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Re: Truck set-ups
« Reply #2280 on: June 09, 2017, 11:46:42 AM »
I should

But hmmmm...

I wish it were the good ole days of riding a 7.8 with my reliable krux down-lows
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Re: Truck set-ups
« Reply #2281 on: June 09, 2017, 12:07:07 PM »
I should

But hmmmm...

I wish it were the good ole days of riding a 7.8 with my reliable krux down-lows

You can literally ride that now.
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Re: Truck set-ups
« Reply #2282 on: June 09, 2017, 12:12:34 PM »
Tried it, Didn't work like it use to.

I learned how to turn on my board instead of tic tacking and gained more style and control moving up sizes and trying trucks that could actually turn haha
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Re: Truck set-ups
« Reply #2283 on: June 09, 2017, 09:40:05 PM »
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The stock white bushings feel super loose until you break them in. Last time I got a new set of thunders I was getting crazy wheelbite with 53mm wheels for the first few weeks.
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See I don't get this.  Every set of trucks I've ever had, I've hated the fucking stock bushings and always just use bones but even fresh these white Thunder bushings feel like a million bucks!


It feels turny but stable.


I'll compare THunders and Indys.


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Like Indys are more an S shape and feel smoother but fairly shallow where as these Thunders are more of a zig zag. They have a snappier/quicker response but don't feel like  loose truck at speed/going striaght.

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Re: Truck set-ups
« Reply #2284 on: June 09, 2017, 09:58:15 PM »
I'm getting a real big urge to switch to thunder from indy. The only thing thats stopping me is this question: is running 54mm without risers even possible without riding super tight? I'd hate to go down in wheel size, but the pull is strong.

I like almost everything about indy, the turn, the.. Maybe just the turn actually. The delayed pop has been messing with my head lately, I keep telling myself I'm just being picky.. But at the same time I need all the advantages I can get (since I suck). I love the pop of thunders, and the longer wheelbase, but the height worries me, the turn I think I could get used to.

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« Reply #2285 on: June 09, 2017, 10:46:57 PM »
I'm getting a real big urge to switch to thunder from indy. The only thing thats stopping me is this question: is running 54mm without risers even possible without riding super tight? I'd hate to go down in wheel size, but the pull is strong.

I like almost everything about indy, the turn, the.. Maybe just the turn actually. The delayed pop has been messing with my head lately, I keep telling myself I'm just being picky.. But at the same time I need all the advantages I can get (since I suck). I love the pop of thunders, and the longer wheelbase, but the height worries me, the turn I think I could get used to.

I think this depends on truck and deck width. The wider you go the more chance you'll need risers... the law of moments....

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Re: Truck set-ups
« Reply #2286 on: June 09, 2017, 10:56:31 PM »
I'd be riding 149's (with 8.38 to 8.5), I'm thinking I'll probably have to go down to 53mm, but I definitely don't want to.
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Re: Truck set-ups
« Reply #2287 on: June 09, 2017, 11:03:12 PM »
I'd be riding 149's (with 8.38 to 8.5), I'm thinking I'll probably have to go down to 53mm, but I definitely don't want to.

Yeah, you might need risers depending on how much wheel bite you can handle. I'm currently on loose ace 44s with 54mm wheels on an 8.6", no risers and getting some significant wheel bite but enjoying the challenge of trying to land tricks cleaner...

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Re: Truck set-ups
« Reply #2288 on: June 09, 2017, 11:33:25 PM »
Just found out that gerwer rides 53mm with thunders, looks like its a done deal. I thought I was done messing with my setup so much.. this is the last time! :o

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Re: Truck set-ups
« Reply #2289 on: June 10, 2017, 12:16:14 AM »
Tinker away Zimmer, all the cool kids/insane old men are doing it.
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Re: Truck set-ups
« Reply #2290 on: June 10, 2017, 10:25:58 AM »
I'm getting a real big urge to switch to thunder from indy. The only thing thats stopping me is this question: is running 54mm without risers even possible without riding super tight? I'd hate to go down in wheel size, but the pull is strong.

I like almost everything about indy, the turn, the.. Maybe just the turn actually. The delayed pop has been messing with my head lately, I keep telling myself I'm just being picky.. But at the same time I need all the advantages I can get (since I suck). I love the pop of thunders, and the longer wheelbase, but the height worries me, the turn I think I could get used to.

I've ridden 54s with team plates, it was a struggle as I ride loose 53 seem like the max unless you ride super tight or use risers.

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Re: Truck set-ups
« Reply #2291 on: June 10, 2017, 08:17:23 PM »
Vision street wear trucks via Walmart
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Re: Truck set-ups
« Reply #2292 on: June 11, 2017, 06:49:36 AM »
Vision street wear trucks via Walmart


"3-in-1 HYBRID board". So much mystery and wonder in such a short sentence. Eat your heart out, not-Hemingway. What could that even mean?

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Re: Truck set-ups
« Reply #2293 on: June 11, 2017, 10:51:54 AM »
Pretty cool they come with that Krux kingpin everybody here raves about

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Re: Truck set-ups
« Reply #2294 on: June 11, 2017, 05:47:17 PM »
New royals? 

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Re: Truck set-ups
« Reply #2295 on: June 11, 2017, 09:39:01 PM »
After much debate I decided to go home to Indy. I've missed the turning for one (and had they stayed at stage vii I would have never changed!). Anyway I kept reading that the stage xi used stage bio geometry and I can't resist. I'm still skating skinny boards though. I may inch myself back up to 8 but I just want to turn again first. Not that ventures don't turn, just not like indy

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Re: Truck set-ups
« Reply #2296 on: June 11, 2017, 10:05:29 PM »
you would think that with all the stage 7 love that indy would just re-release them and cash fat checks

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Re: Truck set-ups
« Reply #2297 on: June 11, 2017, 11:01:17 PM »
I think it's a lot of work to be running multiple designs......sure Indy makes more off of tshirts than trucks....

Indy turning radius is hard to live without.....

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Re: Truck set-ups
« Reply #2298 on: June 11, 2017, 11:28:42 PM »
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"3-in-1 HYBRID board". So much mystery and wonder in such a short sentence. Eat your heart out, not-Hemingway. What could that even mean?

Decided to check the walmart site to see why it was 3 in 1 and it's never explained. Then I went to the Darkstar boards and realized someone should swipe Decenzo from Darkstar. The man deserves better.
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Re: Truck set-ups
« Reply #2299 on: June 11, 2017, 11:46:00 PM »
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Vision street wear trucks via Walmart

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"3-in-1 HYBRID board". So much mystery and wonder in such a short sentence. Eat your heart out, not-Hemingway. What could that even mean?
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Decided to check the walmart site to see why it was 3 in 1 and it's never explained. Then I went to the Darkstar boards and realized someone should swipe Decenzo from Darkstar. The man deserves better.
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Re: Truck set-ups
« Reply #2300 on: June 11, 2017, 11:54:09 PM »
It is only a collab with vision. Like the emericaXindependent collab for the Reynolds vulc. Sometimes they make the trucks, sometimes they make the shoes.

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Re: Truck set-ups
« Reply #2301 on: June 12, 2017, 10:16:20 AM »
Hey what if keith has been working on a stage vii remaster, new stage 12 that's basically a 53mm tall(cause ace height) and stage 7 feel/turn
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« Reply #2302 on: June 12, 2017, 11:14:59 AM »
Hey what if keith has been working on a stage vii remaster, new stage 12 that's basically a 53mm tall(cause ace height) and stage 7 feel/turn

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« Reply #2303 on: June 12, 2017, 11:34:10 AM »
Hey what if keith has been working on a stage vii remaster, new stage 12 that's basically a 53mm tall(cause ace height) and stage 7 feel/turn
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« Reply #2304 on: June 12, 2017, 12:38:53 PM »
Ahaha your just gonna leak a number like that,

I just know from emailing and reading N.L. Post that he is working on a new Indy mid of some sorts but no idea if it's a new stage or just a mid so you now have Indys in all options(low, mid, and high) to kill the truck market, with only thunder and venture standing after that cause ermico and all

All I know Is I want a mid height Indy 144, perfect clearance and amount of lower center of gravity with turn perfect for 8.25
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« Reply #2305 on: June 12, 2017, 01:08:49 PM »
All I know Is I want a mid height Indy 144

A 144 with a forged baseplate?

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« Reply #2306 on: June 12, 2017, 02:10:57 PM »
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All I know Is I want a mid height Indy 144
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A 144 with a forged baseplate?

Nah, forged baseplates are strong but feel so flimsy and thin so I like my trucks all classic gravity cast

Hey anyone who owns thunder 148's or Indy 144s are they much better than running 149 on an 8.25 ?

I'm running 149 Indys on my 8.25 and it's good and I love it but would the smallest size change make a difference in board feel and flip?
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« Reply #2307 on: June 12, 2017, 06:27:10 PM »
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All I know Is I want a mid height Indy 144
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Nah, forged baseplates are strong but feel so flimsy and thin so I like my trucks all classic gravity cast

Hey anyone who owns thunder 148's or Indy 144s are they much better than running 149 on an 8.25 ?

I'm running 149 Indys on my 8.25 and it's good and I love it but would the smallest size change make a difference in board feel and flip?


went from 149 thunders on a 8.25 to the 148s on the same deck and its way more stable for flip tricks!
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Re: Truck set-ups
« Reply #2308 on: June 12, 2017, 06:41:53 PM »
more stable ???

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« Reply #2309 on: June 12, 2017, 11:06:24 PM »
Yeah that's what I was thinking, it'll have that sort of flip ability like 147 but the stability like 149, I saw them at the shop and they look very very well made. Something about the thunder 148 overall quality sticks out to me. It really looked like a revamped/remastered thunder to my keen eyes.

It didn't bulk out like a 149 even though they're the same height but it didn't look tight and low like a 147. Like the right porridge I would say
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