Okay so I got given a set of 150 solids and have had three sessions on them. Mixed feelings, but largely enjoying them right now
I can't be bothered measuring and weighing but:
- They feel fairly light, definitely very tall, pic is next to cast plate ventures which is what I usually skate
- They actually seem to have a long ish wheelbase, just a smidge shorter than ventures eyeballing it. The two boards in that pic are the same April 8.5
Usual setup is April 8.5 (14.4 wb), venture cast hollow 5.8s stock, and currently on some 55mm classics that are worn to about 52mm.
Swapped the trucks out, pop feel is great. Lighter than ventures, manual point is a lil better too.
Turn and stability is awesome. I'm riding them just a smidge tighter than my ventures, and they stay straight and feel very solid until I want to lean into the turn and then it just goes. I don't care too much about turn and carve but it is a nice novelty coming from ventures. Objectively not as stable as ventures though, but for a tall turny truck they're great
Prefer the pop on these to ventures for flatground. The tipping point for a couple tricks on ventures has never felt that great to me (nollie fs flips most notably) and these instantly worked better. Haven't done a flatground trick where these were noticeably worse than on ventures.
They are quite tall so still fully adjusting to the timing for ledge tricks, but feels fine for the most part. Fakie and nollie pop also feels a bit easier, something about it being a bit taller and lighter feeling to pop. Haven't skated rougher or drier ledge where the baseplate slide or kingpin clearance would be an issue. But I imagine I'll definitely get annoyed about the kingpin clearance when I next skate a concrete ledge and want to do some back smiths.
The worst part about these is the pinch. Maybe if you skate aces or something it won't be that big of a deal but I was having a much harder time doing all the usual crooked grind variations I do. Just felt much more prone to slipping to noseslide/tailslide or missing the pinch altogether. Even front smiths on a round bar were slipping a lil because the hanger arcs so deep. Starting to adjust to it a little bit so maybe I'll get over it, but objectively these pinch like shit compared to ventures.
Tried putting on 55.5mm radials and it helped a little, but it made my board feel wayyy too tall and heavy.
Haven't felt any wheelbite at all, maybe its the anti wb tech. But more likely just the fact that they're tall, I'm not riding them loose, and have pretty small wheels
Its interesting because I ride ventures even though for a few things I like to do, the pop and tipping point feel suboptimal. But they're stable, predictable, have a lot of kp clearance and pinch great. Meanwhile these have shit kp clearance and pinch, but a better pop and tipping point feel.
Probably going to skate these until the pinch or kingpin starts to really annoy me, or if the bushings/pivot cup wear down and start to get a bit too loose n squirrelly I will not be able to deal
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