I’ve tried Slappys. They’re a similar turn to Ace - maybe Ace is ever so slightly more responsive but there’s not much in it. I tried them side by side and was able to turn in a slightly tighter circle with Ace. But in normal use you don’t notice any difference. I did get less wheelbite with Slappy than with Ace, but if you want no wheelbite at all, Lurpiv are the answer. They turn just like Slappy but have a sort of square block on the hanger pivot. It hits the baseplate before your wheel is able to touch the deck, so with regular-sized wheels (I ride 54mm) it’s pretty much impossible to get wheelbite ever. Lurpiv don’t have quite as much grind clearance as Slappy, but I didn’t find that a problem.
I’m currently riding weird-shit Grind King Lockers, which I actually love but I think I’m probably the only one on here who does.
If you do get Slappys, get the regular or regular hollow version. On the inverted kingpin versions, my experience was that the kingpin works loose after a few rides.
Thanks for the responses everyone
It’s been so long since I bought a pair of trucks I wasn’t sure if Indys weren’t what they once were and Aces are where its at but seems like it’s more preference. When I said I have tight trucks I meant stable feeling not wobbly, I still want to get a good turn and be able to carve around a bowl. I’m thinking to just stick with Indys and get hard bushings.
I started dipping my toes into the Slap truck threads but quickly felt like I was losing my mind
Indys with the blue medium/hard barrel is a decent compromise. Maintains the turn but there is a bit of resistance either side of the kingpin which removes the feeling of balancing on the kingpin alone. They do take a short while to break in but I’m finding them good.
Not everyone wears helmets. I’ve had too many concussions not to. Every concussion increases your chances of getting dementia when you’re older, through something called traumatic encephalopathy.
I’ve loved my old helmet- a Triple 8 Certified Sweatsaver. I have 2 sets of liners so I can swap them out, rinse the set I’ve just used and have it fresh every day I ride. But it’s approaching the end of its life and I see Triple 8 have a new top-of-the range helmet promising newer technology, better fit and the same sweatsaver liners I like.
So I ordered one.
With pads I used to favour allowing the liners to never get changed, until the black foam/liner turned slightly goldy/orange and there was a sweet, yeasty ammonia-like smell
If I needed it drying out just leave them in the back of car on a hot summer’s day. (Do not) rinse and repeat until someone bought them off you
That’s how the ‘vert aids’ staph infection spread around bitd.
If everyone has aids it’s like no one has aids
The helmet came. The inner EPS layer is in 2 parts, joined by an elasticated hinge, so it sort of opens up when you put your head on and then closes around it.
There’s also a box of different thicknesses of lining, and instructions for how to fit it to your head size and shape.
Last time I wore one to skate was about 25 years ago
Still looking for a bike helmet that doesn’t make me look like I have macrocephaly
I last wore a helmet - Probably - just before my daughter was born when skating (or trying to skate…) transition bigger than 6ft.
Set up a new board earlier. Cafe 8.125”. I didn’t burn it in the garden. The nose on the old deck was delaminating in the middle on both sides which was weird.
The grooves on those trucks!
New set up
Polar 8.25 - Was previously on an 8.8 - feels like a 7.75 in comparison! But hopefully a bit more manageable for actually doing tricks again.
54mm Bones x formula v6 which feel nice
Ace hard bushings, which on first skate feel slightly better than the stock ones, but need to figure out how much to tighten them. I tried my mates set up, riding Ventures, and tbh felt a lot more comfortable so it might just be these Aces’s as a whole that im not getting on with
Nice looking board - I’m liking the colour, the shape and the wheel wells, Good wheel size too. I’d ride that - except I’d put the original bushings back in, and I wouldn’t tighten them. Responsive trucks like Ace are a shock to the system at first, but once you’re used to them they give you amazing control. I’d never go back - I used to ride with Bones hard bushings for years and I don’t know how I ever liked them. They hardly turn at all.
I always found that wheel wells never ever lined up properly
If you buy what you think is a genuine DBX deck and it turns out not to be, is it a rock fakie?
I wonder if we’re gonna get these here or if we’ll just keep on getting those Chinese boards.
I was trying to work out why you’d want rock in your deck - most rock is heavy and brittle. But it seems basalt is a form of volcanic glass, so I’m guessing the basalt layer is a form of glass fibre.
