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Bringing it back to trucks..
Here's a hypothetical.
If you wanted a set of 149's and 159's, and had a choice between Ti or hollows, which would you choose and why?
Hollow forged but I've got cast base plates too.
Ti 149's for easier flippetty-dippety on a 8.5"?
Hollow 159's cuz +9" will be heavier anyways? And maybe risers, larger wheels.
159's might get a 8.75" popsicle but 149's would work too.
I feel like I'm over thinking this.
I treat it like shoes. Get the axle to fit the board. If you're in between sizes, go to the next biggest available truck, i.e 8.3 = 149, 8.6 = 159. Never saw the appeal of over-wide trucks, but I'm also not hitting rails, so...
I'm the same way, don't wanna hotrod, but I'm ok with a lil magic carpet ride.
I should have been more specific. I'm thinking of get 2 sets of trucks for 2 different setups.
And it's a pretty good deal so I wanna jump on it.
149's for a 8.5-8.6 popsicle, maybe use em on a 8.75 pop.
159's for a shaped +9", could also use on 8.75 pop.
Ti looks about 15g lighter for both sizes
Forged are ~12-14g lighter than cast
Ti -> forged -> cast is like a 1-2oz change to overall weight
Could do 2mm bigger wheels and not have the weight penalty?
I've really been overthinking this..
What's a complete weigh? Or a deck?