I just replaced my ventures (fuck venture) with Ace 44’s on a FA 8.5. I can tell the board overlaps slightly but am going to roll with it. Not that anyone here needs it but I’ll give a “review” about my experience, switching from Venture to Ace.
Here’s my review after my first session on them:
I had a change of heart and went with the 55’s. The axle pokes out a smidgen on my 8.5 but is workable.
Took me about 45 minutes of rolling around my park and 30 minutes of doing slappies/skating flat to almost fully break these in.
What I like about these trucks after having ventures for a while:
-Turning is improved, for sure.
-Setting up onto a new board isn’t a painful experience
-I’m finding that my pop feels a little better with the axles positioned closer to the center of my board than the ventures were. I could be completely making up that last part.
-Slightly heavier but I like that
My gripes about this truck are completely subjective: I’m not used to a hanger/axle this wide and am finding I need to force the sides of my truck onto the ledge more-so than I did on my ventures.