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I’ve been skating Thunders since last fall and thought I liked them pretty well, until I stepped on my cruiser for the first time in months that has Indy’s on it and realized I really do not like the way they turn compared to Indys. Realized the bushings were getting fucked and replaced them with bones mediums but didn’t help as much as I wanted, so now I’m about to try Indy 88 Soft bushings and see if that does it.
Trucks are totally fine though so I’m going to keep trying to fine tune them until I like them, but tempted to bail on them early.
thunders turn better than Indys when u put 1/8 risers on them (and they become the same height too)
I liked the 88 Indy’s, but I did up getting some of the Real 3 ply risers and thought it helped. Also put a Bones flat top washer to get them a little looser, i liked it quite a bit because I felt like I could turn just enough but it also felt really stable.
Then it got cold. Bushings froze up pretty quickly and couldn’t turn whatsoever, so it was back to the drawing board to figure out a cold weather set up.
I think I figured it out - kept the risers but ended up with a Bones soft top and Bones medium bottom, a little tighter than flush. I’m a small dude and pretty light, so the softer turnier bushings seemed like a good idea. I skated this set up for a couple hours when the temp was in the 40’s or high 30’s and it worked great the whole time.