force trucks, bushings?

[daveydynamite]

yo

i just order some force trucks to replaced my randals(dam stupid off centered hanger, stupid pivot hole. shakes fist angerly) anyway. bushings for these trucks? ive heard jimz, or rakical coz theyve got over sized bushings as stock.

any one know anything that whould be sweet

cheers dave

[clayski]

[Tim Robinson]

I run mine with Radikal Blues in the back with the hanger flipped and up front I have a red top then a clear and on top of the clear i have the original Force top bush. Very nice carve on a kebbek hairpin. You need 3inch king pins to make it work.

[EBasil]

The OEM Force bushings are pretty good, by the way. The lower bushing is a big, soft barrel. I think the doubled-top, or a larger top bushing, is the way to go, but a lot of people will be able to do just that and keep using the red barrel from Force.

[Tim Robinson]

Yes the big barrel bush is good and about2 or 3 mm taller than the Radikal but smaller diameter. The duro felt like a Radikal blue or green between my teeth. Yo have to remember these are speed trucks that I have no interest in going fast on. I have made them into nice carving trucks that are more stable than my Holy's but still turn OK. Just a note I put a washer under the top bush ie the one against the board , to make the radikal the same hight as the original.

[daveydynamite]

sweet thanks for the advice

what are jimz like to ride i amuse they d be a harder duro for stabiltiy??

dave

[chemicalanarchy]

can someone PLEASE tell me how i can get force trucks

[EBasil]

chem, just email to A-Drain, right here on the 'fish. He runs a shop down under the equator. Mark Grimace has some Forces he got like that, I think.

[FightingTheTide]

Ok so right now I have blue (hard) stims on the bottom of my R2 180s, with a blue khiro barrel on top (both trucks), and I freakin love how much drive I get off of my turns, and it carves just as deep as I want it to.

So with that said, Im gonna fill my quota for questions:

Would Force trucks be a better investment than Holeys?...im thinkin Holeys would have too much turn and not enough drive for me.

And has anyone put stims in Force trucks?

Can you flip the Force hangers and still put stims in there? (You cant with R2 hangers...grrr...)

Whats the price in USD for the Force trucks?

[daveydynamite]

you can flip the hanger in force trucks, they come in 50 degree angel like r2's and a 35 degree for their speedboards.

umm i got mine through a dude in a shop down here. im getting them posted to my house 90 bucks AUS baby compared to 140 bucks for a set of r2's at a skate shop. plus these are coming to my front door. try the force website its got all the shops that stock them and search em on google. i got mine from full tilt in rockingham but i wouldnt suggest that to you coz im on the west coast and they are getting posted fomr the east coast. so itll be cheaper for to find one form the east coast or they have a euorpe contact too. www.force.net.au oh yeh their website doesnt have a shop on it.

hope this makes sense.

dave

[A-Drain]

Fight,

I have just done this exercise for someone else in the US (California) and it works out to roughly US$100 to his door including the airmail postage from here in Oz.

Cheers

A-Drain

[Mile_High_Mark]

Not to snipe A-Drain's gig, but I will be importing Force trucks into the US. Until then, give him your business.

[bpz]

Not to snipe A-Drain's gig, but I will be importing Force trucks into the US. Until then, give him your business.

Got an ETA for when this will be going down?

[FightingTheTide]

Can anyone answer these questions? This will decide which trucks I get...Thanks

Would Force trucks be a better investment than Holeys?...im thinkin Holeys would have too much turn and not enough drive for me.

And has anyone put stims in Force trucks?

Can you flip the Force hangers and still put stims in there?

A-Drain, thanks for the estimate on the cost...but the price is a bit too much for me...Im in college now, and cash is one thing I dont have a lot of.

Does anyone sell 50 degree baseplates that will work with R2 hangers???

[Mile_High_Mark]

Not to snipe A-Drain's gig, but I will be importing Force trucks into the US. Until then, give him your business.

Got an ETA for when this will be going down?

Probably not for another month or so.

[bpz]

Would Force trucks be a better investment than Holeys?...im thinkin Holeys would have too much turn and not enough drive for me.

And has anyone put stims in Force trucks?

Can you flip the Force hangers and still put stims in there?

I beleive both Force and Holeys mimic the R2 geometry, and the only thing that makes the Holeys more turny is the bushings. I saw some dude put the Radikal bushings in his force trucks, which are a lot heftier than Stims. I'd be willing to bet you could flip the hanger and still run them fine.

[FightingTheTide]

Would Force trucks be a better investment than Holeys?...im thinkin Holeys would have too much turn and not enough drive for me.

And has anyone put stims in Force trucks?

Can you flip the Force hangers and still put stims in there?

I beleive both Force and Holeys mimic the R2 geometry, and the only thing that makes the Holeys more turny is the bushings. I saw some dude put the Radikal bushings in his force trucks, which are a lot heftier than Stims. I'd be willing to bet you could flip the hanger and still run them fine.

Thanks BP


Anyone know where I can get 50 degree baseplates that work with R2 180 hangers?