Bigass post about those Tensor ATG trucks incoming
Ok so since there's not a ton of info on these trucks I figured I'd let people know how these are. Short answer is that the ALUMINUM ones are my current favorite truck, great turn, grind and other various details. The reason I stress the aluminum versions is because I managed to break my original pair of maglites:
What happened was I'd been dialing crooks for a few hours on a ledge and must have applied a lot of force to the nub of the truck that fits into the pivot cup. This actually wasn't the first time I'd done this, I'd had it happen with a pair of thunders so I wasn't super shocked. I'm over foot 6 and break a lot of gear so I think I'm a rare case to be fair but just letting people know. I hit up tensor and they were great, they sent me TWO pairs of the aluminum trucks which I'm riding now:
The turn, it's inbetween thunder and indy/ace. The wheelbase is also between those two trucks so it doesn't shock me. To be fair it's very much got it's own style of turning, but it's easiest to describe it with comparisons. I found I couldn't turn quite as deep as ace, but I was WAY more stable setting up for tricks and a bit better for balancing manuals once I got used to the new manual point. For me the tradeoff was worth it since the difference in turning radius is honestly imperceptible to me when I'm just skating and not focusing on the trucks differences. Break in time with the bushings was just one session. Overall the turn felt great to me. To be honest the only trucks that had a disappointing turn to me were ventures, krux had an ok one until you realized the radius was kinda shit. I'd say it's on par with other trucks and just comes down to your preference.
The grind for the mags and the regular ones are both solid. Basically the mags grind down faster, but you get nice grooves quicker. Once you get the groove the wear slows down. The mags also grind a bit smoother on certain things, especially rough stuff, but I found them kinda slower on "sharper" ledges that would leave lots of metal shavings from the trucks. It's not like those theeve TiH trucks where there will be a massive difference between grinding surfaces. The one thing is I tend to prefer round trucks like indys and aces for nosegrinds and crooks but you get used to it so fast it's not really a deal breaker.
As for details, the little nubs on the bottom of the baseplate are the best thing I didn't think I'd notice. I always get really warped baseplates after doing lots of tail and noseslides, then the truck shifts and pressure cracks seem to show up as a result. Those little nubs seem to be making a really positive difference so far. The kingpin clearance is solid, better than ace and thunder. I think it's on par with indy stage 11s, theeve and destructo that all have about 5mm of clearance give or take. I think venture highs and reverse kingpin trucks are the only other trucks that have noticeably more. I never had issues, especially smithing ledges which I didn't really enjoy on aces. The baseplate also sticks out enough that you don't have to worry about wheels touching for slides. I always found this really annoying with thunders, obviously you can power through it but it seems like a problem that shouldn't exist with a modern truck. The trucks are 55mm high at the axle and and feel great popping tricks. It took about a session to get used to it from the aces (52mm high?) and after that I haven't had an issue with ghost pop. The weight of the regular aluminum ones is basically the same as aces, but you feel it when you pop and flick tricks a bit more, I imagine cause of the wider wheelbase. I really like it since it doesn't slow me down and I can "feel out" where my board is in motion easily. If you do want a light fucking truck the mags are great too. I'm riding the 5.75 trucks which are 8.5 inches wide. I know some sites say they're 8.375 but I can confirm they all measure 8.5 inches.
Sorry for all the blocks of text.
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