Tight turners

[Matt W]

I want some trucks that I could put onto a arbor type criser but would turn really sharp and not get wheels bight. I was looking at the revenge trucks or the carver trucks but got confussed by the c7 and cx and 7 and all that stuff so could someone please help???? THANKS

[marv]

revenge trucks are cool, but they ride really high
i have no expirience with carver

[7ender]

Carvers you will need ALOT of risers to not get wheelbite.
Revenges don't turn that sharp in comparison, and ride very high.
Originals would be your best bet, either S8's with risers or S10's and minimal risers. And Originals turn the most of the trucks mentioned. Or actually, they turn better than any other truck i can think of.

[gr8day]

^^^^ what he said.

Nothing turns tighter than Original Trucks.

[ryan]

turn really sharp and not get wheels bight.

It matters what wheels you are running, but having the sharpest turning possible usually goes hand in hand with wheel bite. Like those guys said, originals will give you the sharpest turns. They already come with pretty high risers, but in order to get the sharpest turns possible you'll need a deck with wells or cutouts.

[atomictiki]

Revenge Alpha II's, no risers, no maintenance &
they turn on a dime.

[Matt W]

I was kinda trying to stay away from originals i dont really like them, But arnt the carvers suposed to not give any wheelbite because they have a moving baseplate thing????

[7ender]

Carvers get ALOT of wheelbite in general. THey lean so much, you'll need alot of riser to prevent bite. A couple of my friends have C7's, one with no skools and one with zigzag's, and I know for certain that both have at least an inch of riser on them. They are mounted on pool decks with wheelwells, but the carvers miss them anyways. Have you ridden the Originals? If you want tight turning, they're the way to go. Carvers feel a bit akward at first, the c7's only work well on stiff, over 36" long decks. iv'e never tried cx's but supposedly they work on somewhat flexy decks too. They pump very well though since only the front truck really turns alot. Revenges I personally am not a fan of, they are wayyy tall and i just don't dig the torsion feel.

[oldnbroken]

Carveboard Longstik turns as tight or tighter than Originals.
Super low deck height.
No wheelbite.
No maintenance.
Back wheel doesn't slide out as easily as with Originals
A carving machine.

[pithaya]

yea but its huge and slow and heavy. I would second the revenges for the wheelbit limiter but I have and love carver cxs

[oldnbroken]

Pithaya-

Longstik by Carveboard.
Longstik.

Do you ride the Longstik or are you talking from hear say?
I ride Carver CX's
I ride the Carveboard.
I ride the Longstik.
I used to ride an Original Custom 45, sold it.
I have Revenges on the way.

The Longstik (not the standard Carveboard) is not huge and slow and heavy.
It is a carving machine, super tight and snappy, super low, zero maintenance, no wheelbite and no need for a limiter, cutbacks in and out of driveways all day long,
grippy wheels with just a touch of nice drift, a pleasure to ride.

The Revenge, on the other hand, will be much higher, is recommended to be used with smaller wheels, uses a wheelbite limiter and will probably be great with an Arbor type cruiser.

[tenterhook]

I highly recommed the Carver CXs. I haven't tried the C7s. The CXs are simple, quiet and shockingly turny. If they were any more turny, I'd be worried about going more than a few mph on them. Wheelbite is definitely a big issue though. So just be ready to use some risers.

I have a set of Originals. I was initially really impressed with the ride. They're super turny, though not nearly as good for pumping as the CXs (for me, anyway). They're also super heavy. They started to squeak a few days after I got them, and no matter what I do (I've done all the maintenance, sanding, greasing recommended on Original's website) I can't make the squeaking go away. The squeaking is SHOCKINGLY loud!

I know lots of folks love them, but I cannot recommend Originals.

[Ravn]

Funny that.. I got a set of Carver CX that squeak all the time - they may stop for a while when I grease the pivot cup and bushing faces, but they start again right after the next few kilometers of pumping .. my originals never did. They rattle on rough pavement though, and I wouldn't consider them a quiet truck either.
For turning the tightest, go Originals. I got them on a lowrider deck with a 45" wheelbase and it turns just as tight, if not tighter than my other deck with maybe 35" wheelbase and Carver CX.

[EBasil]

I have ridden, owned and liked every truck mentioned in this thread.

I teach a basic board-building class at UCSD, called Longboard Building 101. Students produce boards based on the 41" Roarockit Pintail. Shapes vary, but the wheelbase and concave remain the same. The boards in our Spring 2006 class were all built with Revenge Alpha I's. Wheels varied from 70-76mm, and we used 1/8" rubber risers only for vibration and board issues: no possible wheelbite at all wiht the 76mm wheels. The "Revenged" boards turn on a dime. They do ride slightly higher than a board with Randals and the risers necessary to run Gumballs, but only very slightly so. Of course, they ride notably higher than a Randal'ed board and 70mm wheels, even if the Revenged board has 70's. The boards have a very surfy, turny, killer campus board feel to them.

The Revenges would be GREAT on an Arbor. By the way, the boys at Arbor agree...

[Mile_High_Mark]

I've got some Revenge Type-II trucks mounted on a Subsonic/MHS Highland 42 board. With Pink Gumballs, zero wheelbite. Risers are a whopping 0.016". Sure, it rides a little bit taller than when it was equipped with Randals or Force R7's, but turns much deeper.

[tenterhook]

Funny that.. I got a set of Carver CX that squeak all the time - they may stop for a while when I grease the pivot cup and bushing faces, but they start again right after the next few kilometers of pumping .. my originals never did. They rattle on rough pavement though, and I wouldn't consider them a quiet truck either.
For turning the tightest, go Originals. I got them on a lowrider deck with a 45" wheelbase and it turns just as tight, if not tighter than my other deck with maybe 35" wheelbase and Carver CX.

Hehe, that figures You put on your squeaky Carvers, I'll put on my squeaky Originals, and together we can frighten small animals.