Cliche were doing those Film trucks about 10 years back with some of their budget completes. Hope Daclin has fingers in other pies as I can’t imagine it’s easy to get a truck company to succeed without some serious R&D and cash to make it happen.
I have Film trucks, I can only compare them to Krux and mini logo but they seem to turn better than them. Do Independent and Thunder turn much better?
I’ve been on indy’s since I stared back 6 years ago. I then tried my mates board with ventures which I used to ride BITD and couldn’t believe how much less they turned .
My other mate got some film trucks and he rides them loose and even loose they felt horrible when turning , they wouldn’t turn like indys throwing me off balance like ventures . I still wanted to turn but the board didn’t .
I mean each to their own, I know my mates like the way they turn and are happy .
Thanks, when I’ve worn these Film trucks down to the axle then I’ll go for Independent.
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Just bought this for kerbs as I read that spray lacquer is really good for prepping kerbs. Bit worried about the “chalky finish” though. I wonder if it will work as well as a glossy finish.
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I’ve never found a UK lacquer that worked properly for this purpose. Might be doing it wrong though. Now I just go for fuck tons of wax
Ah ok, I’ll try it tonight but yh if that fails I’ll use loads of wax. Kerbs do eventually go well after a while anyway with a rub brick and wax.
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I think that will work. Normally use a rub brick, crystal clear gloss lacquer then some decent skate wax like ganj wax to get a ledge or kerb spot going. We managed to get some pretty weathered spots going that way. Some spots will take a can or two of lacquer to get them going.
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And my mates used some fancy lacquers for the pool coping he made but that can get expensive. For most newer ledge spots you could always just wax them up a bit then batter into them full pelt until they start to go.
I skated Indys for years - until about 2016. The price went up seemingly overnight after the Brexit vote and they’d also moved away from US manufacturing around that time too.
The last two sets I had wore out quicker than any I’d had before. Same issue both times: bolt holes on the baseplates rapidly ovaling out so the truck just rattled all over the place and threw me off course a lot.
Skated Thunders since and I’d recommend them over Indys. They’re about £5 to £8 cheaper, depending what size you ride, and just a generally nicer looking truck, in my opinion. Indy have that bulbous hanger but I don’t think that means you get any more life out of them. The stock bushings on Thunders are actually decent too.
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The switch from Indy to Thunder means your wheelbase gets longer, and nose/tailslides get harder. How did you get used to that?
Unless you skate massive soft wheels you won’t notice it that bad. I prefered thunder for slides, felt more controlled at high speed
Honestly, I really don’t remember noticing any difference. For a while the weirdest thing was looking at my board when it’s upside down and there being so much less… truck.
I ride FA and Hockey boards anyway which are right shovel shapes so they really aren’t lacking in room for nose or tailslides.
I actually tailslid a Thunder baseplate down to the pivot cup last week. Personal NBD right there.
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what the fuck. show a pic!
I remember nosesliding a Featherlight down to the pivot cup, past the old-drilling holes and everything. Wasn’t doing much else at the time because those trucks were pretty fragile.
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I find a massive difference between Thunder and Indy. Thunders are great but turn and grind very differently due to having a different alloy and geometry.
I have only ridden the hollows for both brands, but in both high and low geometry. I would say Thunders are more stable, Indies turn much faster (and therefore ‘better’) and Thunders have a harder more scratchy grind. Indies feel softer and I prefer that feel.
As far as wear and tear goes, for most people both are gonna be absolutely fine.
I have ridden other people’s boards with Ace trucks too, and those things are pretty sick but I like hollows.
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I think Venture are actually pretty good if you want a very stable truck. They turn like shit but somehow still feel quite nice.
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I got this to try on some local curbs but realise it’s matt not gloss so assume it’ll not be as effective?
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Got this from Wickes for about £8 and it’s really good. Recently went back to a kerb I sprayed last summer and it still ground/slid without the need for a rewaxing.
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Haven’t used that one before but I think it will work just as well. You may need a couple layers to get it going.
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