Venture 2020

[spanyard]

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For the recent who have been asking, I have been running 5.6 tit hangers with cast plates/kingpins. No problems whatsoever. In fact, this is the best truck combo I have ever had in my life. Basically the same height/weight (53.5mm tall & 330-335g per truck) as when I skated indy tits but dare I say better. More stability, better pinch, more kingpin clearance, feel better about DLX than NHS, etc.

Would 1000% try the 5.8 tits on cast if I ever see some around.

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Running the same combo and can confirm. Ideal venture combo in my mind

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x3!  i’m on cast 5.8 plates and ti hangars. for me, this is the best feeling truck i’ve ever skated

Word is bond, y'all convinced me.  I'm gonna throw the Ti hangers on the casts. Sweet spot.

[j....soy.....]

Krux kingpins? 

[Stigmata]

Anyone ride 5.8s on an 8.5 deck? Was curious if they would be too small?

[Junglist]

Anyone ride 5.8s on an 8.5 deck? Was curious if they would be too small?

The correct size is too small?

[Stigmata]

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Anyone ride 5.8s on an 8.5 deck? Was curious if they would be too small?

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The correct size is too small?

Alot of people tend to ride a wider truck than the deck. Like im riding 5.8s on an 8.25 and they feel fine. So was curious if a 6.1 would be better or if the 5.8s feel just right on an 8.5.   

[Junglist]

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Anyone ride 5.8s on an 8.5 deck? Was curious if they would be too small?

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The correct size is too small?

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Alot of people tend to ride a wider truck than the deck. Like im riding 5.8s on an 8.25 and they feel fine. So was curious if a 6.1 would be better or if the 5.8s feel just right on an 8.5.   

I feel you. I might be in the minority but I find a truck should be at max .25” wider than the board. I feel like you get less turn and more bite. 5.6’s on 8.25-8.38 feel great to me

[quarterpound]

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For everyone saying it's not that serious, my father was executed by the Contras for choosing the wrong brand of truck.

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Christ does Revive make trucks now?

[Uncle Flea]

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For everyone saying it's not that serious, my father was executed by the Contras for choosing the wrong brand of truck.

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Christ does Revive make trucks now?

Krux?

[Boog]

Anyone ride 5.8s on an 8.5 deck? Was curious if they would be too small?

They feel good to me. Perfectly flush.

[AngryBlackMan]

I’ve been having my own truck madness lately. Riding an 8.6 with at 14.5wb.  Tried Indy 169s, Ace 55s, and now I’m on some 5.8s and they feel pretty good.

I’m usually a wheels flush with the deck guy so if I do stick with venture I’ll pick up the 6.1s.

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I’ve been having my own truck madness lately. Riding an 8.6 with at 14.5wb.  Tried Indy 169s, Ace 55s, and now I’m on some 5.8s and they feel pretty good.

I’m usually a wheels flush with the deck guy so if I do stick with venture I’ll pick up the 6.1s.

I was thinking about getting an 8.6ish, for my 5.8s: give me a little more leverage for flips and turns.

[Live Fast Johnny]

Anyone ride 5.8s on an 8.5 deck? Was curious if they would be too small?

For me they feel really good, especially the Hockey 8.5 shape.  However 5.8's on an 8.3 are some God level feeling that I want to run for a while.

[jamersonbass]

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Anyone ride 5.8s on an 8.5 deck? Was curious if they would be too small?

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For me they feel really good, especially the Hockey 8.5 shape.  However 5.8's on an 8.3 are some God level feeling that I want to run for a while.

This^  I'm running 3 setups at the moment.  The last one I setup is an 8.38 with 5.8's and it's the most Goldie Locks setup I've ever had.  Had I known, I never would of bothered with an 8.25 on 5.6's or an 8.5 on 6.1's (although this one is the second best feeling setup in my quiver).

[FrozenIndustries]

Anyone know of any shops who have the 5.6s lights or hollows? Going to make myself miserable for a session or two once my aces die.

[Festivus]

Anyone know of any shops who have the 5.6s lights or hollows?

Blacklist has 5.6 hollows http://www.blacklistboardshop.com/hardgoods/trucks/venture/polished-v-hollow-lite-pid-12392

[FrozenIndustries]

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Anyone know of any shops who have the 5.6s lights or hollows?

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Blacklist has 5.6 hollows http://www.blacklistboardshop.com/hardgoods/trucks/venture/polished-v-hollow-lite-pid-12392

Thanks, ordered. Going to make myself miserable when my aces hit axle.

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Anyone know of any shops who have the 5.6s lights or hollows?

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Blacklist has 5.6 hollows http://www.blacklistboardshop.com/hardgoods/trucks/venture/polished-v-hollow-lite-pid-12392

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Thanks, ordered. Going to make myself miserable when my aces hit axle.

Ha. Damn. I just took aces off to put on ventures. Flopping back and forth. Not a fan of my deck, but it’s not breaking.
The 5.8s are a little too beast for me, but the ollie is great so....I’ll just stick with that.
Maybe the 5.6s will be the ones?!?!

[chappers]

anyone know any uk or euro shops that have the raw 5.2 standard lows in stock? cant find em anywhere online. one place has the thrasher collab but theyre a third more expensive than raws for no good reason and also cant get round that ugly thrvsher graphic

[rocklobster]

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Anyone know of any shops who have the 5.6s lights or hollows?

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Blacklist has 5.6 hollows http://www.blacklistboardshop.com/hardgoods/trucks/venture/polished-v-hollow-lite-pid-12392

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Thanks, ordered. Going to make myself miserable when my aces hit axle.

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Ha. Damn. I just took aces off to put on ventures. Flopping back and forth. Not a fan of my deck, but it’s not breaking.
The 5.8s are a little too beast for me, but the ollie is great so....I’ll just stick with that.
Maybe the 5.6s will be the ones?!?!

I feel you man, 5.8 (even Titanium) are way too big for me. I tried going 5.8 Titanium hanger with cast plate on a DLX 8.18 x 31.8 x 14.38 - stability was great but it was way too heavy for me. Thinking I'm going 8-8.125 and 5.6 trucks max, anything bigger is way more than I can handle.

It's hard finding that Goldilock combination - light and nimble enough to flick but hefty enough to give that solid pop and oomph with that magnetic board feel.

[FrozenIndustries]

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Anyone know of any shops who have the 5.6s lights or hollows?

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Blacklist has 5.6 hollows http://www.blacklistboardshop.com/hardgoods/trucks/venture/polished-v-hollow-lite-pid-12392

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Thanks, ordered. Going to make myself miserable when my aces hit axle.

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Ha. Damn. I just took aces off to put on ventures. Flopping back and forth. Not a fan of my deck, but it’s not breaking.
The 5.8s are a little too beast for me, but the ollie is great so....I’ll just stick with that.
Maybe the 5.6s will be the ones?!?!

IDK, that thread about your setup on your best day reminded me of how much time I've logged on Ventures. I got the hollows because of them being 52mm high, so at least the hight will be the same as my Aces. I've always been anti-8.25"-specific trucks because it feels nit picky but I keep going back to this 8.25" board after setting other things up so it must be a sign that I need to come off of it and try them. RIP to 3 months of not having truck madness.

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Anyone know of any shops who have the 5.6s lights or hollows?

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Blacklist has 5.6 hollows http://www.blacklistboardshop.com/hardgoods/trucks/venture/polished-v-hollow-lite-pid-12392

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Thanks, ordered. Going to make myself miserable when my aces hit axle.

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Ha. Damn. I just took aces off to put on ventures. Flopping back and forth. Not a fan of my deck, but it’s not breaking.
The 5.8s are a little too beast for me, but the ollie is great so....I’ll just stick with that.
Maybe the 5.6s will be the ones?!?!

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IDK, that thread about your setup on your best day reminded me of how much time I've logged on Ventures. I got the hollows because of them being 52mm high, so at least the hight will be the same as my Aces. I've always been anti-8.25"-specific trucks because it feels nit picky but I keep going back to this 8.25" board after setting other things up so it must be a sign that I need to come off of it and try them. RIP to 3 months of not having truck madness.

Hahaha! I’ve felt the exact same way about 8.25” trucks. And now....8.5” trucks super fuck with me being too big for my dustiness, and  8” trucks where my muscle memory feels more on point, just feel too small. Maybe the trucks don’t feel too small, but 8” boards have been feeling really wack for just skating and doing ollies over shit.
Hope it works for you.
I need to get some more 44s just in case

[Xen]

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Anyone ride 5.8s on an 8.5 deck? Was curious if they would be too small?

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For me they feel really good, especially the Hockey 8.5 shape.  However 5.8's on an 8.3 are some God level feeling that I want to run for a while.

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This^  I'm running 3 setups at the moment.  The last one I setup is an 8.38 with 5.8's and it's the most Goldie Locks setup I've ever had.  Had I known, I never would of bothered with an 8.25 on 5.6's or an 8.5 on 6.1's (although this one is the second best feeling setup in my quiver).

I'm currently running 3 as well:

8.2/147s  (it's a true 8.2")
8.25/5.6s
8.3/8.3s (true 8.3")

Trying to give thunders another go but I'm not feeling the deck shape...8.3s with 8.3 (ML/ACE) or 8.5"s are usually my goldilocks setups, but I find I can mimmick that with a fat 8.25 and 8.25 trucks (Ventures or thunders for that added stability/lower height). Lower truck height being the key factor (using 55mm trucks and smaller wheels does not net the same feeling).

Oddly I don't have a set of of 8.5/149s in my parts bin (just 8, 8.18, 8.25 and 8.75).

[Firebert]

I'm currently running 3 as well:

8.2/147s  (it's a true 8.2")

147s are 8" no?

[YungJugg]

Hoping a Venture nerd can help. My friend was gonna throw out his 5.0s so I took them off his hands, and as I was nerding out and comparing em to my 5.0 lo I noticed some differences. First his are a good bit higher (so I assume they’re Hi), and the baseplates have different fonts, his being more squished and mine pointy. Both are 2000s era I believe.

Mine vs the homies:








Is it usual for Lo and Hi to have differences like this? Is one pair some China Ventures? What’s going on?

Apologies if the pics are huge, on mobile atm.

[drinny]

Ive got a pair of standard cast Hi’s from about ‘97 and they have that font from the last baseplate.

Although the lack of double drilled holes make me think they’re off an even earlier set??

[drinny]

Wait no, probably later as it has the new splined kingpin rather than hex

[FrozenIndustries]

Hoping a Venture nerd can help. My friend was gonna throw out his 5.0s so I took them off his hands, and as I was nerding out and comparing em to my 5.0 lo I noticed some differences. First his are a good bit higher (so I assume they’re Hi), and the baseplates have different fonts, his being more squished and mine pointy. Both are 2000s era I believe.

Mine vs the homies:








Is it usual for Lo and Hi to have differences like this? Is one pair some China Ventures? What’s going on?

Apologies if the pics are huge, on mobile atm.

Resized. The older ones are probably Streetcorner-era (pre-Dlx) ventures. Do they have a graphic on them? One of the easiest way to tell them apart is that on the older Streetcorner Ventures the printed-on "V" graphic goes against the v-shape cast into the front of the hanger.

[YungJugg]

Resized. The older ones are probably Streetcorner-era (pre-Dlx) ventures. Do they have a graphic on them? One of the easiest way to tell them apart is that on the older Streetcorner Ventures the printed-on "V" graphic goes against the v-shape cast into the front of the hanger.

Both pairs have the red V graphic facing the same way, against the shaped cast.  (So that the V is pointing towards the hanger and away from the baseplate.)

[FrozenIndustries]

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Resized. The older ones are probably Streetcorner-era (pre-Dlx) ventures. Do they have a graphic on them? One of the easiest way to tell them apart is that on the older Streetcorner Ventures the printed-on "V" graphic goes against the v-shape cast into the front of the hanger.

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Both pairs have the red V graphic facing the same way, against the shaped cast.  (So that the V is pointing towards the hanger and away from the baseplate.)

Thats wild. So definitely post-Dlx takeover.

[Xen]

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I'm currently running 3 as well:

8.2/147s  (it's a true 8.2")

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147s are 8" no?

yep