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I gotta order new 5.8s on the first maybe. I def gotta get another 8.75. I'm going go for VTL 5.8s. I think that product is exactly for someone like me.
I'm not big on hollow. I don't bend cast even at axles. This is prob right in the middle? I just wanna get lighter. So it can be a happy switch summer. Not a pain in the balls what am I training for? Summer.
It's for the soul.
Any reason why you go for the 5.8 on a 8.75 deck? Been itching to try the 6.1 V-Hollow on a 8.75 but I don't want to have another pair of trucks at home.
Truck width to board ratios are a funny thing.
I always like to have matching truck to board, as do a number of people I skate with, but then others always have the truck one size down to board width and prefer it that way.
They most commonly say they like that the wheels sit under and there is less truck width to slip around on, especially getting up into the 8.75 size boards, where it also helps with weight, so I am told.
Thinking of others who ride the 5.8 on the 8.75 boards, or the 6.1 on 9" boards like a few pals, I can see why they prefer that, especially seeing as there is no wider option anyway for 9" boards, so they get used to it and prefer it that way.
I have a Polar 8.75 board with 14.375 wb with standard 6.1s on it and it skates really well. Keep meaning to try them on a DLX 8.75 with a longer 14.62 wheelbase but I just don't want to take them off. I am guessing they would go ok, cause others have that setup and it works for them.
Usually I would have the 5.8s on 8.38 to 8.5 boards, but others have the 5.6 on those same boards, which feels a bit too tippy for me, but I can see when they skate it works really well for them.