so i’ve just taken off the 107 Abec 11’s on our Quinny longboard stroller (http://www.quinny.com/longboardstroller/), to take a look at the trucks, and they have a whopping 300mm axle.
what’s interesting is that the baseplate says “tracker fastrack”, but on their site, it’s only the “dart” which has a wider hangar, and that’s stated at 219mm, which is exactly what the hangar on the quinny is…
so, could be fastrack baseplate with dart hangar?
anyways - has anyone seen trucks this wide before? are their any other makes that do that width?
(done quick searches this evening - seems like the Paris 195mm are widest and most easily available)…
What kind of hanger profile do Evolve and Boosted have? Can those be sourced and adapted to our needs as is? Or maybe someone can find their factory and have them cast the hangers with a caliber shape? Just thinking out loud.
@oneafrikan Do it! I’ll be the first on the list as long as they aren’t stupid expensive, and decent quality.
ok. will think on it. not much time atm for more email, but will figure out a system that makes it easy for me to manage.
i picked up what i think is a Moose drop deck a while back on ebay, super cheap in the end so was an easy punt.
has a super nice shape, big Steadfast wheels, and actually fits my stance nicely. problem is the trucks were shite. after a bit of use the front axle was bent (i am heavy, but not that heavy!), and the board wasn’t riding true when pushed (like my lush symbian with Sabres). so i threw them out this weekend. now i’m looking for wider trucks so i can experiement with motor mounts on a drop deck.
so i guess the question is: how do you tell quality? how do we know the clone trucks we’re getting are good quality?
Afaik RKP is when the kingpin & bushing faces outwards from the centre of the board. So my pintail faces inwards - this would be TKP, whilst the other boards face outwards, which would be RKP?
If my understanding is correct then on the Quinny it’s RKP as the kingpin & bushing are facing outwards.
Dunno abt the 219mm darts - wasn’t looking at that.
If so, what would be the issue though - space for mounting motor?
though boosted uses wider than standard caliber trucks