I don’t know where the problem starts. Is it the consumers who would buy, literally and figuratively, anything? Or is it rather the skate companies who would sell to the consumers anything, if they asked for it? It certainly is a vicious circle. Continue reading Why we’re stuck here: on the state of the skate industry
You are rightly frustrated with hearsay and anecdotal “evidence” distorting consumer preferences and pointing them to inferior products. Logic doesn’t seem to help and in fact the parties involved are inclined to prefer hearsay over logic. The perfect example of this is the Bennett Vector truck. Continue reading The case against Bennett Vector
Most TKP trucks are built with their pivot pin not parallel to the pivot axis. What exactly happens with the interface pivot pin – cup when the truck turns and the pivot pin unavoidably binds with the pivot cup? Continue reading Misaligned pivot pins
Just for future reference, I measured the KP/PA angles of a few popular trucks. Here’s the results. Continue reading KP/PA angles
Someone on facebook answered me that it’s 22mm, perhaps a tiny bit more. Continue reading Bennett axle offset (or “rake”)
Changing Angles 