I regularly skated 57mm wheels with no problems at all with that setup in bowls and on the mini ramp. I skated a 8.8" board with 9" Destructo D2s (with a height of 51.25mm) with no risers and medium/loose trucks. Then, if you start getting wheelbite, you can mount the risers. I recommend starting with no risers, but bring the risers and your tools to the park with you, making sure you have 1" or longer truck mounting bolts. However, with deep concave (like the concave on Deluxe boards) and medium/loose 139mm trucks (5.2), you can probably skip the risers altogether. With medium concave boards and very loose 149mm trucks (5.8), 56mm wheels are the biggest you can go before wheelbite will stop you. The Venture high trucks' top washer design prevents wheelbite by contacting the hanger when leaned all the way. The height of Indy forged hollow trucks is 51.25. The Height of Venture high trucks is 53.5mm.
Ventures are high and have a long axle displacement. Here they are mounted my Creature 8.26" deck with some 52mm Kontrol wheels. No hangup design apparent on the side view: big bottom washer tucked inboard of the baseplate, top washer and kingpin nut tucked deeply into the yoke. Lots and lots of clearance between the grinding surface and the kingpin nut. Kickflips and varials were great, too, on par with what I feel when I skate the 5.2 low trucks, with just a slightly slower rotation on the flip. The 5.2 highs give a lot of pop to ollies and nollies, though as with all Ventures, it takes slightly more effort to push down on the tail or nose. The Venture 5.2 high trucks impart a longer wheelbase on the board, making landings stable and causing the trucks to be very forgiving of misplaced feet. They turn fast, deep, and surfy with no wheelbite and high-precision stability that sets wherever you want to set them on the turn or carve. Skating the trucks, they feel exactly like the Venture 5.8 high trucks with just a slightly faster yaw on kick turns. Note the bigger "V" logo with "VENTURE" inside.ĭeluxe's Venture 5.2 High trucks have the same specifications as the old Ventures. Note the inverted "v" logo.ĭeluxe Distribution's Venture 5.2 High truck. Street Corner Distribution's Venture 5.2 High truck. Deluxe has the big "V" with "Venture" written on them, while Street Corner had the small "v". Deluxe's Ventures are easy to distinguish from Street Corner Distribution's Ventures by the look of the Venture logo on the Hanger.
I decided, based on Deluxe's watchful eye on the Venture 5.8 trucks, to try a set of Venture 5.2 High trucks. The stock bushings firm up pretty quickly, but they can be replaced with any soft bushings to retain the awesome turning and responsiveness you experience in the first few days of riding the Ventures. Deluxe redesigned the hanger and brought their good bushing knowledge from Thunder trucks over to Venture, providing some of the best stock bushings out there. If you've been following the 149 truck comparison, you'll know that the Venture 5.8 trucks are really, really good trucks that benefit from being surfy and turny with no wheelbite and perfect stability. Well, that was before Deluxe Distribution took over Venture Trucks. I remarked that the Venture 5.2 highs felt entirely unlike Ventures and were even not that great in general. Venture is therefore Indy's little brother.In an early review, I reviewed a triplet of Venture trucks, including the Venture 5.2 High. One of the reasons Venture has been able to produce quality trucks at a reasonable price is that they share the foundry created by INDEPENDENT. In 1992 Venture released the Featherlight, the first LOW truck in history.
With such a team, Venture had to innovate and produce a truck even more intended for Street. Soon all the pillars of Street Skating began to ride Venture: Jason Lee, Mark Gonzales, Ray Barbee, Sean Sheffey, Mike Vallely, etc. Until the day Mark Gonzales decided to ride Venture. Venture really started out as an underground brand that didn't even advertise. “Right from the get-go, we geared toward the street team,” said Keith Cochrane, original teamrider who would become co-owner and team manager a few months after the brand's launch. It was therefore necessary to offer a new type of equipment adapted to this new discipline.
Finished the freestyle and the green would die slowly in favor of the Street. They wanted it to be simple and less expensive than the products then available on the market while maintaining impeccable quality.Īt the same time, the practice of Skateboarding was in the process of changing. At the beginning of the 90's, Eric Swenson and Fausto Vitello (creators of INDEPENDENT TRUCKS CO.), Got to work on a new Truck.
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