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^Good skating but none of those turns were tight. Ventures do turn but nowhere near as much as Aces. Yes, you could skate them anywhere but the reason I came to the conclusion that they don’t work for me was tight spots and tight turns on tranny. Other than that, I liked them very much. And 5.8s are the only Ventures I’ve ever tried. I still have that set around and am tempted to try them once I get to skate but I am pretty happy with having Aces on all my setups now. The lure of the Venture pop is strong.
Let's invent a truck that has Venture pop with Ace turning haha. I miss my Ace's a lot but then when I struggle less popping onto taller ledges it makes me want to stick with Venture and Thunder. I've finally come to the conclusion that I'll never be the transition slayer that I hoped I would progress to.
Also, I'm 37 so in a few years I'll just end up on Indy 169's, a Hammerhead and 60mm slime balls and call it a life
Haha. That'd be heavenly. One can dream.
I haven't been able to skate for the past few months and thus I'm thinking of skating more and more and thought about maybe putting risers on Aces and getting a board with a really short tail. I haven't thought this through 100% but I can't see why that wouldn't perform the same as Ventures if the set ups had the same height and same tail dimensions related to the axle placement. 🤔 I've been even considering sanding down a tail to be exactly half as much shorter than the wheelbase difference between Ace and Venture. Though if that's a lot, that'd also make the tail lower, which would probably fuck shit up.
I briefly tested widening the wheelbase on a board by drilling new holes but you gotta set the holes so far apart, so you get separate holes instead of a very wide ones, that the wheelbase extends at least 0.75" or something around there. Forgot the exact measurements as it's been a while. Anyway, that was a terrible idea. Tail became way too short and it was just a horrible ride all in all.
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