Truck set-ups

[TheLowerBack]

Ace classic 44 hanger, mag plates(thanks @arrbee), stock bottom bushing, blue Indy top with a Krux IKP.
Only had one session so far on this setup. All transition, so the weight difference wasn’t noticeable. The IKP definitely felt better on smiths and I was able to front feeble around corners of pool block even though I haven’t skated a park in a few years.

[art hellman]

dear truck gurus,

is Tom Knox skating forged plates in this?  Or just hollow kingpins?  Cant tell

[Ronnie Rodriguez]

dear truck gurus,

is Tom Knox skating forged plates in this?  Or just hollow kingpins?  Cant tell

Looks to be the standard (cast) hollows. Best trucks.

[art hellman]

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dear truck gurus,

is Tom Knox skating forged plates in this?  Or just hollow kingpins?  Cant tell

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Looks to be the standard (cast) hollows. Best trucks.

cheers

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dear truck gurus,

is Tom Knox skating forged plates in this?  Or just hollow kingpins?  Cant tell

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Looks to be the standard (cast) hollows. Best trucks.

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cheers

I’ve tried to start the ‘what’s that setup’ thread many times. I’m thirsty. Knox is too sick. The hollow cast have no design shortcomings, imo. 
The folks I’m keen to figure out are Bobby Dekyzer’s setup, Will Marsh and E.T., and AVE (dill while we are it).
Any info much appreciated.

[Idk]

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dear truck gurus,

is Tom Knox skating forged plates in this?  Or just hollow kingpins?  Cant tell

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Looks to be the standard (cast) hollows. Best trucks.

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cheers

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I’ve tried to start the ‘what’s that setup’ thread many times. I’m thirsty. Knox is too sick. The hollow cast have no design shortcomings, imo. 
The folks I’m keen to figure out are Bobby Dekyzer’s setup, Will Marsh and E.T., and AVE (dill while we are it).
Any info much appreciated.

I have a photo of AVEs set up from an insta story. Looks like 149 hollow axle not sure about baseplate with 8.25

[LebowskisRug]

Ave is on 149 Cast Hollows with an 8.5 FA deck and 54 Conical Fulls. You can also see he cranks his rear down so 2-3 threads are showing and front so 2 threads are showing. Knox looks to be on dirty aftermarket yellers.

You can differentiate cast and hollow plates if you can see around the nut area as cast are clearly thicker. Also there are the casting lines and the space between the baseplate and pivot cup is thicker on cast too.

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dear truck gurus,

is Tom Knox skating forged plates in this?  Or just hollow kingpins?  Cant tell

[close]

Looks to be the standard (cast) hollows. Best trucks.

[close]

cheers

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I’ve tried to start the ‘what’s that setup’ thread many times. I’m thirsty. Knox is too sick. The hollow cast have no design shortcomings, imo. 
The folks I’m keen to figure out are Bobby Dekyzer’s setup, Will Marsh and E.T., and AVE (dill while we are it).
Any info much appreciated.

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I have a photo of AVEs set up from an insta story. Looks like 149 hollow axle not sure about baseplate with 8.25

Thanks!! AVE had a pretty wild setup in the early 2000s: 7.75, 5.0 lo’s, 53 ish looking wheels (trucks must have been hella tight). FA boards are wider than they are long, often. I thought this might have been in part because dill AVE are short, but also because they sized up. Overthinking it for sure. Blah blah

Thanks for the reply!

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Ave is on 149 Cast Hollows with an 8.5 FA deck and 54 Conical Fulls. You can also see he cranks his rear down so 2-3 threads are showing and front so 2 threads are showing. Knox looks to be on dirty aftermarket yellers.

You can differentiate cast and hollow plates if you can see around the nut area as cast are clearly thicker. Also there are the casting lines and the space between the baseplate and pivot cup is thicker on cast too.

Thanks!
I’ll say it again: surprised about the 149s. AVE is not large. KB small too, and he looks like he’s on 149s (guessing) as well.

[j....soy.....]

Maybe they didn’t get the memo on the shoe size truck width…..guarantee they don’t know the shin/wheelbase co-relation…..I wonder how they ever succeeded…..

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Maybe they didn’t get the memo on the shoe size truck width…..guarantee they don’t know the shin/wheelbase co-relation…..I wonder how they ever succeeded…..

Exactly

[Ronnie Rodriguez]

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Maybe they didn’t get the memo on the shoe size truck width…..guarantee they don’t know the shin/wheelbase co-relation…..I wonder how they ever succeeded…..

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Exactly

It is because they figured out their pop angle.

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Maybe they didn’t get the memo on the shoe size truck width…..guarantee they don’t know the shin/wheelbase co-relation…..I wonder how they ever succeeded…..

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Exactly

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It is because they figured out their pop angle.

Well also pro spec, prototypes, nano tubes, fingers of flat…

[jimgrude]

Take a gander at these puppies that just fell from the sky. I'll tell you all about them, but I'll let you nerds have a little talk amongst yourselves first.

[Ronnie Rodriguez]

Take a gander at these puppies that just fell from the sky. I'll tell you all about them, but I'll let you nerds have a little talk amongst yourselves first.

Looks like stage 8 159s/169s with Krux pins. Pretty cool. I love stage 11 but I would be lying if I said the hanger and yoke didn't look so much better on the older stages.

[manysnakes]

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Looks like stage 8 159s/169s with Krux pins. Pretty cool. I love stage 11 but I would be lying if I said the hanger and yoke didn't look so much better on the older stages.

Man, I could not disagree more about the hangers. I think that stuff looks hideous. One of the big appeals to me of the (especially original) Ace truck was the svelte hanger, not that fat, globular mess.

[Ronnie Rodriguez]

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Looks like stage 8 159s/169s with Krux pins. Pretty cool. I love stage 11 but I would be lying if I said the hanger and yoke didn't look so much better on the older stages.

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Man, I could not disagree more about the hangers. I think that stuff looks hideous. One of the big appeals to me of the (especially original) Ace truck was the svelte hanger, not that fat, globular mess.

I like how the hangers on Aces look too. I just think stage 11s are just kind of mid looking. I prefer the extremes of the two.

[freidnly guy]

[Boog]

Lmao wtf? Is this that Zack Dowling guy?

[fakiefs180]

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Lmao wtf? Is this that Zack Dowling guy?

That person is obviously really good at skateboarding.
He needed a real challenge and put his trucks the wrong way on.


*Edit
Maybe we put our trucks the wrong way on ^^

[funeral_tuxedo]

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Looks like stage 8 159s/169s with Krux pins. Pretty cool. I love stage 11 but I would be lying if I said the hanger and yoke didn't look so much better on the older stages.

I definitely prefer the v shaped look of stage 8 Indy hangers, but there is an elegance to the reduced hangers on the stage 11s.

[boofactory]

Looks like Zach’s skating a prototype street style truck from Aera. They make longboard trucks and he follows them on Instagram.

[braksabbath]

looks like style forward facing kingpin but with a bumper for nose/tail slides

[j....soy.....]

Before we get all judgy….what does it do to the wheelbase?

[Xen]

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looks like style forward facing kingpin but with a bumper for nose/tail slides

Zero smith hangups I'd wager....probably breezy for disasters too

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[mynameisnotjeff]

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looks like style forward facing kingpin but with a bumper for nose/tail slides

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Zero smith hangups I'd wager....probably breezy for disasters too

But would you hang up on krooks?

[Xen]

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looks like style forward facing kingpin but with a bumper for nose/tail slides

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Zero smith hangups I'd wager....probably breezy for disasters too

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But would you hang up on krooks?

Probably yeah, once you get the groove in place.

[jimgrude]

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Looks like stage 8 159s/169s with Krux pins. Pretty cool. I love stage 11 but I would be lying if I said the hanger and yoke didn't look so much better on the older stages.

Nice spot on the stage 8. I must have baby hands, 'cause they're actually just 149. Wouldn't you say that's probably the most sought after size these days for people who actually want to skate them?

I'd say it's pretty rare to find pre stage 9 Indy's over 8" in such good condition, so I'm pretty stoked on them. Btw, does anybody remember this hanger decal design?
2020s: "Let's get rid of the iron cross"
1990s: Let's put like ten fucking iron crosses on this bitch, sick dude!"

I got them really cheap from someone who probably didn't quite know what they were selling. From the grind marks, it looks like they were only used for mellow transition skating, probably just metal coping. The baseplates have just enough marks to confirm that they've been used, but the mounting holes and the base are mint, leaving me to think that they were only ever used on one setup, and have been sitting ever since.

I've always heard that it's impossible to fit inverted kingpins in stage 8s, and indeed, the previous owner took great care to drill out the kingpin hole in the baseplate so the nut sits super snug in there with no epoxy. Has anyone else tried this, and is it really just stage 8s that have this narrow baseplate hole?

[manysnakes]

Looks like Zach’s skating a prototype street style truck from Aera. They make longboard trucks and he follows them on Instagram.

They're no Caliber IIIs