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Do ventures still have that problem where the top washer mashes into the hanger when you ride them loose? I had a pair of the high ones after DLX updated them years ago and I was wondering if they ever resolved that?
my 6.1s would bind every now and again but it happened rarely enough that i didn't feel like i had to do anything about it - until i put em on a wider board and could put more force into each turn! still happened rarely but slightly less rarely. just switched out the stock top washers for some bones ones !
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I liked how they felt doing flip tricks and grinds but do you guys find that because the WB is far out relative to other trucks, the turn is less deep compared to other trucks?
many trucks have steeper (or am i thinking less steep? ) kingpin angles and all that, in addition to their shorter wheelbases !
Thanks for the info, when you say bind, do you mean the bushings just aren't rebounding, or that the old, non-bones, washer was catching in there and causing stuff to get stuck?
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Yes the stock washer makes a little scratches in the hangers. It wasn't significant.
I threw out the purple top and put an old cracked up bones bushing with a flat washer from my ace truck.
I would have kept it if it was summer time
That was because of how cold it is out.
Gotcha thanks
You guys know if venture has updated the geo on the new wider models (5.8 and 6.1) since the dlx change? I guess I just don't get the hype since to me they felt like a truck that couldn't turn despite doing other things pretty well. Granted I didn't swap out bushings when I had some 5.2 highs
I dont know if they changed anything for sure, but I can tell you that the 5.8s I have now just feel like a wider version of the Venture 5.0s and 5.2s I skated many years ago. They certainly do not turn like Indys or Thunders, but that never bothered me because I ride fairly tight trucks anyway. Maybe the hype is because people just like the stability of them that you really don't get with some other brands.
Yeah that's definitely fair, I generally ride loose so it's just a personal preference thing. Wasn't sure if the new wider ones were somehow different, thanks for clarifying.
Np man, maybe some loose truck guys that ride Venture's will give you whole different opinion.
I ride very loose trucks. I'm thinking about flipping my top bolt even to get a little more.
With the ace 44 I had a stock bottom and a bones top I rode them very loose on an 8.5 with a 14.5 wb.
The venture 5.6 I have the stock purple barrels with cracked bones tops with the flat washer on an 8.25 with a little less than 14.25 wb.
Its basically the same except I'm more stable when I land in my board.
At the ledge and flat bar the venture beats the ace for crooks etc. Manny tricks. Ace at first but now it's the same.
Shallow end of the bowl or tight tranny ace will always win against any truck. Same with pool coping. Nothing can hang with ace and indy.