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milk Blossoming FBHQer
Posts : 342 Join date : 2014-06-02 Location : nj Setup : califingers
creamy goo
tdlb
oak wheels
| Subject: What is and isn't worth the extra money? Sun May 22, 2016 1:54 am | |
| Worth it: Oak wheels
Not worth it: Blackriver Trucks |
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JessM Supporter
Posts : 1271 Join date : 2013-06-07 Age : 29 Location : Jersey Setup : honeycomb, g6a's, fbs, td wides
| Subject: Re: What is and isn't worth the extra money? Sun May 22, 2016 1:58 am | |
| I feel like most things are worth it but two things stick out in my mind that aren't worth their money. 1) BRR Trucks and 2) Fingerboard Wax. I remember back when Flatface G7 wheels came out they were upwards of $60 and I thought that was pretty ridiculous too. |
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riptape. Blossoming FBHQer
Posts : 170 Join date : 2016-02-29
| Subject: Re: What is and isn't worth the extra money? Sun May 22, 2016 2:54 am | |
| - j peterson wrote:
- this thread is stupid its all ur opinion u can ride a techdeck and be cool u can ride brts and be cool
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Uncle Brigamini Blossoming FBHQer
Posts : 349 Join date : 2014-11-12 Age : 34 Location : NJ Companies : Witness. Fingerboards Setup : Witness. 32mm
BRT Wides w/Beta Bushings
Oak RV2 Wheels
| Subject: Re: What is and isn't worth the extra money? Sun May 22, 2016 4:47 am | |
| - milk wrote:
- Worth it: Oak wheels
Not worth it: Blackriver Trucks I would switch those around. |
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skatemaster231 Moderator
Posts : 1409 Join date : 2013-04-22 Age : 24 Location : internet Setup : D͐̏̋̐ͣ̐͊́͂̈́ͨ̏̋ͥ̆͑ͧ͘͜҉̺̙̹̞̗͚̤̻̫̼̳͖͔̩̤̘͇ǒ̱̰̳̟̟̞̜̖̬ͦ͌͂ͦ̎̅ͫ̑͂ͦͩ́̚̚͢ ̴̮͍̲̖̖̤̯͎͎͋̈́ͫ̂̊̇ͤ̆̓̌ͫ̐ͣͣ̆ͬ͌̚͡y̨̛̬̠̰̙̫̮̪̟͈̯̘͎̗̆ͪͫ̉ͭ̅ͫ͊ͩ́́̀o̶̶̘̝͇̜̝͓̞͉̰̫͚ͣ̽̄̀ͅu̷̡͙̜̳̠͈͕̹͗̊̏͑̿͌̓̇̽͂̄͋ͯ͂̍ͣ̂̓̀͘̕ ̣̳̭̝̻̣̤̫̣̠̦̙̦̲ͣ͂̃ͦ̑ͦ̃͂ͣ̓̇͒̈͘͠t̴̼̖̫̞͔̺͒̎ͯ͐͂͛̏̈ͦ̐ͧͭ̅͊̾ͣ͒́̚̚͘̕h̬̖̙͙̰͖̺͙̟͛̾̐̃ͦͪ̏ͧ͌̓͘̕į̶̻͖̠̟͔̟̦̝̜̞̄̇̏̂ͨ̋͂̕͟͝n̵ͨ͌͊̓̆̾͛̏ͬ̑̎̾ͭͮ̌ͫͩ̚҉̶̵̰̫̩̲͕̱̗͚͇̰ͅk͙̳̳͓̟̝̠̯̝͙̻͙̻̱̼͖̔ͧͤͩ̾̀͢͢͠ͅ ͥͫ͒ͧ̏ͯͮ̓ͬͯ̾̽̈̀ͥ́̀͘͠҉͈̩͍͔̲͖͔ț̶̛̛͎̜̜̰͙̰̝̝̦̪̜̅͌̋ͬ͌̄͜͞h̸̥͎̰̤̼̱̝̜̭̹͖̱̗̗̪̫̻͆̾̈̓̌ͮ̎̅̄̅͋̋̔̿̚̕i̡̩̬̰̹̩͓̩̣̱̗̹͑ͧ̾̿̂̚͟͡ͅs̐ͤͭ̐ͫ͋ͮ́҉̢͏̳̦̠͕̠͈̣͕̫͔̫͖͖̹̗̟͢ ̴̠͓̺̩̩̙̬̬͈̼̭̰͖̱̺̣̗̫̉͂ͪ̔̍̀ͫ̀̎̏̔ͯ̌̒̒ͩͧ́i̸͛͋̄̂͊͋͗͑͏͙̙͈̦͎̥̰̕s͂̍̑ͫ́̇͌̑̿̒ͦ̓̊͛̚̚̚҉̞̟̣̻̲̜̫̺͉̠̬̥̙̜̪̭́̕͞͡ ̧̖͔͕̹ͧ̐ͦ̎̊ͧ̽ͨͦ̒͐̀͞͡ͅą̛͈̞̪̖͓̣̫̰̠̤̖̠͉̪͔ͦͦ̅̐͐ͥ͂̓̋͒̔̄ͣͤ͂͂͆͊ͬ͟ ̡̛̱̦̗̫̯̻͓̭ͦ͒̐̒̆̇̉̀p̡ͤͮ͛ͫ͋̽̄̎̑͑̈̉̒͛̎͋̿ͮ̓͠͏͚̮̖͖̫̦͙͎̭̜͇̺̻̩̹̕r̴̵̡̟͖̫̝̘̜̝͇̙̦̝̪̞̍̆̃́ͦ̚͘͢o̷̧͔̪͙͓͔͓̞̘̺̟͇̳͎̦̩̣̻̩͓ͮ̅͊̉̽̄̍̋͐ͥ̓́͐̚͢b̡̥̞̳̙̠̞̘͉̼̤̘̝ͨͣ͌ͥͤ̍̓ͩ́̈́ͨ̅̓ͧ̅͢lͭ̿͂͛̄͐̈͗̑̓ͭ͆̉͋ͩ̿̋̇͡͡͞҉͔̼̻̣̝̜̭̖͕̙͈͓̖ͅeͣ̂ͭͤ͑̏ͬͨ̓҉̨̖̼̹͉̹͈͞ͅm̛͛ͦ̾̉̋́̊͐͐̂̐̎̄ͯͤ̚҉̡̻̳̤̥̪͎̹͔͉̝͍̫͖̺͓̬͙͜ͅ?̥̣̼͇̟̰̙͉̜̦̟̥̬̩͕̌̊̔ͬ̔̊ͩ̍̂̐̂͐̌̋ͩͩ͛́͡
| Subject: Re: What is and isn't worth the extra money? Sun May 22, 2016 5:55 am | |
| - Uncle Brigamini wrote:
- milk wrote:
- Worth it: Trucks
Not worth it: wheels I would switch those around. "Fixed" |
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Naviture FBHQ Beginner
Posts : 49 Join date : 2016-03-09 Location : My dorm Companies : NALA+ Ramps Setup : BW X-wide LOW + BRT 32s + Winkler Wheels Classics
| Subject: Re: What is and isn't worth the extra money? Sun May 22, 2016 2:20 pm | |
| From a practical point of view
Worth it: Decks, Wheels and Tuning (since the quality can affect your perfomance, your selection I guess is more on your preference)
Not worth it: Trucks (You can ride dump trucks on all setups and still have the same feel as any other imo they're more for the aesthetics I feel. And you'll be grinding this on all surfaces so expensive trucks just hurts a bit lol)
If money wasn't a problem lol point of view
Worth it: All of em'
Not worth it: China tape and anything else that just doesn't look handmade. |
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j peterson Every Day FBHQer
Posts : 865 Join date : 2012-03-27 Age : 76 Setup : @indextheory
| Subject: Re: What is and isn't worth the extra money? Sun May 22, 2016 8:19 pm | |
| this thread is stupid its all ur opinion u can ride a techdeck and be cool u can ride brts and be cool |
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Danny H Admin
Posts : 10411 Join date : 2009-07-13 Age : 28 Location : Leeds Setup : Blosom Split Ply
TNP Tape
Y-Trucks X4
Cartwheels
| Subject: Re: What is and isn't worth the extra money? Sun May 22, 2016 9:12 pm | |
| Worth it : Fleshlight
Not worth it : Anything else |
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riptape. Blossoming FBHQer
Posts : 170 Join date : 2016-02-29
| Subject: Re: What is and isn't worth the extra money? Sun May 22, 2016 9:15 pm | |
| - j peterson wrote:
- this thread is stupid its all ur opinion u can ride a techdeck and be cool u can ride brts and be cool
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milk Blossoming FBHQer
Posts : 342 Join date : 2014-06-02 Location : nj Setup : califingers
creamy goo
tdlb
oak wheels
| Subject: Re: What is and isn't worth the extra money? Mon May 23, 2016 12:43 am | |
| - j peterson wrote:
- this thread is stupid its all ur opinion u can ride a techdeck and be cool u can ride brts and be cool
so you're saying anything that isn't a tech deck isn't worth it? |
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j peterson Every Day FBHQer
Posts : 865 Join date : 2012-03-27 Age : 76 Setup : @indextheory
| Subject: Re: What is and isn't worth the extra money? Mon May 23, 2016 1:07 am | |
| - milk wrote:
- j peterson wrote:
- this thread is stupid its all ur opinion u can ride a techdeck and be cool u can ride brts and be cool
so you're saying anything that isn't a tech deck isn't worth it? a techdeck is everything, of course its worth it. most people got inspired to start because of them it is really what has started fingerboarding. im just saying "worth it" is really different for everyone and there no way to argue whats better then what other then how people enjoy how the item feels. you could base if off of how things are priced but some people gladly spend the 65 on brts and think its worth every penny. cheap fb stuff is cool expensive fb stuff is cool. no disrespect |
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JessM Supporter
Posts : 1271 Join date : 2013-06-07 Age : 29 Location : Jersey Setup : honeycomb, g6a's, fbs, td wides
| Subject: Re: What is and isn't worth the extra money? Mon May 23, 2016 3:55 am | |
| - Danny H wrote:
- Worth it : Fleshlight
Not worth it : Anything else PREACH |
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Turnt Part of the Furniture
Posts : 3168 Join date : 2013-06-07 Age : 33 Location : comin out da fax machine
| Subject: Re: What is and isn't worth the extra money? Wed May 25, 2016 8:39 am | |
| - JessM wrote:
- Danny H wrote:
- Worth it : Fleshlight
Not worth it : Anything else PREACH Worth it : Fleshlight Not worth it :Danny's mum for the night I JOKE I JOKE <3USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST. |
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akomplice FBHQ Beginner
Posts : 2 Join date : 2016-06-19 Setup : Woob
Joycults
Dump Trucks (temporarily)
| Subject: Re: What is and isn't worth the extra money? Sun Jun 19, 2016 9:22 am | |
| Worth it: good foam tape
Not worth it: black river trucks |
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InstaFinga FBHQ Beginner
Posts : 95 Join date : 2015-12-09 Age : 36 Location : Indiana Setup : Homewood 33mm High Mold, Wide BRTs, Oak RV2, Teak Tuning - CaliFingers 33mm, YTrucks, YWheels
| Subject: Re: What is and isn't worth the extra money? Thu Jun 23, 2016 6:16 pm | |
| I've used all sorts of trucks (Dump, Tech Deck, Y's) and honestly the BRTs have the best weight/feel to me. It made a huge difference in my flip tricks. The deck rotates slightly slower and the wheels fit better (Oaks). I only "ride" indoors and grind on metal or wood so I'm not concerned about ruining them. I can see why if you ride concrete that you wouldn't want to shred your BRTs, but to me they are worth it.
The only thing not worth it is spending full price on any of this stuff. Go on here or Instagram and get it slightly used for a bit off. My brand new BRTs were only $40 (yes, brand new in box). My other set were the same price. Oaks were around $20. I did buy the Y's brand new and that was dumb of me, but I sold them for $45 so I almost got my money back. It's all personal preference. |
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