SKATEBOARD TRUCKS – EXPLAINED
When you have got a background in racing you actually begin to think about methods you possibly can refine a product and optimize its’ efficiency. Simply because one thing is nice sufficient doesn’t imply we’re happy with it. We’re prepared to place the additional time with R&D to search out methods to enhance the efficiency of your skateboard truck.
We began Bear Vehicles round 2004 for a wide range of causes. Primarily, the gear of the day wasn’t as much as the brand new model of freeriding and speedboarding our group was doing. Excessive pace drifting on giant wheels created forces that might bend hangers, and break baseplates.
Power and high quality weren’t the one points. To maintain tempo as driving kinds progressed, the vans would additionally want to supply exact steering in addition to high notch stability.
We began off with two fashions; the CNC’d aluminum Precision Smokie, for downhill racing and the Grizzly for freeriding, carving and cruising. Each featured stronger 10mm axles and confronted hangers making them a serious leap ahead for the business.
The Smokies, our high-end Precision vans, acquired continuous engineering time. Our group and engineers would strive wild new designs, stepping out of the field, and utilizing what they discovered to make enhancements to each manufacturing run. Group riders like Kyle Martin helped to replace the next-gen precision truck design, making it extra common for skilled degree Freeriding in addition to Speedboard racing. This model was named the Precision Grizzly.
Precision vans are the bees knees for high-performance driving, they make all of the distinction, however that a lot machine time isn’t low-cost. Their value was considerably prohibitive to new riders, and made it laborious for folks to have the very best degree gear on each board of their quiver. We needed to make a downhill truck with the energy of a precision however make it extra inexpensive to skaters. This led Bear Vehicles to develop the Kodiak; the primary absolutely cast downhill/freeride truck available on the market. Lighter and stronger, with all of the operate and exact match and end of Precision vans, the Kodiak’s set the bar for high quality craftsmanship and efficiency.
The Grizzlies adopted a really comparable path, fixed engineering and testing, resulting in revolutionary manufacturing and design enhancements. Whether or not bombing hills, or cruising the seaside, the identical consideration to element ensures the rider has a greater expertise. Wheels must be tight becoming, much less slop = extra enjoyable. To create a decent match, you need to spend extra on exactly sized axles, and confronted hangers, these are the issues we’ve carried out since day one. We finally built-in spacers into our Spaceballs bearings, making the match even higher, and simpler by eliminating free spacers and washers. As we speak we’re on Grizzly Gen 5. Each collection has seen enhancements to bushing seat, energy to weight ratio and look.
Our latest truck line is the Polar Bears. Landyachtz at all times featured boards that used a standard truck for metropolis exploring and bowl skating. Our completes usually got here out too tall, felt like they didn’t carve tremendous laborious and the axles would bend instantly when setup with out there vans. We got down to create a line that might be lighter weight, stronger, had a decrease journey top and a tougher carving geometry. The ensuing truck line enabled us to redefine how cruisers and mini cruisers ought to journey. Providing higher efficiency at a greater value has helped the Dinghy and Tug Boat develop into a number of the hottest cruiser skateboards on the planet. All the time striving for higher, we launched a titanium axle model of the Polar Bear 105 with a hole king pin, additional lowering weight and growing energy. The Titanium Polar Bear is offered on our Turbo Dinghy, if having the quickest cruiser is a requirement, look no additional.
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