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how do people skate thunders(low trucks in general)and dont get annoyed by the wheelbite?
Yah....I skate those theeves with a shock pad....skate trucks solid medium....don't weigh anything.....don't skate anything remotely big..and I get wheelbite all the time.....may be skill related....
Just dawned on me to ride what? Hard lower soft upper? What was the right combo?
Thunder have great pop, ollies feel so good but I ride loose/carvy and they give me major wheel bite the way I ride with anything over 51mm; my current indys bite almost instantly too tho with 88a bushings and 52s.
Most people don't get (or care) that the boardside/bottom washer is what gives you your main stability and the top bushing is where the quick/fast turns come from (bottoms come into play when you lean super deep).
I tend to go harder bottom softer top when I ride bones bushings in thunders/indys.
Also, every bushing breaks in, settles on the duro below it anyway, e.g. skate a bones hard long enough and it will break into a 'permanent medium'.
Best to just try a bunch of shit out based on how loos/tight your ride and your terrain.