Doing my report-duty for the guys on here that suffer from the madness as i do (stay strong boys one day we'll find the perfect trucks and be free from this curse). I'm skating the new royals 144 ikp since two weeks now. I'm skating them on a 14.25 wb skate cafe deck, 8.25, and the wheelbase with the trucks on is 17.3 (+3,05) (from what i've measured), so less then thunders and venture but more than aces, i think a little more than indys also (?). Height is 52mm. I would describe them as thunders with a bit less wb and with a more surfy turn. Pop and pinch is very similar, but yeah the turn feels more surfy (especially in winter, thunders bushings fucking freeze in winter). It was a kinda a "2steps" turn at the beginning but once they broke in it felt more natural. Coming from ace af1 yeah the turn isn't THAT good but still very satisfing, but they feel better for tech stuff, at least for me. They do get very loose if you want, and i do skate them that way. Metal seems a bit softer than thunders and ventures, but not as much as ace classics, good grind anyway. They also feel pretty lightweight, but nothing crazy. My only little issue is that if you keep them loose over a certain point, the kingpin will start to loosen itself, so you have to readjust them every now and then, but i guess that's the inverted kingpin life (first set of ikp i've ever owned). Unless they will fucking explode out of nowhere in the next weeks i'm very very happy with them, they seem a solid well-made truck. I've always gone back and forth between thunders (for the tech) and aces (for the surfiness) and these hit a pretty sweet spot for my needs.
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