Bought some 149 Standards to test with my upped board size, 8,5. Indy stock bushings are way to soft as usual. What bushings you guys recommend for a 190 pounds guy for a medium stiffness?
You are probably going to get quite a few different answers here, as already seen above, all of which can and will work for specific people, so it is really down to personal preference, but also down to how the bushings break in.
I am about the same weight, for reference and this has been my experience on each option:
Stock bushings start off super mushy and almost feel like there is no give at all, which will often make me think that I have no interest in keeping them in a board, but to skate those same bushings after half a dozen sessions, they actually firm up a lot and work quite well for some things for me. Note I did take them all apart and clean off all surfaces on a set of standard Indy trucks I set up recently, which helped a whole lot as there seemed to be a light coating of something on the hangers which made them even more mushy feeling right from go.
Then with aftermarket Indy bushings, specifically the blue 92, black 94 and yellow 96 variations, I have had different experiences on brand new ones, vs well worn in and almost mushed out old ones that came back to me from people I know.
The blue ones are similar to the stock ones once stock ones firm up, so still fairly free feeling, especially in the conical shape, not quite so much in the cylinder shape, but they are the closest small step up.
The black ones felt very solid and hard from new, almost too solid and hard, so I was not really keen, but to get some back that are well used, they actually feel really good, have nice resistance but can still turn just as much as the softer ones, especially the conical shape bushings, but also the cylinder were not at all stiff when I tried a friends board.
The yellow ones were even worse for being so stiff I had no business being on them from new, so those ones I did take off after a few laps and yet again the well used ones were very nice, stable, but still turned, everything working well on them.
Summary - stock bushings are soft and firm up, whereas aftermarket bushings are firm but soften up a lot as they wear in, cylinder will stay stiffer than conical shape, so it is almost like having five or more options up that ladder from stock through conical blue, cylinder blue, conical black, cylinder black, ending with conical yellow.