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Polar 8.625 x 32.375 (14.375 wheelbase)
Ace Classics 55s
Spitfire F4 97a 54mm conical fulls
Bearings
Hardware
Mob grip
I had initially picked up some AF1 55s that I was planning to skate with this deck but when I threw them on my last setup I was pretty disappointed. To me they felt like Ace made an Indy with a better, more Ace-like turn and a worse, more sticky grind. Even the way they broke in (in terms of looseness) felt more like an Indy than the Aces I have now. The front pivot cup also started blowing out during the first session too. Sticking with the 55 classics for now which for some reason I keep coming back to...
Same deal. Treated myself to riptides in my 55 classics and I have little interest in skating anything else. Recently revisited my AF1s and 159s and they just did not feel nearly as good.
I’m probably going to throw some riptides in the AF1s at some point in the near future and see if that changes my opinion. I know for some people the pivot cup issue was actually a baseplate issue so I’ll have to investigate that further first. Either way I need to give them another chance eventually - probably still a great truck but they don’t seem to live up to the hype Ace created
As one of the few (?) with the b-plate issue ripping the cups, that issue aside and having moved off them to other trucks...man, that turn is still there...and I miss it. In the ACE thread I noted how easy it was to to skate them, no adjustment as they felt like tried and true ACE to me...no worries about WB or grind.
Honestly, their cups might work out long term, but there is something different about them for sure compared to hard AF stock thunder/venture cups, and the newer indy cups/riptides. I don't think Riptides, in this case, would be an improvement but just more of the same.
Also, fuck they are heavy.