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Tag: Carver Trucks

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Curfboard Model

Curfboard: a closer look

June 2, 2021September 9, 2021 Ⓐ

Curfboard is a simple but ingenious design, which shows that innovation can still happen in an oligopolistic, stale market. It would be better though if Curfboard’s marketing steered clear of speciousness and didn’t thus undermine its own reliability. Continue reading Curfboard: a closer look

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TKP trucks: history and quirks

May 5, 2021September 26, 2022 Ⓐ

The TKP template has been with us entirely unchanged for many decades, during which materials technology and consumer needs have evolved. However, some things that are characteristic about TKPs are not also essential. In this post I want to examine two ubiquitous but not defining characteristics of TKPs, which truck makers ought to reconsider. Continue reading TKP trucks: history and quirks

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RKP – TKP: term pertinence

January 8, 2021September 10, 2021 Ⓐ

In this short post I want to explain why I think the terms “TKP” and “RKP” do not really tell us much about how trucks work. Continue reading RKP – TKP: term pertinence

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Image credit: https://cpwskate.blogspot.com/2012/01/bennett-vector.html

The case against Bennett Vector

October 16, 2020July 5, 2021 Ⓐ

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

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Trail: Carver’s article “The science of the speed wobble”

July 7, 2019July 8, 2021 Ⓐ

I have been thinking about truck geometry lately and I re-read Neil Carver’s article with more attention. The thing is, the article is dead wrong about what a positive/negative trail is. Continue reading Trail: Carver’s article “The science of the speed wobble”

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KP/PA angles

June 5, 2019July 5, 2021 Ⓐ

Just for future reference, I measured the KP/PA angles of a few popular trucks. Here’s the results. Continue reading KP/PA angles

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