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They made indy's in china about 12-15 years ago for a sec. Quality suffered. I've said it b4 but I'd love to see a persicion cut aluminum truck no cast shit. They could make that in china or where ever and it would shit on cast trucks.
D3s and mongo? It's over.
True, kinda just odd to think about in general. Indy has this "fuck you! skate fast! go die! beer!! tattoos!!" imagery when really all they do is manufacture a metal turning apparatus for a toy. It's not that serious... I'm kinda over my 144s and want to try some aces or the 148 thunders.
Quote from: givecigstosurfgroms on December 03, 2017, 06:49:19 AMExpand QuoteThey made indy's in china about 12-15 years ago for a sec. Quality suffered. I've said it b4 but I'd love to see a persicion cut aluminum truck no cast shit. They could make that in china or where ever and it would shit on cast trucks.[close]a cnc truck?
They made indy's in china about 12-15 years ago for a sec. Quality suffered. I've said it b4 but I'd love to see a persicion cut aluminum truck no cast shit. They could make that in china or where ever and it would shit on cast trucks.[close]
Quote from: pointandclick on December 03, 2017, 10:19:51 AMExpand QuoteQuote from: givecigstosurfgroms on December 03, 2017, 06:49:19 AMExpand QuoteThey made indy's in china about 12-15 years ago for a sec. Quality suffered. I've said it b4 but I'd love to see a persicion cut aluminum truck no cast shit. They could make that in china or where ever and it would shit on cast trucks.[close]a cnc truck?[close]I think that's what it would be. Whatever they make good Mtb cranks with. They could use less material cause it would be alot stronger. There are cast-metal cranks but only dept. store bikes have them if that's enough perspective. So yah, not just for cosmetics ha ha ..
Quote from: givecigstosurfgroms on December 03, 2017, 06:49:19 AMExpand QuoteThey made indy's in china about 12-15 years ago for a sec. Quality suffered. I've said it b4 but I'd love to see a persicion cut aluminum truck no cast shit. They could make that in china or where ever and it would shit on cast trucks.[close]a cnc truck?[close]
Quote from: givecigstosurfgroms on December 03, 2017, 01:45:55 PMExpand QuoteQuote from: pointandclick on December 03, 2017, 10:19:51 AMExpand QuoteQuote from: givecigstosurfgroms on December 03, 2017, 06:49:19 AMExpand QuoteThey made indy's in china about 12-15 years ago for a sec. Quality suffered. I've said it b4 but I'd love to see a persicion cut aluminum truck no cast shit. They could make that in china or where ever and it would shit on cast trucks.[close]a cnc truck?[close]I think that's what it would be. Whatever they make good Mtb cranks with. They could use less material cause it would be alot stronger. There are cast-metal cranks but only dept. store bikes have them if that's enough perspective. So yah, not just for cosmetics ha ha ..[close]The strongest aluminum cranksets are cold-forged. Indy probably would have offered CNC trucks in the 1990s, but the only way to eliminate axle slip was to injection mold aluminum right onto the steel axle. I don't know if I could go back to banging my axle on sidewalk or light pole every 5 minutes.
Quote from: pointandclick on December 03, 2017, 10:19:51 AMExpand QuoteQuote from: givecigstosurfgroms on December 03, 2017, 06:49:19 AMExpand QuoteThey made indy's in china about 12-15 years ago for a sec. Quality suffered. I've said it b4 but I'd love to see a persicion cut aluminum truck no cast shit. They could make that in china or where ever and it would shit on cast trucks.[close]a cnc truck?[close]I think that's what it would be. Whatever they make good Mtb cranks with. They could use less material cause it would be alot stronger. There are cast-metal cranks but only dept. store bikes have them if that's enough perspective. So yah, not just for cosmetics ha ha ..[close]
Axles now usually have some kind of 'spurs' sticking out of them so they can lock into the molten aluminum and not slip.It might be harder to accomplish the same with a CNC cut piece. Are bike cranks really CNC pieces? I always assumed they were hammer forged. I know you can cut harder stuff with milling machines but I thought most of the time they used fairly soft aluminum billets, etc. because otherwise you'd be burning through blades.There was a chromolly truck (G&S) for a while but I've got to imagine grinds felt more like slides on them.
I've still got one set each of Thunders and Indys with USA stamps on the underside of the baseplates. I shall be holding on to them. I have a friend who works in the shoe industry and he thinks things could come full circle at some point as China already has a burgeoning middle class who need to be paid proper wages. At some point it could be cheaper to make shit in the US again... Its already happening to some extent.