# Equipment Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Equipment and Reviews\ **Created:** [April 3, 2019, 8:01am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295 "2019-04-03T08:01:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 130
**Author:** ![Mark](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/mark/32/11_2.png) [@Mark](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Mark)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 6:12pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/2682 "2024-06-12T18:12:12Z")
Dragons. But I’d maybe try the 97a. (93a are real nice though. On my 2nd set on my ‘skatepark build’ 😜) ---
**Author:** ![jimo](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/jimo/32/19796_2.png) [@jimo](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/jimo)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 9:39pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/2683 "2024-06-12T21:39:05Z")
97a formula fours. ---
**Author:** ![TerryTibbs](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/terrytibbs/32/30437_2.png) [@TerryTibbs](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/TerryTibbs)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 10:57pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/2684 "2024-06-12T22:57:19Z")
Brewer doesn’t do the ramps, but has skated a 58mm wheel his entire life ---
**Author:** ![Mark](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/mark/32/11_2.png) [@Mark](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Mark)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 2:49am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/2685 "2024-06-19T02:49:08Z")
Everyone is at it now ![1000078740](https://uksf-media.lon1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/3X/d/9/d94b9a05431d8fad7d62cdad5d36d19c5baa83c5.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![nazoreth](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/nazoreth/32/2310_2.png) [@nazoreth](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/nazoreth)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 5:37am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/2686 "2024-06-19T05:37:12Z")
To be fair isn’t this an “innovation” that all truck companies should have done decades ago? ---
**Author:** ![Mike](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/mike/32/15747_2.png) [@Mike](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Mike)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 5:51am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/2687 "2024-06-19T05:51:54Z")
Some did do over 3 decades ago - San Diego trucks certainly did and Grind King sold inverted king pins too. Cell Block risers had a clip for your Allen key 😄 ---
**Author:** ![Mark](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/mark/32/11_2.png) [@Mark](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Mark)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 6:14am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/2688 "2024-06-19T06:14:06Z")
> [@Mike](#): > > Cell Block risers had a clip for your Allen key Did they? I don’t remember this? ---
**Author:** ![Mike](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/mike/32/15747_2.png) [@Mike](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Mike)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 6:31am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/2689 "2024-06-19T06:31:52Z")
Highly likely the Grind King ones sorry! Lets have a look… ---
**Author:** ![Mike](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/mike/32/15747_2.png) [@Mike](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Mike)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 6:38am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/2690 "2024-06-19T06:38:42Z")
Not able to find anything but there definately was - Starting to doubt my memory and it could have even been built into the riser of some trucks 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![nav](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/nav/32/30170_2.png) [@nav](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/nav)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 6:39am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/2691 "2024-06-19T06:39:18Z")
Surprised that it’s taken Thunder this long, given that their baseplates fit a kingpin nut perfectly for DIY inverted kingpins. ---
**Author:** ![jimo](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/jimo/32/19796_2.png) [@jimo](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/jimo)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 6:58am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/2692 "2024-06-19T06:58:54Z")
Yes it was the grind king ones. They were also hollow and brittle compared to cell blocks. ![image](https://uksf-media.lon1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/3X/f/b/fbeb929288e0d3cfde7cefefb1b3ea4221a2c941.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Sleipnir](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/d26b3c/32.png) [@Sleipnir](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Sleipnir)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 7:19am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/2693 "2024-06-19T07:19:44Z")
> [@Mark](#): > > Everyone is at it now I wonder if it’s because trucks are increasingly made in the same factories in China and the owners are offering options like reverse kingpin models to all their customers. ---
**Author:** ![Garlicnaan](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/garlicnaan/32/150_2.png) [@Garlicnaan](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Garlicnaan)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 7:42am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/2694 "2024-06-21T07:42:20Z")
Hollow trucks: Are they all they’re cracked up to be? I used buy into all of the gimmicks. I haven’t had a set of hollow trucks for 6/7 years. Looking to replace my current trucks. As I’m starting to put on a bit of timber looking cut weight elsewhere but do people actually notice a difference? ---
**Author:** ![nazoreth](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/nazoreth/32/2310_2.png) [@nazoreth](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/nazoreth)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 7:46am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/2695 "2024-06-21T07:46:08Z")
Skated the thunder hollow lights for ages and really like them. They’re noticeably lighter. Does that make difference to skating? It probably flips or spins differently but I don’t notice anything. Therefore is it just a gimmick? Probably I’ve never snapped a thunder truck regardless of hollowness or not I am waiting for the thunder inverted kingpin trucks to hit the UK though ---
**Author:** ![franc](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/franc/32/1752_2.png) [@franc](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/franc)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 10:22am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/2696 "2024-06-21T10:22:09Z")
What trucks do you skate? I have multiple setups with Indy Hollows and Standards. I like both, can’t _really_ notice a difference but then again I don’t flip my board very often these days. ---
**Author:** ![Garlicnaan](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/garlicnaan/32/150_2.png) [@Garlicnaan](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Garlicnaan)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 10:28am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/2697 "2024-06-21T10:28:39Z")
Currently skating Krux 8.25’s (don’t laugh, I’ve always got on with them, and have seen more Krux in the last month than I’ve seen in my life). Have skated a few hollow thunders and ventures years ago, but not had Indy’s for 15+ years. What I’m thinking is I’m overthinking it, it’s a nice to have but not the be all and end all. ---
**Author:** ![franc](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/franc/32/1752_2.png) [@franc](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/franc)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 10:32am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/2698 "2024-06-21T10:32:37Z")
> [@Garlicnaan](#): > > (don’t laugh, I’ve always got on with them, and have seen more Krux in the last month than I’ve seen in my life) Stockholm syndrome. > [@Garlicnaan](#): > > What I’m thinking is I’m overthinking it, it’s a nice to have but not the be all and end all. Yeah probably. I don’t know that much about truck companies to be honest, been skating Indys and nothing else for over 20 years now I think. If it ain’t broke… ---
**Author:** ![Mike](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/mike/32/15747_2.png) [@Mike](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Mike)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 10:45am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/2699 "2024-06-21T10:45:54Z")
Indy 139 ti’s here. I only notice how light my set up is when I pick other peoples up. I don’t have the leg strength to be kicking a couple of kg’s around 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Sleipnir](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/d26b3c/32.png) [@Sleipnir](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Sleipnir)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 10:56am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/2700 "2024-06-21T10:56:23Z")
> [@Garlicnaan](#): > > Hollow trucks: > > Are they all they’re cracked up to be? I think they make no difference whatsoever to the way the trucks ride. Once they’re bolted onto a deck you won’t be able to feel any difference in weight or notice any difference in the ride. Saying that, I ride hollow inverted kingpin Slappies, just because I like to feel I’ve got the latest stuff and because I like look of the gold anodised baseplates. If anything the inverted kingpins are less good than standard ones because mine worked loose after a couple of weeks and needed tightening up half a turn. Maybe it was just the bushings breaking in. But I never had that with standard kingpins. ---
**Author:** ![franc](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/franc/32/1752_2.png) [@franc](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/franc)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 12:15pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/2701 "2024-06-21T12:15:15Z")
In my opinion, the length of the wheelbase makes more difference than the kind of trucks I skate when I’m popping flip tricks or doing a manual. No difference when it comes to grinds, obviously, you’re sitting on your trucks when you’re doing that. [Previous page](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295.md?page=129) [Next page](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295.md?page=131)