Gear your contemplating buying?

[moonordie]

Considering some Thunders but I shouldn't but you know how it goes

[lulz]

I'm in the market for the best skate tool. This might be it.

It could be, if you don’t have a bearing press and you don’t want to be able to carry it in you pocket.

This is my favorite, for having on me:

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It keeps me from damaging the seals, when there’s only an hour to skate and I need to change out to different wheels, really fast.

Please let us know which one you get and how you like it….

lol

Edited in actual tool, it looks so much better slightly used….

[Bold]

I'm in the market for the best skate tool. This might be it.

I have one and I can't recommend it.

The plastic body of the tool is larger in diameter than the sockets and prevents the tool from fitting onto the kingpin nut on many trucks. Ironically it's especially bad on some indys.

I have an Ace tool specifically because the Indy wouldn't fit my trucks.

I asked Indy to refund my money and they wouldn't.

[Mbrimson88]

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I'm in the market for the best skate tool. This might be it.

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I have one and I can't recommend it.

The plastic body of the tool is larger in diameter than the sockets and prevents the tool from fitting onto the kingpin nut on many trucks. Ironically it's especially bad on some indys.

I have an Ace tool specifically because the Indy wouldn't fit my trucks.

I asked Indy to refund my money and they wouldn't.

I have had a few, only ever broken the deck bolt / kingpin hex head attachment part, but yeah they are chunky and often not so good with kingpins, but the rethreader alone is the main thing I have it for, with other smaller / thinner tools similar to Ace, Spitfire, Modus and others for doing up / taking off deck bolts and kingpin nuts.

Being the original Reflex design patent, they are maybe one of the most expensive skate tools on the market too, as far as a simple enough tool with no moving parts, but the tool itself is solid and the main body in all of mine has held up really well over the many years I have had them - one in each place I work / skate / car, etc.

[Frank and Fred]

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I'm in the market for the best skate tool. This might be it.

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I have one and I can't recommend it.

The plastic body of the tool is larger in diameter than the sockets and prevents the tool from fitting onto the kingpin nut on many trucks. Ironically it's especially bad on some indys.

I have an Ace tool specifically because the Indy wouldn't fit my trucks.

I asked Indy to refund my money and they wouldn't.

Indy tool won't fit indy trucks? Jesus...

[art hellman]

Silver tool or gtfo.

yep.
http://www.tactics.com/silver/skate-tool/black

[danmasontree]

Considering buying aces, been on Thunder lights the past few years. Also thinking about the Samba adv for some reason.

[sadnocomply]

Really wanna support shanahan and get some JS1’s

[Lou Strux]

Giving serious thought to picking up a Generator G86 deck from skatesamples.com of late.
God help me; I certainly have no need of more wood and yet, here I find myself, rationalizing another bloard.

[CarcassToss]

Anyone ever ridden a Palace 8.2 or 8.3? I usually ride Thunders (usually forged plates) or Ventures and I can't find a good measurement of the kicks. A friend told me they have tiny tails, but there's a Lucas Puig deck on sale I'm tempted by.

[LeDave]

Thanks guys, I am going to get the Silver tool.

[Ok]

Anyone ever ridden a Palace 8.2 or 8.3? I usually ride Thunders (usually forged plates) or Ventures and I can't find a good measurement of the kicks. A friend told me they have tiny tails, but there's a Lucas Puig deck on sale I'm tempted by.

i’d also like to hear about palace decks. first one last one was in the olly todd era. no local shops carry.
i’ve thought about mail ordering one from uprise

[FakieDisaster]

will indy 144 works well with april boards? currently using 8.375 mariano deck with 148 thunder standards. thinking to get indy 144 hollow/forged hollow, i wonder how much off my timings will be. wheels now F4 53mm CF.

[Woodshop]

Anyone ever ridden a Palace 8.2 or 8.3? I usually ride Thunders (usually forged plates) or Ventures and I can't find a good measurement of the kicks. A friend told me they have tiny tails, but there's a Lucas Puig deck on sale I'm tempted by.

i’d also like to hear about palace decks. first one last one was in the olly todd era. no local shops carry.
i’ve thought about mail ordering one from uprise

Palace is DSM wood (like anything from Dwindle) so for the most part they are the same, but the 8.3 shape is a weird one with a super long 14.8 wheelbase and also people have said it measures longer than listed, about 32.2 or so, whereas all other shapes are way more normal in dimensions.

If you have had any other epoxy resin pressed deck, you would know how stiff and snappy they are, way stiffer than the normal boards from major suppliers from Mexico, like BBS or PS Stix.  Too stiff for me personally, but other people love them and skate well on them.

What else are you coming from in terms of previous wood / brands or whatever sizes of board?


Woodshop thread here to compare boards:

https://www.slapmagazine.com/index.php?topic=120409.0

[rocklobster]

Giving serious thought to picking up a Generator G86 deck from skatesamples.com of late.
God help me; I certainly have no need of more wood and yet, here I find myself, rationalizing another bloard.

Same, on the twin egg shape (GFB), even though I've never skated an egg or anything above 8.5 in my entire life. The G85S looks interesting too.

Are you allowed to mix boards sizes in the 5 or 10 pack? Would make it easier to share the load among friends.

[CarcassToss]

will indy 144 works well with april boards? currently using 8.375 mariano deck with 148 thunder standards. thinking to get indy 144 hollow/forged hollow, i wonder how much off my timings will be. wheels now F4 53mm CF.

That is the generic Generator 8.375 that probably works fine with anything. I hate forged Indys, but I had that shape a few times on forged Thunders and liked it fine. If you don't dislike it now there's likely nothing to be gained by switching trucks.

I mostly rode Thunders for years but then tried Aces and Indys for a while. Totally gaslighted about the baseplate and turn by lurking this sub. Rode those brands for 5 years before switching back and it was often a waste of time at best.

[FakieDisaster]

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will indy 144 works well with april boards? currently using 8.375 mariano deck with 148 thunder standards. thinking to get indy 144 hollow/forged hollow, i wonder how much off my timings will be. wheels now F4 53mm CF.

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That is the generic Generator 8.375 that probably works fine with anything. I hate forged Indys, but I had that shape a few times on forged Thunders and liked it fine. If you don't dislike it now there's likely nothing to be gained by switching trucks.

I mostly rode Thunders for years but then tried Aces and Indys for a while. Totally gaslighted about the baseplate and turn by lurking this sub. Rode those brands for 5 years before switching back and it was often a waste of time at best.

thanks for the insights. coming into my 40s soon i am still far from settling down on constant shape vs suitable trucks but for sizes  gonna ride with 8.25-8.3 for a while. i might getting the indys just to alternating between setups a-la Ben D.G....also this year is the first time ever i felt very good on board after few years of slight pain and full year last year twisted my knee. had the indys last time but it was in my pain era so not really felt good on anything that time.