I don't like wood decks.

But since i haven't gotten a new board in a while, here is my buddy Jason's new cruiser.  Not my style but he likes it.

Baseplate testing

Im in the process of trying these baseplates with ace 00 hangers to see if I can tell a difference.  I rode the stock baseplates for enough time to get a feel for them.  I switched to the Indy stage 9 baseplates and am giving them a while before I switch to the cores.  I dont expect a huge difference but just looking at them the geometry is a little different and Indys trucks definitely feel different than Ace trucks so maybe just changing the baseplates will make enough of a difference to make aces my goto narrow trucks.  I doubt it though...

Ace 00 Trucks Feel Good Now

I finally got the Aces fun to ride.  The tops are 86a front and 91a back short cones from the Venom Conventional sets.  The bottoms are 80a Venom Eliminators.  I got the Elims that soft because of all the extra material.  They feel awesome.  

That said, these are the ugliest bushings I have ever bought, holy cow.  Look at these compared to the Riptides.  Oh well, they ride nice.  

Venom Eliminators

9/16" tall overall, fat part is 3/8" tall

regular part is a little less than 1" wide and the fat part is about 1 1/8" wide

Riding Ace 00 Trucks on Fish Skateboard

Took my new Ace00 trucks for a ride yesterday and today.  I have them set up with Khiro Reds.

Definitely better than stock but they do not feel near as good as Indeesz.  Im going to have to try some different bushings and probably put a longer kingpin in them.  They have a pressed in splined kingpin like Indys so that will involve hammering it out and JB Welding standard ones in.  

Drilling baseplates.

Had to make some new ace trucks fit.

Ace 00 Trucks

So last week I finally got around to ordering some Ace 00s.  Mostly because I want some narrow Indys for one of my little cruisers but Indy doesnt make 109s any more.  These are supposed to be based on Indy Stage 3 geometry I think so I decided to give them a shot.  I am going to have to drill out the baseplates for old school mounting.  I will get to that later tonight or tomorrow and post some pics.  For now, here they are.  3.75" hanger and 6.5" axel.

Ace Trucks

I have been trying to decide if I should get some of these in the 100mm size.  These are 155s my friend Charlie just got.  He says they are the best turning trucks he has.  I might really have to get a set now.