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I was getting truck madness thinking I might want to switch Aces to Ventures or Thunders or something. Couple of times almost pulled the trigger on some but eventually decided I don't want stuff lying around that I'm not using, so maybe when I actually need to replace something in the future.
So I ordered two pairs of riptide pivot cups instead... only cost the price of 1 truck.
Don’t switch.
What are you skating now?
Ace 44 Classics on Polar P2 or some other 8.35-8.5. I like the turn obviously, but was beginning to think maybe some other truck with less turn, or maybe less weight, could make me magically better at flip tricks.
*edit. also sometimes have a hard time popping my board and don't know if that is down to the trucks or just my tired old man legs...
I switched from indy's to aces; lowering the pop angle was one of the reasons. I'm 34. I saw that spanly switched shortly after that and it kinda reaffirmed my decision. If I were 18-25 yrs old I'd prolly skate ventures for the stability at speed. It's funny about pop angle tho cause tyshawn skates thunders and has mad snap 🤷♀️
I had a lot of flip tricks when I skated thunders but I also had a lot of wheelbite, exploded bushings, broken pivot stems, and sticking on rails/having to wax the shit out of ledges
To be fair I've broken Indy hangers in half and venture baseplates but that was a hot minute ago. On AF1's now and all I can tell is that even when brand new with brand new wheels, they don't sit flat/axle seems slightly "bent" but it really don't bother me at all