Favorite bushings?

[Bugsytootsie]

What do you personally look for in bushings? Do you prefer a certain shape(cone, barrel) hardness, have a unique tweak like shaving them down or boiling them for break in. What kind of bushing madness you got going on?

[honey island]

i wish i still drank a lot so i could sit on the sofa and just  say in *extreme jani latiala voice* "if you don't have your booshing correct, how can you get your fricken kickflip correct" on repeat




0:32

maybe the great 4 seconds in skateboarding history

[JANUS]

Is this not shoes and gear?

That said, I got Ventures recently and I really like the stock purple bushings. I believe they’re super Cush?

[cherry]

Red doh dohs for 15 years straight.

Can’t skate anything else dunno y

[DA BIG BODY BENZ]

bones hardcore- hard on 5.0 venture lo, i cant fuck with anything else

[Prostate Exam]

Ace stock bushings

[whorific]

Ace stock bushings

[Xen]

ACE stocks
Bones Softs/Mediums
88a Indy aftermarkets or DLX B&T

[chrisskates808]

What do you personally look for in bushings? Do you prefer a certain shape(cone, barrel) hardness, have a unique tweak like shaving them down or boiling them for break in. What kind of bushing madness you got going on?

Bones soft bushing but only for my back truck.

[Paperclip20]

Ace so much that I bought sets for all of my trucks. If anyone is interested the lows work well for most other trucks. I currently have them in my independents and will probably use them on venture.

[jay_nev]

https://www.slapmagazine.com/index.php?topic=112631.0

Bushings talk

Ace stock
Dlx supercush 97a purple

[chrisskates808]

Ace so much that I bought sets for all of my trucks. If anyone is interested the lows work well for most other trucks. I currently have them in my independents and will probably use them on venture.

Got the ace trucks too. The last new model Ace trucks already revamped with pre broken in bushings.

[Mbrimson88]

Indy aftermarket bushings, which come with metal washers, in both cylinder and conical and my favourite part, the low heads in 92 duro.

These take minimal time to break in, do not crack or fall apart and for me the 92 with the lower head, I can have the nut on nicely, while still having them fairly loose but the slightly harder compound means that they are not squishy and bounce right back to where they belong.

They fit in ALL trucks and have lots of options, 78, 88, 90, 92, 94, 96 duros.


Lots of others still work fine, but I have a particular dislike for Bones bushings, after seeing so very many come back to the shop, almost all end up separating and the hard inner coming apart from the soft outer, sometimes within a matter of only a few sessions.

[Maccat]

Used to be Bones all day but I’m feeling the Indy aftermarkets, conical softs these days.

Supercush are sick too, the clear ones.

One thing about Bones, dumb but I’ll say it is the color of the bushing isn’t appealing. Sure they ride great but personally any stock bushing from the big 4 looks better than black/white.

[Mbrimson88]

Sorry posting this in both Truck setup and bushing threads, but it is relevant...

[fulfillthedream]

for thunders the aftermarkets they make work perfect.  i tried bones on the 147s before and cracked the pivot cups a few times.. i think it wouldn't be an issue on the 148s as they're higher then the 147's but the thunder aftermarkets work the best on thunders in my experience.

[DirtyHairHalo]

Ace stock.
Indy 90a and 88a conical aftermarket. Flat washers on top bushings.

[Wizard0f0dds]

Ace stock bushings

[GardenSkater77]

Indy 90a and 88a conical aftermarket. Flat washers on top bushings.

Agree with those hardnesses, but instead of a flat washer I use a bottom conical washer which just fits on the top and does not chew into the top bushing like the regular washers. I feel the added diameter makes the trucks more springy. The standard washer chews bushings so quickly for me but I don’t want to go up in durometer.

[Idk]

Does Venture sell bushings?

[DirtyHairHalo]

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Indy 90a and 88a conical aftermarket. Flat washers on top bushings.

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Agree with those hardnesses, but instead of a flat washer I use a bottom conical washer which just fits on the top and does not chew into the top bushing like the regular washers. I feel the added diameter makes the trucks more springy. The standard washer chews bushings so quickly for me but I don’t want to go up in diameter.

Sounds interesting and worthy of investigation, thanks. I rehashed the top flat washers from my blown
out Bones and they fit perfectly flush with the Indy bushing. More turn and no pinch or chew.

[Mbrimson88]

Does Venture sell bushings?

I had seen someone else post in another thread, but then cannot find it, maybe because they are discontinued or out of stock currently, but the Deluxe Supercush brand was more the same shape (barrel) as Venture and almost all the shops who did stock them seem to be out, or very low.

This one is a good reference to the options with pics:

https://plusskateshop.com/products/deluxe-supercush-bushings

[Bugsytootsie]

Indy aftermarket bushings, which come with metal washers, in both cylinder and conical and my favourite part, the low heads in 92 duro.

These take minimal time to break in, do not crack or fall apart and for me the 92 with the lower head, I can have the nut on nicely, while still having them fairly loose but the slightly harder compound means that they are not squishy and bounce right back to where they belong.

They fit in ALL trucks and have lots of options, 78, 88, 90, 92, 94, 96 duros.


Lots of others still work fine, but I have a particular dislike for Bones bushings, after seeing so very many come back to the shop, almost all end up separating and the hard inner coming apart from the soft outer, sometimes within a matter of only a few sessions.

Those 92a aftermarkets are seriously the best. Khiro a close second

[Uncle Flea]

Depends on the season.

There was this company that made cold weather bushings. They were like bones looking. Bitter bushings. I'd like to try those I guess. They are like baby blue too

[yourbreakfsat]

Does Venture sell bushings?

Deluxe Supercush are apparently aftermarket Venture bushings.

Indy/Bones bushings will also work with Ventures.

[Weezil]

Stock bushings. Used to have to shave the tops down but lately everything is so good now. Last pair of indys and thunders I bought had no break in, ventures and aces had a break in period but still were best stock for me at stock tightness.

Echoing that I wish venture sold those purple 90a bushings and that thunder would sell those blue 90a stock bushings they put in the 149s and 151s. I'd stock up and never stress about doing slappy crooks on 98 degree days ever again. That's where ace and indy has the biggest upside.