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Re: Frequently Asked Questions-Shoes/Trucks/Wheels and Everything else.
« Reply #420 on: September 25, 2012, 10:44:05 AM »
Do Gravis' fit similar to vans?
Yes, I usually wear a 13 in vans, and I bought a pair of gravis filter duros in a 13 and they fit very close to the same.

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Re: Frequently Asked Questions-Shoes/Trucks/Wheels and Everything else.
« Reply #421 on: September 25, 2012, 02:08:43 PM »
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Yes, I usually wear a 13 in vans, and I bought a pair of gravis filter duros in a 13 and they fit very close to the same.
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Re: Frequently Asked Questions-Shoes/Trucks/Wheels and Everything else.
« Reply #422 on: February 10, 2022, 09:30:20 AM »
What trucks beside ventures would you recommend somebody who rides tight trucks (in the 90s people would have said I ride lose trucks, but nowadays everybody is shocked how tight they are)?


I would like to have a second pair cause the wheelbase thing with ventures kind of limits my board choice too much and I have some decks here with longer wheelbase and a few steeper decks that are probably not best ridden on high ventures.

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Re: Frequently Asked Questions-Shoes/Trucks/Wheels and Everything else.
« Reply #423 on: February 10, 2022, 09:54:06 AM »
What trucks beside ventures would you recommend somebody who rides tight trucks (in the 90s people would have said I ride lose trucks, but nowadays everybody is shocked how tight they are)?


I would like to have a second pair cause the wheelbase thing with ventures kind of limits my board choice too much and I have some decks here with longer wheelbase and a few steeper decks that are probably not best ridden on high ventures.
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Re: Frequently Asked Questions-Shoes/Trucks/Wheels and Everything else.
« Reply #424 on: February 10, 2022, 09:56:44 AM »
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What trucks beside ventures would you recommend somebody who rides tight trucks (in the 90s people would have said I ride lose trucks, but nowadays everybody is shocked how tight they are)?


I would like to have a second pair cause the wheelbase thing with ventures kind of limits my board choice too much and I have some decks here with longer wheelbase and a few steeper decks that are probably not best ridden on high ventures.
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Why indies over ace with hard bushings ?

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Re: Frequently Asked Questions-Shoes/Trucks/Wheels and Everything else.
« Reply #425 on: February 10, 2022, 10:23:07 AM »
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What trucks beside ventures would you recommend somebody who rides tight trucks (in the 90s people would have said I ride lose trucks, but nowadays everybody is shocked how tight they are)?


I would like to have a second pair cause the wheelbase thing with ventures kind of limits my board choice too much and I have some decks here with longer wheelbase and a few steeper decks that are probably not best ridden on high ventures.
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Old tensors. Indys with hard bushings
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Why indies over ace with hard bushings ?
Well either. I think aces are a bit less stable. But I guess it can depend on how hard the bushings are

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Re: Frequently Asked Questions-Shoes/Trucks/Wheels and Everything else.
« Reply #426 on: February 10, 2022, 10:35:05 AM »
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What trucks beside ventures would you recommend somebody who rides tight trucks (in the 90s people would have said I ride lose trucks, but nowadays everybody is shocked how tight they are)?


I would like to have a second pair cause the wheelbase thing with ventures kind of limits my board choice too much and I have some decks here with longer wheelbase and a few steeper decks that are probably not best ridden on high ventures.
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Old tensors. Indys with hard bushings
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Why indies over ace with hard bushings ?
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Well either. I think aces are a bit less stable. But I guess it can depend on how hard the bushings are


Problem is there’s no hard ace bushings in Europe and ace wants 60 $ for shipping some bushings 🤦🏻‍♂️

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Re: Frequently Asked Questions-Shoes/Trucks/Wheels and Everything else.
« Reply #427 on: February 10, 2022, 10:50:28 AM »
Personally I think Ace's can be more stable in certain situations, but Aces were designed to be a really carvy truck and they flourish when you can experience that. Indy's obviously can be very surfy as well but in my experience tend to be more stable on center than Ace so I would then assume that they could fare better with firmer bushings or torqued a bit. Indy firm bushings are quite firm whereas the consensus with Ace firm bushings seems to be that they are not that different.

Honestly you can torque anything to be pretty tight and not wheelbite with the right bushings. Even if you like your trucks tight I'd focus more on where you might want the turn and stability.

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Re: Frequently Asked Questions-Shoes/Trucks/Wheels and Everything else.
« Reply #428 on: February 11, 2022, 07:02:44 PM »
What trucks beside ventures would you recommend somebody who rides tight trucks (in the 90s people would have said I ride lose trucks, but nowadays everybody is shocked how tight they are)?


I would like to have a second pair cause the wheelbase thing with ventures kind of limits my board choice too much and I have some decks here with longer wheelbase and a few steeper decks that are probably not best ridden on high ventures.


I feel like you can still make any truck turn more easily or a lot stiffer / tight truck feel with a good quality set of bushings, not always related to the brand of the truck either, eg you don't need to get Ace bushings to have Ace trucks work well.

That said, I feel like some bushings are a lot better than others, just with how they wear in and how long they last too, so I guess it is just down to whatever you have available to you in your given area to try some and see what works for you.


Some people just try to tighten normal bushings down too much, which doesn't really get the desired result most of the time and can often cause the bushings to split or cause other issues for the trucks, but at the end of the day, what someone says works for them, as in the perfect combo, might not work for others.

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