The K5 is available for preorder. It’s the product of 3 years of research; A culmination of cooperation between the greatest minds in longboard engineering. A new Aera.
The precision truck market has always been a thriving one. It’s come a long way from the first precision trucks back in the 2000s and Aera is one of the best measures of innovation in the modern truck market. Aera strives to be the strongest, lightest and best precision longboard truck, and with every iteration they only get better.
Rogue incorporated community and team-rider feedback into a recent update of their precision trucks. Geometry and the insert bushing concept remain the same while improvements focus on making the trucks more usable and lightweight. Read our guide to the best longboard trucks to learn more about the best trucks.
The bushing seat features a new chamfer allowing for easy assembly or dis-assembly with less contact from the kingpin. In an effort to reduce weight, material was removed from the baseplates and reliefs were milled into the hangers. While these adjustments lower the weight of the assembled truck, Rogue was careful not to compromise any strength or integrity. You can be confident they’re right thanks to their lifetime no-bend guarantee.
Available Truck Sizes
The new precisions are available in 160MM or 180MM hanger widths with 15°, 30°, 43° and 50° baseplates. Each set ships with 87a, 90a and 93a Venom tall bushings so you can dial them in to your preference. Also included are 93a insert bushings and 93a pivot cups. Kingpins and axles are pressed in and the axles are now secured with dual set screws. You may have seen dual set screws before the update: Rogue introduced this feature on the last production run of the trucks before the update.
Hit the link and grab a set from Full Circle Distribution. Rogue will throw in a free t-shirt with your order!
UPDATE: New photo of the chamfer added!
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When one speaks of luxury trucks, SKOA isn’t an uncommon name. SKOA revolutionized the truck game by not only creating utilitarian and functional precision trucks, but by also designing eye-candy.
The New Skoa Vertex
The new SKOA Vertex reverse-kingpin trucks combine the design of the existing Stream7 and M.Spec designs to give you a mix between grip, controlled slip and the classic SKOA stability at high speed; all the while keeping the classic SKOA I-Beam portfolio to guarantee maximum strength and minimum weight.
The SKOA Vertex has 1.5 degrees of positive rake and features race-oriented oversized pivot cups to give more support, durability and dampening. They also come equipped with tall SKOA bushings. All urethane parts are in 90a durometer and are hand-poured by SKOA in their manufacturing plant.
Hangars are available in 172mm or 178mm and baseplate combinations are available in 47 degrees symmetrical and also in a 47 degree and 42 degree split native. Grab a set at the link!
Skoa Vertex Front Angle
Skoa Vertex Back
Skoa Vertex Front
Skoa Vertex Back Angle
We are talkin’ premium, precision trucks. SKOA has nailed it with the engineering of the Vertex trucks and with the asthetics. We can’t wait to see these on a board. You can buy them directly from SKOA as well.
Are you rocking SKOA Vertex trucks? Tag LongboardEnvy on Instagram and tell us how they feel. and tell us how they feel.
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Caliber Trucks recently released a new traditional-kingpin truck with an emphasis on lightweight performance. The new Standard Hollow is nearly identical to their original Standard but features hollow, heat-treated axles and kingpins. The new axle and kingpins shave 35g or more of weight from each truck when compared to it’s Standard counterpart. Heat treating the axle and kingpin allows them to accomplish this without compromising on strength.
The new hollows are available individually in the following widths at the link:
135MM: $23.50
148MM: $23.75
160MM: $24.0
They come equipped with 8-hole baseplates and 92a Blood Orange bushings just as the Standards.
Caliber Trucks – Hollow Standard – Side & Baseplate
Caliber Trucks have made it rain quality trucks! Between their Hollow, Standard, Precision and the Caliber II, they’ve designed a collection of trucks that covers different hanger, baseplate, and weight. If you’re looking for some trucks made for speed, make sure you look at the Caliber II Forty Four.
The thing we really love? They work with Blood Orange to deliver high quality product. We love a good collab and Caliber Trucks does it right. They’ve been working together since the beginning.
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Randall Trucks announced over the weekend that they’d be releasing the completely redesigned RIII on April 1. That’s roughly two weeks from the time of this writing and since they’re already up on Randall’s website, it seems legit. Randall trucks have been around since the 1970s and have long been one of the standards. Most, if not all, longboarders have ridden or own an RII. The RIII marks an exciting redesign.
New Design Changes for Randall Trucks
The trucks feature a new baseplate with dual mounting holes on both ends for a little adjustment. They also lack the wings found on the RII baseplates, allowing the RIII to be drop-mounted on more boards. The hangers have been redesigned with stronger axles, machined bushing seats and pivot pins.
The bushing seat has also been redesigned and appears to be a lot tighter. The kingpin is now mounted nut side up. New bushings and pivot cups round out the RIII for what will surely be another killer offering from a legend in skate equipment. Grab a set at the link on release day, April 1st!
Randall Trucks – RIII
Randall Trucks – RIII
Randall Trucks – RIII
Randall Trucks – RIII
These are great trucks for downhill longboarding and engineered right here in the USA. Stay in touch for even more gear reviews.
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