This has been bugging me for the whole day: is it the hanger or the baseplate that make the Venture Hi or Lo? And does anyone know the height difference a Hi versus Lo of a similar model?
Lowest to highest, measurements are from Tactics which look iffy:
- Forged Lo - 48.3mm
- Forged Hi - 53.5mm
- Cast Lo - 53.5mm
- Cast Hi - 53.5mm
I tried riding 5.6 V-Hollow (only Hi model, no Lo model) with a cast baseplate on a deck with steep kicks and the pop was unforgiving especially coming off 5.2 V-Hollow Lo with a forged baseplate. I thought about swapping the cast baseplate with the forged one to lower the height, but it would add 0.15" to the WB resulting in a heavier pop (albiet snappier).
Base plates are interchangeable, with Ventures. The height difference comes from the hanger. I’ve never measured, but generally forged is 1.5 mm lower than cast. I take the published cast measurements and subtract 1.5 mm, for forged.
Respectfully....you seem to be changing a lot of variables, pretty consistently. That can be fun. I’ve definitely gone through periods were I change it up, session to session. We are all just playing with toy(s). If your goal is to get ‘better’ at skating, this constant changing of multiple parts isn’t going to help, but it will show you what tricks are totally yours. What I mean by that is I finally realized I was doing a lesser (much less) version of ‘the Chico’: getting on whatever setup I’d slapped together and attempting my five favorite flip tricks. Probably not even five. The ones that work, turns out I can do, eventually, no matter what the board setup is.
Way too long don’t read.
For me, matching the correct truck, and then forged/cast to the correct deck/‘kick’ steepness, and wheelbase, became too tiresome, and wasn’t yielding fun. Something will work, close enough, and then I just use that. I’m not good at skating tho.