To be clear, I am not asking about Independent vs. other trucks. I've skated Indys for decades (although I am currently on some AF-1 44s), I know how an Indy skates. But I've skated Standards, Forged Hollows, even a pair of Titaniums, and all of them felt to me exactly like an Independent Stage XI truck. I am just unclear about what it is specifically about this form of Independent which gets people riled up.
I ask because I pointed out in the Sale thread that SoCal Skates has tons of Forged Hollow Independent Trucks for $25/pair and a bunch of people were like "ewww, no thanks!"
Ah. I’m a moron. I thought you meant the other thing.
Soy, machó, schralp, mbrims kinda said it already, and my reheated version is that I’m sensitive, do t like the sound feel, prefer the weight for grinds, something doesn’t ‘feel right’ (which is an amazing assertion on my part as I’m old, in bad shape, look terrible, and am infrequently trying to skate/fling shit I’ve never really had all that great. And out of all of that, I’ll blame the forged plates.
I’d prefer a lower indy. I’m going to try and rehab some stage 10 139s I found. The forged just bugs me. The heavier truck just plows thru grinds (generally a shitty 50 50 for me).
Where the hollow stuff starts to pay off is when I’m outside of my range. I couldn’t skate 149s. The coolest local skater of the last 15 years was way early on that wave, and I really wanted to get down, but just could not. Possibly a forged hollow or titanium truck would have worked.
As an aside, my favorite stage 11 truck were 159s. Look sick, turn great, loved the pop. Probably should have fucked around more with that, but hate the way the bigger boards look. Also should/could have messed with those in hollow.