i need some new trucks and some advice on whats hot and whats not. i'v been ridin fractures 4 nearly 3 years now and there practically fallin apart.

It's a matter of opinion..

Plenty of die hard indy fans... They do grind like no other..

I've got fury at the moment which are fine.

Silver are good but are not servicable.

Destructo give you massive nose and tail cos of their wheelbase, bit odd at first.

Thunder are good but heavy...

Best advice is to go to the shop, have a look, pick one you can afford and like.

Tensor mids/lows are practically indestructable bar the replacable plastic sliders, which do take some breaking. They are light, but lack on the hangers.

Currently riding venture superlight lows, cheap, grind really nice, decent weight and so far no problems, the new ones have moved over to the grade 9 kingpins which are the same as tensor to avoid previous problems with kingpin snappage.

Destructos are fair good, the ones i had were a little to high for my liking, but they grinded ok and held up well.

As already said, its a matter of personal preference.

Ride indy's or ill make you regret it, but really just go for what you want!

krux all the way. dont listen to anyone else.

ive only had krux and indies, and they're both really good trucks imo

a lot of my freinds have ventures aperanty they are very good

ventures

i like tensors for the feel, you either love them or hate them...

so agreed

i've been using ventures for the past 2 years and found them to be better, from price to the weight etc...

ventures all the way

grind kings ....... life tiime gerunte so if they brake in anway you can take them back and get a new pair..

i dont know if it depends on the shop are local shop does life time but you probly have to ask..


but ya go for grind kings

your spelling actually makes me cry

Ahahahaha.

GERUNTE.

Aye.

As far as I know, Grind Kings are good. Mark has Silver trucks and they're also pretty sweet.

Fodens

Bollocks.. scania are far better!

I rode tensors for almost two years with no problems other than having to replace the sliders twice. The only downside of them i thought was they dont have much on the hangers so they appear to wear down exessively from grinding over a period of time.
Would still recomend them.

Grind kings are ok, although if you skate with loose trucks they may turn too much for some people.

Im currently riding venture lows, although initially i had doubts about getting them after a having a go on a mates board who also has them i decided to get some, plus they were cheap at £28. Previously they have been known to have brittle kingpins and weak baseplates but so far mine have held up well so far, they grind really nice, turn responsively and are relatively light. At full price i think they are around the £34-£40 mark, which is a little cheaper than most other brands unless they are in a sale or on special offer but for that price you cant really go wrong.

Silver trucks are shit. They fall apart after a week.

Aye.

His are lasting fine.

indys or uptrucks

i used venture's for about a year, now i use girl's

royals?

i think so, they say royal on the bit nearest the deck

ROFL Royals are heavy as fook.

im not sure what people mean, do you mean rolayls as in the make, or rolays as in th type of girl's?

royals is the name of the truck
there a truck company
http://royalskateboardtruck.com/graphic_trucks.html

Ive got some bling bling gold Erik Ellington (sp?) thunders. They are good as far as i can tell smooth turn and grind, nice weight not to heay not to light paint comes ok fast but who actually cares.

don't know how anyone coul;d skate anything exept indys

The Thunders I bought the other day are incredible to ride so far.

i bought a pair of ventures for a pound today off a skater, he'd only had them a couple of weeks. havnt skated them yet but they should be good.

a pound! why dident he want them?

hed just bought a new pair of something.(hes rich i think)lol there already really grinded up cos he skates alot.

p.s. royal is the company that make the truck, it just has the girl logo on it.
nuff sed about royals

yeah, i understand about the royal thing, i was just confused for some reason, and yes i have the trucks made my the royal company but with the girl logo on.

i still cant believe he sold you the trucks for a pound, he must have spent at least £30 on them, some people are too rich for there own good!

yeah but they were pretty grinded up and there wasnt much more he could of done with them. he may as well sell them.

Maybe, but £1 is neither here nor there. It might buy him a drink if he's lucky, here as if it would have been me, i would keep them as back up's incase my current ones gotv broke off or something.

which are lighter krux or ventures?

Uptrucks or Independents

Krux Downlows weigh 328g each, regular krux weigh 340g each
Venture lows weigh 337g venture highs 342g

Thank you

u can buy kruxes for about £15 each at rollersnakes at the moment

I have been skating for 18 yrs and in my experience of truck use I have to say that Royals have never given me a problem. They are good turning and strong. Ventures are too weak, and Tensors look like something that you buy in a toy store! Independent's are always reliable, and I have heard that Krux are very good. Let me know how Thunders r cus I havent had a pair since 1992. peace.

I think the latest range of ventures have overcome a lot of the weakness issues, i was a bit sceptical about buying them but ive had mine now for almost six months and they are holding out fine, prior to that i had tensors, which on looks might not be for everyone but strenth wise they are almost bombproof.

You'll remember gullwing street shadows i presume?..had a set of them for years couldnt break them even if i tried.

gullwings! I havent heard that name in years! they where the sponsors for most of the H-Street team. I had street shadows, they were my first truck. they lasted a couple of years, but the front hanger cracked after a slappy.Remember those A1-MEATS wheels? I had the sex wheels, and my friends mother said I was a pervert! BTW, how is the turning on the new Venture line? I stopped riding them cus the bushings used to be like concrete.

Destructo i love them

and i bought a pair of enuffs for back-up havent skated them yet what are they like ?

I got Tensors right now and to me they skate like a dream and grind really well (Compared to my Ventures).

The only problem with them may be the bushing but a few quid easily remedies that!


Tensors right now!

Yeah i think most of the h street team rode gullwings as i think tony mag had something to do with gullwing, i might be wrong though..cant remember to be honest was a long time ago. I vaugely remember the A1 meat wheels, think i saw them advertised in magazines around that time i was riding cockroaches or sma red dots i think. The turning circle on ventures depends how you ride them. I like mine loose, and the stock bushings are too hard for that so i swapped them for some doh dohs and they fine now, but if you like to ride them quite tight then the factory bushings are fine..until they split.

I had tensors prior to my ventures hood, really liked them. I didnt have any problems with my bushings in fact my only complaint was the kingpins sit a little high and theres not enough metal on the hangers so they seem to wear down quite fast and bugger up the threads on the kingpin,other than that i broke a couple of the plastic sliders too but they are only plastic...again the turning circle on them is pretty good if you ride them loose.

I just picked up a set of the Royal og GIRL's today. I am getting my board in a couple of weeks and then I GOING TO SK8 the U K for the firsy time. Cockroaches, I remember those wheels. bright fluorescent green.

I have my trucks extra tight, and then some.

Ventures.
Always and forever.

I've snapped about 3 pairs of ventures... they dont feel nice to ride either

gotta say i prefer the tensors (low) coz beter for flippin n grindin i rekin