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Tomás thinks most riders buy the wrong upgrade — new trucks when the bushings were the problem, a complete when it was the tape. Give him a spec sheet and he will tell you which numbers change how a setup behaves and which ones exist to be printed on a box. Dry, unimpressed, and willing to say when two options are close enough that the cheaper one wins.
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Nominal width is the one number every truck and deck listing confirms, and it is the least useful thing on the page. The five interfaces that actually decide whether your parts bolt together are the ones nobody prints.
A rider in r/Fingerboards asked whether normal skateboard bearing oil belongs in Piro and DGFB bearing wheels, how often, and how to get it in there. Here is what the makers actually publish, and the parts you have to ask them yourself.
Deli Decks' Type 2 trucks arrive in a blasted finish with two numbers separating them from the Originals. Here's what those numbers do to a setup, and what the listing still doesn't say.
A genuine-marble ledge for 36 from the Brookvale shop. Here's what the listing confirms, what stone does that plywood doesn't, and the specs you should ask for before you pay for shipping.
The 84's restocked at Index Fingerboarding in White and Neon orange: 8.4mm by 6mm, 70D urethane, ABEC-9 bearings. Here is what that size actually buys you, and what the listing doesn't say.
Jakepfb's Short asks what you'd put on a sub-scale Tech Deck. The honest answer starts with a caliper, and most of it comes down to tape and wheels.
Galo Fingerboard has listed a new truck line in red, sized for both 32 mm and 34 mm decks. Here is what the listing confirms, and the long list of things it doesn't.
A post in r/Fingerboards lays out a Dynamic baseplate, Blackriver hanger and Caramel/UAG tuning as a single build. Here is what the recipe actually tells you, what it leaves out, and how to test it on your own bench.
Dynamic Fingerboards' Dual Edition trucks run a longer one-piece axle built specifically for dual bearing wheels, at $56 a set. Here is what the listing confirms, what it doesn't, and who should care.
Pager-One built the Joycult x Creature David Gravette deck with Joycult x Independent trucks and the small Joycult wheels. Here's what the setup tells us, what it doesn't, and who should be chasing it.
Clairvoyant Skate Co. announced another run of its Dual Core Recycled Wheels for 11 a.m. Pacific on a Tuesday. Here's what's actually confirmed, what "recycled" and "dual core" might mean, and what to ask before you check out.
