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LAnyone have thoughts on differences/preferences as between indy forged hollows and standard hollows? Pop feel, stability, pinch etc?
I don't ride Indys but if I had to I'm rocking forged baseplates, not a fan of the tall 55mm height. Would like to have try a Indy Low when they were still in production, 48.5mm puts them in the Venture 5.2 Lo and Thunder 147 Standard territory.
I probably shouldn't say, but I have a set of very minimally used Indy low 139s that don't have a home.
It is funny because at one stage these things would have been so highly sought after, but nowdays, no one seems to want the 8" Indy low trucks.
Pretty much everyone I skate with are on at least normal hollow forged or standard 148s or more likely 149s and up nowdays.
@rothdigga
I already offered, but didn't have a reply.
Might be he has enough now to last as long as needed, or has per others, finding the mids work well enough for what they want.
I'm holding pretty good on them right now as I have about 9 trucks (not 9 sets but 9 trucks) chilling at my house. but...I wouldn't mind a shoe swap I guess. I'm actually overdue to swap one of those trucks out now as I am almost down to the axle on my back truck from slappys, so it's done. I'm torn, I kind of want to upgrade to a slightly bigger board but I know the higher trucks would just ruin me. I've been skating a 7.875 for so long that if i went to 8.125 or so, I would definitely need a wider truck and wide means taller...fuck.
I have very similar concerns: I skate ‘better’ on 7.75-8” decks, 8” (or less trucks). If I want to size up wheels, the whole shit starts to get too tippy/tall and narrow. But I also like the comfort of skating on a larger board. Mumble grumble skip ahead and now I’m trying to fling a much bigger setup, with middling results. That’s my painful story of woe.
I’m sure you of all people know that an 8.125 on 139s is pretty much the same ratio as 7.75 on 5.0s (not sure if you ever went that narrow). Basically the setup that nyjah and Shane ride. It was the least painful upsizing that I experienced, as I could still flip some stuff around. I continued to upsize and should probably come back down to something similar. I am super garbage tho, and never in my entire skate life have I stayed with one thing…pretty amazed by people that do tbh (I’m looking at you, Puleo, with your size 50s)
Oh. Some people swear by the method of using washer on the inside of the wheel to space out the wheels on the axle. Again, I’m sure everyone reading this far as done it/heard of it. It does work, and well with Indys as they don’t bend. This wasn’t an a-ha type realization or fix for me, I don’t think I’m good enough to really be able to tell.