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I'd love to see a follow up in your next vid on these trucks. I'm skating the Krux K5, the ones with the hole in the front of the hanger for less nose/tail slide friction and low kingpins... To be honest, I haven't really noticed a difference. My kingpin still catches and slides still stick without waxing the side of a ledge where your wheels drag. Anyways, thanks for still making skate content! ☺️ I'm sure the dad-life is a lot, but don't put too much pressure on yourself to go bigger and better with skateboarding. You're in the 1% talent group on a skateboard, so whatever basics and unique tricks you can whip out on a random flat bar or curb in an hour will still be entertaining to the large group of us normies. ;) Much love, hope the fam is good.
Yep, I did too. I remember a bunch of different truck innovations that I tried. Not sure if it was GK but I remember a truck with the axle ends hollowed and threaded to use little screws instead of nuts. The free floating axle. The C Clip instead of the nut idea (always fun when trying to take one off and it flies across the room never to be seen again).
loose trucks are the bane of my existence and basically every time I've met someone and i used their board id get wheel bite from just standing on it. XD
Congratulations on the new born. I have a newborn as well. Born may 3rd and she’s still nocturnal. She’s still up until 5-7am 😂 but I just got one of your Revive decks. Going to “TRY” to skate it tomorrow but my days can’t be planned 😂
The thing about skating loose trucks is that the pop is all YOU! When you skate tight trucks it is way easier to pop and requires way less effort in the trick process(probably ideal to focus more on the trick itself) . I’ve skated loose for many years but only because I like the quick maneuverability and control that comes with it.
its been done for a while now, Grind king did a similar thing in the 90's and brands like krux did it as well. hasnt been done to much with actual good trucks brands I dont think though hahaha
They look like how my standard Thunders turn. Straight to wheelbite. That's just because I shave the bushings down so i can keep them looser without the nut falling off. Feels fun and surfy to ride though.
Holy shit you have a kid! I used to watch every vid before covid, you had just moved in with your new girlfriend in the big old NYC. now I come back to check out what you've been up to. Crazy!
You can actually take some vice grips(a little hard though lol) and tighten them. I use to only skate krux so I learned to carry around a little Allen wrench but when I didn't, I had to make due 😅
@@jacob_trowbridge That's true, just smashed mine yesterday but I do think that other brands should do the same but cutting the kingpin for using a skate tool
@@jacob_trowbridge why would people not like krux? what reason? the brand itself, or the actual hardware and how it works? ron whaley's a cool guy and the trucks work perfectly. 'the truck guy' not saying anything about them doesn't mean it's disliked, though. i got a pair of 9 inch krux dlk's for fairly cheap and i have zero complaints.
@@VintageSk8 i need to use an alan key because the plastic on my t tool is too wide to fit on the kingpin, but that's my cheap t tool's fault, its a bulky shape
I'm pretty sure some new trucks come with a bit of lubricant in their bushings and pivot cups for some reason and that makes them feel loose at the beginning and they "harden up" after breaking them in, but that's just the lube wearing down
We had these in the 90s the Allen head would get so ground down you couldn't tighten or loosen trucks. Had to take a grinder and remove the head completely pull hanger off remove rest of bolt with pliers then putting new bushings and bolt.
Grindkings were always hex key only, once you get them dialed/broken in you shouldn’t have to mess with them. I’ve heard of people saying they loosen up on their own but I’ve never had that issue. My assumption is that they left them factory tight with no thread showing and it didn’t reach the nylon thread lock
I’m not generally crazy about thunders, but I do like inverted kingpins. I have 2 sets of thunder lows from the ‘90s that I really liked but they both slipped axles and it kinda soured me on the brand ever since. I gave them another try recently with 148 forged hollow lights. They’re decent enough but seem kinda fragile and dainty compared to venture or Indy. They’re almost too light, the standards are probably better
I remember my first ever wheel bite I got thrown into the ground so hard on my face not to mention I had 60mm cruiser wheels on and they touched almost immediately safe to say I got some 1 and a 1/2 shortys bolts and some riser pads quick time And tightened them trucks
Wha happun with da audio John? And em... Inverted trucks... Isn't that stuff old? Like I remember getting a set yeeaaarrrrrssss ago... or am I mistaken?
i thought this was just a fingerboard thing never knew people brought it to skating in fingerboarding inverted kingpin trucks are like the creme dela creme of trucks people pay good money for obsius, dynamic and brt inverted kingpin trucks infact brts cost more than legit actual skate trucks
Why do inverted kingpins insist on using a 5.5mm hex? I'm sure there's some bit of history, like the first ones were sourced from some other industry where 5.5 is common, but ffs can't they get ones made with the more common 5 mm size?
i hate inverted kingpins, i have to tighten them twice per session and i like mine factory loose. usually i grind the nut into the kingpin and they stay the same minus degradation of the bushings for the life of the truck. cant do that with inverted kingpin. they tried inverted kingpins back in the day and it didnt stick then, they just arent functional
You've never played the Skate games? Wow! Fun fact (nobody cares) my name is in the credits of Skate 1 as a special thanks because I actually got sick over the years and can't skate IRL anymore. So the Skate games gave me a way of escape and feel like I could still skate digitally.
