the weight is the big difference. It will feel totally different, but not in a bad way. I got them specifically for the extra weight. Once you mess w/ the bushings and pivot cups and break em in, they feel awesome. Trying to get some more BRTs soon, but Obsius has my vote

Yeah Obsius is very well connected with the community. I remember being really hesitant about ordering them at first but after seeing how they took care of anyone and everyone (as far as I know) I was really confident in their trucks. I do like how when you catch and slam down a trick it makes that super satisfying "THUD". hahahaha

@@tcgene yea it’s very distinctive lol. That said, I don’t always want a heavy board, so BRTs are a good weight for my other setups. I always thought Dynamics were a little too light, but my buddy loves them.

Yeah it's super wild seeing so many different trucks, wheels, and decks compared to the selection it was back then.

Thank you thank you thank you!! I'm sure the dexterity built up from Balisong will transfer over very well to fingerboarding!! A lot of it does come from the fingers but the wrist movements is also very important.

I'm super happy that the people who have been waiting on this vide are enjoying it. When I was editing it I was worried it came off more as me rambling on and on. If you have any questions about any kind of product just shoot me a message or leave a comment. I'll be more than happy to answer as much as I can. Thank you very much for your feedback!!

Thank you thank you thank you!! Right?! There's a ton of options for everything now it's insane! I'm gonna do my best to try them all

Thank you thank you thank you!! Yeah I like that when fingerboarding is on youtube you can always come back to it. unlike the others where unless you saved it or know the profile once you lose it it's almost impossible to find again.

You can't go wrong with BRTs or Dynamics at all.

Yeah it's crazy having this many options!!

Hahahaha that's like 90% of my set ups. it's very hard to compete with brts and level up. well the blossom baseplates make it feel a lot better actually, but I may be a little biased lol.

Aww boo. yeah that's rough. sorry to hear that.

I'd say they are definitely worth trying at least once. not in a go out your way to get a hold of some but whenever they come across your path kind of thing you know?? BRT and Dynamic are still on top for me

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Oh dang. Yeah that kind of experience sort of kills the whole mood for them huh?? I see the people who either got good ones or he sent out free sets for replacements the trucks were solid. I haven't used those UAG trucks in a minute but when I busted them back out I forgot how smooth the grind is.

@@tcgene You got the v2 UAGs? I love the weight to them. So chunky. :D And yeah, the blistered thing was just to confusing for me. He should have tested a small bath of products and got them right before making them available to sell imo.

I heard really good things about those Leefai trucks. I haven't gotten around to those Hex trucks but I hear really REALLY good things about them. I'm sure I'll try out the blistered trucks at some point but idk when.

My number 1 go to spot for a complete is www.faymusfb.com/. Unless you live near an fb shop. They'd definitely have different decks you can try out before you buy them so you can get the feeling of what works best for you.

@@tcgene Awesome! Thanks for that suggestion, loving the dive into fingerboard culture

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I meant I’ve heard a lot of problems with blistered. Plus, I hate the fact that you have to take them off the board and use a tool on the nut and then a tool underneath on the kingpin screw itself in order to make them not an inverted kingpin standard. The SB trucks I haven’t been able to get my hands on but it really want to try.

And lastly, dynamic trucks are like Apple products they’re designed in the United States, but manufactured in China

I hate black river, so fucking much. Their wheelbase is so short that on the same set up any other truck would pop, easier, feel better, and just be all around more enjoyable. Compared to my dynamics they literally shorten the wheelbase by almost 4 fucking millimeters. Plus their stock bushings and pivot cups are absolutely horrible, The base plates are very very easy to strip, super easy axle, slippage, which I’ve had on multiple sets, in fact, all of my sets, but one had axel slippage, and lastly, if you want to change out the pivot cups, you have to takeoff the entire fucking truck meaning you’re even more likely to strip out the base plate. And you can say well the 3.0 have a thicker base plate to compensate for that. Well they don’t have threaded holes so you’re still gonna have to dig into the metal of shitload so I don’t know.

And sorry if I’m using poor grammar or whatever and just rambling, but I’m a little drunk. Either way dude if you’ve read this, I really appreciate your video even though I wish you would’ve talked more about the longevity, the softness of the metal, stuff like the fact that in order to get a truck to be polished it Hass to be powder coated with copper first so when you see trucks like dynamics that look like they’re starting to turn copper as soon as you grind them it’s actually normal and they’ll turn back to silver really quickly. Scott’s even said this to a bunch of people multiple times. I wish you would’ve talked about their stock bushings, I wish you would’ve mentioned stuff like how the white trucks at least the X fives have almost a completely hollowed out hanger making them super light, I wish you would’ve tried to put very similar decks together, or at least compared them in a way where we could see the difference in wheelbase between different trucks. I am the pickiest person ever and all of these things are things that I want to know before I’m gonna spend 50 bucks on a pair of trucks when I could just get dynamics instead and be happy. I just want the best/easiest/most comfortable set up for me personally but either way I still really enjoy your video man

And for some reason I can’t edit any of my comments, but I forgot to mention that I’m using voice to text along with again being a little bit drunk so this all just probably sounds stupid

A frame trucks

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true. 7.99 bodega staple. i find it best to get your set up situated before letting 1/10 of a gram keep me, er, i mean ya know, people, up at nite....

Yeah I thought about it but I was pretty sure i'd lose it. that's what happened to my tape measure

Thank you thank you thank you!! I was hoping i'd be able to answer some questions. I would say you'd get the same type of feel. the clearance of the kingpin is suuuper high so even if you tweak your pinched grinds like crazy you still wont come close to snagging that kingpin. when the brt hangers are on the Blossom baseplates they sit almost straight. I think it shortens the wheel base but a very negligible amount.

@@tcgene of course!! Good to know, I had a feeling that might be the case but if it’s like half a mm, like you said, that would be a fairly negligible amount. I am kind of surprised to hear you’re just done with Blistered due to the troubles. I held off on ordering them and then the issues presented themselves so I’m still happy I never bit the bullet. That said, I understand your stance but might be worth looking into for both of us after another year or so! I also don’t see myself stepping away from the Dyn/BRT combo haha

@@tophfb Hahahaha yeah that combo does go really hard. Yeah It might take a lot of time but I'm sure at some point I'll revisit those trucks maybe....possibly...I'd have to hear a lot more good stuff to give them another shot hahaha. In a respectful way of course. I tried to not make it like i'm throwing shade or anything.

Waddup Jam?!

Thanks!! It's a Poli deck

Woooooow!!! I totally forgot to bring that up!! I do plan on revisiting this subject and I'll make certain to not forget that.

Yeah I like the Caramel trucks a lot. I had no clue they had a locknut variant. That would help getting them exactly to the tightness I like.

I would say it's not worth it. the difference between Dynamic and BRTs are worth the extra 25 bucks. I mean if you're in a position where it's like they'll trade you a set of BRTs for a deck you don't use anymore or something like that then by all means give them a shot but I think sticking to what you already got is super solid.

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!!!!! No way!!!! I've heard of something like that happening but very rare. I'm sorry that happened. =(

@@tcgene all g. I just saw someone else had issues w/ them as well this week. The store I bought them from is letting me swap them out for some silver ones.

Check out my sponsor www.blossomsfb.com/ He makes a bunch of hardware in a ton of colors.

Yeah I can see that. I guess when trying to fine tune the boards to exactly how you like them it's easier to pick up on the differences. from the sound, grind feel, weight, all that stuff i mean.

never looked at it like that tech deck trucks sound pretty anoying and the screw sticks out way to much@@tcgene

on the bottom part of kingpin you mean? Cause I have also Vortex V3 and Kraken and don't want to stripe the base tbh

@@mvnfre_musicyes just put a little bit on the treads and wait for it to dry then screw it in, that fixed the problem with mine loosening after seshing and it shouldn’t strip it out as long as you’re very careful because vortex bases are easy to strip 🤙🏽

@@joshuabushyhead1115 Damn, too much money for those tbh

I'll try that out. I've been told to try the super glue thing on the baseplates for the hardware for stripped baseplates. Not sure why I didn't think to do the same thing for the kingpins lol. Thanks

@@tcgenefor baseplates I use these really flat and thin plastic toothpicks and cut the sharp tips of them off and and line them in the screw hole of the deck and through baseplate holes and screw it together. Use a razor to cut any excess off. But the toothpick pieces should fill out the looseness of the stripped baseplate holes.

For sure!! I'm finishing one up about decks and wheels will be up next!!

*chomp*

Hahahahaha. Nah it's not like that but yeah 0% interest from me. The other company is called like Kingpin or something like that. they are the ones who have a baseplate that uses screws and locknuts. so that way you don't strip the baseplates swapping different decks.

But anyway.. thanks for this vid, Which are your favorite trucks? What would u choose/ how would you put them from 1 to 3 between sb, dynamic and BRT? Without looking at budget.

Teak is a really solid point to start off at. If that's what's working for you there's no need to go any further. Yeah even the starter set ups that you can get are miles better than a stock techdeck for sure.

@@tcgene lol the irony of my own comment, i’ve decided to try out a new setup. i went with a deck i haven’t seen/heard much of anything ab, but it’s from slushcult so i have high hopes! also ordered dynamics but i like the feel of my teak wheels, i have new street shape w abec-9 bearing and they still ride pretty smooth! i’m excited to dive deeper into this community i didn’t know was still thriving this many years later :)

I haven't given those SE Dynamics a fair shot. I had one set i got when i first got back into fingerboarding and didn't like them. I don't remember what the reason was but I should try and find them.

@@tcgene they are def different from Regs even if at first glance you don't notice, from little things like the pivot itself, to the baseplate. I do tune mine heavily, but as a baseline, they are slightly heavier and lower than Regs. Best explanation I can give, is that riding Regs feels like skateboarding with a hollow truck, vs SEs feel like a standard non hollow. SEs feel beefier to me.

@@names2hard4you Gotcha!! yeah I didn't pick up on those differences a year ago hahahaha. I'm down for a beefier Dynamic for sure!!

I feel that. Since the 3.0's have come out I haven't had one single issue with them yet. my biggest thing was the baseplates.

@@tcgene I may shatter your illusion: If you have older silver BRTs, compare em with the newer silver ones. You’ll notice visible cast marks on the new hangers. I mean, cmon now, BRR 🤔

Yeaaaah they are really nice to use but not something for everyday use for me either. The polish on them is nuts though.

if we can get a clear Sunday hahahaha.

It doesn't work that way.

They're very much still in their research and development phase imo.

yeah it's super unfortunate. I had a friend grab a set as well and turned out the same way. Hopefully all the kinks get worked out at some point

Thank you thank you thank you!!