I can tell you firsthand that this homey is already well on the way to murdering yet another set of trucks.
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retired thunder 151s. both pics are of the back truck. tried to break em, but I aint strong enough. was feebling on the bushing and had to call it quits.. when the gear isn't letting you do specific tricks anymore it's time for it to be done as much as you want to kill em completely
what the fuck are yall skating that does this shit to your trucks
curbs? pool coping?
ive done every trick i know hundreds of times on metal ledges and metal coping with my current pair and barely have krook + backtruck heelside grooves
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retired thunder 151s. both pics are of the back truck. tried to break em, but I aint strong enough. was feebling on the bushing and had to call it quits.. when the gear isn't letting you do specific tricks anymore it's time for it to be done as much as you want to kill em completely
what the fuck are yall skating that does this shit to your trucks
curbs? pool coping?
ive done every trick i know hundreds of times on metal ledges and metal coping with my current pair and barely have krook + backtruck heelside grooves
Concrete! That shit eats up your trucks gloriously.
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retired thunder 151s. both pics are of the back truck. tried to break em, but I aint strong enough. was feebling on the bushing and had to call it quits.. when the gear isn't letting you do specific tricks anymore it's time for it to be done as much as you want to kill em completely
well, Lou, you won't believe how right you were. The very night you posted this message, my Thunder 149 hollow lights were pulverized by a San Francisco city bus.
(https://i.ibb.co/TLYhXVk/smashed-trux.jpg)
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Best Thread on slap for sure!
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An update on my quixotic quest to ride these indy's until they are dead. I'm now all the way through the hollow section of the axle, and working on grinding through the axle fully. At that point, not sure what will happen. Hanger is holding tough, no cracks anywhere and to be honest the grind is really great, i can even push through pretty crusty red curbs at this point.
I was planning on mounting these on a wall eventually, but now I think i might do some clear resin and make a paperweight with the truck inside...
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An update on my quixotic quest to ride these indy's until they are dead. I'm now all the way through the hollow section of the axle, and working on grinding through the axle fully. At that point, not sure what will happen. Hanger is holding tough, no cracks anywhere and to be honest the grind is really great, i can even push through pretty crusty red curbs at this point.
I was planning on mounting these on a wall eventually, but now I think i might do some clear resin and make a paperweight with the truck inside...
Whoa dude never seen one that ground down
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An update on my quixotic quest to ride these indy's until they are dead. I'm now all the way through the hollow section of the axle, and working on grinding through the axle fully. At that point, not sure what will happen. Hanger is holding tough, no cracks anywhere and to be honest the grind is really great, i can even push through pretty crusty red curbs at this point.
I was planning on mounting these on a wall eventually, but now I think i might do some clear resin and make a paperweight with the truck inside...
indy should hook you up for your efforts. Masterpieces.
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Looks like you took a bite out of the hanger. Insane
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An update on my quixotic quest to ride these indy's until they are dead. I'm now all the way through the hollow section of the axle, and working on grinding through the axle fully. At that point, not sure what will happen. Hanger is holding tough, no cracks anywhere and to be honest the grind is really great, i can even push through pretty crusty red curbs at this point.
I was planning on mounting these on a wall eventually, but now I think i might do some clear resin and make a paperweight with the truck inside...
indy should hook you up for your efforts. Masterpieces.
I’m going to submit them as a warranty as a joke when they finally break
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Mine always break or bend before i get that far through…. Looks sick…
Worst is when they bend slightly and your wheels start coning real bad
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My other thunders were way more washed but i left those at the skate shop. Took these down to to the axle a while back. Kinda wish i had stuck with em
(https://i.postimg.cc/x12jD7Jc/9-AD19768-B993-4-BAA-8-F73-45-F15-D36-A60-A.jpg)
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Mine always break or bend before i get that far through…. Looks sick…
Worst is when they bend slightly and your wheels start coning real bad
Yeah I never thought I’d make it this far but I’m committed. It’s been two years and they won’t quit
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An update on my quixotic quest to ride these indy's until they are dead. I'm now all the way through the hollow section of the axle, and working on grinding through the axle fully. At that point, not sure what will happen. Hanger is holding tough, no cracks anywhere and to be honest the grind is really great, i can even push through pretty crusty red curbs at this point.
I was planning on mounting these on a wall eventually, but now I think i might do some clear resin and make a paperweight with the truck inside...
indy should hook you up for your efforts. Masterpieces.
I’m going to submit them as a warranty as a joke when they finally break
I hope they replace them with some Stage 4 151s for you to 'test' on a Huffer.
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An update on my quixotic quest to ride these indy's until they are dead. I'm now all the way through the hollow section of the axle, and working on grinding through the axle fully. At that point, not sure what will happen. Hanger is holding tough, no cracks anywhere and to be honest the grind is really great, i can even push through pretty crusty red curbs at this point.
I was planning on mounting these on a wall eventually, but now I think i might do some clear resin and make a paperweight with the truck inside...
Very nice.
Gnar'd
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An update on my quixotic quest to ride these indy's until they are dead. I'm now all the way through the hollow section of the axle, and working on grinding through the axle fully. At that point, not sure what will happen. Hanger is holding tough, no cracks anywhere and to be honest the grind is really great, i can even push through pretty crusty red curbs at this point.
I was planning on mounting these on a wall eventually, but now I think i might do some clear resin and make a paperweight with the truck inside...
hot damn, ive never seen a truck this ground down before
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An update on my quixotic quest to ride these indy's until they are dead. I'm now all the way through the hollow section of the axle, and working on grinding through the axle fully. At that point, not sure what will happen. Hanger is holding tough, no cracks anywhere and to be honest the grind is really great, i can even push through pretty crusty red curbs at this point.
I was planning on mounting these on a wall eventually, but now I think i might do some clear resin and make a paperweight with the truck inside...
hot damn, ive never seen a truck this ground down before
yeah, in my 21 years of skating.. never seen this and its really quite impressive
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An update on my quixotic quest to ride these indy's until they are dead. I'm now all the way through the hollow section of the axle, and working on grinding through the axle fully. At that point, not sure what will happen. Hanger is holding tough, no cracks anywhere and to be honest the grind is really great, i can even push through pretty crusty red curbs at this point.
I was planning on mounting these on a wall eventually, but now I think i might do some clear resin and make a paperweight with the truck inside...
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Jesus fucking Christ
Wow
Bravo 👏
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Send them into that Instagram page man
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Is that a 5-0 groove or a crooked groove?
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Do ventures/thunders grind down faster than independents?
I didn't spend enough time on either to know for sure, but they seemed like they were getting worn down much quicker than indys
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Do ventures/thunders grind down faster than independents?
I didn't spend enough time on either to know for sure, but they seemed like they were getting worn down much quicker than indys
I can't speak for Venture but all my Thunder trucks back in the day ground down way faster as my Indys nowadays.
I never was able to fully axle a Thunder, because they always broke. But that was like 10+ years ago.
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An update on my quixotic quest to ride these indy's until they are dead. I'm now all the way through the hollow section of the axle, and working on grinding through the axle fully. At that point, not sure what will happen. Hanger is holding tough, no cracks anywhere and to be honest the grind is really great, i can even push through pretty crusty red curbs at this point.
I was planning on mounting these on a wall eventually, but now I think i might do some clear resin and make a paperweight with the truck inside...
Yo mate, you made it into Indys instagram stories a few hours ago. I hope they gave you credit and some stickers or something. Let us know what happens with these trucks in the next weeks.
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An update on my quixotic quest to ride these indy's until they are dead. I'm now all the way through the hollow section of the axle, and working on grinding through the axle fully. At that point, not sure what will happen. Hanger is holding tough, no cracks anywhere and to be honest the grind is really great, i can even push through pretty crusty red curbs at this point.
I was planning on mounting these on a wall eventually, but now I think i might do some clear resin and make a paperweight with the truck inside...
Yo mate, you made it into Indys instagram stories a few hours ago. I hope they gave you credit and some stickers or something. Let us know what happens with these trucks in the next weeks.
(https://i.postimg.cc/mk2GCGGn/Screenshot-20230201-165942-Instagram-2.jpg)
Damn wtf. I don't have instagram so I'll need to get a homie to DM them like a man...
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An update on my quixotic quest to ride these indy's until they are dead. I'm now all the way through the hollow section of the axle, and working on grinding through the axle fully. At that point, not sure what will happen. Hanger is holding tough, no cracks anywhere and to be honest the grind is really great, i can even push through pretty crusty red curbs at this point.
I was planning on mounting these on a wall eventually, but now I think i might do some clear resin and make a paperweight with the truck inside...
Yo mate, you made it into Indys instagram stories a few hours ago. I hope they gave you credit and some stickers or something. Let us know what happens with these trucks in the next weeks.
(https://i.postimg.cc/mk2GCGGn/Screenshot-20230201-165942-Instagram-2.jpg)
Damn wtf. I don't have instagram so I'll need to get a homie to DM them like a man...
no ig, too busy grinding those trucks to death haha
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An update on my quixotic quest to ride these indy's until they are dead. I'm now all the way through the hollow section of the axle, and working on grinding through the axle fully. At that point, not sure what will happen. Hanger is holding tough, no cracks anywhere and to be honest the grind is really great, i can even push through pretty crusty red curbs at this point.
I was planning on mounting these on a wall eventually, but now I think i might do some clear resin and make a paperweight with the truck inside...
Yo mate, you made it into Indys instagram stories a few hours ago. I hope they gave you credit and some stickers or something. Let us know what happens with these trucks in the next weeks.
(https://i.postimg.cc/mk2GCGGn/Screenshot-20230201-165942-Instagram-2.jpg)
Damn wtf. I don't have instagram so I'll need to get a homie to DM them like a man...
Now they actually have to give you a new set. That's the best advertisement they've had in years
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An update on my quixotic quest to ride these indy's until they are dead. I'm now all the way through the hollow section of the axle, and working on grinding through the axle fully. At that point, not sure what will happen. Hanger is holding tough, no cracks anywhere and to be honest the grind is really great, i can even push through pretty crusty red curbs at this point.
I was planning on mounting these on a wall eventually, but now I think i might do some clear resin and make a paperweight with the truck inside...
Yo mate, you made it into Indys instagram stories a few hours ago. I hope they gave you credit and some stickers or something. Let us know what happens with these trucks in the next weeks.
(https://i.postimg.cc/mk2GCGGn/Screenshot-20230201-165942-Instagram-2.jpg)
Damn wtf. I don't have instagram so I'll need to get a homie to DM them like a man...
Now they actually have to give you a new set. That's the best advertisement they've had in years
A free set of trucks would be more than fair for this kind of promotion.
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An update on my quixotic quest to ride these indy's until they are dead. I'm now all the way through the hollow section of the axle, and working on grinding through the axle fully. At that point, not sure what will happen. Hanger is holding tough, no cracks anywhere and to be honest the grind is really great, i can even push through pretty crusty red curbs at this point.
I was planning on mounting these on a wall eventually, but now I think i might do some clear resin and make a paperweight with the truck inside...
Yo mate, you made it into Indys instagram stories a few hours ago. I hope they gave you credit and some stickers or something. Let us know what happens with these trucks in the next weeks.
(https://i.postimg.cc/mk2GCGGn/Screenshot-20230201-165942-Instagram-2.jpg)
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fuckin trucks lookin like a dali painting @BartHarleyJarvis
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(https://i.imgur.com/axoXAxe.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/CIrONXu.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/uzDP5N5.jpg)
An update on my quixotic quest to ride these indy's until they are dead. I'm now all the way through the hollow section of the axle, and working on grinding through the axle fully. At that point, not sure what will happen. Hanger is holding tough, no cracks anywhere and to be honest the grind is really great, i can even push through pretty crusty red curbs at this point.
I was planning on mounting these on a wall eventually, but now I think i might do some clear resin and make a paperweight with the truck inside...
Insane! Respect!
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(https://i.ibb.co/rv08tXQ/Jart-Harley-Barvis.jpg) (https://ibb.co/cx3fvsy)
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An update on my quixotic quest to ride these indy's until they are dead. I'm now all the way through the hollow section of the axle, and working on grinding through the axle fully. At that point, not sure what will happen. Hanger is holding tough, no cracks anywhere and to be honest the grind is really great, i can even push through pretty crusty red curbs at this point.
I was planning on mounting these on a wall eventually, but now I think i might do some clear resin and make a paperweight with the truck inside...
Yo mate, you made it into Indys instagram stories a few hours ago. I hope they gave you credit and some stickers or something. Let us know what happens with these trucks in the next weeks.
(https://i.postimg.cc/mk2GCGGn/Screenshot-20230201-165942-Instagram-2.jpg)
Damn wtf. I don't have instagram so I'll need to get a homie to DM them like a man...
@BartHarleyJarvis that truck is looking a bit like Thom Yorke
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I’ve got nothing on those Indys, these wore down if you stared at them too long. That was a long walk home.
Tensor v1, I think. Because… gimmicks
circa 2000/1
(https://i.imgur.com/xlg6wIg.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Kf6mmdA.jpg)
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(https://i.ibb.co/641syhQ/20230131-092040.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/kK2FQRY/20230131-092023.jpg)
Had to switch these out because I had 0 kingpin clearance and the bushings were absolutely cooked. Sadly I never got to break 'em, but I might throw 'em on a rain setup to finish the job.
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Retired to cruiser duty since they bent:
(https://i.postimg.cc/4xdMkYry/79-D5-F329-D069-4963-9-C5-E-C62-CD260-E3-AA.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/svkK5gfC)
(https://i.postimg.cc/bJCD5Fbs/98-F4-E214-E19-E-4494-9190-6-AD3-B81-FF26-A.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/phjLhCsH)
(https://i.postimg.cc/d0WGM1cs/78-EE0991-22-F7-455-C-A17-E-C6-C9481-EB8-CA.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/HJyrXTLR)
(https://i.postimg.cc/7Z927663/D008-DB7-C-8-C32-4780-A4-A7-D8-B948-FEE524.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/zyLvYqTv)
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Well, it happened. "Independent: Built to Grind"....... I guess not
Took just over two years, ultimately I didn't grind all the way through the axle the way I was hoping. So close though, there's literally just a sliver holding the hanger together. Planning to pour it in some clear resin and make a paperweight out of it i think. Interesting factoid: These trucks weighed 358g when I got them, I just weighed them at 324g, so I went through 34g of material.
Dear Indy/NHS social media team: I will gladly let you use these photos (if you wish) in exchange for some accreditation and a new set of Stage 4s. Please don't pull it for your instagram without asking again!
(https://i.imgur.com/1ybnJ5S.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/WCODMmf.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/sTlnvup.jpg)
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So is it safe to say Indy and ace have the best looking trucks when ground to absolute shit? I have a couple setups and my ventures have hit axle but look nowhere near as satisfying as my aces
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Saw this today! @BartHarleyJarvis contact these foos!
(https://i.ibb.co/b617Qq3/304-FC2-B6-67-A8-491-E-96-E4-19-F1-C482-FB3-D.jpg) (https://ibb.co/b617Qq3)
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oh yea dude you fuckin pulverized those things. well done
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Man, I hope they send you some free Stage IV 151s.
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Indy posted it on their Insta story and then pulled it down real quick, maybe they wanted to keep it all Tampa Pro this weekend….
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I get the new Ace AF1 came out about 2 years ago but I want to see how close someone is to reaching The axle
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I get the new Ace AF1 came out about 2 years ago but I want to see how close someone is to reaching The axle
Pretty sure someone in the ace thread already axled them in the first few months (or even weeks?) after release. A local homie also got a super deep coping groove, might take a picture next time I see him
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So I have a new paperweight for my desk after a long weekend of pouring resin. Took 7 pours and about 3 days. There are a couple things I wasn't prepared for so if I ever do it again I'll be more prepared. The trucks have a hollow axle, hollow king pin, and a large cavity in the baseplate so those areas have some air bubbles I wasn't prepared for. The first couple pours were with some older leftover resin too so they have some bubbling, but overall the clarity is really good and you can see all the little details on the truck with is really cool. It's also pretty heavy and has some sharp corners so I expect I will be murdered with it. Had to add some watermarks to the photos for safety (sorry Indy)
(https://i.imgur.com/06bdpsS.png?1)
(https://i.imgur.com/TUmIqWM.png?1)
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I did reach out to the Indy brand manager after their instagram post and to their credit, they did throw a pair of Stage 4s 151s in the mail to me. I've got them set up along with a brand new pair of Ace AF1 55s for comparison, so looking forward to trying them head to head and seeing how they compare. The Stage 4s are significantly heavier, weighing in at 408g/truck. The only heavier truck I've ridden is Ace AF1 66s which weighed in at 411g. These Ace AF1 55 hollows came in at 373g. Will check back in another 2 years when I hopefully have these axled.
(https://i.imgur.com/LYGLvEC.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/1NABzYv.jpg)
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I get the new Ace AF1 came out about 2 years ago but I want to see how close someone is to reaching The axle
Took 3 months to get to the first bit of axle: (https://i.imgur.com/Xsa0Y3q.jpg)
This is probably my favorite thread on here so happy to be able to post a pic!
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Just this weekend, I actually hit axle on the crook spot - and just the crook spot - of my AF-1s.
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Just this weekend, I actually hit axle on the crook spot - and just the crook spot - of my AF-1s.
Where's the pic?
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Just this weekend, I actually hit axle on the crook spot - and just the crook spot - of my AF-1s.
Where's the pic?
I didn't even think to take a picture, and now my board is sitting in my trunk and I'm upstairs working. Next time I skate, I'll snap a photo for the Pals.
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Just this weekend, I actually hit axle on the crook spot - and just the crook spot - of my AF-1s.
Where's the pic?
I know, posting on the truck porn thread w/o pics…
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Just this weekend, I actually hit axle on the crook spot - and just the crook spot - of my AF-1s.
Where's the pic?
*Dick in hand still slowly stroking*
I know right?!
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Wish I still had my old ventures that I took down to axle. Working on some Thunders to share with yall.
BartHartley that pour is so sick. Also kinda interesting how meh the new Indy's look next to Ace(IMO)
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Not axle but just hopped on the bus into town to go skate and noticed my pivot cup or lack thereof
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/741334087759036470/1087000215422251058/IMG_20230319_131027.jpg)
(Ralph wiggum I'm in danger meme here)
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Not axle but just hopped on the bus into town to go skate and noticed my pivot cup or lack thereof
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/741334087759036470/1087000215422251058/IMG_20230319_131027.jpg)
(Ralph wiggum I'm in danger meme here)
Very interesting that your baseplate is so much more worn in comparison to your hanger. Big nose/tail slide kinda guy?
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Retiring these classic 55's when i break axle. Learned sloppy crooks on these and couldn't stop doing them.
(https://i.ibb.co/TPPM9k2/Axle-Ace-Classic55.jpg) (https://ibb.co/TPPM9k2)
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I trip out when i see people with hangers that are just evenly ground down along the whole thing. All of the times i've gotten to axle it's in my back heel corner where i do front 5-0s on pool coping. what grinds are you doing where you consistently use the whole hanger like that?
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Not axle but just hopped on the bus into town to go skate and noticed my pivot cup or lack thereof
(Ralph wiggum I'm in danger meme here)
Very interesting that your baseplate is so much more worn in comparison to your hanger. Big nose/tail slide kinda guy?
Yeah pretty much, the spot I mainly skate is kinda low for doing proper nose/tailslide, I mean they're possible but I much rather prefer slappying up into them. I only really learned slappy noseslides in the last 7 or 8 months or so, and as such spent a lot of time on this set doing them and learning variations etc. Funnily enough I have the same wear on the back truck of my old set of ventures as I had switch slappy noseslides before I could do regular ones - same deal pretty much, learn a trick and rinse it for months. Here's a couple old thunder hangers from 2016-2018 I think, first two to axle and third one cracked to the point the hangar moved around.
(https://i.imgur.com/tYAPo9C.jpeg)
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I trip out when i see people with hangers that are just evenly ground down along the whole thing. All of the times i've gotten to axle it's in my back heel corner where i do front 5-0s on pool coping. what grinds are you doing where you consistently use the whole hanger like that?
The wear pattern is an interesting one. I keep meaning to take some pics of different trucks from people I know, but the best examples as follows:
Transition only skaters - usually not a lot of wear all over, mainly back heel point from grinds
Curb slappy fifties only - usually flat wear the whole width of the truck, often front more so than back right across with back more in the middle, but not always
Curb / noseslide / crooks only - usually more interesting wear across the front / back truck faces from the angle of crooks and significant baseplate wear, sometimes through to the pivot cup area.
The fact that some guys will skate a curb one session, then hit the park and skate pool coping or other stuff, or even those more all rounders make for more even wear but any rougher edges, be it ledge, coping, raw whatever, you are going to take off a lot more metal each session than those who skate just a plain smooth metal coping / edged skatepark or similar surfaces.
Edit:
You can easily tell what I usually skated a lot more, from these three old boards I took pics of from a while back (last pics in particular) which are all down to axle and then retired, one more than the others, but nothing like some of the awesome trucks I have seen here. I also went up board and truck size, so these have been hanging around more so waiting for a new home than anything else:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CXlGX6JlDK5/
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I trip out when i see people with hangers that are just evenly ground down along the whole thing. All of the times i've gotten to axle it's in my back heel corner where i do front 5-0s on pool coping. what grinds are you doing where you consistently use the whole hanger like that?
if you have a parking block where your truck can sit right on top, all 4 wheels freely sticking out at the side. when you can eat the entire thing it will wear the truck out a lot more evenly. i was hitting on up like that on saturday night for awhile.
i am trying to flip my trucks around when i switch decks, and do as many diferent grinds from from different stances to create as much damage as possible on my current sets of trucks.
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Ace 44 Classics: Done.
(https://i.imgur.com/9nymhLF.jpg)
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Ace 44 Classics: Done.
(https://i.imgur.com/9nymhLF.jpg)
Damn! Well done! Beautiful grooves. So nice to see.
One hanger looks to be cracked. is that the reason for calling it a day on these?
The top washer on the other hanger so beautifully ground down also. The nut I assume has been changed at some point? The kingpin seems to be surprisingly mildly ground down.
Not related to these beautiful trucks, but I’ve always wondered, shouldn’t this thread be in Shoes & Gear instead of UWTB? Mods? Any comments?
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Ace 44 Classics: Done.
(https://i.imgur.com/9nymhLF.jpg)
Damn! Well done! Beautiful grooves. So nice to see.
One hanger looks to be cracked. is that the reason for calling it a day on these?
The top washer on the other hanger so beautifully ground down also. The nut I assume has been changed at some point? The kingpin seems to be surprisingly mildly ground down.
Not related to these beautiful trucks, but I’ve always wondered, shouldn’t this thread be in Shoes & Gear instead of UWTB? Mods? Any comments?
The one in front cracked all the way around, i skated on it for like 30 more mins but got scared lol.
I need to get more photos. Theres much more going on with these than whats pictured.
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Excellent work @streetmeat
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about a month ago i rotated them cause i was damn near almost through the bushing seat from feebles, most of the time i was just sliding on the bushing, it felt awful lol so i rotated before i went straight though it
(https://i.imgur.com/Fwd0Zq1.jpg)
the area above the nut exposing the axel actually chipped away looooooooong ago which was concerning at first but it was all good. I hit axel in the front from crooks before anywhere else
(https://i.imgur.com/G7f0L2p.jpg)
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Very nice @streetmeat, it looks like you have a solid bag of tricks with all the different grooves there are in those trucks
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Ace 44 Classics: Done.
(https://i.imgur.com/9nymhLF.jpg)
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Wow! Nice job man.
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Ace 44 Classics: Done.
(https://i.imgur.com/9nymhLF.jpg)
Beautiful
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Ace 44 Classics: Done.
(https://i.imgur.com/9nymhLF.jpg)
Best thing I’ve seen this week. Solid job.
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I encourage you to donate those to the Smithsonian.
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Ace 44 Classics: Done.
(https://i.imgur.com/9nymhLF.jpg)
hella crooks and feebles!
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Ace 44 Classics: Done.
(https://i.imgur.com/9nymhLF.jpg)
each truck looks like a dna helix. well done @streetmeat
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Don't talk about grooved trucks until you grind through every axis, ala @streetmeat
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Kinda jealous of you guys with significant feeble marks. That's one I could just never figure out.
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Down to the axle on my current pair, mostly from slappy crooks, last pair the king pin broke.(https://i.ibb.co/hYV3Qsm/16844807196355842243260997220463.jpg) (https://ibb.co/hYV3Qsm)
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Kinda jealous of you guys with significant feeble marks. That's one I could just never figure out.
Same.
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Kinda jealous of you guys with significant feeble marks. That's one I could just never figure out.
Same.
I really need to start seeking out some grindable obstacles, too much flatground my trucks will outlive me
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QVxHfAyzi4
https://youtu.be/QiWhdjij7xQ
I have bene working on them a lot its hard as fuck, i still dont quite get it. i always 5-0, cant really get it dipped down.
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I have bene working on them a lot its hard as fuck, i still dont quite get it. i always 5-0, cant really get it dipped down.
I always end up going to boardslide.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QVxHfAyzi4
https://youtu.be/QiWhdjij7xQ
I have bene working on them a lot its hard as fuck, i still dont quite get it. i always 5-0, cant really get it dipped down.
slappy feebles are dumb easy, easiest slappy there is
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I have bene working on them a lot its hard as fuck, i still dont quite get it. i always 5-0, cant really get it dipped down.
slappy feebles are dumb easy, easiest slappy there is
It always depends on the curb for me. On mellow curbs they’re super easy. On steep curbs they drive me nuts. If anyone is having trouble find a mellow curb.
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Just replaced them due to bent axle and also my wheel falling off 3x, after rethreading the axle each time didn’t want to push it much longer there. Wanted to ride them until they snapped ahh well. 1 and a half yrs
Front
(https://i.imgur.com/EVxdkfT.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/3ljNgxW.jpg)
Back
(https://i.imgur.com/NkW18RB.jpg)
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Just replaced them due to bent axle and also my wheel falling off 3x, after rethreading the axle each time didn’t want to push it much longer there. Wanted to ride them until they snapped ahh well. 1 and a half yrs
I've got two pairs of Indys which I wanted to ride until they cracked, but on which the axle threads eventually gave way and I had to abandon my plan. Both are significantly axled but, like you, I'm not gonna take the chance that my wheel falls off mid hill bomb.
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(https://i.imgur.com/gzKvxdU.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/gHmhHCi.jpg)
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(https://i.imgur.com/gzKvxdU.jpg)
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(https://i.imgur.com/g1gPdqc.jpg)
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Dang, your board is “ground down to the axle” too, love to see it!
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(https://i.imgur.com/gzKvxdU.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/gHmhHCi.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/g1gPdqc.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/P9eSP5z.jpg)
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Looks like you used every inch of that board and those trucks
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my friend was saying was I worried about cracking through the truck mid grind and going absolutely flying... these are titanium axles so they still probably have a bit to go. I wonder how mcuh though? they still feel pretty sturdy
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my friend was saying was I worried about cracking through the truck mid grind and going absolutely flying... these are titanium axles so they still probably have a bit to go. I wonder how mcuh though? they still feel pretty sturdy
Mine went nearly entirely through the hollow axle and never cracked, the entire hang gave. So you've got a ways to go safely I think
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Damn rawb, you’re secretly the singer from guns n roses. Axel ground down. The sled looks well skated. Skate rat status
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(https://i.ibb.co/s9FFhyZ/IMG-1650.jpg) (https://ibb.co/s9FFhyZ)
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(https://i.ibb.co/s9FFhyZ/IMG-1650.jpg) (https://ibb.co/s9FFhyZ)
Dang. Ground through the bushings too, huh?
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Using my top bushings from these trucks to ease into some Venture 5.8s.
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Hoping to break these this year. I'd be as happy to display them as Ralphie's dad was with the Leg Lamp in A Christmas Story.
Front
(https://i.imgur.com/wi3ffZQ.jpg)
Back
(https://i.imgur.com/E33Q1lU.jpg)
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Farewell
(https://i.ibb.co/31bQzhd/IMG-0343.jpg) (https://ibb.co/31bQzhd) (https://de.imgbb.com/)
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How many times do you all change your wheels per truck set. I feel like for me it’s a new set new trucks then new wheels at some point until the trucks are toasted. Usually 54-56 conical fulls/Og classics f4 spits. I’m a slappy skater btw. Curious to hear how many wheels you went thru in a truck’s life.
Nice af1 destruction. Love this thread. I feel like my af1 have been slow to grind down whereas the stage 4 Indys I’m on seem to be grinding down faster. Don’t mind the quicker wear the grind feels good and having deep grooves sooner is a plus.
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How many times do you all change your wheels per truck set. I feel like for me it’s a new set new trucks then new wheels at some point until the trucks are toasted. Usually 54-56 conical fulls/Og classics f4 spits. I’m a slappy skater btw. Curious to hear how many wheels you went thru in a truck’s life.
Nice af1 destruction. Love this thread. I feel like my af1 have been slow to grind down whereas the stage 4 Indys I’m on seem to be grinding down faster. Don’t mind the quicker wear the grind feels good and having deep grooves sooner is a plus.
id say im halfway through my trucks lifespan and im 2 sets of 54/56 f4's (exactly like you) in at the moment
if all goes well, i think itll take 4 sets total to kill them trucks. theyre about a year and some change old at this point, so 2 full years to kill them
im an atv for context. ledges, transition, rails & curbs. you name it, i skate it
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finally starting to see the axle poking through on these thunder 149s after 3 months of it being 'right around the corner', it isn't that impressive yet but i'm still stoked
(https://i.imgur.com/Dngg79d.png)
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Not the axle but I’m not sure what this is even called.
(http://[url=https://ibb.co/WzLDTJW][img]https://i.ibb.co/WzLDTJW/IMG-20211107-152741247-2-Original-6.jpg)[/url][/img]
(https://i.ibb.co/Lh2gmbB/IMG-20211108-115917068-2-Original.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Lh2gmbB)(https://i.ibb.co/px1w6pM/IMG-20211107-152741247-2-Original.jpg) (https://ibb.co/px1w6pM)
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Not the axle but I’m not sure what this is even called.
(http://[url=https://ibb.co/WzLDTJW][img]https://i.ibb.co/WzLDTJW/IMG-20211107-152741247-2-Original-6.jpg)[/url][/img]
(https://i.ibb.co/Lh2gmbB/IMG-20211108-115917068-2-Original.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Lh2gmbB)(https://i.ibb.co/px1w6pM/IMG-20211107-152741247-2-Original.jpg) (https://ibb.co/px1w6pM)
Bushing'd
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(https://i.imgur.com/gzKvxdU.jpg)
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(https://i.imgur.com/d5HZztE.jpg)
Beautiful
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How many times do you all change your wheels per truck set.
I love super tiny wheels for slappy combos, so I usually just like to do 1 set of wheels per set of trucks. I end up usually just switching wheels because I am messing around with the setup and want to try something different. I actually used a set of 55mm Bones STF wheels down to like 45mm that i took across 2 sets of trucks!
that set of indy titaniums I rode from October until June while also riding a set of 8.75 Aces on my rails board that I have almost axled as well. I unfortunately left that axled setup at the spot like the day after I posted that photo and then I started a new set of thunder 148s June 1st and I have almost axled those already too. I have started riding the nose just to try and get more wear on everything and getting my first nice switch groove going too! cant wait to post those 2 trucks and thne get a new set of 151s to replace the Aces.
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finally starting to see the axle poking through on these thunder 149s after 3 months of it being 'right around the corner', it isn't that impressive yet but i'm still stoked
(https://i.imgur.com/Dngg79d.png)
A lot of people will never axle a truck, you're in rarefied air. enjoy your achievement.
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Not the axle but I’m not sure what this is even called.
(https://i.ibb.co/WzLDTJW/IMG-20211107-152741247-2-Original-6.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/Lh2gmbB/IMG-20211108-115917068-2-Original.jpg)
DAMN! get this person a curb hopper/bird!
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Not the axle but I’m not sure what this is even called.
(https://i.ibb.co/WzLDTJW/IMG-20211107-152741247-2-Original-6.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/Lh2gmbB/IMG-20211108-115917068-2-Original.jpg)
DAMN! get this person a curb hopper/bird!
Hahah. I knew it was close so went for one more session. When it actually broke through to the bushings I totally lost control and got pitched forward into the ground. There were metal shards on the curb stuck in the wax.
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Not the axle but I’m not sure what this is even called.
(http://[url=https://ibb.co/WzLDTJW][img]https://i.ibb.co/WzLDTJW/IMG-20211107-152741247-2-Original-6.jpg)[/url][/img]
(https://i.ibb.co/Lh2gmbB/IMG-20211108-115917068-2-Original.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Lh2gmbB)(https://i.ibb.co/px1w6pM/IMG-20211107-152741247-2-Original.jpg) (https://ibb.co/px1w6pM)
Death by feeble. Nicely done.
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Epicly Bush’d
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How many times do you all change your wheels per truck set. I feel like for me it’s a new set new trucks then new wheels at some point until the trucks are toasted. Usually 54-56 conical fulls/Og classics f4 spits. I’m a slappy skater btw. Curious to hear how many wheels you went thru in a truck’s life.
Nice af1 destruction. Love this thread. I feel like my af1 have been slow to grind down whereas the stage 4 Indys I’m on seem to be grinding down faster. Don’t mind the quicker wear the grind feels good and having deep grooves sooner is a plus.
i go based off the amount of decks I’ve had. usually, I’ll set up new wheels every 3 decks. sometimes more than 3 decks, but rarely less than 3 decks.
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Ace classics 44 from before af1 came out. On af1 now. Wish they had 8.38 af1
Retired these because the front top bushing is splitting and the trucks are getting looser without being able to tighten them. Gonna give them to a friend that wants to try skating so passing them along.
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^Fuck those are sick. Gnar gnar gnar. Can't wait to finally join the club this year, after many years...Never axled a truck before and my thunders are getting close.
How long did it take you and what kind of skating? I'm mainly skating smooth ledges and flat bars, so it takes forever
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^Fuck those are sick. Gnar gnar gnar. Can't wait to finally join the club this year, after many years...Never axled a truck before and my thunders are getting close.
How long did it take you and what kind of skating? I'm mainly skating smooth ledges and flat bars, so it takes forever
Curb skating. I don’t skate anything else really these days.
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Threads like this make me feel like the biggest poser. Good job guys.
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I have some titanium 169 that have prob half inch of axle poking through, but seem to grind rough on concrete. Anyone else have that issue?
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What is it about seeing well worn trucks that is so satisfying?
I feel like it's the opposite when it comes to wheels.
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Getting there
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Getting there
Are you skating an I beam large or something? That's a crazy notch.
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Threads like this make me feel like the biggest poser. Good job guys.
Grinding curbs is prob the fastest way if you’re trying to speedrun some trucks. Especially finding and breaking in new curbs, that’ll do it quick.
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Getting there
Fellow crook enjoyer.
(https://i.ibb.co/H7h7CVW/Screenshot-20240106-235618-Gallery.jpg) (https://ibb.co/9nZnhNF)
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APB but don't underestimate the power of not grinding to the axel, and cobbling together a set up of old parts and giving away a complete. It's pretty satisfying too.......
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I think my kingpin is going to give out before I get into the hollow part of the axle
(https://i.ibb.co/0hBdDPL/IMG-1514.jpg) (https://ibb.co/0hBdDPL)(https://i.ibb.co/vhVThMH/IMG-1513.jpg) (https://ibb.co/vhVThMH)
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Getting there
Are you skating an I beam large or something? That's a crazy notch.
Crooks at my local. I need to get my frontside notch going
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Getting there
Fellow crook enjoyer.
(https://i.ibb.co/H7h7CVW/Screenshot-20240106-235618-Gallery.jpg) (https://ibb.co/9nZnhNF)
Yessir 🫡
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i needa see pics of the ledges you guys are skating cuz that looks like it was done with an angle grinder
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I dontt understand how you could get that mark.
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I dontt understand how you could get that mark.
Crooks to fakie ?
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I dontt understand how you could get that mark.
I had the same type of slash on some black AF1’s from crooks on a newer piece of angle iron. It bugged the fuck out of me for the life of the truck.
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Eight months in. 6.1s. The axel grinds down so much slower than the truck itself. I’m trying to see how long I can run them.
(https://i.ibb.co/m4jPKV5/IMG-0239.jpg)
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I dontt understand how you could get that mark.
Crooks to fakie ?
My back180 nosegrinds lock into that same spot. So it’s definitely getting double timed.
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Glad to see this thread re kindled
What trucks axle the quickest? I was looking at some ventures and they seem to have the least amount of meat to protect the axle. This is a quick observation so no way the absolute truth. Anyone measure this and have a number?
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Glad to see this thread re kindled
What trucks axle the quickest? I was looking at some ventures and they seem to have the least amount of meat to protect the axle. This is a quick observation so no way the absolute truth. Anyone measure this and have a number?
Guessing ace or Indy 215 but idk how thin ventures are, maybe thunder too?
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Glad to see this thread re kindled
What trucks axle the quickest? I was looking at some ventures and they seem to have the least amount of meat to protect the axle. This is a quick observation so no way the absolute truth. Anyone measure this and have a number?
Guessing ace or Indy 215 but idk how thin ventures are, maybe thunder too?
Aces have a lot more meat than venture/thunder. But ace classics grind down super fast because of the soft metal, so you're still kinda right.
Just checked, thunders and ventures seem to have the same amount of metal above the axle, only about 5mm.
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Glad to see this thread re kindled
What trucks axle the quickest? I was looking at some ventures and they seem to have the least amount of meat to protect the axle. This is a quick observation so no way the absolute truth. Anyone measure this and have a number?
Either Ace Classics or thunders.
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Getting there
Fellow crook enjoyer.
(https://i.ibb.co/H7h7CVW/Screenshot-20240106-235618-Gallery.jpg) (https://ibb.co/9nZnhNF)
You two need to collab and make an all crooks montage at your favorite ledges because those images look like AI generated crook grooves and I need more context.
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what's everyone grinding to get these kind of grooves? nothing but pool coping? it certainly isn't round bars!
props to everyone for getting down to the axel!!!
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what's everyone grinding to get these kind of grooves? nothing but pool coping? it certainly isn't round bars!
props to everyone for getting down to the axel!!!
a lot of curbs for me.
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got these thunders june 1st. winter time now so i setup some Ventures from ~2010. will post the destruction in a few months see how we do.
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snowstorm hitting my part of the midwest today. these highly sexual images are driving me insane, i need to skate so bad
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what's everyone grinding to get these kind of grooves? nothing but pool coping? it certainly isn't round bars!
props to everyone for getting down to the axel!!!
Curbs and the very occasional ledge
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I dontt understand how you could get that mark.
Really hard and sharp metals will cut into the hanger aluminum like that. The skatepark ledges at North Hollywood park(and others) have a slight inside bevel to them where the concrete has worn away and will do this to my trucks. I hate grinding them because it does this shit and it looks funny to me. I’m assuming they’re probably grinding something similar
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I dontt understand how you could get that mark.
Same here. My local park has those types of ledges. Almost opened up a dudes shin once they get so sharp.
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what's everyone grinding to get these kind of grooves? nothing but pool coping? it certainly isn't round bars!
props to everyone for getting down to the axel!!!
Curbs. They eat trucks pretty quickly.
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Homie’s well-used 149s💪🏽🤣
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Not the axle but I’m not sure what this is even called.
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You broke your Yoke. Get your ass to the hospital yo.
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Only axle’d heelside rear truck. Retired due to changing my shit up, still had plenty of life in them…
(https://imgur.com/lO1uAOn.png)
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Homie’s well-used 149s💪🏽🤣
Must 5050 a double sider a lot lol
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I’ve been skating these since April and it looks like I’m on borrowed time since they’re cracked all the way around
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Bravo, Maestro!
Enjoy the rarified air of the few that have ground a truck to death.
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sick cunt!!!! also dig the hard times sticker
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crazy cause they dont even look that grinded down tbh lol
i have done that to lots of trucks before though just after skating them for a long time
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crazy cause they dont even look that grinded down tbh lol
i have done that to lots of trucks before though just after skating them for a long time
I thought the same from the snapped photo, but scroll up for side view that shows some seriously delicious grooves.
Well done tom, I salute you.
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Solid work Tom!
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What exactly causes a truck to crack? Is it due to landing drops with a smaller amount of metal on the truck? Or just from grinding certain things? I always love the way it looks but it’s never happened to me
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What exactly causes a truck to crack? Is it due to landing drops with a smaller amount of metal on the truck? Or just from grinding certain things? I always love the way it looks but it’s never happened to me
For some who grind through like that, it is just the sheer wear of the truck, more than any heavy weight, hard landing or anything else.
That said, I do know some trucks break more weirdly than others (not including ti axles with all their issues), but gradually grinding through the axle, it weakens the material around it to the point where it just can't hold up anymore, sometimes bends so the hanger is still attached with the wheel hard pressed on the board, other times it just snaps off and goes flying.
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🫡 Congratulations sir, excellent work.
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Life hammer
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Little explanation of how it looks like they’re not as worn down that I posted in the setup thread:
I always axle the back truck in the same spot. It never goes all the way across. Lots of frontside grinds, 5-0’s, 50-50’s(both backside and frontside lock in on my heel), feebles/smiths, and maybe 4 total sw crooks. The hanger cracked about a week before the hollow axle cracked. It bent all the way down and I just kept skating it until it broke
I skate a lot of street, but what I really love to skate is transition. I love grinding just as much as flipping my board
I don’t have a macro lens but this iPhone pic shows a bit more of the wear on the hanger where you can see the axle
(https://i.ibb.co/9nfT8bY/IMG-094.jpg)
I set them up on April 10th, so just under 9.5 months of skating did them in. I’m already working in my next set of Thunder hollow lights