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Swapped from some ACE 44's to Tensor ATG all terrain geo trucks. Honestly these are the best trucks I've ridden. They don't turn on a dime quite as well as ace but they're way nicer on center when you setup for a trick with narrow footing like hardlfip. Also the magnesium grinds down and gets dings slightly easier, but I don't mind it since you can get stuff like a good crook groove easily. If it becomes a problem I'll probably opt for the regular aluminum version. The turning is great while still being stable, the kingpin clearance is solid and the baseplate prevents the wheels from getting in the way when you do slides. It ticks all the boxes for me, didn't see much about it so figured I'd let people know.
Great trucks, but despite what people say about them I hate the way they grind. It feels like you are scraping the wax off as you go so they slow down. Switched back to my Krux and my grinds feel SO much better, it just feels like I'm skating a boat anchor. That's another reason I switched back is I don't want to get to used to the weight because I feel like when it gets windy again it's gonna piss me off. If Krux were just a little lighter I'd be set.
Huh interesting, I find the mag tensors grind basically the same as normal trucks so far, with a bit more give on crooks just cause I can form that groove faster. I tried krux but hated the turn personally, the reverse kingpin was great though. You could try the non-magnesium/aluminum ones, that's probably what I'll do if I find it grinds down too fast. I've never noticed weight with trucks, I got the 2nd widest ones though so maybe that's why.
I’ve been riding the mag tensor atgs for a couple months too, and also dig them. I’m one of the midlife crisis’ers who returned to skating after a decade plus hiatus, so thought I could use whatever lightness advantage I could get to offset the limiting factor of a 20 year old mind being trapped in a 40’s body. I rode Indy’s in my former life, and it’s hard to tell if some of the idiosyncrasies of getting used to these trucks are that or just general sketchiness of being green again.
To me they grind way fast, but I’m mainly skating on metal coping in bowls. At first it was a bit jarring as there was so little resistance, but like anything you adapt.
My only complaint was that I thought their weird recessed top bushing design was making the lean a little unpredictable, so i put in some thunder 90a bushings (swapped the pivot cups as well as the thunder set included some that felt nicer than the stock tensors). I preferred it, but again that could be the placebo effect of justifying the unnecessary expense of urethane. Anyone else been experimenting with different bushings in tensors?
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