A lot of this comes down to personal preference, bro science tells me that bigger, taller pros prefer beefier trucks (Standard), then you factor in truck height, wheelbase adjustment, forged and cast; in short, don't go down this rabbit hole.
Thanks for the response. I’m ashamed to say I’ve already dropped down the rabbit hole and skated several variations of thunder, Indy and venture. Still trying to narrow in on my gold standard. I am aware that no magic combo will unlock skating and make me suck any less, but it can be fun shuffling around gear.
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Ha, we have all bit a madness bug somewhere in skating!
I agree! It's absolutely fun to shuffle gear and actually understand why a Thunder does what it does, as well as a Venture, and so on.
I used to love running Indy standards when I was a lil younger. The heft in a fairly heavy truck is nice when you put the effort in: grind, a carve, or stability when bombing a hill, etc. I can't skate light trucks since they are so floaty and hard to get precise with. My goldilocks usually is Indy standard hangar and hollow forged kingpin/baseplate OR Indy hollow hangar with standard kingpin/baseplate. I get a mix of a heavy truck but not too heavy so I can skate longer on my sessions. I enjoyed forged hollow in the past but I was running 55m wheels so I was getting wheel bite way too often. 53.5m vs 55m height between forged hollow and standard.
Do you have an idea of what you might prefer? Lighter truck? Heavier truck? More heft? More precision? Faster flips? Slower flips? Tech skating? Rails? Better grind? Faster grind? Some combination of any of these?