I’d don’t really get what he was expecting. Making a deck brand is easy enough because you’re just printing whatever crap on decks from an established wood shop
Creating a new truck company with your own designs is bat shit crazy
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At least there has been some glacial progress in truck technology
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Such as? Lurpiv version 1 had loads of issues.
It seemed people really liked the turn and grind but there were huge design flaws leading to the trucks coming apart. Gifted Hater reviewed them and they fell apart in the review. The solution was to bodge some kind of kingpin nut to keep it tight. The trucks had some potential but they came out far too soon, before proper testing and at a fairly hefty price. According to Insta Oski was looking for another factory. Hope he ends up being successful with it but there are so many hurdles in the way.
According to slap, " Lurpiv is not done yet, but might take a bit until the comeback."
Truck technology hasn’t really changed for 40 years now.
But some things that have changed:
- Inverted kingpin (so obvious and well overdue, Grind King, now Indy as standard)
- Non-floating axles (Venture? Indy? Now standard)
- Film trucks put sizing on the axles (I think? Maybe baseplate)
- Didn’t someone put little teeth sticking out of the baseplate so they wouldn’t work loose?
- Tensor slidey widgets (never tried them, but at least THEY tried them)
- Some manufacturer included rethreader? Although if you have any sense you probably won’t need it
- Rasta colourways (thank you for nothing Tracker)
- …apart from some special C clips as replacements for nuts that were apparently useless
- Gullwing ‘lock in’ dip that is in completely the wrong place for every skater that ever lived
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Dont forget the thread saver hubcaps you put on your axles to stop bashing the ends. I want to say Grindking?
i bought tensor for years for those slidey widgets. the moment i changed truck company i realised that they reaaaally didn’t do shit. i imagine the reason why truck technology hasn’t really changed for 40 years is that realistically there’s not a lot of innovation that actually makes a difference
tensor released those mag lights that youtubers claim can grind anything without wax with the downside being they they’re ridiculously light. uptake hasn’t been particularly favourable it seems
grind king’s inverted king pin seemed like a game changer when i was a kid 25 years ago. most truck companies seem to fail to implement it well. look at lurpiv and @PolarJames’s post
the re-threader is Ace. most skate tools have a rethreader now
i think the little teeth on the baseplate has been fairly standard for a long time?
i’m not disagreeing with you here. my point was more - what’s the point in lurpiv in general. they’re trying to (almost literally) reinvent the wheel.
Pretty sure San Diego trucks came with inverted kingpins in the late 80’s / early 90’s as well. Plus nylon baseplates with built in risers.
I’m sure a pair of Stealths I had for a while had inverted kingpins. Long time ago though.
Fury did two relatively interesting things:
1: ball pivot.
2: those nut locking bits on the base plate.
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christ i’d almost forgot about those tensor slide plates, i remember my first “proper” setup was a rollersnakes shop board with those tensors and 58mm wheels. distinctly remember the slide plates popping out in the first few days and being lost.
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Fury are still going?!
I had a set back in the day because Rowley rode for them.
Deadbolt trucks had an inverted Allen bolt kingpin.
Z-Rollers, say no more.
Gullwings with the backwards kingpin. Like longboard trucks use these days.
Deliberately (very) floating axle on Trackers so you wouldn’t get them knocking through on primos. They’d just rattle constantly.
Tracker c-clips instead of axle nuts.
Those late 70’s trucks with a gap in the hanger exposing the axle which had replaceable metal screw in copers.
Both Gullwing (street shadows) and Tracker (Six Tracks) w/ plastic baseplates.
G&S cro-mo trucks.
Idk, there’s been a tonne of hideous shit over the years…
Nah I had stealths, standard kingpin.
San Diego trucks were wicked, I don’t remember them having an inverted kingpin (but checked some pics and they did, so I stand corrected).
This is a pretty interesting article, chromoly trucks were so good
True. They did look pretty sick though. And I agree re inventing the wheel, but if you don’t try… 
Anyone remember C4 composite trucks? I had some as I was obsessed with having the lightest setup possible, but I remember them both snapping within the first month and swapping for some ventures.
They ring a bell. Never saw any in the wild tho
Except Ben Schroeder.
Gullwing also did magnesium trucks in the 80s and early 90s, but these were very expensive
Ace (aka mark 3 Indies) did magnesium baseplates in the very early days.
G&S/ San Diego ground amazingly, but the baseplates snapped.
Inverted Grind King kingpins should have become standard years ago,but I can’t imagine Fausto having allowed Indy riders to use them, so they never got the’ hardcore Thrasher image’, until Indy eventually produced thier own verion.
Indy tend to dominate because they have a good product, strong branding/team and an image built up over ther years when they were the only truck that could be shown on a Thrasher cover.
Also, skaters tend to be very brand loyal to trucks, and don’t like change.
Maybe its time for Kreeper to make comeback?
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Theeve seemed pretty popular when they came out but you never really hear about them these days.
Ace are apparently the best turning trucks and are incredibly popular. don’t think i’ve ever seen anyone riding them
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First batch of Ace were really skinny. Looked cool, but had major problems with the hangers bending and the axels slipping.
They changed the shape and beefed them up.
I see loads of people skating them around Birmingham.
ha ha, no good when you tried to put your randoms in
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