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I found out running no top bushing and just washers is cheating. No wheel bite if set up right.
Two top washers flipped upside down and the kingpin nut tightened down to a certain point, not too low or high, allows for perfect maximum wobble. Washers catch it right before the bite happens. I skated this way for about a year. I only stopped because I lost some tricks I loved, especially slappies. Just didn’t work and I’d fly off my board straight to the ground.
I just did it messing around. I've always ran very loose trucks. I could not do both trucks though and skate close to the same since I'm old and not as good as it is. Anything Fakie felt like suicide both trucks 😂
You’d be surprised how well you get used to it after just a couple days. But yeah, it certainly makes all tricks a lot more challenging. Took my Ace’s turning to an insane level though, which I miss. The slightest movement was the most hair trigger turning, way more than with a normal bushing set-up.
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So everyone is switching from Indy because they're made in China, but has the quality actually gone down? Why do skaters that wear so many Asian made shoes give a fuck enough to change their setup?
I got a brand new set of stage XI from NHS yesterday that have "Mfg in USA of foreign and domestic components" on the axle hangtag
Older stock. My local got in a box of all sizes about a month ago and every truck was made in China on the axle hangtag. Baseplate barcode has changed twice since they’ve been fully made there. I speculate they may have possibly been bought out twice based on that.
Also, Independent being overly hyped inferior geometry trucks had the made in USA appeal as their saving grace. Now they’re dead.