Truck set-ups

[swongolianbbq]

Looks like Herman got the venture bushings in his thunders

[Richard Skidder]

Nah, those are Thunder team hollows. The polished come with a clear red bushing stock. At first glance it looks like it though.

[LebowskisRug]

Recently have gone down the rabbit hole of truck madness this summer and now have every 8.5" truck from Thunder and Venture and ace and just sold my forged 149 indys bc I hate them as a company. Anyways I would just skate thunder 149 forged hollows if it werent for the lack of baseplate. Does anyone else struggle with super inconsistent slide tricks on thunders?

You need to almost powerslide your nose slides and/or have your foot further from the pocket. Waxing the wheel area helps.

And no I don't have slide issues with Thunders after I remember this. Kinda like how on Ventures the grind is slower so on certain types of ledges you have to go faster and almost "push" the grind.

[El Freegano]

I was worried also about slide isseies when i bought my first thunders but it turns out that not only there are no issues but they even slide better on one very crusty ledge where the baseplate of my royals get cought. Just some wax on the wheelside of the ledge and you are perfect.

[Paperclip20]

I was worried also about slide isseies when i bought my first thunders but it turns out that not only there are no issues but they even slide better on one very crusty ledge where the baseplate of my royals get cought. Just some wax on the wheelside of the ledge and you are perfect.

This is the big reason I don't think they should change the baseplate. Not getting caught on chunky ledges is great. My indy's felt way better after the baseplate was a bit worn away.

[Boog]

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I was worried also about slide isseies when i bought my first thunders but it turns out that not only there are no issues but they even slide better on one very crusty ledge where the baseplate of my royals get cought. Just some wax on the wheelside of the ledge and you are perfect.

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This is the big reason I don't think they should change the baseplate. Not getting caught on chunky ledges is great. My indy's felt way better after the baseplate was a bit worn away.

I've never tried thunder but compared to Indy for slides I think venture are better. The baseplate just wears away a lot faster on venture.

[theloniousmonk]

Someone on here a week or two ago was posting about using barrel bushings on thunders, and I had it on my mind as my thunder seaglass color bushings crumbled in both trucks a.

I just sanded down some 95a venom bushings to thunder height and had a great session on them. I’m actually skating them looser, but they feel so much more stable. Honestly it was amazing and I am not wheelbiting at all, even though I’m skating 54mm dragons on 147s. K grinds were working out great on this setup as I don’t think my pinch was wheelbiting (I felt perfectly locked in) so the wheel was still spinning while grinding, and I was going further than normal. I’m sold on this combo and thanks to the slap pal who peaked my interest!

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

That’s a smart idea….barrel in thunders….surprised you had to shave them down as thunder bottoms are a bit taller….

[theloniousmonk]

That’s a smart idea….barrel in thunders….surprised you had to shave them down as thunder bottoms are a bit taller….

The venom bushings were a couple mm taller, but it only took a couple minutes am to sand them down on an old decks grip.
I originally got the vwnoms because the writer on skateboardingismylifetimesport said they made tensor lows into bowl carving machines. I have a set of tensor lows but never set them up with the venoms. I’ll probably grab a set of 93a just to experiment a little bit

[southphillytapwater]

I asked Elijah what size these new Indy's were and he said they're 151's, which are slightly bigger than 149's. I also asked him when they come out and he said he isn't sure.

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

Did you ask him why he hasn’t invested in a proper turntable? 

[goodatmeth]

They remind me of the new rkp powell truck in that pic. Which is not a good thing. Something just looks wrong

[LebowskisRug]

They look like if modern Brandon Biebel was a Thunder truck.

[Crabby_Bastard]

They look like if modern Brandon Biebel was a Thunder truck.

Spot-on observation!

[swongolianbbq]

That's probably as small as they're gonna go for these if they're just using the 215 molds, saves money they can just have shorter 215 hangers vs making entirely new stuff. I also read somewhere that they're not doing smaller sizes. I've toyed with the idea of cutting down a 215 in the past but never did it

[goodatmeth]

But standard 215 and old stage 4 aren't that buff, they changed something for the worse didn't they?
So that leads me to believe they're not simply using the 215 molds

[Mbrimson88]

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From what I understand of the casting process, you can't just make a truck shorter, but you have to make a whole new hanger mold.

As to the shape of these hangers, anyone with a set of 215s can turn them on a certain angle and see more or less the exact same front shape with the supported wings running back on an angle.  They might look a little different because the 215 are such a wide truck and these others are not that wide, so the extra wings make them look really solid and different.

The listings and almost all pics online really don't show the truck from the angle that you see when looking at people's boards, but you can check these anyway.


Maybe the best overall pics:

https://www.nativeskatestore.co.uk/skateboards-c7/skateboard-trucks-c18/independent-stage-11-215-skateboard-trucks-10-p20370


Second pic from NHS

https://nhsskatedirect.com/products/stage-4-polished-skateboard-trucks-independent


This might be closest of any other normal pics anyway:

[Banned from the room]

I asked Elijah what size these new Indy's were and he said they're 151's, which are slightly bigger than 149's. I also asked him when they come out and he said he isn't sure.

I can't wait. I'm hoping that I can get these in 144. This is the best shit Indy has done ever. They will likely have the reverse no hang up yoke too.

I imagine it will be like coming home. Full circle in skating. Stage 4 was my first truck. I have copers and everything.

[stupidfuckface]

So, whatever you do, don’t think you can just Frankenstein Indy’s together...
I just assumed throwing some mindy hangers on forged baseplates, wouldn't be an issue.. that is very incorrect.. running them with white Indy bushings, and they feel tight as fuck...I’ve been telling myself to stay the course and break them bitches in, but I don’t think I can take it...

Anybody want to trade some 44 or 55 classics for some hollow forged 159(149 too)

[manysnakes]

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I asked Elijah what size these new Indy's were and he said they're 151's, which are slightly bigger than 149's. I also asked him when they come out and he said he isn't sure.

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I can't wait. I'm hoping that I can get these in 144. This is the best shit Indy has done ever. They will likely have the reverse no hang up yoke too.

I imagine it will be like coming home. Full circle in skating. Stage 4 was my first truck. I have copers and everything.

The story at this point is that the narrowest size is going to be a hair larger than the 149. Hopefully something for the 144 crowd shows up, but 144s themselves are a relatively recent creation and it’s possible that Indy is not anticipating a lot of demand from the 8.25” crowd.

[Xen]

So, whatever you do, don’t think you can just Frankenstein Indy’s together...
I just assumed throwing some mindy hangers on forged baseplates, wouldn't be an issue.. that is very incorrect.. running them with white Indy bushings, and they feel tight as fuck...I’ve been telling myself to stay the course and break them bitches in, but I don’t think I can take it...

Anybody want to trade some 44 or 55 classics for some hollow forged 159(149 too)

I had brought this up before, the geo is slightly different on the mid as the yoke won’t sit center on standard forged plates (nor will a regs  stage XI hanger sit correctly on the mid plates…if it was the same they’d call them Stage XIs not ‘Legendary Geometry’.

Forged mids feel great tho, my current favorite indy.

[Banned from the room]

This is good. Feels loose. Definitely risers if over 54.

I let a homie try. He said damn I had no idea ventures could turn.

It feels like a Bones no top washer. This winter will be the ultimate test.

This is a new 5.6 hollow on a 5.6 Castro bp. Loose trucks conversion kit. A++

Lol I'm leaving that shit.

[Vintagebody]

Anyone seen Ishod's stories latly? Please release the inverted kingpin already, Thunder...

[tzhangdox]

How different are Indy hollow forged vs Ace AF1s in terms of pop feel, stability and pinch?

[Banned from the room]

Saw these weird Indy knocks today.

I have the absolute perfect set up now.

The vhollow 5.6 plus a Castro plate
Lowering kit and the 3ply riser made it perfect for 58 mm of classic.

Combined with the 14" wb I'm so happy

[TwisT]

I believe those are the zumiez house brand trucks

[Richard Skidder]

The second Indy moved production to China nearly all of the prebuilt completes started coming with these Indy rips. They look the same and feel the same except cheaper metals.

[Richard Skidder]

Incoming Primitive X Independent. Looks like ikp on a standard non-mindy if I’m seeing correctly:

[bbk]

They're mids.

https://primitiveskate.com/collections/primitive-x-independent-trucks

[rob]

Incoming Primitive X Independent. Looks like ikp on a standard non-mindy if I’m seeing correctly:

Hey those are the bolts I was looking about, not the color but Indy’s have 2 types of the head graphic

Those “precision” ones with lines and then the regular iron cross logo on top

I wonder if these have a “P” on top