Venture 2020

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Listened to Nikolai Pimobo on nine club and he mentioned wanting the 8 hole pattern for his pro truck but was told Koston gets it for the year.  Sounds like it’ll be in the mix still in the future.

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it will be re-occuring as a pro truck

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I saw a catalog today for summer. They’ll be releasing plain polished V8’s in all sizes. No pro model.

Please send me the catalogue? Is it the full deluxe one???

[YMCMB]

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Listened to Nikolai Pimobo on nine club and he mentioned wanting the 8 hole pattern for his pro truck but was told Koston gets it for the year.  Sounds like it’ll be in the mix still in the future.

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it will be re-occuring as a pro truck

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I saw a catalog today for summer. They’ll be releasing plain polished V8’s in all sizes. No pro model.

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Please send me the catalogue? Is it the full deluxe one???

Same pls DM

[WideFeet]

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Listened to Nikolai Pimobo on nine club and he mentioned wanting the 8 hole pattern for his pro truck but was told Koston gets it for the year.  Sounds like it’ll be in the mix still in the future.

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it will be re-occuring as a pro truck

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I saw a catalog today for summer. They’ll be releasing plain polished V8’s in all sizes. No pro model.

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O nice I guess the demand was there.

I hope they stay around. I’m riding them right now and really like the option of switching my wheelbase up

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Listened to Nikolai Pimobo on nine club and he mentioned wanting the 8 hole pattern for his pro truck but was told Koston gets it for the year.  Sounds like it’ll be in the mix still in the future.

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it will be re-occuring as a pro truck

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I saw a catalog today for summer. They’ll be releasing plain polished V8’s in all sizes. No pro model.

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Please send me the catalogue? Is it the full deluxe one???

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Same pls DM

Don’t feel comfortable leaking the catalog, due to some special releases.

[texasplant]

I’ve always adored how Ventures looked but have never liked how much the extend wheelbases. I had 6.1s back in the day but got sick of having to skate very specific decks to make them work.

I would be moving from Aces and am curious to know if the V8s would sit in a similar (or shorter) spot. Does anyone have any on hand to measure for me before I go impulse buy some later today?

I wish I kept my 6.1 hangars because I don’t really feel like buying two pairs of trucks just so I can skate them on my huffer.

[BeachChicken]

They tuck the wheels almost the same as Ace. Each truck decreases the wheelbase by .3 so if you believe the +3.25 measurement, they end up at +2.95 vs I think Ace at +2.75 and AF1 at +3. This is per truck

[Mbrimson88]

I’ve always adored how Ventures looked but have never liked how much the extend wheelbases. I had 6.1s back in the day but got sick of having to skate very specific decks to make them work.

I would be moving from Aces and am curious to know if the V8s would sit in a similar (or shorter) spot. Does anyone have any on hand to measure for me before I go impulse buy some later today?

I wish I kept my 6.1 hangars because I don’t really feel like buying two pairs of trucks just so I can skate them on my huffer.

I have drilled in quite a few baseplates of whatever I could that would work, including cast and forged Ventures.

Yes they do bring things in nicely, making almost any longer wheelbase board way more fun on Ventures but they still have the Venture turn, even with as much modified truck options as I could manage (that is taller bottom bushing, low top), so keep that in mind with your considerations.  I also have a few of the Venture low bushing options and although they do feel a bit too soft and squirrely for my liking, they really do make things turn a whole lot more, so for people who are used to running other trucks loose and rattling, they could work well enough, even tightened down to however you want them.

Overall it was not a big deal, but I almost got caught out a few times on simple things that I was used to turning out of with other trucks (Indy mainly) that just didn't come away on the 6.1 Ventures I had on an 8.75 board at the time.


Of the big four, going from one end to the other - Ace, Indy, Thunder then Venture - is more than a big jump, even with the drilled in baseplate options on DIY or V8 trucks, but it does work and it really lightens up the pop on any board compared to the original truck placement of Ventures, sometimes almost too much for me, but everything is relative and getting used to any option is not too hard with a little time and patience.

There are definitely more Venture trucks on many of my setups in the drilled in baseplate position now compared to before when I would have one or two just to see what Venture trucks felt like, so people could skate them and compare them to others.

[Unkle Fleak]

Got some basic cruising on the v8. No tricks. Just ollies in all stances. Smasha back 50 in passing to see if I need to wax that thing. Basic cruising stuff. I love this truck. Idk if I’d move in the tail ever. Maybe on that Silas board. That one particular Metal board was harder to manny on at first as it had a wider wb than the others I had previously.
That fucker fell into the fountain
Shit was kinda young too
Other gospel …. 8” trucks on the 8.5 is sick. I smacked up my curb in passing several times. Didn’t miss once. I was worried. You can get really broken by the hazards at this spot to the right left and center. Yo you miss and go ripping off through the dirt right at a painted metal box. It’s right there. It amplifies the sound of the grinds.

Gulagu Salem yall. Everyone is invited.

[Franksnose76]

So what's the biggest wheel I can ride on ventures 54-55mm?

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So what's the biggest wheel I can ride on ventures 54-55mm?

I want to say I had 54s on my 5.8 ventures never wheel bit. No risers. They may have been 55s but I think they was 54s.

[munchbox]

wheel width definitely matters
and so does cast vs forged baseplates

58 radial fulls with forged vents was too bitey for me

[Mbrimson88]

So what's the biggest wheel I can ride on ventures 54-55mm?

Both previous replies have good info, but I think the main thing that it comes down to is how much the person weighs as well as how tight or loose you have your trucks.

Some kids I know were skating 58 mm Conical Full wheels on forged baseplate Ventures with what seemed like super loose trucks, but because they were so very light, they barely had any wheelbite marks, one in particular could make that setup look very easy, while others struggled with the size combinations they had set up.

There is also the question of what they are skating too, as that can change how much things will work, eg my transition / ramp boards have loose trucks and minimal wheelbite issues, whereas my all rounder or park / street boards I have things a little tighter otherwise I will definitely get thrown off on some things.  Some people just get used to anything, or skate one board for everything, so running things a little more locked down could be easier with any mid size wheels.

The usual go to for a couple of other adults who skate street more than anything is 54 mm Conical Full wheels on forged baseplates with medium to maybe a little bit tighter than average trucks and they don't have any issues.

[theloniousmonk]

Pretty sure I ran 54mm on lows a few years ago without risers. I did the same with 147s, but would make Jason Hernandez wheel wells with a dremel for those setups

[BeachChicken]

https://youtu.be/vD3fnjlN6cI?si=NHUfC6pMh1brkewV 56-58s for this dude I think.

Big wheels are trending tons of local kids are on 56 and above.

[WideFeet]

So what's the biggest wheel I can ride on ventures 54-55mm?

I think you can get away with as big as 56mm. I personally ride 54mm. I think it comes down to how type of skating you’re doing. I think anything but transition and curb skating, you’re going to get some wheel bite. I would say 54mm is the biggest you can go with and get minimal wheelbite.

Like someone else says, depends on your weight, and I’m sure how loose you skate your trucks come into play.

I’m personally like 240-250 and ride 54mm on some V8’s and have no problems. I ride my trucks on the medium to medium-loose side.

[roba]

i did 58s on the standard cast 5.8s, no risers, it worked. i usually go 56 though.

[Franksnose76]

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So what's the biggest wheel I can ride on ventures 54-55mm?

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I want to say I had 54s on my 5.8 ventures never wheel bit. No risers. They may have been 55s but I think they was 54s.

Glad to have some feedback thank you fellas,  I ended up taking a piece of cardboard insert from a record I got and made impromptu riser for the standard loose trucks and 54mm on it. Im 6'2" 223lbs and skate medium loose trucks, I like curbs and medium ledges nothing too crazy. I've been contemplating switching from Indy's to thunders/ventures for the sake of poor quality Indy's have had recently, their steel seems to be taking a lot of shit either garbage process or where they make the hangers and baseplates are garbage.

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love the nick matthews setup speculation! he, bdk, and willow, all have setups i want to know
from footage it has often looked like NM had venture lo’s, to me. maybe i was just seeing what i wanted too. the stock olive eagle, is a big board, and he does not look very large….

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my best guess on a BDK setup from footage is:

Quasi 8.38
Thunder 148 standard with no bottom washer
Real wooden risers
55mm wheels with varying shapes usually something wider

A lot of Thunder pros skate with no bottom washer, noticed Joe Campos and more recently Nick Michel run them without the bottom. Would like to know Nick Michel's setup but its a lil bit more generic so hard to pinpoint on footage.

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There's pics of BDK's board from a spitfire ad and some vids someone he knows posted on here and the trucks looked bone stock, risers, they said 55 Conical fulls.

Thunder no bottom washer is common for smaller people like Joe or people who live in super cold winters just remove it and keep their trucks the same KP nut tightness so they don't freeze up. Nick Michel seems to have 149s, risers, 54-56 looking wheel.

It's pretty standard. Lots of dudes with Thunders and risers, venture or Indy no risers, moderately big square wheels. It almost seems like 52-53 classics is just for "tech dudes" or Reynolds.

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thought from this still it looks like no bottom but obviously shitty youtube compression so who knows. looks like new formula 97a spitties too?

I wont derail the thread any further lol

so sick thank you. i get too hyped on the setups of the pro’s. always have, it’s weird, im weird.

[chris.]

Can’t believe it’s been almost 6 years since our lord and savior Bobby Worrest dropped that part and awoke the masses.

[BeachChicken]

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love the nick matthews setup speculation! he, bdk, and willow, all have setups i want to know
from footage it has often looked like NM had venture lo’s, to me. maybe i was just seeing what i wanted too. the stock olive eagle, is a big board, and he does not look very large….

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my best guess on a BDK setup from footage is:

Quasi 8.38
Thunder 148 standard with no bottom washer
Real wooden risers
55mm wheels with varying shapes usually something wider

A lot of Thunder pros skate with no bottom washer, noticed Joe Campos and more recently Nick Michel run them without the bottom. Would like to know Nick Michel's setup but its a lil bit more generic so hard to pinpoint on footage.

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There's pics of BDK's board from a spitfire ad and some vids someone he knows posted on here and the trucks looked bone stock, risers, they said 55 Conical fulls.

Thunder no bottom washer is common for smaller people like Joe or people who live in super cold winters just remove it and keep their trucks the same KP nut tightness so they don't freeze up. Nick Michel seems to have 149s, risers, 54-56 looking wheel.

It's pretty standard. Lots of dudes with Thunders and risers, venture or Indy no risers, moderately big square wheels. It almost seems like 52-53 classics is just for "tech dudes" or Reynolds.

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thought from this still it looks like no bottom but obviously shitty youtube compression so who knows. looks like new formula 97a spitties too?

I wont derail the thread any further lol

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so sick thank you. i get too hyped on the setups of the pro’s. always have, it’s weird, im weird.

I'm weird too. There's some videos of BDK and friends skating someone linked once that show his board and you can see it looks like bone stock Thunders with wood risers and 55s.

It makes sense. Add the riser and you have an Indy height with different turn and WB. They're all ending up in the same general measurement zone.

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love the nick matthews setup speculation! he, bdk, and willow, all have setups i want to know
from footage it has often looked like NM had venture lo’s, to me. maybe i was just seeing what i wanted too. the stock olive eagle, is a big board, and he does not look very large….

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my best guess on a BDK setup from footage is:

Quasi 8.38
Thunder 148 standard with no bottom washer
Real wooden risers
55mm wheels with varying shapes usually something wider

A lot of Thunder pros skate with no bottom washer, noticed Joe Campos and more recently Nick Michel run them without the bottom. Would like to know Nick Michel's setup but its a lil bit more generic so hard to pinpoint on footage.

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There's pics of BDK's board from a spitfire ad and some vids someone he knows posted on here and the trucks looked bone stock, risers, they said 55 Conical fulls.

Thunder no bottom washer is common for smaller people like Joe or people who live in super cold winters just remove it and keep their trucks the same KP nut tightness so they don't freeze up. Nick Michel seems to have 149s, risers, 54-56 looking wheel.

It's pretty standard. Lots of dudes with Thunders and risers, venture or Indy no risers, moderately big square wheels. It almost seems like 52-53 classics is just for "tech dudes" or Reynolds.

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thought from this still it looks like no bottom but obviously shitty youtube compression so who knows. looks like new formula 97a spitties too?

I wont derail the thread any further lol

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so sick thank you. i get too hyped on the setups of the pro’s. always have, it’s weird, im weird.

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I'm weird too. There's some videos of BDK and friends skating someone linked once that show his board and you can see it looks like bone stock Thunders with wood risers and 55s.

It makes sense. Add the riser and you have an Indy height with different turn and WB. They're all ending up in the same general measurement zone.

oh he was for sure using risers, and with a wider wheel. what i think i misunderstood about his setup was that he was skating 148s, and i assumed 149s. someone, somewhere, mentioned that he was on 8.2ish boards.
 

[Esmith5488]

Can’t believe it’s been almost 6 years since our lord and savior Bobby Worrest dropped that part and awoke the masses.

As a DMV skater I for sure have seen more ventures since

[Bristol_Palin]

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So what's the biggest wheel I can ride on ventures 54-55mm?

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I want to say I had 54s on my 5.8 ventures never wheel bit. No risers. They may have been 55s but I think they was 54s.

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Glad to have some feedback thank you fellas,  I ended up taking a piece of cardboard insert from a record I got and made impromptu riser for the standard loose trucks and 54mm on it. Im 6'2" 223lbs and skate medium loose trucks, I like curbs and medium ledges nothing too crazy. I've been contemplating switching from Indy's to thunders/ventures for the sake of poor quality Indy's have had recently, their steel seems to be taking a lot of shit either garbage process or where they make the hangers and baseplates are garbage.

I have pretty steadily rode 58 mm on venture 5.8s since 2021. I had a couple sets of F4 og classic 58mm on them and recently I’ve been doing the 93’s F4 radials 58mm and I have no complaints.

[Franksnose76]

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So what's the biggest wheel I can ride on ventures 54-55mm?

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I want to say I had 54s on my 5.8 ventures never wheel bit. No risers. They may have been 55s but I think they was 54s.

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Glad to have some feedback thank you fellas,  I ended up taking a piece of cardboard insert from a record I got and made impromptu riser for the standard loose trucks and 54mm on it. Im 6'2" 223lbs and skate medium loose trucks, I like curbs and medium ledges nothing too crazy. I've been contemplating switching from Indy's to thunders/ventures for the sake of poor quality Indy's have had recently, their steel seems to be taking a lot of shit either garbage process or where they make the hangers and baseplates are garbage.

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I have pretty steadily rode 58 mm on venture 5.8s since 2021. I had a couple sets of F4 og classic 58mm on them and recently I’ve been doing the 93’s F4 radials 58mm and I have no complaints.

Do you rock risers or not? I've put a set of 54mm spitfire fulls they look awkward but I'm down for it.   Like I said I put a bit of cardboard the height of 1/8" risers for any unforseen wheelbite.

[Bristol_Palin]

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So what's the biggest wheel I can ride on ventures 54-55mm?

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I want to say I had 54s on my 5.8 ventures never wheel bit. No risers. They may have been 55s but I think they was 54s.

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Glad to have some feedback thank you fellas,  I ended up taking a piece of cardboard insert from a record I got and made impromptu riser for the standard loose trucks and 54mm on it. Im 6'2" 223lbs and skate medium loose trucks, I like curbs and medium ledges nothing too crazy. I've been contemplating switching from Indy's to thunders/ventures for the sake of poor quality Indy's have had recently, their steel seems to be taking a lot of shit either garbage process or where they make the hangers and baseplates are garbage.

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I have pretty steadily rode 58 mm on venture 5.8s since 2021. I had a couple sets of F4 og classic 58mm on them and recently I’ve been doing the 93’s F4 radials 58mm and I have no complaints.

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Do you rock risers or not? I've put a set of 54mm spitfire fulls they look awkward but I'm down for it.   Like I said I put a bit of cardboard the height of 1/8" risers for any unforseen wheelbite.

Nope no risers.

[Unkle Fleak]

So what's the biggest wheel I can ride on ventures 54-55mm?

60. I ride 58s on the regs with loose trucks and no riser

[Franksnose76]

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60. I ride 58s on the regs with loose trucks and no riser

I was watching Kaders parts he puts 60mm on his setup which wild for me, but hey if it works then let's go... Maybe the 5.0's of yesterday's past turned me off and they've long since updated their geometry. I do remember they had a distinctive turn that was leaned in to as opposed to the Indy Ace feel of carving.

[rawbertson.]

I can run 60mm Radial Full on Ventures but its DEFINITELY not for everyone. No risers.

if the truck is 53mm off the floor in the centre of the axle. Consider the wheel is cut in half basically as far as the rest that would fill the space before touching the wood. so with a 54mm wheel you have 27mm of wheel that will fill the space: 53 - 27 = 26mm of clearance. That seems like a very healthy amount to me.

The way I ride it I am only getting 23mm of clearance. so you have to think about it at the end of the day does that 3mm really make much of a difference to you. It might not make as much of a difference as you might think.

[chris.]

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Can’t believe it’s been almost 6 years since our lord and savior Bobby Worrest dropped that part and awoke the masses.

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As a DMV skater I for sure have seen more ventures since

I don’t want to over blow it but to me his move to Venture is one of the bigger shifts in the industry that I remember.  I mean, it worked on me and I bought my first pair in 15+ yearsz And this thread didn’t pop until 6-7 months after that part. I’m in coastal VA and ventures are everywhere now.

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Can’t believe it’s been almost 6 years since our lord and savior Bobby Worrest dropped that part and awoke the masses.

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As a DMV skater I for sure have seen more ventures since

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I don’t want to over blow it but to me his move to Venture is one of the bigger shifts in the industry that I remember.  I mean, it worked on me and I bought my first pair in 15+ yearsz And this thread didn’t pop until 6-7 months after that part. I’m in coastal VA and ventures are everywhere now.

oh he definitely made it cool.
5.2 lo’s might be my favorite truck ever, but for every youness/yuto, there is a papa.
after bob came thru and reset the market, itwas sick, but at times a little bittersweet. friends wishing they turned like indy’s, but glad to be done with the raw jock indy trappings. and then the youths with their intentionally heinous fits , sloppy loose, and monster truck tires….its not for me, and predictably i don’t like it, especially compared to some classic puleo or pendleton tracks.