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Just setup some lightly used 147 lights with fresh white 90a bushings to replace some 5.2 lows. Feels right to be back on them and I’m wondering why I keep leaving in the first place.
i go back and forth between 147s and 5.2 lo’s, frequently.
what do you like about 147s more?
i like 5.2 lo’s more, i think. i’ve never done a good comparison, on the same deck.
why do you like more?
I’ve been skating them on the same 8” deck and the thunders to me just feel more stable while turning better at the same time. I feel much more confident bombing a hill on 147’s than the 5.2 lows, not sure why.
Pop and trick wise they are very similar but I think overall I’m just more used to Thunder timing. The extra 1-2mm of height helps too. I’m picky about truck height and these seem to be my sweet spot.
Also with the new thunder team baseplate design, I can run a ikp pretty easily so I look forward to doing that to have a low truck with good kp clearance.
thanks
do you use the same size wheels on both? my biggest drawback with both of these trucks: i’ve never ‘successfully’ (very relative), ridden larger than 52s.
the kingpin clearance is bad, on both.
pop wise, my kickflips are better with 147s, ollie’s and everything else better with the ventures.
i like 151s, 149s. i don’t like to skate larger boards as much anymore, as the particulars get too precious for me. i have some 148 lights, and those ….trip me out. i’ve been giving them the side eye, like an ex drunk gazing at an unopened bottle on a tall shelf, that is there for ‘decorative’ reasons: the 148s are too big for the 8s and below i like to ride, but those damn things just seem to ‘work’, on whatever. i’ve set them up on wildly different boards, with very different wheels, and no problems.
but i persist in just liking 147s and lo’s.
well now i feel better, thanks