Truck set-ups

[sammyz]

This is probably a dumb question, but would there be any issues of using an 149 baseplate on a 159 hanger? Im assuming not...but thought the more educated amongst you would know.

[texasplant]

This is probably a dumb question, but would there be any issues of using an 149 baseplate on a 159 hanger? Im assuming not...but thought the more educated amongst you would know.

No problems at all. Only difference is it won't be 6 hole, which literally doesn't matter.

[Sundaynuggets]

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Ended up with a pair of Krux and in trying to ride them, I found that the turning radius isn’t nearly tight enough for me (I’m coming from riding thunders and Indy’s wobbly loose/almost wobbly loose) so I got to tinkering.

It turns out that if you put an Indy baseplate (keeping the Indy king pin and bushings so far) on a Krux hanger, you end up with an interesting mix of the qualities of both. They turn almost like Indy’s, keep the height that both trucks usually have, keep the lighter weight of the Krux hangar and also with the big king pin clearance of Krux. The wheelbase seems pushed out slightly further than Indy with this modification , but the pop feels virtually the same.

I think it’s because the square part of the top of the baseplate that the kingpin comes out of on Indy’s is significantly higher than that of Krux, so it pushes the Krux hanger forward slightly and elevates the back of the hanger which seems to give it a deeper turning radius. It seems like, when you press the wheel into the wheel well, that this Indy baseplate makes the wheel arc towards the center of the deck more than the Krux baseplate which seems to keep a straighter line to the wheel well when pressing the wheel down.

Anyway, I would not buy Krux with this modification in mind, but if you end up with a pair and want to screw around with them rather than letting them go to waste, this seems to help the turning problem.

I haven’t ridden them long enough to say for sure, but it doesn’t seem like this modification would put weird stresses on the truck that would make it break more easily either.

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I can definitely see this being the case. A mate of mine was running the opposite - Krux baseplate and kingpin, Indy 159 hangar. Did the opposite of what you described, made the turn more linear. I hated it but he seemed to think it was worth it for the downlow kingpin.

Interesting to know though - I do like how Krux hangars look but they turn like dog shit

Interesting! Yeah, that turn felt awful to me, I can’t imagine seeking that out but then again I’m sure a lot of folks would hate the way I ride my set ups haha. It was really odd to have wobbly loose trucks that barely turned. Never felt that in a truck before and it kind of felt like they were broken, like they weren’t doing what they were supposed to. The hangers do look cool and I like the king pin clearance even with the Indy kp. I’ll probably try and see if the Krux inverted kp fits in my thunders at some point to see if I can get some Smith grinds on those finally.

[anon]

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Ended up with a pair of Krux and in trying to ride them, I found that the turning radius isn’t nearly tight enough for me (I’m coming from riding thunders and Indy’s wobbly loose/almost wobbly loose) so I got to tinkering.

It turns out that if you put an Indy baseplate (keeping the Indy king pin and bushings so far) on a Krux hanger, you end up with an interesting mix of the qualities of both. They turn almost like Indy’s, keep the height that both trucks usually have, keep the lighter weight of the Krux hangar and also with the big king pin clearance of Krux. The wheelbase seems pushed out slightly further than Indy with this modification , but the pop feels virtually the same.

I think it’s because the square part of the top of the baseplate that the kingpin comes out of on Indy’s is significantly higher than that of Krux, so it pushes the Krux hanger forward slightly and elevates the back of the hanger which seems to give it a deeper turning radius. It seems like, when you press the wheel into the wheel well, that this Indy baseplate makes the wheel arc towards the center of the deck more than the Krux baseplate which seems to keep a straighter line to the wheel well when pressing the wheel down.

Anyway, I would not buy Krux with this modification in mind, but if you end up with a pair and want to screw around with them rather than letting them go to waste, this seems to help the turning problem.

I haven’t ridden them long enough to say for sure, but it doesn’t seem like this modification would put weird stresses on the truck that would make it break more easily either.

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I can definitely see this being the case. A mate of mine was running the opposite - Krux baseplate and kingpin, Indy 159 hangar. Did the opposite of what you described, made the turn more linear. I hated it but he seemed to think it was worth it for the downlow kingpin.

Interesting to know though - I do like how Krux hangars look but they turn like dog shit

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Interesting! Yeah, that turn felt awful to me, I can’t imagine seeking that out but then again I’m sure a lot of folks would hate the way I ride my set ups haha. It was really odd to have wobbly loose trucks that barely turned. Never felt that in a truck before and it kind of felt like they were broken, like they weren’t doing what they were supposed to. The hangers do look cool and I like the king pin clearance even with the Indy kp. I’ll probably try and see if the Krux inverted kp fits in my thunders at some point to see if I can get some Smith grinds on those finally.

not worth it if you like to skate wobbly loose. the kingpin not being fixed in place delays the turn ever so slightly. subtle, but kind of annoying from my experience. even if you use epoxy to hold the nut still, the kingpin isn't long enough to engage the nylon on the nut. you'd have to crank 'em tight. although you could use threadlocker... i advise against them, but i guess you'll have to see for yourself

the krux inverted kingpins did their job, but it's not the same without the grind of the kingpin nut on a smith. it felt too smooth -- bleh. if you want kingpin clearance, don't go with thunders

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This is probably a dumb question, but would there be any issues of using an 149 baseplate on a 159 hanger? Im assuming not...but thought the more educated amongst you would know.

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No problems at all. Only difference is it won't be 6 hole, which literally doesn't matter.

6 hole looks cooler. Undeniable

[Sundaynuggets]

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Ended up with a pair of Krux and in trying to ride them, I found that the turning radius isn’t nearly tight enough for me (I’m coming from riding thunders and Indy’s wobbly loose/almost wobbly loose) so I got to tinkering.

It turns out that if you put an Indy baseplate (keeping the Indy king pin and bushings so far) on a Krux hanger, you end up with an interesting mix of the qualities of both. They turn almost like Indy’s, keep the height that both trucks usually have, keep the lighter weight of the Krux hangar and also with the big king pin clearance of Krux. The wheelbase seems pushed out slightly further than Indy with this modification , but the pop feels virtually the same.

I think it’s because the square part of the top of the baseplate that the kingpin comes out of on Indy’s is significantly higher than that of Krux, so it pushes the Krux hanger forward slightly and elevates the back of the hanger which seems to give it a deeper turning radius. It seems like, when you press the wheel into the wheel well, that this Indy baseplate makes the wheel arc towards the center of the deck more than the Krux baseplate which seems to keep a straighter line to the wheel well when pressing the wheel down.

Anyway, I would not buy Krux with this modification in mind, but if you end up with a pair and want to screw around with them rather than letting them go to waste, this seems to help the turning problem.

I haven’t ridden them long enough to say for sure, but it doesn’t seem like this modification would put weird stresses on the truck that would make it break more easily either.

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I can definitely see this being the case. A mate of mine was running the opposite - Krux baseplate and kingpin, Indy 159 hangar. Did the opposite of what you described, made the turn more linear. I hated it but he seemed to think it was worth it for the downlow kingpin.

Interesting to know though - I do like how Krux hangars look but they turn like dog shit

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Interesting! Yeah, that turn felt awful to me, I can’t imagine seeking that out but then again I’m sure a lot of folks would hate the way I ride my set ups haha. It was really odd to have wobbly loose trucks that barely turned. Never felt that in a truck before and it kind of felt like they were broken, like they weren’t doing what they were supposed to. The hangers do look cool and I like the king pin clearance even with the Indy kp. I’ll probably try and see if the Krux inverted kp fits in my thunders at some point to see if I can get some Smith grinds on those finally.

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not worth it if you like to skate wobbly loose. the kingpin not being fixed in place delays the turn ever so slightly. subtle, but kind of annoying from my experience. even if you use epoxy to hold the nut still, the kingpin isn't long enough to engage the nylon on the nut. you'd have to crank 'em tight. although you could use threadlocker... i advise against them, but i guess you'll have to see for yourself

the krux inverted kingpins did their job, but it's not the same without the grind of the kingpin nut on a smith. it felt too smooth -- bleh. if you want kingpin clearance, don't go with thunders

I love this shit, that’s so interesting about the looseness of the kingpin delaying the turn. Do you think shaving down the bushings could help with the problem of the length of the kingpin? I shave my top bushings anyway to keep the trucks loose without the nut falling off

[anon]

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Ended up with a pair of Krux and in trying to ride them, I found that the turning radius isn’t nearly tight enough for me (I’m coming from riding thunders and Indy’s wobbly loose/almost wobbly loose) so I got to tinkering.

It turns out that if you put an Indy baseplate (keeping the Indy king pin and bushings so far) on a Krux hanger, you end up with an interesting mix of the qualities of both. They turn almost like Indy’s, keep the height that both trucks usually have, keep the lighter weight of the Krux hangar and also with the big king pin clearance of Krux. The wheelbase seems pushed out slightly further than Indy with this modification , but the pop feels virtually the same.

I think it’s because the square part of the top of the baseplate that the kingpin comes out of on Indy’s is significantly higher than that of Krux, so it pushes the Krux hanger forward slightly and elevates the back of the hanger which seems to give it a deeper turning radius. It seems like, when you press the wheel into the wheel well, that this Indy baseplate makes the wheel arc towards the center of the deck more than the Krux baseplate which seems to keep a straighter line to the wheel well when pressing the wheel down.

Anyway, I would not buy Krux with this modification in mind, but if you end up with a pair and want to screw around with them rather than letting them go to waste, this seems to help the turning problem.

I haven’t ridden them long enough to say for sure, but it doesn’t seem like this modification would put weird stresses on the truck that would make it break more easily either.

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I can definitely see this being the case. A mate of mine was running the opposite - Krux baseplate and kingpin, Indy 159 hangar. Did the opposite of what you described, made the turn more linear. I hated it but he seemed to think it was worth it for the downlow kingpin.

Interesting to know though - I do like how Krux hangars look but they turn like dog shit

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Interesting! Yeah, that turn felt awful to me, I can’t imagine seeking that out but then again I’m sure a lot of folks would hate the way I ride my set ups haha. It was really odd to have wobbly loose trucks that barely turned. Never felt that in a truck before and it kind of felt like they were broken, like they weren’t doing what they were supposed to. The hangers do look cool and I like the king pin clearance even with the Indy kp. I’ll probably try and see if the Krux inverted kp fits in my thunders at some point to see if I can get some Smith grinds on those finally.

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not worth it if you like to skate wobbly loose. the kingpin not being fixed in place delays the turn ever so slightly. subtle, but kind of annoying from my experience. even if you use epoxy to hold the nut still, the kingpin isn't long enough to engage the nylon on the nut. you'd have to crank 'em tight. although you could use threadlocker... i advise against them, but i guess you'll have to see for yourself

the krux inverted kingpins did their job, but it's not the same without the grind of the kingpin nut on a smith. it felt too smooth -- bleh. if you want kingpin clearance, don't go with thunders

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I love this shit, that’s so interesting about the looseness of the kingpin delaying the turn. Do you think shaving down the bushings could help with the problem of the length of the kingpin? I shave my top bushings anyway to keep the trucks loose without the nut falling off

yeah. on second thought, the last i tried them was with aces, which have a tall top bushing. it'll definitely work better with regular bushings sanded down

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Ended up with a pair of Krux and in trying to ride them, I found that the turning radius isn’t nearly tight enough for me (I’m coming from riding thunders and Indy’s wobbly loose/almost wobbly loose) so I got to tinkering.

It turns out that if you put an Indy baseplate (keeping the Indy king pin and bushings so far) on a Krux hanger, you end up with an interesting mix of the qualities of both. They turn almost like Indy’s, keep the height that both trucks usually have, keep the lighter weight of the Krux hangar and also with the big king pin clearance of Krux. The wheelbase seems pushed out slightly further than Indy with this modification , but the pop feels virtually the same.

I think it’s because the square part of the top of the baseplate that the kingpin comes out of on Indy’s is significantly higher than that of Krux, so it pushes the Krux hanger forward slightly and elevates the back of the hanger which seems to give it a deeper turning radius. It seems like, when you press the wheel into the wheel well, that this Indy baseplate makes the wheel arc towards the center of the deck more than the Krux baseplate which seems to keep a straighter line to the wheel well when pressing the wheel down.

Anyway, I would not buy Krux with this modification in mind, but if you end up with a pair and want to screw around with them rather than letting them go to waste, this seems to help the turning problem.

I haven’t ridden them long enough to say for sure, but it doesn’t seem like this modification would put weird stresses on the truck that would make it break more easily either.

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I can definitely see this being the case. A mate of mine was running the opposite - Krux baseplate and kingpin, Indy 159 hangar. Did the opposite of what you described, made the turn more linear. I hated it but he seemed to think it was worth it for the downlow kingpin.

Interesting to know though - I do like how Krux hangars look but they turn like dog shit

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Interesting! Yeah, that turn felt awful to me, I can’t imagine seeking that out but then again I’m sure a lot of folks would hate the way I ride my set ups haha. It was really odd to have wobbly loose trucks that barely turned. Never felt that in a truck before and it kind of felt like they were broken, like they weren’t doing what they were supposed to. The hangers do look cool and I like the king pin clearance even with the Indy kp. I’ll probably try and see if the Krux inverted kp fits in my thunders at some point to see if I can get some Smith grinds on those finally.

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not worth it if you like to skate wobbly loose. the kingpin not being fixed in place delays the turn ever so slightly. subtle, but kind of annoying from my experience. even if you use epoxy to hold the nut still, the kingpin isn't long enough to engage the nylon on the nut. you'd have to crank 'em tight. although you could use threadlocker... i advise against them, but i guess you'll have to see for yourself

the krux inverted kingpins did their job, but it's not the same without the grind of the kingpin nut on a smith. it felt too smooth -- bleh. if you want kingpin clearance, don't go with thunders

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I love this shit, that’s so interesting about the looseness of the kingpin delaying the turn. Do you think shaving down the bushings could help with the problem of the length of the kingpin? I shave my top bushings anyway to keep the trucks loose without the nut falling off

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yeah. on second thought, the last i tried them was with aces, which have a tall top bushing. it'll definitely work better with regular bushings sanded down

Nice, I have a set of those grind kind inverted kingpins laying around too, I wonder if those are any longer and would work better with Aces like you mentioned, or if those are too short as well. I’ll try it out when I get the chance and post results

[texasplant]

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Ended up with a pair of Krux and in trying to ride them, I found that the turning radius isn’t nearly tight enough for me (I’m coming from riding thunders and Indy’s wobbly loose/almost wobbly loose) so I got to tinkering.

It turns out that if you put an Indy baseplate (keeping the Indy king pin and bushings so far) on a Krux hanger, you end up with an interesting mix of the qualities of both. They turn almost like Indy’s, keep the height that both trucks usually have, keep the lighter weight of the Krux hangar and also with the big king pin clearance of Krux. The wheelbase seems pushed out slightly further than Indy with this modification , but the pop feels virtually the same.

I think it’s because the square part of the top of the baseplate that the kingpin comes out of on Indy’s is significantly higher than that of Krux, so it pushes the Krux hanger forward slightly and elevates the back of the hanger which seems to give it a deeper turning radius. It seems like, when you press the wheel into the wheel well, that this Indy baseplate makes the wheel arc towards the center of the deck more than the Krux baseplate which seems to keep a straighter line to the wheel well when pressing the wheel down.

Anyway, I would not buy Krux with this modification in mind, but if you end up with a pair and want to screw around with them rather than letting them go to waste, this seems to help the turning problem.

I haven’t ridden them long enough to say for sure, but it doesn’t seem like this modification would put weird stresses on the truck that would make it break more easily either.

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I can definitely see this being the case. A mate of mine was running the opposite - Krux baseplate and kingpin, Indy 159 hangar. Did the opposite of what you described, made the turn more linear. I hated it but he seemed to think it was worth it for the downlow kingpin.

Interesting to know though - I do like how Krux hangars look but they turn like dog shit

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Interesting! Yeah, that turn felt awful to me, I can’t imagine seeking that out but then again I’m sure a lot of folks would hate the way I ride my set ups haha. It was really odd to have wobbly loose trucks that barely turned. Never felt that in a truck before and it kind of felt like they were broken, like they weren’t doing what they were supposed to. The hangers do look cool and I like the king pin clearance even with the Indy kp. I’ll probably try and see if the Krux inverted kp fits in my thunders at some point to see if I can get some Smith grinds on those finally.

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not worth it if you like to skate wobbly loose. the kingpin not being fixed in place delays the turn ever so slightly. subtle, but kind of annoying from my experience. even if you use epoxy to hold the nut still, the kingpin isn't long enough to engage the nylon on the nut. you'd have to crank 'em tight. although you could use threadlocker... i advise against them, but i guess you'll have to see for yourself

the krux inverted kingpins did their job, but it's not the same without the grind of the kingpin nut on a smith. it felt too smooth -- bleh. if you want kingpin clearance, don't go with thunders

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I love this shit, that’s so interesting about the looseness of the kingpin delaying the turn. Do you think shaving down the bushings could help with the problem of the length of the kingpin? I shave my top bushings anyway to keep the trucks loose without the nut falling off

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yeah. on second thought, the last i tried them was with aces, which have a tall top bushing. it'll definitely work better with regular bushings sanded down

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Nice, I have a set of those grind kind inverted kingpins laying around too, I wonder if those are any longer and would work better with Aces like you mentioned, or if those are too short as well. I’ll try it out when I get the chance and post results

Also have a pair of GK pins i've been meaning to put in something, is there a tutorial or anything out there? I had a little play around but it involved taking the truck off to adjust - fuck that

[sammyz]

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This is probably a dumb question, but would there be any issues of using an 149 baseplate on a 159 hanger? Im assuming not...but thought the more educated amongst you would know.

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No problems at all. Only difference is it won't be 6 hole, which literally doesn't matter.

Thanks man. I was gonna try it out as i have forged hollow 149 and hollow 159...so wanted to save money and make my own set of forged hollow. Seems like it would be a good option then.

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Ended up with a pair of Krux and in trying to ride them, I found that the turning radius isn’t nearly tight enough for me (I’m coming from riding thunders and Indy’s wobbly loose/almost wobbly loose) so I got to tinkering.

It turns out that if you put an Indy baseplate (keeping the Indy king pin and bushings so far) on a Krux hanger, you end up with an interesting mix of the qualities of both. They turn almost like Indy’s, keep the height that both trucks usually have, keep the lighter weight of the Krux hangar and also with the big king pin clearance of Krux. The wheelbase seems pushed out slightly further than Indy with this modification , but the pop feels virtually the same.

I think it’s because the square part of the top of the baseplate that the kingpin comes out of on Indy’s is significantly higher than that of Krux, so it pushes the Krux hanger forward slightly and elevates the back of the hanger which seems to give it a deeper turning radius. It seems like, when you press the wheel into the wheel well, that this Indy baseplate makes the wheel arc towards the center of the deck more than the Krux baseplate which seems to keep a straighter line to the wheel well when pressing the wheel down.

Anyway, I would not buy Krux with this modification in mind, but if you end up with a pair and want to screw around with them rather than letting them go to waste, this seems to help the turning problem.

I haven’t ridden them long enough to say for sure, but it doesn’t seem like this modification would put weird stresses on the truck that would make it break more easily either.

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I can definitely see this being the case. A mate of mine was running the opposite - Krux baseplate and kingpin, Indy 159 hangar. Did the opposite of what you described, made the turn more linear. I hated it but he seemed to think it was worth it for the downlow kingpin.

Interesting to know though - I do like how Krux hangars look but they turn like dog shit

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Interesting! Yeah, that turn felt awful to me, I can’t imagine seeking that out but then again I’m sure a lot of folks would hate the way I ride my set ups haha. It was really odd to have wobbly loose trucks that barely turned. Never felt that in a truck before and it kind of felt like they were broken, like they weren’t doing what they were supposed to. The hangers do look cool and I like the king pin clearance even with the Indy kp. I’ll probably try and see if the Krux inverted kp fits in my thunders at some point to see if I can get some Smith grinds on those finally.

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not worth it if you like to skate wobbly loose. the kingpin not being fixed in place delays the turn ever so slightly. subtle, but kind of annoying from my experience. even if you use epoxy to hold the nut still, the kingpin isn't long enough to engage the nylon on the nut. you'd have to crank 'em tight. although you could use threadlocker... i advise against them, but i guess you'll have to see for yourself

the krux inverted kingpins did their job, but it's not the same without the grind of the kingpin nut on a smith. it felt too smooth -- bleh. if you want kingpin clearance, don't go with thunders

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I love this shit, that’s so interesting about the looseness of the kingpin delaying the turn. Do you think shaving down the bushings could help with the problem of the length of the kingpin? I shave my top bushings anyway to keep the trucks loose without the nut falling off

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yeah. on second thought, the last i tried them was with aces, which have a tall top bushing. it'll definitely work better with regular bushings sanded down

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Nice, I have a set of those grind kind inverted kingpins laying around too, I wonder if those are any longer and would work better with Aces like you mentioned, or if those are too short as well. I’ll try it out when I get the chance and post results

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Also have a pair of GK pins i've been meaning to put in something, is there a tutorial or anything out there? I had a little play around but it involved taking the truck off to adjust - fuck that

I haven’t seen a tutorial, but if any pop up I’ll send them your way!

[TastyBurrito]

I’m riding Thunder 148’s right now, but my wife got me an 8.5” board for Christmas. Will my 148’s be too small/squirrely for that size board? Or should I be sizing up to 149’s?

[moonordie]

I’m riding Thunder 148’s right now, but my wife got me an 8.5” board for Christmas. Will my 148’s be too small/squirrely for that size board? Or should I be sizing up to 149’s?

If I were you keep the 8.5 and see if you like it, then you can size up the trucks. You don't want to get 149's if you're not going to be happy with an 8.5 board.

[fang]

Selling my new thunder 147s and 149s on eBay. Sold my venture 5.0 and 5.25s on there. Forcing the ownership of only Indys. The madness must stop

[moonordie]

Selling my new thunder 147s and 149s on eBay. Sold my venture 5.0 and 5.25s on there. Forcing the ownership of only Indys. The madness must stop

You know it won't

[satan]

Really?
No one's touching this?
I thought at least someone here would be interesting in geeking on the math

Anyone seen this?
It's easy to eyeball and compare if you have the trucks in hand but I think getting accurate measurements would be frustrating
You wanna imagine a line going thru the center of the pivot nub/cup and where the hanger pivots on the bottom (baseplate side) bushing. I try to guess where the top of the bushing would intersect the center of the kingpin
Then for offset you're eyeballing off that imaginary line. Roll center might be worth noting too
Try to explain that to the guy at Zumiez


http://www.peterverdone.com/wiki/index.php?title=How_skateboards_turn
Some math here


https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13rCMIthFb59Y-xrveasWk4GqR9jgd85fXDCIFm3g15I/htmlview
And some measurements here

[Roisto]

Selling my new thunder 147s and 149s on eBay. Sold my venture 5.0 and 5.25s on there. Forcing the ownership of only Indys. The madness must stop

[rocklobster]

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Selling my new thunder 147s and 149s on eBay. Sold my venture 5.0 and 5.25s on there. Forcing the ownership of only Indys. The madness must stop

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God speed my friend.

Decided to remove the riser pads off my Thunder 147 and setup felt a lot more under control. My board was feeling a little too poppy and removing the couple of millimeters of height helped give my pop more control.

[Xen]

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Selling my new thunder 147s and 149s on eBay. Sold my venture 5.0 and 5.25s on there. Forcing the ownership of only Indys. The madness must stop

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You know it won't

Gonna get that itch and buy some more thunders watch

I say this because I know...

[Paperclip20]

So I skated Thunders for a long time but never liked how the wheels catch on nose\tailslides so I recently tried ventures and have been having success. But out of curiosity i've been thinking about trying Thunder hangers in the venture baseplates just because I like how they look more. Has anyone else tried it before?

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Selling my new thunder 147s and 149s on eBay. Sold my venture 5.0 and 5.25s on there. Forcing the ownership of only Indys. The madness must stop

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You know it won't

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Gonna get that itch and buy some more thunders watch

I say this because I know...

Dude. For sure. Me: nah man, I hate Indy’s, five away hollow Indy 139s....buy them 8 months later. I do this so much. I always give shit away. Which is good, but then I always want it back. Which is weird.

[tzhangdox]

So I skated Thunders for a long time but never liked how the wheels catch on nose\tailslides so I recently tried ventures and have been having success. But out of curiosity i've been thinking about trying Thunder hangers in the venture baseplates just because I like how they look more. Has anyone else tried it before?

Do it and report back. I put tensor atg hangers in venture forged baseplates a month or two ago for shits and it became a really low truck lol, turned decent but got wheelbite way too easy because it was so low.

Surprisingly it made a lot of flip tricks easier for somehow, mostly kickies, sw and nollie heels. I think due to the reduced height and weight.

[Paperclip20]

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So I skated Thunders for a long time but never liked how the wheels catch on nose\tailslides so I recently tried ventures and have been having success. But out of curiosity i've been thinking about trying Thunder hangers in the venture baseplates just because I like how they look more. Has anyone else tried it before?

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Do it and report back. I put tensor atg hangers in venture forged baseplates a month or two ago for shits and it became a really low truck lol, turned decent but got wheelbite way too easy because it was so low.

Surprisingly it made a lot of flip tricks easier for somehow, mostly kickies, sw and nollie heels. I think due to the reduced height and weight.

I'm thinking about trying it the next warm day. Just from setting it up it looks like it almost works but the venture kingpin has more angle so the Thunder hanger doesn't sit flat on the bottom bushing, might still have to try it though

[texasplant]

I need Venture 6.1 reviews ASAP please. They just look so damn good. How are they compared to Indy 159?

[moonordie]

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Selling my new thunder 147s and 149s on eBay. Sold my venture 5.0 and 5.25s on there. Forcing the ownership of only Indys. The madness must stop

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You know it won't

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Gonna get that itch and buy some more thunders watch

I say this because I know...

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Dude. For sure. Me: nah man, I hate Indy’s, five away hollow Indy 139s....buy them 8 months later. I do this so much. I always give shit away. Which is good, but then I always want it back. Which is weird.

Not weird at all, happened to me so many times...

[rocklobster]

Anyone have input on Tensor Mag Lights in 5.25? Ridden Thunder 147 / 148 and Indy 139. Need input on what they do to WB and overall pop feel.

Thanks and Shalom.

[7th Chamber]

I need Venture 6.1 reviews ASAP please. They just look so damn good. How are they compared to Indy 159?

[jay_nev]

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I need Venture 6.1 reviews ASAP please. They just look so damn good. How are they compared to Indy 159?

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yeah, solid positive review. The slow grind is a bit of a bummer. And haven’t heard anyone else mention the cockeyed-bushing/stuck position dealbreaker Ben mentions toward the end.

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I need Venture 6.1 reviews ASAP please. They just look so damn good. How are they compared to Indy 159?

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yeah, solid positive review. The slow grind is a bit of a bummer. And haven’t heard anyone else mention the cockeyed-bushing/stuck position dealbreaker Ben mentions toward the end.

This review was wack to me, and I really like his channel: he seemed to conclude that the bushings didn’t work for him. The trucks got stuck in perms lean.
The next review he did was for the grind king disruptor....he concluded that after modifying the fuck out of them they were good.....
I’m good with venture stock bushings. But ventures, more than any other truck in my experience, can benefit from bones hardcore bushings. I also like to remove the top washer, as I’ve experienced some binding issues.
I have a bias to liking venture. I just like the brand. I also like the pop.
Watching some of Ben’s reviews on venture, he seems to skate really well on the trucks, and then conclude that he likes thunder and Indy more at the end. All good. I’m the same way (MINUS THE WAY HE FUCKING RIPS), just different conclusion.

[jay_nev]

I was surprised he didn’t mess w the washers or bushings at all too. Like he kinda just gave up even tho he said he skated really well on em.