Why did Ace have such weird sizing for their trucks above 8" until they released the AF1? In a strange way it kinda makes sense with an 8.35 axle being a sort of middle ground between 8.25 and 8.5, and I do recall the time period prior to 148/144's where Thunder/Indy only had an 8 and an 8.5, but why did Ace opt to do just an 8.35?
Yeah, I wonder if its something to stand out OR if its to cut down the amount of truck sizes they have to produce in regards to the most common board sizes. It makes it a more versatile truck for skaters in that regard too which is a selling point many of us are on board with.
I'm sure the logic is: Why make a truck that can only really cover ONE "common" deck size at a time when you can cover TWO very well?
SO many 8.25 decks and 8.5 decks are out there. By comparison (if they were to make a 8.25 truck), there are not as many decks that are 8.15 and 8.35. Less valuable to cover that range since it only covers one common deck size (8.25).
The only thing that confuses me is why haven't they produced a 8.63 yet? The 8.35 -> 9 chasm is sort of absurd. Are there really that many more people skating ~6.5 and ~7.0 width boards to produce those two models over ones that cover 8.5 and 8.75 decks?
With how popular wide decks are right now, I'm really shocked they haven't made an 8.63 Classic yet.