u/DrLurkLurkelton

Precision trucks?

I am new-ish to the hobby. Recently snapped the king on my Bear trucks and have fallen down the rabbit hole of precision trucks. There are a lot of options out there and not really a ton of info on any of them. I have a Superdupersonic right now, I want to upgrade to a bracket board down the line. I will likely only upgrade the front, since it’s such a high price point and a precision rear that fits the Superdupersonic won’t be compatible on a bracket.

So far I have seen Lepsk8, Don’t trip, Ronin, Valkyrie, MK

Anyone have a brand they recommend?

A brand to stay away from?

General advice on upgrading with the intention of building a bracket set up at some point down the line?

Edit: So I do realize that king pins are subject to fail and will be a common concern and point of maintenance. The reason I included the break in the post was because until then I had no reason to look into other trucks. Now that I have, I want to upgrade, not so much to reduce the KP issue but because I want a more well built and efficient truck for LDP.

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u/DrLurkLurkelton — 6 days ago

Little bit of off roading on the 103mm’s part of a 20 mile ride last night, little under 10 mph pace. Tried taking more clips in my phone but the videos did not turn out great.

u/DrLurkLurkelton — 8 days ago

Kingpin snapped while out for a ride tonight. I’m two maybe 3 miles from my car. I had just hit 20 miles an hour going down a hill less than a mile before the break I always ride with full pads, helmet and gloves so I only got a little scratch where my pads didn’t cover.

Boy felt dialed before the snap. He was gonna run my second night of 10 mile an hour pace. I had just decided I was gonna shoot for 30 miles tonight, i’m sure I’d lose my pace. I was barely hanging on.

Glad things weren’t worse. Little annoyed to be walking back. Any thoughts on what would cause this?

u/DrLurkLurkelton — 16 days ago

Been a goal of mine since I started the hobby last fall. I wanted to average 10 mph over 15 miles and then hopefully start to extend the distance l can hold that pace. 2 nights ago for the first time I kept my average moving speed at 10 mph thru 20 miles.

Patheon Superdupersonic

Hokus

Bear 40s front and back

Front on 1/2 riser 80a Defcons and wedged to 58

Rear on 1/2 riser 90a Independent bushings and wedged to 14

I had been riding with a Sk8pole until it broke last week, that was also around the time I tweaked my board setup. Board feels good rn I do wanna tweak it a little further. I am surprised to be hitting my best pace without a pole tho. I’ll be doing some more testing, I have a Supaddle arriving today (hopefully).

u/DrLurkLurkelton — 21 days ago