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Oh man finally other people that obsess over their gear like me haha.
I've been thinking way too much about trucks lately and I would value some others' opinions. Do you guys think Thunder's are out of the question if you're on the heavier side and like loose trucks? Thought about buying some polished hi's and throwing some aftermarket bushings in 'em but I always ride 54mm wheels and I'm worried I may get killer wheelbite. I know I could go down to maybe a 52mm wheel but I feel like that will be too small for my liking and slow me down. I really don't want to use risers either.
I've read a lot about Ace's but I don't think I'll ever try them until they make an 8.5 axle. So, I've been thinking either Thunder or Krux? Indy's turn too slow for me no matter what bushings I've tried.
edit: I forgot to ask...will standard size cylinder or conical bushings fit in Thunder Hi's? Their "Hi" is pretty much a low truck so I'm not sure if it would require a "low" bushing. Thanks!
I'm 190-200 pounds and usually use thunders 149s/ 151s with an 1/8th riser. i ride them loose with stock (broken-in-to-shit) bushings with 56mm wheels and get wheel rub but rarely enough to fuck me up. a lot of it has to do with how your truck lines up with the deck's concave also. thats why i ride trucks slightly wider than my boards as this pushes the wheels further out to where the concave bends steeper. make sense? maybe i'm full of it... (indy bushings are fine in thunders.)
as for ace. the sizes are indeed frustrating. but 44s are a good substitute for 149s. they come with really thick washers that you can use to push your wheels out a bit. i hope they make a size between 44s and 55s one day.
krux are also really good and super light.
Thanks for your feedback, as well. I'm usually at 200lbs, but during winter I usually gain ten pounds or so. I'm probably at 210lbs right now. Reading your experience with Thunder gives me hope I can ride them. I'd most likely be going 149s with an 8.5. Trucks any wider than my board would be weird for me. I could live with trucks slightly narrower than my deck, though. It seems Ace and Krux offering that 8.25 axle actually filled that void for a lot of people. All truck companies should offer that size in my opinion.
Part of me wants to slim down my board a bit, go down to an 8.25 and see how much it lightens up the load along with some narrower trucks and smaller wheels, but I haven't decided. I've been riding 8.5 for years.
I also still can't get over that hole Krux has. I know it also opens bottles which is cool, but I don't know...they just seem kinda odd. Thunders have a nice sleek design without any bs. I think the Krux bushings in them could make for a really good performing truck. Thunder stocks and aftermarkets appear to all be conical, so a medium durometer cylinder like the Krux bushings should reduce the wheel bite and still allow them to turn well. That's my theory anyway.