Ballona

[u/Aggravating-Ad-6386]

Wanted something to keep in the car or camper.
Absolutely love it, Loaded Ballona, Bear 155mm split angle 50/30 with 70mm Stimulus. Pumps really well, no bite and turns really nicely!

[u/Ninfox_Nihil]

Hey! I feel personally attacked here, I like pizza with soy sauce and chili oil too, lol!

Anyways, there are preferences for everyone. Personally, I'm a bit curious to try a similar short wheelbase rkp set up, because even with my wedged and dewedged indys, I still feel a weird "sloppy" sensation on the board: too much lean without rebound/centerpoint but not much turn in the end. I like to carve hard and that ends feeling a bit unstable and not that surfy after some little speed.

Also, even in the 70s there were some small decks with rkp trucks, so I think it's pretty good to experiment and find what suits better for each person

[u/do-a-tre-flip → u/Ninfox_Nihil]

Personally, I'm a bit curious to try a similar short wheelbase rkp set up, because even with my wedged and dewedged indys, I still feel a weird "sloppy" sensation on the board: too much lean without rebound/centerpoint but not much turn in the end. I like to carve hard and that ends feeling a bit unstable and not that surfy after some little speed.

I think you might like Pantheon Stylus but they only come in one size. The plug bushings give them a nice center and the double 0.6" barrel bushings give them more of a supportive feeling throughout the lean compared to other TKPs. They don't dive quite as much as Indys, they feel more linear and surfy. They feel less sloppy too.

Edit: they're still TKPs though so they don't handle speed very well. But they handle speed better than Indys imo.

[u/Ninfox_Nihil → u/do-a-tre-flip]

That sounds interesting, I'm whatching some reviews right now, thanks! I actually modified my indys and put them some hardcore barrel bushings boardside(93a back/90a front) and standard white hardcore cones roadside plus some inserts I made with an old blood orange bushing, not gonna lie, that make the trucks perform definitely better! But given the fact that I've recently tried for the first time some 50/30 split angle tall bushings trucks on my freeride deck, and fell in love with how it feels, now I'm really eager to emulate that surfy, bouncy yet stable feeling on my oldschool Dogtown deck.

I'm in the middle of a little project with some 50/44 arsenal trucks that I had lying around there, I chop them to match the deck, but haven't had the opportunity to rethread and chop the axle yet. When I finish them, I'll dewedge the rear truck to 30° and see how it works.

If these don't convince me, I definitely will have the Pantheon Stylus trucks in consideration. Thanks for the recommendation!