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I remember being a kid and not caring about my set-up beyond how it looked. I can vaguely remember riding shitty quality boards, some probably warped. Trucks that didn't turn, god awful stock bushings that I had no concept of the fact they could be swapped out. Destroyed pivot cups, flat spotted wheels on the first day, seized bearings. We didn't care, we just skated. If stock trucks work for you, then more power to you. But I thoroughly enjoy tinkering with my set-up in weird ways and am taking full advantage of the magical world of skate hardgoods and all the options that can change how things feel in all these little ways. Truck goon for life. Shalom
I was thinking recently about how I would probably go a whole summer without one touching my trucks, bearings, wheels, whatever. Didn’t even cross my mind. I probably couldn’t have found my skate tool if I looked hard for it.
Agreed. Have fun and it'll work just fine. We use to share stuff with friends just to keep going. I miss being a broke kid. . . .
Turn was never a considering for me growing up, "why lean when you can tick tack?".
Turning was always critical for me (I started on Indys) and instantly gravitated towards loose trucks.
Never tinkered unless you call using thunder/indy hybrids because you cracked a plate or killed a hanger.
We rode wheels down to bearing condoms (unless you couldn't ride out the flatspot), replaced broken bolts with whatever size or head shape was around, razortailed until tails were no longer even, swapped bearings when they seized, always ground down to axle, and rode stock bushings until they cracked or crumbled and then replaced with whatever top or bottom (if we even had any 'extra'). Good times.
That all said, back in the day, boards and kingpins snapped A LOT more than they do now (chipped way easier too...woodfiller and grip patches) and baseplates cracked at the bolt holes quite a bit, especially during the launch/jump ramp days and then moving onto loading docks/stairs and gaps...so the surplus of parts really grew out of necessity.
Gear is definatly more durable these days.