# 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:** 150
**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:** [January 14, 2025, 8:44am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/3082 "2025-01-14T08:44:02Z")
First time I will have focused a board before I even set it up 😂 ---
**Author:** ![Sleipnir](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/d26b3c/32.png) [@Sleipnir](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Sleipnir)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 1:18pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/3084 "2025-01-15T13:18:02Z")
It’s interesting to see how the design of those GK trucks evolved following tester feedback. It’s 13 minutes of design geekery about bushing-seat tolerances and degrees of pinch in the baseplate holes. Nit everyone’s cup of tea, but I quite like all that [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/bA_KWDwe-JA/maxresdefault.jpg "Locker Talk: Latest Improvements + Kickflipper News | Team GrindKing Ep. 10") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bA_KWDwe-JA) ---
**Author:** ![KeithBeef](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/keithbeef/32/31559_2.png) [@KeithBeef](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/KeithBeef)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 1:20pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/3085 "2025-01-15T13:20:50Z")
Still orange ---
**Author:** ![Sleipnir](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/d26b3c/32.png) [@Sleipnir](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Sleipnir)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 1:32pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/3086 "2025-01-15T13:32:26Z")
Yes - that orange is UGLY. What were they thinking? ---
**Author:** ![doowyrag](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/doowyrag/32/23325_2.png) [@doowyrag](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/doowyrag)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 1:43pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/3087 "2025-01-15T13:43:18Z")
I fancy some of these now.. ![IMG_8411](https://uksf-media.lon1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/3X/e/9/e9cf2a485947f1f3a111cc40a39eec5b7d3c7bd4.jpeg) ---
**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:** [January 15, 2025, 3:21pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/3088 "2025-01-15T15:21:13Z")
![IMG_4960](https://uksf-media.lon1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/3X/5/1/5154a5bd3f8f3c703769f4661729ce31a8805284.gif) ---
**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:** [January 15, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/3089 "2025-01-15T16:00:47Z")
Oh god do you remember at school, everyone getting tango’d ---
**Author:** ![Jurwell](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/jurwell/32/1153_2.png) [@Jurwell](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Jurwell)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/3090 "2025-01-15T19:54:22Z")
It’s strange because I think one of the only colours besides raw that looks good for trucks is red. Maybe black, white or gold but you really, really have to be a certain kind of person to pull them off. Orange isn’t that far off red and I’m sure if you built the whole board around the colour it could look like an 80s BMX or something but on most boards I can see it looking really Argos, particularly with that design. ---
**Author:** ![Sleipnir](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/d26b3c/32.png) [@Sleipnir](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Sleipnir)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 8:43pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/3091 "2025-01-15T20:43:50Z")
I agree. GK do this in raw, in battleship grey and in pale blue. But it’s always the orange they tend to show. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2025, 9:31pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/3092 "2025-01-15T21:31:19Z")
> [@Jurwell](#): > > It’s strange because I think one of the only colours besides raw that looks good for trucks is red. Maybe black, white or gold but you really, really have to be a certain kind of person to pull them off. You really have to be special to pull that off _and_ it has to work with your whole setup. JT sure made red trucks look cool in the Welcome to Hell days and BA made black ones look cool too, he actually recently got a pro truck with a black hanger that is dope. ![Brian-Anderson-First-and-Last-Interview-Slam-City-Skates-Hubba-Hidout-Photos-By-Bryce-Kanights-and-Gabe-Morford](https://uksf-media.lon1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/3X/a/9/a9d25ff94decf56b72722a322c80708f955cdaf4.jpeg) ![Ace-66-Brian-Anderson-AF1-Limitied-Edition-Trucks-ACE-20733163](https://uksf-media.lon1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/3X/e/8/e87ff9e526db5b89984f1be6cf9674463fac7cd7.jpeg) I have 3 sets of 149s and want to paint the hangers of one set red or black but I jut can’t pull the trigger. There’s no way I’m cool enough. ---
**Author:** ![ciaran](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/ciaran/32/42_2.png) [@ciaran](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/ciaran)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 9:55pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/3093 "2025-01-15T21:55:01Z")
Fully colour co-ordinated with his outfit in that Hubba photo. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2025, 5:16am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/3094 "2025-01-16T05:16:20Z")
Black trucks look sick I think that’s the only colour I can abide with White look shit unless they’re freshly painted ---
**Author:** ![Sleipnir](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/d26b3c/32.png) [@Sleipnir](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Sleipnir)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 9:26am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/3095 "2025-01-16T09:26:06Z")
I’ve always had raw trucks, apart from a set of Jeff Grosso Indy’s years ago - black hanger, pale blue baseplate. But whatever colour they start out the paint always ends up scraped and chipped, from the moment you start using them. I just prefer the look of well-used raw trucks. ---
**Author:** ![Jurwell](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/jurwell/32/1153_2.png) [@Jurwell](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Jurwell)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 10:39am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/3096 "2025-01-16T10:39:00Z")
> [@Mark](#): > > White look shit unless they’re freshly painted I actually think white hanger with red baseplate is probably the peak besides raw and black. I’d never own it myself and I don’t know where this has come from, but it’s a hill I’d die on. ---
**Author:** ![visuals0und](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/visuals0und/32/7493_2.png) [@visuals0und](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/visuals0und)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 12:41pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/3097 "2025-01-16T12:41:27Z")
Has anyone skated these? Due a wheel upgrade & currently on Dragons so liking the softer feel ![spitfire-radials-93-54-2](https://uksf-media.lon1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/3X/8/9/89c95c608f7a7364c907933394e07d1c2b852605.webp) ---
**Author:** ![h\_palmer627](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/h_palmer627/32/20079_2.png) [@h\_palmer627](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/h_palmer627)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 1:10pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/3098 "2025-01-16T13:10:07Z")
Didn’t you get some of these @doowyrag ---
**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:** [January 16, 2025, 1:10pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/3099 "2025-01-16T13:10:20Z")
my geezer has recently changed from dragons to these and says they’re much better. don’t sound as stupid and make you less old-man-y ---
**Author:** ![visuals0und](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/visuals0und/32/7493_2.png) [@visuals0und](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/visuals0und)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 1:25pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/3100 "2025-01-16T13:25:07Z")
yeah am tempted to purchase on those two key points - cheers, will try! ---
**Author:** ![KeithBeef](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/keithbeef/32/31559_2.png) [@KeithBeef](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/KeithBeef)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 1:30pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/3101 "2025-01-16T13:30:16Z")
Ive got some and enjoy them very much ---
**Author:** ![doowyrag](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/doowyrag/32/23325_2.png) [@doowyrag](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/doowyrag)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 1:32pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295/3102 "2025-01-16T13:32:40Z")
I treated myself to a set of the Reynolds ones and have been really pleased with them. [Previous page](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295.md?page=149) [Next page](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/equipment-thread/295.md?page=151)