A polished stainless steel truck scaled down from Independent's Stage 11, sold in pairs at 34mm, went back in stock at Teak Tuning on September 23 after being listed sold out the day before. It is an official Independent Truck Co. x Joycult collaboration, which puts it in a small category: a licensed miniature rather than a lookalike hanger with a familiar silhouette.
Joycult's Licensed Stage 11 Trucks Are Back at 34mm, in Polished Stainless
Joycult's officially licensed miniature of the Independent Stage 11 returned to stock at Teak Tuning on September 23 at $64.99 a pair. Full stainless hangers and baseplates, 60A urethane bushings, and a taller ride height than most fingerboard trucks.
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What it is
The listing is specific about construction, and light on numbers beyond the width.
- 34mm, sold as a set of two trucks — one pair
- 100 percent stainless steel hangers and baseplates, polished finish
- Scaled Stage 11 geometry, described down to the hanger profile and baseplate shape
- Taller ride height than standard fingerboard trucks, with a slightly shorter wheelbase
- 60A urethane bushings with matching urethane pivot cups
- $64.99, tagged no-discounts
What Joycult hasn't published, at least in this listing: a weight in grams, the actual ride height in millimeters, the kingpin material, or whether the bushings and pivot cups are sold separately as spares. The brand's case for the added mass is flip stability and grind lock-ins, and for the geometry, faster board response and more vertical pop. Those are the maker's claims, not a measured result.
The stainless steel also means they sound right on grinds, closer to a real skateboard than any plated or alloy truck.
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Why it lands
Sound is a real spec on a fingerboard, not a flourish. A truck's hanger material is what you hear when it meets metal coping or angle iron, and it is part of why some riders pick heavier metal over plated alloy even when the trick gets harder to flip. Joycult is selling that directly.
The polished finish is the other design decision worth watching. Polished stainless shows everything: the first ledge session will mark the hanger, and those marks stay. Some riders want that — a truck that records where it has been — and some want a truck that looks the same in a month. This one is the first kind.
Geometry-wise, a taller ride with a shorter wheelbase is a specific taste rather than a neutral default. Taller means more clearance and a longer travel through a turn; shorter wheelbase means the board answers quicker. The 60A bushings and matching urethane pivot cups are described as tuned loose and responsive out of the box with a clean snap-back to center, which reads as a setup aimed at riders who don't want to immediately start swapping bushings.
On width: 34mm is a common deck width, and the listing says the trucks suit 33mm, 34mm and 35mm decks. On a 33 you get a touch of overhang, on a 35 a touch of tuck — both normal, both a preference call.
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Details
34mm, set of two trucks, $64.99. Stocked at Teak Tuning, the Rochester, New York brand and shop, where the 34mm Joycult x Independent Stage 11 polished trucks were showing available at the time of writing. Joycult hasn't announced how long this run lasts or whether other widths or finishes are coming.
Sources
Reference links used for this piece. Confidence labels show how firmly each source is established.
- 1.34mm Joycult x Independent Stage 11 Polished Fingerboard Trucks
Teak TuningRetailer
Product listing with specs, price, restock status and variant availability; description copy is attributed to Joycult.
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