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I don't think there's any empirical evidence any of those trucks regularly do those things you just said. I've only ever snapped thunder kingpins, never had durability issues with ventures, and the only time I've broken bushings has been with bones when the core separates but that's more of a bones issue than a specific truck issue. What about other brands like theeve or destructo? What do you mean by "awkward" when referring to tensors? I personally fuck with the new atg tensors more than any truck so I'm curious. You can see the kingpin clearance is comparatively bad by googling a photo, unless you can show that's not the case? I dunno man I'm not sold.
Edit: forgot ace too, point being there's lots of options.
I know what I have seen in person. And there is tons of options. I stand by my comment on tensor. But back to the my original point royals are better now then they were 10 years ago. They skate good and for a price point truck I stand by my word.
But what you've seen is just anecdotal evidence. There's a chance you were unlucky and the trucks you saw break were just a small percent and the majority are fine. So how do you justify your claim with anecdotal evidence? What do you mean by standing by your comment on tensor? I want you to elaborate, not stand by it, I don't give a shit if something is "awkward" if it skates good. What do you mean, the brand, how the actually skate? Why can't I just say royals are awkward and not explain why? Also I could just as easily say I've seen more royal trucks have issues, like the kingpin clearance and pivot cups mentioned earlier. I don't see why I should take your word seriously if you're not going to qualify it somehow with better points.
It's a post-modern pathology to outright denounce anecdotal evidence on principle alone. This isnt a murder trial, its a conversation between to people who are bonded by a shared goal. Considering that, its fair to assume a certain level of trust in one anothers shared experience to substantiate anecdotal evidence, because theirs nothing inherently wrong with somebodys observation pertaining to a circumstance that exists in an objective reality ( i.e the physical properties of trucks ). This pathological train of thought is common amongst those who believe in a relatively subjective reality. Furthermore, the only thing that really differentiates empirical and anecdotal evidence is simply documentation of the "anecdotal observations" over X amount of time ( i.e gain of function tests ). The moment anybody steps on a skateboard their performing a variety of these tests by proxy.
That being said I absolutely agree with the fact that indy baseplates tend to break ( and the hardware holes warp so bad ). The more anecdotal evidence becomes coorberated by others the more it becomes empirical. I also believe your comments about royal kingpin clearance as I have seen that too.
I do wanna fuck with Royals though, I wanna build a crailtap complete with like a g028 and some 8.25 royals ya know.