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Skateboarding => Shoes & Gear => Topic started by: cky enthusiast on February 18, 2021, 12:08:20 PM
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i skated a plaid pair of krux once because my teenage self really liked louie barletta. what’s the dumbest trucks you’ve skated and how did you end up with them?
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When I got back into skating, I bought Nora Krux trucks on sale at Zumiez (yes, I know) for $18/pair after tax. Turned terribly. Eventually scooped up some Aces and I've been nothing but happy since.
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I am not sure Krux should be lumped in here? In the early 2ks Krux were a legit brand with a legit team. I mean maybe they still are? I don't really know. They skated pretty damn good too. Whaley rips.
Kreper, Tensor, Grind King were far more gimmicky. Krux were just good, normal, second tier trucks.
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My first trucks were GKs, second trucks were some Tensors with the plastic sliders, then I got into Krux. I skated Krux downlows so much as a kid and I don’t know why because those things fucking sucked and I knew it. I guess those whacky designs and the holes in the hangers really grabbed me. Once I skated my first pair of Thunders around age 15 I realized how good trucks could be and never looked back to the likes of Krux/Tensor/GK/Kreeper etc
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I got some “diamond” krux in like 2004 when I was 14 bc I thought it was funny and cool. They broke p quickly.
I had tensors from a neighborhood hand me down board, hated em.
I think I had Monster trucks too that glowed in the dark. Honestly have no idea what happened to them.
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Tensor ATG mag lights are buttery and I have a set on a board now for crusty curbs. No shame, I love em.
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I'm another dipshit in his mid- to late-30s who had the Tensors with the stupid plastic thing on the baseplate that got busted out almost instantly from doing noseslides and tailslides.
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I've tried most truck brands just to try. The only ones I really did not like were indy.
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In 1997 I wanted Ventures to go with my newly purchased Bo Turner slick. I was very short on funds and ended up buying a set of Unit Trucks because they had a hanger that looked vaguely like Ventures and they were all I could afford. I could have just waited another week and had the money, but I was impatient and dumb. Those trucks sucked and were crap.
Wont let me embed but here is a link to what they looked like:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/23086398@N05/3120027200/in/photostream/ (https://www.flickr.com/photos/23086398@N05/3120027200/in/photostream/)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/23086398@N05/3119199219/in/photostream/ (https://www.flickr.com/photos/23086398@N05/3119199219/in/photostream/)
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I have a pair of Monster trucks on a cruiser. Maybe ironic, since their turn isn't great. I would love a pair of kreeper trucks if anybody's holding! They'd make for a hilarious setup.
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Krux lows with polka dots. And I used them with riser pads! I skated them very loose, but they wouldn‘t turn. I liked them somehow. Then I discovered Bowl skating and never bought them again.
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I've tried most truck brands just to try. The only ones I really did not like were indy.
Interesting. What didn't you like about the indy's?
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Never any of those, but I had a pair of Webb’s somehow
https://www.google.com/search?q=webb+trucks&client=safari&hl=en-us&prmd=isnv&sxsrf=ALeKk03w0_Ae_RZDFaQB3nzOhY1X5yym5g:1613682188858&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjZqJbNqvTuAhWL4J4KHTzhCtoQ_AUoAXoECAMQAQ&biw=320&bih=454#imgrc=SxWba2wkHuyjtM
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I definitely had a pair of grind kings in middle school. I don't think anyone really knows what's up with that shit until they've been skating and weighing more than 130lbs.
I have a buddy who doesn't skate much at all anymore but whose got some tensors on his 7.5. He was into the goth thing as a kid and definitely skated Kreepers on a Lib Tech until we were 20 or so. Dude could actually skate too
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Can somebody show me where the Destructo support group is?
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Tensors are pretty much garbage. What's wrong with Krux, though? Aren't they made by the same people that make Independents?
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Back when I had a vendetta against turning, I skated Tensor lows with the yellow plastic slider piece.
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was digging up old skate gear in mom's garage a few years back and found a pair of krepers from around 14 y/o me, sold them on ebay for $200+ so no ragrets
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Tensors are pretty much garbage. What's wrong with Krux, though? Aren't they made by the same people that make Independents?
What's funny is now Tensors (ATG) are fine and Krux are the ones that don't turn.
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I skated the same pair of orion's I got on an aws complete for like 4 or 5 years. They honestly weren't bad.
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I have a set of Royals on a cruiser. I got them crazy cheap when Crail was doing some kind of clearance sale. They're not bad for just skating to the store and stuff.
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I bought a pair of these powder blue royals with like a flower wallpaper pattern on them because they matched a BA Girl deck with the same type of design that I had bought. Did not like.
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Tensors are pretty much garbage. What's wrong with Krux, though? Aren't they made by the same people that make Independents?
Really? I didn't like the feel of tensors back when I rode them. I've been using Indys and Krux ever since (mostly indy).
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I skated some hand me down tensors with the slide plate remember wanting to skate them after watching round 3, don’t remember how they skated, I was at that young stage where it didn’t matter. Also had some krux DLs that I got on sale at a skate park. Same story don’t really recall exactly how they skate and don’t remember having a problem with them.
I’ve also skated a pair of Monster trucks lol but never keeper
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I bought a pair of Krux for under $15 and skated them twice before I gave them away.
I bought a pair of Royals for $10 and skated them twice.
I bought Mini Logo trucks for $30 and then bought a second pair. Best cheap trucks out there - although I'm mainly on Indy ti or forged, or Ace on my big setup.
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I mostly skate Indy and Ace these days, but I’ve got a recent set of Tensor 5.0’s and they’re fine trucks. Nothing wrong with them at all. They’re really lightweight and stable feeling, imo.
Can’t speak to their past quality issues, but they seem okay these days.
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I had a pair of Furys and a pair of Royals in my younger years. Other than that, it’s been nothing but Ventures and Indys. I did try some Thunder 147 hollow lights recently and they were so low I couldn’t skate them with 53s and I don’t live in California, so, I’m probably going to donate them to someone.
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I definitely had those pink and purple Bam Destructos
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I had G&S trucks, Trackers and Orions. As far as I remember I never had many complaints except for the odd broken kingpin but then that was 25 years ago so I don‘t remember that much anymore. At least I am not traumatized ;D
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I grew up skating several pairs of silvers s-class... looking back they were essentially venture low knockoffs with better stock bushings.
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I got some “diamond” krux in like 2004 when I was 14 bc I thought it was funny and cool. They broke p quickly.
I had the diamond Krux around 2004ish as well. Thrasher used to do a monthly trivia contest on their website. I entered every month not expecting to actually win. Eventually an unassembled complete showed up at my front door with one regular Krux truck and one downlow
Had some blue baseplate Tensors with the yellow slider plate when they came out. That may have been late 2000 or early 2001. I was young enough that I couldn’t tell the difference between good and bad trucks
My dad used to be a bmx-er, but wanted to try and skate with me when I was younger. Around 2000 he set up a board with blue Phantoms. He “skated” twice before hanging it up and giving me his board
I’ve also had and skated Destructos, Fury's, Royal’s, Trackers(turned surprisingly well), and plastic baseplate Gullwing Street Shadows
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I rode 2nd hand original orions in the mid 90's (good trucks), venture lows from 97-99, indy stage 9s from 99-02, krux k3's from 02-15 (the k3's were awesome trucks compared to indy 9's in the early 2000's, they had a similar turn and were lighter/stronger). I have a set of k4s but they don't ride like the k3s did. If you put a extra 2mm flat washer under the bottom cup washer against the base plate you get a bit better turn out of them. Im on mini logos and tensor alloys these days and both are great trucks. My ML trucks are set up with a 1/8" bones riser, krux bottom barrel bushing, bones hard top and old indy aftermarket pivot cups. The tensor alloys have indy black barrel aftermarket bushing with a grind king top washer. The only issue with the tensor alloys is that you need a really small cupped or flat top washer on them so the hanger doesn't contact it on deep turns or pinching, otherwise they are great trucks and have a great turn/pinch. I grabbed the tensors for under $20 and they ride very similar to the way i have my ML trucks set up. I actually picked up a 8.75" pair of the tensors to try out some big boards too. For $20 a set with a lifetime warranty its a no brainer to me. I bet those atg's ride pretty nice too.
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Can somebody show me where the Destructo support group is?
Ran some for a few years as a kid, didn't know enough to be embarrassed
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I remember being so bummed on Stage 9s and not being able to get them to turn even with the Indy soft bushings (Which were 90a at the time) that I decided to try some Krux because I heard they turned pretty good. They weren't that bad but I went back to Indy with Stage 10s... until I found Thunder 151s and Aces.
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i got a pair of tensor trucks for free once and surprisingly skated very close to venture's which is pretty much all i ride.
they may have been magnesium or something so they were extra light, and weren't bad. After riding those trucks, i'd have to say if i ever couldn't get a pair of venture's or found tensors at a cheaper price, i'd definitely buy a pair of tensors
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My first real trucks were Tensors! I was in 3rd grade! Lady at blades did me fucking dirty
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Currently skating/enjoying Tensor ATG Mags, also had Tensor with slider plates on my second legit complete in 2001 (didn't turn great, but I didn't know any better). I skated one set of Krux back when they had the neon hangers in maybe 2003. And then recently I just unearthed my trucks from my first legit complete, glow in the dark Krēper trucks (I was 10).(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50957393556_4d3d8b0c43_z.jpg)
Also, for extra points, remnants of my brother's Monster trucks (Heath and Jamie skated for Monster, so we were hyped), some Ruckus trucks that bent on me as a 14 year old, and Crail Trucks that my friend's dad brought back from Brazil for me in 2002.
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Can somebody show me where the Destructo support group is?
Ran some for a few years as a kid, didn't know enough to be embarrassed
I’ll admit my destructo use lasted into adulthood.
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I've skated most of the B-tier trucks when I was younger:
Royal
Krux because it had the hole that doubled as a bottle opener and just discovered beer
Silver with the axle nut protectors that fell off after a session
Tensor with the plastic slider piece
Grind King
Orion (on a friends board)
Some Blank trucks where the kingpin protruded well above the hanger
I'm missing Monster, Mercury, Tracer, Tracker, Gullwing, Destroyer, Fury and Kre-per.
A short read from 2000 on the explosion of truck brands from 6 to 23.
https://skateboarding.transworld.net/news/turning-on-a-dime/
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Skated tensor and silvers. My brother had kreepers back in the day so technically rode those. He also had Monsters, which I now have. So I guess you could say I’m an expert on terrible trucks.
Anyone wanna buy some Monsters?
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Tensor lights with the slide plates were nice
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Currently skating/enjoying Tensor ATG Mags, also had Tensor with slider plates on my second legit complete in 2001 (didn't turn great, but I didn't know any better). I skated one set of Krux back when they had the neon hangers in maybe 2003. And then recently I just unearthed my trucks from my first legit complete, glow in the dark Krēper trucks (I was 10).(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50957393556_4d3d8b0c43_z.jpg)
Also, for extra points, remnants of my brother's Monster trucks (Heath and Jamie skated for Monster, so we were hyped), some Ruckus trucks that bent on me as a 14 year old, and Crail Trucks that my friend's dad brought back from Brazil for me in 2002.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50957501877_c9a3f2f554_z.jpg)
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THIS is the shit i was looking for
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My first pro board had tensors with an orange slide plate
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I had pink krux's for a bit in middle school 😔
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I've had a pair of krux and tensors before how I ended up with them was a kickdown from friend at Church if Skatan in SB.
I didn't like those trucks not one bit, really was the beginning of the truck madness 2002ish. Tried many different truck's Ventures, Krux, Ventures, Thunder, Tensors.
Went to that park on the beachfront in Santa Barbara totally sucked that day on some Tensors with the plastic thingy was trash they were tight or awkward truck's horrible to get use to at a park.
I Kept getting in people's way kooking up the flow being a real stinker. Saved up a few bucks and got a set of Indy's and a Shorty's board I believe it was Shorty's guilty had come out and I wanted a fresh setup.
Honestly Indy's, Ace's, & Thunder's are the truck's that I would ride now. We all make mistakes whenever we try a different brand we're not use to some good some bad but for reals though if it ain't the top tiered truck's they usually suck ass.
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My first real trucks were Tensors! I was in 3rd grade! Lady at blades did me fucking dirty
A shop named blades huh?! c'mon dude did you expect anything good from a place named that?!
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Rode Tensors with the sliders back in the day.
Rode Krux when they first released the 8.25
Riding Tensor Maglite ATGs off and on for the past 1.5 years. Zero regrets.
Turn great (once you get Bones or Indy aftermarkets in there); they're like a Thunder/Theeve hybrid.
Stable on center
No wheel bite
Lightest out there
Grind better than anything out there (whatever your best/longest grind length is you can add a foot or two when using these, easy)
No short baseplate issues
No washer binding issues
They take some getting used to.
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- skated a pair of krux around 2007 handed to me by a friend (gotta admit turn was superb; can't remember about the grind)
- my first complete had "monster trucks" as them were the only possible fit for my 7.5 at the shop
- skated a pair "fake Royal" right after the monsters (yes, we had those in Spain since some smart.ass dude "bought" the rights to manufacture skateboarding gear under the name) and were pretty decent since it was basically an stage ix (or x can't remember now) knock off
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Tensors def premiered at a time to capitalize on junior highers being stoked on the Rodney vs daewon videos and Rodney being in thps2.
I was a big enough mccrank fan around menikmati that I bought royal trucks bc he wore their apparel a lot. I also bought his first es pro model in grey which I always regretted
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these were my shit. badass!
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these were my shit. badass!
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Camo was my shit, I still have (and use) the GK tool, the Allen key attached to a bigger tool is easier to use than the tiny ones
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I love tensors
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Tried to buy a set of Orange Tensors from a lame ass dive shop/skate shop in the late 90s but my credit card declined. Guy was a dick about it.
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People seem to be saying nothing but good things about these new Tensors. I'm tempted.
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My first trucks were Mack II trucks, basically just got a Flip Geoff Rowley board and got the cheapest shit for the rest. I skated by my self for like 3 or 4 months and kinda dropped it cuz I got bored.
Then a few months after that my friend started skating and he got a Mystery deck with some banging ass Thunders. His trucks were tight, obviously doper than mine and I couldnt skate for shit so I thought that good brand trucks were supposed to be tight. So I went and got my self some Krux Downlows. Can't really say how well they turned because I rocked them tight as shit and its when I was learning all the basic shit. They did last me like 3 years until I grinded the shit out of them.
Coincidentally I also won a Thrasher trivia in which you had to guess the first and last parts of Fully Flared (right before it was coming out) and I got a Foundation board, Pig wheels, bearings, bolts and some velvet wrapped Krux Downlows. Ended up trading those to my friend for his dope Thunders I always admired.
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My first "real" trucks were the Krux Louie Barletta and I noticed a huge increase in quality over the blanks trucks I was riding before. I used to buy the cheapest wheel, bearing and truck combo from the skateshop because the pro level stuff was always so expensive
I then got a set of Tensor Maglights at one point and loved them for the weight and they grinded nice and smooth. I then broke the axle coming out of a crooked grind off a foot high ledge and I dont think Ill ever skate Tensor again because of that. Multiple people Ive seen with Tensor Maqglights break 'em
Im an Ace pilot now
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I didn't skate indys for years after I cracked both hangers after a few months in the 90s.
I got them for a bowl board around 2006.
I skated a lot of different trucks before, in between, and after. The worst was royal.
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Regarding the thread subject: yes, I've skated Tensors and I really liked them.
Regarding trucks we are ashamed: I had the first Silver trucks, those with those things to protect the axle thread. They didn't turned, they looked stupid and the combo raw baseplate with yellow hanger is disgusting.
Sorry.
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i also had a pair of the diamond krux. guess those were pretty popular. I dont remember them being particularly shitty but i was young, broke and full of stoke at the time so i was happy to skate whatever. far as i remember they served my quest to hardflip every stair set in town as good as anything else.
think i still have the whole set up at my parents house. will post if i go over there.
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My truck bunts were mostly in the early '00s; Destroyer, Royal, Krux, Ruckus, Silver. Rocked some Theeves TIAX for some time, corny marketing but solid product. Recently skated some Tensor ATG mag lights, they're fun and can grind everything. But grinding concrete will get to the axle quickly, and the lightness made flip tricks feel weird.
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For some reason, in like 99, I remember my buddies trying to argue that Indy stock kingpins were weak and snapped easily, so I spent a day trying to smash that shit out with a framing hammer and my little kid arms. Was super frustrating and dudes GK axles snapped soon after ha ha ha
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My first real trucks were Tensors! I was in 3rd grade! Lady at blades did me fucking dirty
One time in my teens I was skating Lenox Ledges in Harlem and this nice older self-described "skate betty" told me she loved every skater in new york except for the guys at blades.
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i used to ride my bike by the blades on broadway every day messengering and i never once thought to stop in- looked like a zumiez type deal
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got a pair of krux on my cruiser board
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Currently skating/enjoying Tensor ATG Mags, also had Tensor with slider plates on my second legit complete in 2001 (didn't turn great, but I didn't know any better). I skated one set of Krux back when they had the neon hangers in maybe 2003. And then recently I just unearthed my trucks from my first legit complete, glow in the dark Krēper trucks (I was 10).(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50957393556_4d3d8b0c43_z.jpg)
Did those things glow in the dark? I think I bought those as a gag and ended up not hating them.
Edit: Never mind, I see where you wrote that they glow in your post now.
Not gonna lie, if they brought those back I'd probably buy a pair.
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I had low tensor mag lites with the slider plate. I also had this set up with ~58mm 78D wheels. I spent my first year skating not being able to turn due to the tensors, while simultaneously getting wheelbite from the wheel + low truck combo. A combination of mistakes were made.
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I skated Krux and I loved them. Mirror polish highs. Turned great, felt great, would ride again (if Ace didn’t exist)
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I might be the only one here who liked the old tensors back in the day, the slide pieces never broke for me. Also, had the kreepers early on too before i realized i had to have plain silver indy, thunder or ventures to be cool.
On another note, i feel like Navigator trucks should be on here, they weren't as popular as the others mentioned here but i remember thinking the curved hangar was sweet.
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I remember being so bummed on Stage 9s and not being able to get them to turn even with the Indy soft bushings (Which were 90a at the time) that I decided to try some Krux because I heard they turned pretty good. They weren't that bad but I went back to Indy with Stage 10s... until I found Thunder 151s and Aces.
Indy stage 9’s were the only trucks where I snapped the kingpin...I weigh 115 lbs. lmao
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Krux were my favorite trucks when I was in highscool.
I did have the sore back then but didn’t like them.
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Luckily I've never skated any of these awful trucks. Krux, I have thought about on a few occasions because of some of their out there graphics and because of their riders. I was shocked how many talented, well known pros skated/skate Krux. They're pretty bad from what I've seen and tried (rode someone else's board with them for a few minutes years ago. That doesn't count right? Since it wasn't my board.).
However, I skated 2 pairs of Silvers. Kingpins snapped within a month. Sent them to Silver and got them replaced and those snapped within a month. Fucking hot trash those trucks were! Immediately went out and made just as bad a decision and bought Royals. I was not a savvy gear head as a youth until I tried Indy and never looked back. I actually skated a couple pairs of Royals: baseplate cracked on both sets.
I'll add another bad truck (at the time: 2008ish) - Thunder Hollow Lights. I bought them because my Royals' baseplate broke and those were only marginally better, but at least they lasted.
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Today a kid asked me to test his board to see if it was good. It was a globe deck with tensors. I couldn't believe how light it was, popped an ollie and almost flew into the orbit. Don't know how they turn but those things are really light indeed.
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I'll admit that I had tensors with the slidey bit when I was younger and was super hyped on them, I also really wanted kreepers when I was a kid but never had the money or even the knowhow to get them. While were admitting truck related faux pas we have committed, these are the corniest trucks I have ever owned which I look back on like :what was I fucking thinking"
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhc4m2zPHI0
"I'm being framed, it's all a set-up"
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I also had those tensor with the plastic, best thing I can remember about them is that I would never get speed wobbles.
Before I had to go down a big downhill to skate downtown and I always had speed wobbles. With Tensors I was pushing downhill and nothing happened.
Oh, beautiful memories from when I wasn't a bitch.
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I had a set of the OG Tensors. At the time turning was not my priority. All I cared about was going in a straight line and how light the trucks were.
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Took my thunder 148s TI off and put on a set of mag lites and now I’m not sure I will skate those thunders again.
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Had tensors in 2000/2001. Had krux until 2006 because my indy kingpin broke
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Are Krepers making a comeback? These look brand new.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Kre-Per-Kreper-Grind-King-Skateboard-Trucks-Skeletal-Base-Pair-VERY-RARE-NOS/293810454919?hash=item446877c187:g:QcgAAOSwIOdeojvL
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Never skated any of those until tensor came out with the atg maglites.
I did skate phantom 2’s which without a doubt were the worst trucks ever
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Today a kid asked me to test his board to see if it was good. It was a globe deck with tensors. I couldn't believe how light it was, popped an ollie and almost flew into the orbit. Don't know how they turn but those things are really light indeed.
They are pretty light at 360g, so on par with a Venture 5.2 standard. The turn on the stock bushings are horrible, mushy, lots of lean with zero turn. But my friend who rips every session swears by them.
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Skated Tensors quite a bit as a kid. Glad to get that off my chest. Remember Fury Trucks? Yep, I had those, too. I absolutely don't remember anything good or bad about any of those, I guess that says a lot about my skateboarding. I remember a friend dropping in on a bigger bank on Tensor trucks and the kingpin of his front truck simply evaporated when he hit the flat. Gnarly and hilarious slam at the same time.
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Skated Tensors quite a bit as a kid. Glad to get that off my chest. Remember Fury Trucks? Yep, I had those, too. I absolutely don't remember anything good or bad about any of those, I guess that says a lot about my skateboarding. I remember a friend dropping in on a bigger bank on Tensor trucks and the kingpin of his front truck simply evaporated when he hit the flat. Gnarly and hilarious slam at the same time.
The fury EVO 2 is a great truck
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Phantom 1's tho, light as fuck, turned pretty good, and came with a thin soft riser
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Skated Tensors quite a bit as a kid. Glad to get that off my chest. Remember Fury Trucks? Yep, I had those, too. I absolutely don't remember anything good or bad about any of those, I guess that says a lot about my skateboarding. I remember a friend dropping in on a bigger bank on Tensor trucks and the kingpin of his front truck simply evaporated when he hit the flat. Gnarly and hilarious slam at the same time.
The fury EVO 2 is a great truck
I had the first ones I believe. The ones with "ballpoint technology" or sth like that. Also the baseplate had that thing for you not to use a tool which was pretty cool
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Just got reminded of Titan and Mercury trucks.
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I had many pairs of krux over the years. I think it's because I actually grew to like the way they skated. I liked everything about them. The height, weight, the turning, and the way they felt when grinding. To this day I still think about buying them, but I am usually on thunders these days. But krux is my second pick for trucks.
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My first pair of trucks were Gring king, I then moved on to Krux, I've owned 2 pairs of Royals... and most embarrassingly, I actually rode a pair of Navigator trucks... the absolute worst trucks ever made by the kookiest people out there.
Sadly, while I finally moved on to Independent, I'm currently riding Koston's pro trucks. Yea, I bought a pair of pro model trucks :|
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Just got a set of Tensor Mag Lights for ten bucks. The only matching pair I could find in the sale I went to this morning. Gonna trying em out tomorrow.
Probably gonna put some hard bushings in
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I had krux a few years ago and I liked them.. Except that I snapped the kingpins quicker than I'd like.
Had royals twices. After I broke the 2nd pair, I was done. Besides that cant remember them being bad.
I did like how light my titan ti-lite were. And I got them for $20. If I could buy em for cheap again I'd get em.
I dont remember my opinions of how trucks rode back then, didnt pay attention, notice, or care. I got used to everything. The only thing that I paid attention to was board width, not other items, or metrics. Things have changed in that regard.
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I dont remember my opinions of how trucks rode back then, didnt pay attention, notice, or care. I got used to everything. The only thing that I paid attention to was board width, not other items, or metrics. Things have changed in that regard.
This. Two more things I paid attention to: wheel size and pants size ;D
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I don’t remember enough about the Royals to say much, but the stock bushings on Fury’s were about as durable as a couple Starbursts left in the front seat of your car in July.
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I skated mag light lows last year, really really liked the grind on them... easily the nicest grind i've had from a pair of trucks.
But on both pairs I had, the axles bent after a few weeks, and those hangers wear down really fast.
They aren't a bad truck QC issues aside though.
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Phantom 1's tho, light as fuck, turned pretty good, and came with a thin soft riser
(https://www.picclickimg.com/d/w1600/pict/274556506951_/Phantom-Unit-Skateboard-Trucks-50-Classic-Old-School.jpg)
Oh shit I had the phantom 1 and that piece on the hangar fell off
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Tried Tensor twice. Was on a big Mullen kick when Enjoi was new, figured he made these trucks for a reason. Got some, set them up. Promptly leaned myself off the board just trying to turn. Never had a more frustrating session in my life. Fast forward a year or 2, friend of mine had some tensor on that Jamie Thomas skeleton board. Thought they looked cool, bought some. Same result, could not turn, horrible session. Back to indy. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice shame on me
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Weirdest brands i bought were Cadillac and Orion in the mid 90's although orion had Koston on the team and i thought they were pretty decent. Also had some Tracker trucks with plastic baseplates that needed washers for the hardware nuts, otherwise the nuts drilled through the baseplates and it was impossible to take them off.
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Krux are NHS so they are no different in quality than Indy's IMO and have better bushings from the jump. I ride them to this day and have no shame. (normal silver ones, all the kooky colours and graphics are a no-no)
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Krux are NHS so they are no different in quality than Indy's IMO and have better bushings from the jump. I ride them to this day and have no shame. (normal silver ones, all the kooky colours and graphics are a no-no)
They may be no different in build quality, but the turn quality is vastly different.
I had Krux on one of my boards for all of two sessions in a bowl. Both sessions I ended up pulling a different board out of the car to finish up. I then gave them away.
A buddy was building up a 9” board and I told him to get Ace. He went to the shop and the sold him Krux. This guy is not a hardcore skater. He used them 4 times and bitched about the turn every session. He was coming off Mini Logo 8.38 that DO turn. He then bought the ace and tossed the Krux.
Krux don’t turn. That’s fine for some people, but they are not the same as Indy just because they are both NHS
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Krux are NHS so they are no different in quality than Indy's IMO and have better bushings from the jump. I ride them to this day and have no shame. (normal silver ones, all the kooky colours and graphics are a no-no)
They may be no different in build quality, but the turn quality is vastly different.
I had Krux on one of my boards for all of two sessions in a bowl. Both sessions I ended up pulling a different board out of the car to finish up. I then gave them away.
A buddy was building up a 9” board and I told him to get Ace. He went to the shop and the sold him Krux. This guy is not a hardcore skater. He used them 4 times and bitched about the turn every session. He was coming off Mini Logo 8.38 that DO turn. He then bought the ace and tossed the Krux.
Krux don’t turn. That’s fine for some people, but they are not the same as Indy just because they are both NHS
That's how I describe Krux to people who haven't tried them... Imagine Indy standards that don't turn. You lean on them and nothing happens, then when it starts to feel like they're going to do something they just flop over and laugh at you as you run into whatever you were trying to go around. The closest thing to an acceptable turn I got from them was with indy 92a conical bushings and even then I had to tic tac everywhere.
They do have a nice pop feel though, so I understand why a lot of YouTube types skate them.
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They do have a nice pop feel though, so I understand why a lot of YouTube types skate them.
Pop feel - and when they land a trick sketchy and off balance the board keeps going relatively straight. A lot of those guys don't want their truck to turn.
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Phantom 1's tho, light as fuck, turned pretty good, and came with a thin soft riser
(https://www.picclickimg.com/d/w1600/pict/274556506951_/Phantom-Unit-Skateboard-Trucks-50-Classic-Old-School.jpg)
The circle logo? Same here
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I stil got my phantom 2s. I was soo juiced to get em. Ha. I sold a goth kid my furys for a grip in 6th grade, kinda wish I woulda kept em instead.
Also I've outed my brother herr before but this boul actually seeks put and prefers krux. As a family member I kno I let him down somewhere along the way.
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"Why do I need my trucks to turn when I can just tick tack?"
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"Why do I need my trucks to turn when I can just tick tack?"
For real, turning radius was never a thing. I just tick tack'd. But as and older skater that's the first thing I'm noticing about Ventures.
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If Krux don't turn how does Nora manage to have a job skating mostly transition? Honest question. I've never tried Krux.
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If Krux don't turn how does Nora manage to have a job skating mostly transition? Honest question. I've never tried Krux.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdCH9SQlsW4
Just watch her OJ part - she lands the way she wants to go - very minimal carving going on - she's probably just got used to them by now... mikey whitehouse makes em work.
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If Krux don't turn how does Nora manage to have a job skating mostly transition? Honest question. I've never tried Krux.
Just watch her OJ part - she lands the way she wants to go - very minimal carving going on - she's probably just got used to them by now... mikey whitehouse makes em work.
She runs bones mediums as well.
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I remember when I heard they were discontinuing a certain generation of Grind King I bought 3 sets the next day because they were my favorite trucks.
I tried Krux once out of curiosity and the were NOT my favorite trucks. I didn't like them at all.
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"Why do I need my trucks to turn when I can just tick tack?"
me to this day. my shits so tight
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Not a lick of any of them, actually.
Pretty much Thunder & Indy for the last 40 years, until I recently succumbed to the Ace hype & jumped aboard that plane/train/wagon by purchasing a couple sets of them there.
However...
I do find myself in possession of THIS, with absolutely zero recollection of how it came to me. Not sure if I should be embarrassed. Perhaps it’s the result of a drunken evening of hot romance with a pair of Gring Kings that I’ve long since forgotten?
Anyway, I have this thing, and to my knowledge, I’ve never watched it.
(https://i.ibb.co/bzY5nf4/Kreper-DVD-front.jpg) (https://ibb.co/RztTW5X)
(https://i.ibb.co/f435KL9/Kreper-DVD-back-disc.jpg) (https://ibb.co/syTGDzC)
Features: Chris Swanson, Dave Ruel, Pee Wee, Brigham Edwards, Kyle Hagerty, Billy Wilson, Ryan Carpenter, Seth Dunk, and J.J. Mace.
I honestly haven’t ever heard of half the dudes in this.
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Not a lick of any of them, actually.
Pretty much Thunder & Indy for the last 40 years, until I recently succumbed to the Ace hype & jumped aboard that plane/train/wagon by purchasing a couple sets of them there.
However...
I do find myself in possession of THIS, with absolutely zero recollection of how it came to me. Not sure if I should be embarrassed. Perhaps it’s the result of a drunken evening of hot romance with a pair of Gring Kings that I’ve long since forgotten?
Anyway, I have this thing, and to my knowledge, I’ve never watched it.
(https://i.ibb.co/bzY5nf4/Kreper-DVD-front.jpg) (https://ibb.co/RztTW5X)
(https://i.ibb.co/f435KL9/Kreper-DVD-back-disc.jpg) (https://ibb.co/syTGDzC)
Features: Chris Swanson, Dave Ruel, Pee Wee, Brigham Edwards, Kyle Hagerty, Billy Wilson, Ryan Carpenter, Seth Dunk, and J.J. Mace.
I honestly haven’t ever heard of half the dudes in this.
Rip and upload this masterpiece please.
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Not a lick of any of them, actually.
Pretty much Thunder & Indy for the last 40 years, until I recently succumbed to the Ace hype & jumped aboard that plane/train/wagon by purchasing a couple sets of them there.
However...
I do find myself in possession of THIS, with absolutely zero recollection of how it came to me. Not sure if I should be embarrassed. Perhaps it’s the result of a drunken evening of hot romance with a pair of Gring Kings that I’ve long since forgotten?
Anyway, I have this thing, and to my knowledge, I’ve never watched it.
(https://i.ibb.co/bzY5nf4/Kreper-DVD-front.jpg) (https://ibb.co/RztTW5X)
(https://i.ibb.co/f435KL9/Kreper-DVD-back-disc.jpg) (https://ibb.co/syTGDzC)
Features: Chris Swanson, Dave Ruel, Pee Wee, Brigham Edwards, Kyle Hagerty, Billy Wilson, Ryan Carpenter, Seth Dunk, and J.J. Mace.
I honestly haven’t ever heard of half the dudes in this.
Lou Strux on Kreper flow confirmed. ;)
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i had a pair of monster trucks. does that count as well?
they weren't that bad actually.
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I’ve done worse than simply skate Tensors
I reviewed them once for a magazine when they first came out
It rained the whole week leading up to deadline. Couldn’t skate them. In the end, last day possible, I skated a semi waxed curb under 10ft of bridge for 5 mins before getting kicked out
I remember trying to skirt around the fact that I hadn’t skated the trucks, and trying to write a rambling story which at some point tangentially mentioned the trucks.
But I failed to mention they were shit. I’ll go to my deathbed maintaining that this was because I hadn’t skated them, but the fact remains- I had the opportunity to warn people and failed
Shortly after, I did get the chance to skate them, then almost immediately gave them to a friend. A week later they almost killed him. Karma is real.
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I’ve done worse than simply skate Tensors
I reviewed them once for a magazine when they first came out
It rained the whole week leading up to deadline. Couldn’t skate them. In the end, last day possible, I skated a semi waxed curb under 10ft of bridge for 5 mins before getting kicked out
I remember trying to skirt around the fact that I hadn’t skated the trucks, and trying to write a rambling story which at some point tangentially mentioned the trucks.
But I failed to mention they were shit. I’ll go to my deathbed maintaining that this was because I hadn’t skated them, but the fact remains- I had the opportunity to warn people and failed
Shortly after, I did get the chance to skate them, then almost immediately gave them to a friend. A week later they almost killed him. Karma is real.
this sounds like a big brother product review
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Not a lick of any of them, actually.
Pretty much Thunder & Indy for the last 40 years, until I recently succumbed to the Ace hype & jumped aboard that plane/train/wagon by purchasing a couple sets of them there.
However...
I do find myself in possession of THIS, with absolutely zero recollection of how it came to me. Not sure if I should be embarrassed. Perhaps it’s the result of a drunken evening of hot romance with a pair of Gring Kings that I’ve long since forgotten?
Anyway, I have this thing, and to my knowledge, I’ve never watched it.
(https://i.ibb.co/bzY5nf4/Kreper-DVD-front.jpg) (https://ibb.co/RztTW5X)
(https://i.ibb.co/f435KL9/Kreper-DVD-back-disc.jpg) (https://ibb.co/syTGDzC)
Features: Chris Swanson, Dave Ruel, Pee Wee, Brigham Edwards, Kyle Hagerty, Billy Wilson, Ryan Carpenter, Seth Dunk, and J.J. Mace.
I honestly haven’t ever heard of half the dudes in this.
Rip and upload this masterpiece please.
Fully intrigued by this since Creepshow is a top 5 movie for me and because I had no idea that Kreper made a video, let alone had a team.
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I’ve done worse than simply skate Tensors
I reviewed them once for a magazine when they first came out
It rained the whole week leading up to deadline. Couldn’t skate them. In the end, last day possible, I skated a semi waxed curb under 10ft of bridge for 5 mins before getting kicked out
I remember trying to skirt around the fact that I hadn’t skated the trucks, and trying to write a rambling story which at some point tangentially mentioned the trucks.
But I failed to mention they were shit. I’ll go to my deathbed maintaining that this was because I hadn’t skated them, but the fact remains- I had the opportunity to warn people and failed
Shortly after, I did get the chance to skate them, then almost immediately gave them to a friend. A week later they almost killed him. Karma is real.
this sounds like a big brother product review
I think I was inspired by Big Brother, only without the talent to back it up. The proverbial little sister
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I’ve done worse than simply skate Tensors
I reviewed them once for a magazine when they first came out
It rained the whole week leading up to deadline. Couldn’t skate them. In the end, last day possible, I skated a semi waxed curb under 10ft of bridge for 5 mins before getting kicked out
I remember trying to skirt around the fact that I hadn’t skated the trucks, and trying to write a rambling story which at some point tangentially mentioned the trucks.
But I failed to mention they were shit. I’ll go to my deathbed maintaining that this was because I hadn’t skated them, but the fact remains- I had the opportunity to warn people and failed
Shortly after, I did get the chance to skate them, then almost immediately gave them to a friend. A week later they almost killed him. Karma is real.
this sounds like a big brother product review
I think I was inspired by Big Brother, only without the talent to back it up. The proverbial little sister
Find that review and post it up like a real man / woman.
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It’s in a pile of magazines in a pile of boxes in the attic - really not worth the effort I promise!!
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G&S trucks get no love in these conversations.
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G&S trucks get no love in these conversations.
I still have two sets. I was thinking about redrilling an Anti Hero 8.75 Eagle and setting them up for a curb setup.
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I picked up a pair of Tensor Mag-Lights, and honestly they'd be the best truck I've ever ridden if the axles didn't bend after a few months.
I've since switched to Indy standards, but I've recently frankentrucked the hangars together with the baseplates from the Tensor's and the geometry seems similar enough to work really well.
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It’s in a pile of magazines in a pile of boxes in the attic - really not worth the effort I promise!!
Now you have us invested and it's too late to turn back.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqGduOvnHbg&ab_channel=ParisMilan
Kre-pre released a 2nd video if you can believe that.
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It’s in a pile of magazines in a pile of boxes in the attic - really not worth the effort I promise!!
Now you have us invested and it's too late to turn back.
exactly, just tell us what mag and issue and someone will dig it up, hehe.
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I had the very first Krux right when they came out in the early 90's. The pivot on the hangar broke off within the first couple sessions so I had to return them and apparently it was happening to others so they gave me Indy's instead.
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It’s in a pile of magazines in a pile of boxes in the attic - really not worth the effort I promise!!
Now you have us invested and it's too late to turn back.
exactly, just tell us what mag and issue and someone will dig it up, hehe.
Dammit this is going to be the second wave of Tensor guilt - the day I mentioned my guilt over my review of tensor trucks, inadvertently got them invested leading to a cataclysmic let down when people reach the end of the lame-bow only to realise the review in question wasn’t worth the bother!!
Warning done
It was Document magazine U.K. I think probably one of the early ones - I’d guess maybe 5 - 10 but that really is a guess
Happy hunting! Next time I’m near my attic I’ll try to dig out
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It’s in a pile of magazines in a pile of boxes in the attic - really not worth the effort I promise!!
Now you have us invested and it's too late to turn back.
exactly, just tell us what mag and issue and someone will dig it up, hehe.
Are you near your attic now?
How about now?
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It’s in a pile of magazines in a pile of boxes in the attic - really not worth the effort I promise!!
Now you have us invested and it's too late to turn back.
exactly, just tell us what mag and issue and someone will dig it up, hehe.
Are you near your attic now?
How about now?
We need to start factoring in my inherent laziness!! :)
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It’s in a pile of magazines in a pile of boxes in the attic - really not worth the effort I promise!!
Now you have us invested and it's too late to turn back.
exactly, just tell us what mag and issue and someone will dig it up, hehe.
Are you near your attic now?
How about now?
We need to start factoring in my inherent laziness!! :)
Which, now that I come to think of it, was a factor in my reviewing them before properly skating them all those years ago
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I have one krux bushing in my aces that’s the closest i’ve ever gotten to any of those. They’re a lot softer than ace bushings too :/
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when i was in high school i thought truck sizes were universal. i picked up 7.75 tensor mags and a 8.38 santa cruz deck. i ran with these trucks for 4-5 years and kept eating shit. on top of that i found out my shoe size is actually 7. i wore size 9 shoes for 6 years straight wtf
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when i was in high school i thought truck sizes were universal. i picked up 7.75 tensor mags and a 8.38 santa cruz deck. i ran with these trucks for 4-5 years and kept eating shit. on top of that i found out my shoe size is actually 7. i wore size 9 shoes for 6 years straight wtf
Same, aren't all truck sizes the same and the only difference was high or lows? I wore size 10.5 - 11 shoes in Junior College because I thought I needed bigger shoes, and this was during the moon boot days of the 2000s, could have contributed to a lot of rolled ankles. Hell I would buy the same shoe model in whatever size they came in.
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G&S trucks get no love in these conversations.
I still have two sets. I was thinking about redrilling an Anti Hero 8.75 Eagle and setting them up for a curb setup.
You could grind anything from what I recall.....I think I broke the kingpin on mine. I had Bill Danforth explain the whole history of the truck to me one night and it's too bad I retained none of it.
there's a kid I know that is so into the idea of G&S trucks, he's made chromolly copers that he welds onto his thunders....
In the 80's Motobilt were the truck of choice in Vancouver....
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Had some shitty silver tensors with black baseplate and orange plastic piece. Remember those trucks more than any others I have skated because off how bad they were.
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You could grind anything from what I recall.....I think I broke the kingpin on mine. I had Bill Danforth explain the whole history of the truck to me one night and it's too bad I retained none of it.
there's a kid I know that is so into the idea of G&S trucks, he's made chromolly copers that he welds onto his thunders....
In the 80's Motobilt were the truck of choice in Vancouver....
You'll want to read this then:
Who Killed the Chromoly Truck? (http://skateandannoy.com/features/who-killed-the-chromoly-truck/)
They really could grind through anything. It's like when you grind down to your axle, and the axle doesn't wear out but the aluminum keeps wearing away around it.
Grinding raw unpainted curbs was not a problem. Left a weird smell after grinding from the steel. Felt great on metal coping as well.
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the new krux is good