I made custom trucks from other trucks, and I had some machined to my design.
The crazy spring-loaded truck on the right was re-machined to be the like truck on the left.
I made the pivot pins and tapped them in. I also cut off the original pivot and machined it to a bushing seat.
I also machined off these keys, and milled another seat.
They are assembled on an Indy base plate and they are one-of-a-kind. From left to right, my modified 10" truck before machining off the big aluminum pivot. 6" Indy truck which donated basplates, original spring/cam action truck from Original Trucks.
The Original truck had a great action, for about five minutes. As soon as dust gets in the pivots it gets sticky. Total PITA but they were expensive, so I re-imagined them as really wide traditional trucks.
The Disco45 is a "sagboard". It is my #2 board for daily riding. It is so long that to turn it you must flex the board in the direction you want to go. The trucks are SurfRodz INDeez, made by an aircraft parts co from solid billet. They have mad steering. I cut the wheelwells with a router and chisel for more steering clearance.
Or you can do a tail slide if conditions allow and it will turn fast. This is a comfy and fast long distance board geared for old ashphalt. Every road has its texture and the best wheel or deck will vary a lot with conditions. These are not the fastest wheels, but they maintain speed over grit and debris.
The front truck is wedged up to make it steer more without as much lean. The back truck is wedged down to make it lean a lot without turning as much. This differential in setup makes it possible to pump this board forward with body english.
This deck was built, ply by ply, by Russ Owen of the Soda Factory in Rhode Island. Lots of fun on a ten miler.
But mid-board sag isn't totally controllable because you put your feet at the ends. It's not a precise or crisp handler.
This design has a notch that moves the sag action right in front of the rear foot It kicks up just a little, nose and tail. This is my design, cut from a pre-manufactured maple blank of my spec. It was the first of 3 I built, tuning this design.
This started the unfinished series Gods of the Bongo Congo.
BONGO: God of hard pavement. That noise you hear when your head hits the street is the mighty Drum of Bongo.
LONGO: The long distance Ocean Turtle-god propels himself through the water with huge sub-sonic drumbeats.
Bongo was built from this much longer board, and is 7 plys of hard rock maple, indiividually laid with TiteBond III, and vacuum pressed over a mold. This style is called a "dancer" and that's what it's for. Not my thing and I cut into it with great relish.
Hey, there's my Dad's old Scout! (The engine is seized since 1990's)
The crazy spring-loaded truck on the right was re-machined to be the like truck on the left.
I made the pivot pins and tapped them in. I also cut off the original pivot and machined it to a bushing seat.
I also machined off these keys, and milled another seat.
They are assembled on an Indy base plate and they are one-of-a-kind. From left to right, my modified 10" truck before machining off the big aluminum pivot. 6" Indy truck which donated basplates, original spring/cam action truck from Original Trucks.
The Original truck had a great action, for about five minutes. As soon as dust gets in the pivots it gets sticky. Total PITA but they were expensive, so I re-imagined them as really wide traditional trucks.
The Disco45 is a "sagboard". It is my #2 board for daily riding. It is so long that to turn it you must flex the board in the direction you want to go. The trucks are SurfRodz INDeez, made by an aircraft parts co from solid billet. They have mad steering. I cut the wheelwells with a router and chisel for more steering clearance.
Or you can do a tail slide if conditions allow and it will turn fast. This is a comfy and fast long distance board geared for old ashphalt. Every road has its texture and the best wheel or deck will vary a lot with conditions. These are not the fastest wheels, but they maintain speed over grit and debris.
The front truck is wedged up to make it steer more without as much lean. The back truck is wedged down to make it lean a lot without turning as much. This differential in setup makes it possible to pump this board forward with body english.
This deck was built, ply by ply, by Russ Owen of the Soda Factory in Rhode Island. Lots of fun on a ten miler.
But mid-board sag isn't totally controllable because you put your feet at the ends. It's not a precise or crisp handler.
This design has a notch that moves the sag action right in front of the rear foot It kicks up just a little, nose and tail. This is my design, cut from a pre-manufactured maple blank of my spec. It was the first of 3 I built, tuning this design.
This started the unfinished series Gods of the Bongo Congo.
BONGO: God of hard pavement. That noise you hear when your head hits the street is the mighty Drum of Bongo.
LONGO: The long distance Ocean Turtle-god propels himself through the water with huge sub-sonic drumbeats.
Bongo was built from this much longer board, and is 7 plys of hard rock maple, indiividually laid with TiteBond III, and vacuum pressed over a mold. This style is called a "dancer" and that's what it's for. Not my thing and I cut into it with great relish.
Hey, there's my Dad's old Scout! (The engine is seized since 1990's)
?High Five” for being a goofy foot rider like myself... since i’m like you and used to ride left foot front and push with right only... never got around to learning to skate regular as they call it...
