Had about 15 minutes of dry time in-between the rain storms and went out in front of my house just to cruise around and get a feel and pop a few ollies on the 139's. Setup on a Theories 8.125" with a 14.25" wheelbase.
My findings during this incredibly small sample time were:
- You can just put them right on, they seem to be torqued to the exact same tightness at the factory. I did my usual one quarter turn tighter on my back truck and was set. I like to ride medium-loose and they felt broken in and right where I like my truck tightness from the beginning. I'll see how or if the bushings change after time. I'm neurotic about my truck tightness being equal before I make my adjustments and it seems Lurpiv did it for me!
- There was no "new pivot/bushings squeak" at all, they were completely silent during my incessant carving of figure 8's. If they stay quiet these will be the first trucks I haven't had to put Riptide's in for as long as I can remember. The turns felt smooth from the beginning. There's no play either, the hangar fits snug into the pivot. Tighter turning than Indy, about the same as Ace but no squirrely feeling at all. It seems like they made a truck that turns as well as Ace but has the stability of Indy. I'm coming from Thunders so it felt very different but all in a good way. I do have some Indy's and Ace AF1's I've ridden recently so I feel I can compare the initial feeling pretty accurately. I got zero wheelbite. I really leaned into my turns and couldn't get my 54mm wheels to hit. The wheelbite marks you see on the deck are from some Ace AF1's which I did not like at all and the board just sat all summer. The hangar near the pivot area didn't ever make contact metal on metal either during my deep turns.
- Ollies were stable (even skating soft wheels) but I need more time to re-adjust my timing slightly from Thunder. Everyone guessing it's somewhere in-between Indy and Ace seems to be right on.
- Regarding installation, I barely got the 1" Thunder hardware bolts to sneak a bit past the nylock of the nut, it was close so if you're using risers 1/8" like I am I'd go with 1 1/8" hardware. Also, the axle nuts are a bit wider than the usual so if you're using a skate tool with a shallow recess like the Bronson or new Indy one you may have a slightly hard time fitting it on perfectly while tightening them. The nylock on the axle nuts is great. Everything about these trucks screams quality so far.
I can't tell if I'm gonna love them but I can usually tell if I'm going to hate trucks right away and so far I really like how these felt. I'm waiting on an 8.5" deck to try out the 149's. I don't usually ride anything that wide.
Sorry I can't report more for now. These are just my initial impressions. Hopefully I'll get more time on them soon. I'm really excited about these trucks! Oh and quality soft goods as well. The t-shirt I ordered reminded me of pre-China Polar quality when they had their stuff made in Portugal.
Hope this helps out a bit if you're on the fence.
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