Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2002 3:39 am
I’ve been testing trucks for 9 months. Here’s a synopsis of what I’ve found.
Board: Roe Wide Tail Bottle Rocket, medium flex. Every run timed on a variety of permanently marked courses in the street in front of my house. I typically wedge the front, and dewedge the rear.
Indy 101/Indy 101 (several hundred timed runs): Easy to ride. Good all around truck. Occasionally had trouble with alignment due to the angle of the pivot, which was occasionally cocked to one side (appeared to be cast crooked). With the Indy you lean quite a bit before it turns, but then it turns rather quickly. I rode this combo for the first couple months.
Seismic Front/Indy Rear: (nearly a thousand timed runs): Very quick and easy to ride through tight courses due to the fast return to neutral inherent in the design. Hard to draw out clean lines on longer turns due to same traits. When riding courses with larger offset cones, the Seismic truck will turn in, straighten up, and require me to turn in again, making a jerky turn rather than a clean smooth arching turn. I also had to regularly check the truck for a loose king pin bolt (found it backing out several times). The Seismic takes a few days to get used to, after which it is an easy to ride truck that is very effective on TS courses.
Tracker Racer X Front/TTC Rear (several hundred timed runs): The Racer X felt comfortable immediately. It turns quicker than the Indy yet feels very stable. The TTC was a different story. I tried several bushing combinations, a half dozen pivot adjustments, a variety of foot placements, and still could never get the truck to consistently ride comfortably. It would occasionally and unpredictably over-turn and give me a “squirmy” sensation that I could never adjust out of the truck. It may be due to play in the pivot cup area. I tried and I tried. I thought, “everyone is using this truck, why can’t I make it work?” But the stopwatch is my guide, thus I bagged the TTC.
Tracker Racer X Front/Racer S Rear (several hundred timed runs): Easy to ride, nice feel, consistent performance. I have run this set up in extremely tight courses at 20 MPH, and GS at 30 MPH. It feels good and gives me the confidence I need to attack the course. This is the best, most comfortable set up I have ridden to date.
Though the Trackers are my preference, people are winning on a variety of trucks. With time and practice, you can adjust to anything.
Curt
<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Curt Kimbel on 2002-10-03 11:23 ]</font>
Board: Roe Wide Tail Bottle Rocket, medium flex. Every run timed on a variety of permanently marked courses in the street in front of my house. I typically wedge the front, and dewedge the rear.
Indy 101/Indy 101 (several hundred timed runs): Easy to ride. Good all around truck. Occasionally had trouble with alignment due to the angle of the pivot, which was occasionally cocked to one side (appeared to be cast crooked). With the Indy you lean quite a bit before it turns, but then it turns rather quickly. I rode this combo for the first couple months.
Seismic Front/Indy Rear: (nearly a thousand timed runs): Very quick and easy to ride through tight courses due to the fast return to neutral inherent in the design. Hard to draw out clean lines on longer turns due to same traits. When riding courses with larger offset cones, the Seismic truck will turn in, straighten up, and require me to turn in again, making a jerky turn rather than a clean smooth arching turn. I also had to regularly check the truck for a loose king pin bolt (found it backing out several times). The Seismic takes a few days to get used to, after which it is an easy to ride truck that is very effective on TS courses.
Tracker Racer X Front/TTC Rear (several hundred timed runs): The Racer X felt comfortable immediately. It turns quicker than the Indy yet feels very stable. The TTC was a different story. I tried several bushing combinations, a half dozen pivot adjustments, a variety of foot placements, and still could never get the truck to consistently ride comfortably. It would occasionally and unpredictably over-turn and give me a “squirmy” sensation that I could never adjust out of the truck. It may be due to play in the pivot cup area. I tried and I tried. I thought, “everyone is using this truck, why can’t I make it work?” But the stopwatch is my guide, thus I bagged the TTC.
Tracker Racer X Front/Racer S Rear (several hundred timed runs): Easy to ride, nice feel, consistent performance. I have run this set up in extremely tight courses at 20 MPH, and GS at 30 MPH. It feels good and gives me the confidence I need to attack the course. This is the best, most comfortable set up I have ridden to date.
Though the Trackers are my preference, people are winning on a variety of trucks. With time and practice, you can adjust to anything.
Curt
<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Curt Kimbel on 2002-10-03 11:23 ]</font>