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  • Xttp://oldmanskater.blogspot.c­om/2011/10/review-slip-tape-an­d-tensor-r2-trucks.html

    Take a look here. May be this setup would solve the prob.

  • that board looks like an 8... just saying

  • There is nothing wrong with being lost in your own brain, it just makes your life more enjoyable

  • You are insane and lost in your own brain

  • what wheels are those?

  • i need to know what size trucks to buy with and 8 inch wide board anyone want to be nice and tell me?

  • @xXsixfoothobitXx get a 7.75 because its better to have trucks smaller than the board. 5.2 in venture size and 129 in independent size.

  • @ventuskeywielder why would you want your trucks smaller than the board? just buy trucks that fit its easier to grind with trucks that fit your board.

  • @xXsixfoothobitXx buy trucks that fit the board buy 8 inch wide trucks

  • are tensor trucks tight cos i like my trucks tight as fuck?

  • @pisshand050794 nope loose as fuck. haha

  • My Local Trucks Are Better Than That Trucks Ive Been Using It On Flat By A Year It Doesent Crack Yet!

  • so, buy the board, use your old trucks?

  • thanks dude u made me me think twice about buying them, its funny coz your reviewing tensor trucks while wearing an independent ring. anyway nice vid

  • @PunkRockProphet

    Ha, yeah... I'm always wearing that ring.

  • @PunkRockProphet i would buy them to be honest this video was 3 and a half years ago, tensor has fixed them, i had a pair once, great trucks

  • is small time skates where u got ur shirt?

  • @tacoVneck

    my tensor's did the same thing so i changed my bushing and it dont do it anymore.

  • he has a indy ring

  • it really bugs me when people say they snapped this deck its super light and thin what you exspect when your landing not on the bolts :)

  • BUY INDEPENDENT THERE WAY BETTER

  • dude u looked high as hell infront of small time skates

  • @tacoVneck

    I could see that as a pretty good theory, generally speaking... in this case the trucks were still in development, and though in my case the alloy was a bad batch (@ least that was the info from Dwindle, they did offer to send some from a newer batch).

    I do see where you're coming from though... deign and materials play a crucial role, but maybe all of that energy passing through less mass (light decks/trucks) does more damage since there's less stuff for the energy to go through...

  • @grimcity

    err... deign=design, heh. Cheers taco, interesting point to think about!

  • @grimcity My tensors did the same, they absolutely just shattered. Done. I hate tensors. I ride Indy's the most.

  • @FuckYourCouchNig

    Yeah, I'm a big fan of Indy and Thunder myself... can't really go wrong with 'em in my opinion!

  • @grimcity Indy's are FTW

  • @FuckYourCouchNig yaaa!!

  • @FuckYourCouchNig bro i fockin luv ur username lmfao fuck yo couch nigga

  • @FuckYourCouchNig yeah man thts all me and my friends say at school lol

  • @CronicxGnarsesh IM RICK JAMES BIIIITCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • you probably got defective trucks. tensors are one of the best and strongest trucks out there

  • @toothpick66

    Dwindle said the alloy was bad. The trucks were still pre-market... they were samples.

  • Rodney Mullen is gonna try to ban this video.

  • @delio182

    Hah, nah he's cooler than that! Steve Douglas from Dwindle was one of the first people to see the review, and if he's cool with it then it'll be up for a while! Cheers homie!

  • stop talkin u mad annoying just ride god damm!!!!

  • @sk8freak425

    It's a review.

  • i was thinking about buying tensor trucks and i was woundering if i should replace the bushings with other ones or should i keep the initial bushings?

  • @knarkrew

    Check out what @r3ynoldsisdaboss said... it's all up to you homie... we all like different flavors, you know? Just see what you like... and if you wind up needing new bushings then you're only out a couple of bucks.

    Also, keep in mind that it can take a good week or two (or longer) until your bushings have truly "broken in," just see how ya like 'em stock, and if you don't like them after a while switch them later on. Keep in mind, the review trucks were still in development.

  • everybodys taste is different thats what makes skateboarding great no one can say get this or dont get that because its diffrent for every one

  • @r3ynoldsisdaboss

    Well said!

  • @grimcity thanks buddy keep up the good work!

  • @r3ynoldsisdaboss

    Not work, just geeking out over skating, haha! Fun as hell!

  • @grimcity hey i couldnt agree more!

  • i have tensor response and for me i tighgten them alot, and they feel semi loose.

  • i have response tensors and they're sweet. i had to spend alot of time adjusting them to my liking as they were to lose out of the box. but still tensors are the best trucks ever!!! :)

  • I have tensor magnesiums and i love them lol

  • @10wnuatgh123

    I'm not trying to come across as "don't ride this, ride these..." because I appreciate the fact that not everyone has the same tastes in hardware... the videos are reviews of my on and off camera experiences with whatever is sent to me.

    Meaning... I don't rag on anyone riding different stuff. I just throw out my opinion and try to show everything being skated on (enough to show the type of skating I do, and people of diff skill levels can base their opinion on the worth). Peace!

  • btw They dont make Crimsons anymore it just WON'T break

  • I like my Trucks loose and fat I have a Crimson 8.0 with Tensor trucks IDK what that dudes Talking about with the Trucks they're awesome

  • @EmceeKizzle

    My shattered baseplate wasn't very awesome. Anyway, just my opinion, I'm not telling people they have the wrong gear if I don't like something... we all dig on different things, that's just what makes skating better to me... we have individual preferences.

  • @EmceeKizzle

    ehh its all about the 8.5 thunders that's wheres it's at

  • I just got a set of Tensors and they do feel different than Indys and Ventures. I hope mine don't break so fast. LOL

  • Honestly, I hate Tensors and I hate the Uber Light decks. You pretty much hit the nail on the head for me when you described the trucks in the beginning of the video, and out of all the other trucks I've seen my friends ride, Tensors always break the most. I got an Uber Light deck for christmas last year, and honestly I hated it. I still rode it as long as I could until it broke after about a month and a half, and throughout the entire time I was on it the board just felt unnatural and plastic.

  • thats why i always skate independent

  • this is why ya kick in some indy stage 10's.

  • @VurtOffWalls8138 speak the truth!

  • so are the trucks good if you replace the bushings?

  • @WheelsAndDecks

    Besides breaking, I personally hated the way they rode. It's not the bushings, it's the geometry that the trucks are designed to turn in. To me, sort've funky in a not-so-good way. But that's just me.

  • @WheelsAndDecks I ride Tensors, and the bushings sucked real bad. The bushing washer started cutting into them, and they didn't return to center very well. They felt stiff, but still loose.

    I replaced them with Bones medium bushings, and they ride smooth now.

  • why does everyone use that weird fish eye cam!!!

  • @billbobkid2

    It allows you to fit more into the screen.

  • looks totally baked at the end

  • @Menelyagor12

    Baked as in tired as hell, yeah. I wasn't blazed out though.

  • the thing about uber light.. it wasnt made for street or vert.. it was made for flatground

  • My tensor magnesiums work cause I use them what they are made for-you guessed it freestyle. And grimcity for pogos and other flatground would you recomend the über light for freestly. Plus I know that skate park and live in new Orleans. Dreamland Hammond all the way!!!

  • there was aparently loads of bad batches of tensors .. the new responce magnesiums are really light and good .. im going to buy my second pair although I might replace the bushings and bushing plates. anyone got bushing recommendations? i heard do do's are good

  • damn that just proves my point from the last video. tensors really SUCK!! lol awesome reviews on everything though.

  • very good review. well explained. 

  • If the baseplate on the trucks didnt break woulde you recomend these trucks and woulde you like these trucks other than any other trucks

  • @exy4fireman Before they broke, I hated them more than any truck I'd ever ridden. They don't carve, the turn they do have seems off, and bad alloy or not, I still can't get over the fact that they broke so quickly.

  • @grimcity i have tensor magneisiums and thay work prety good to me so i dont know if theres a differance bettween the ones you rode and the ones i have

  • Don't muck about! Buy independents and thank me later.

  • @ransomdave every pair of indys ive had seemed to stick in place when i turn and make the front wheels come off the ground when i even slightly put my weight to one side. i dont know if this is a fluke and im unlucky but if all indys are like that i would not buy another pair.

  • @OpticalFilms if you ride tight all trucks are gonna do that. to fix that problem dont ride tight.

  • @alecxg They only do that when there loose, i like loose trucks but i have to ride them tight or they do what i said below so im guessing that means i do just have faulty trucks?

  • @OpticalFilms really thats weird. ive always liked them and i always skate them as loose as they go, so i could just be faulty or you just need new bushing or something like that.

  • tensors are light but they break to easy

    like me i bought them cause i thought they were the best

    but im not that good and mine snapped on a THREE step they suck!!!

  • the truck is brken cuz of da clackin duh cheap trucks man

  • Try changing the bushings if u havent

  • @DarknessRising99 I don't change anything on review equipment... gotta keep it stock the way they're made.

    On a personal note, I just stay away from Tensors.

  • im about to get some purple tensors lo sliders with my almost double impact...im also getting some ricta naturals 51 mm...

    for me...thats a perfect setup...i love small wheels and i love light decks... what do u think?

  • u inspire me im a rather large person and im not to good but u inspire me

  • @MichaelSkater456

    You inspire me too, homie! No worries either... a bunch of the dudes I roll with are what you might call "big fellas" and it doesn't mean anything... as long as you're good enough to have fun, you'e as good as you need to be!

    Roll forever Michael, thanks for taking time to write man! Cheers!

  • @MichaelSkater456 check out Andrew Cannon - he fucking shreds, hes a big guy too

    daewon's not a skinny dude either - Daewon.

  • lol u look baked wen ur infront of the skate shop

  • thats happen cause you dont using pads

  • this should be a world record, lol.

  • well im never getting tensors after watching this lol

  • For bushings, I just re use the same pair of yellow Doh-Doh bushings. I really want to try the tensors out. I know someone who skates them, and they look great. I have a birthday coming up, should I ask for them? Or something else? Are the Destructo Magnesiums good?

  • @ChadMuskaKIllit Re Using the bushings will save you a bunch of time trying to break in bushings.

  • OH NO TENSOR MAGE BUT FUCKED SIDEWAYS

  • same thing happened to my wit my tensor mags. u havta buy new bushing for them

  • ive shattered 2 sets of destructo base plates, in a row. on those same 2 sets of destructos , the hangers broke as well. this happened within 1 week of skating manual pads and flat. great feeling trucks, the destructo lows, but i was astonished as to how fast they broke. im skating the theeves right now and still breaking in the bushings.

  • look it to some doh doh bushings

  • does anyone know a deck and trucks for a heavyer set person? i am about like 5'6 and weigh like 145.... hmm and i rly like 2 sk8... let my friend use my board and he snapped it.. x.x any ideas?

  • @undeadlover21

    I'm about the same height, maybe an inch or so taller, and I weight 165. I can vouch for Thunder, Indy, Venture, Krux and Destructos in my own experience.

    As far as decks, I'm partial to the Deluxe brands, as well as boards that are pressed by P-Stix, Southern Manufacturing, Watson, Chapman, Bareback and Acme.

  • Thanks for your advise man :D

  • girl, active, i usually ride those and they last a good while

  • @undeadlover21 look up almost impact decks

  • @undeadlover21 Try a lib tech board expensive but really strong

  • @undeadlover21 try a flip p2 deck and silver trucks

  • @undeadlover21 Black label and bird house are ok but for trucks listen to this guy he knows alot more than me on that note

  • you should get indipendant trucks and either a deathwish or anti-hero board

  • Indies are the best!

  • I tend to enjoy Indy's as well.

  • destructo's are my favourite.

    and yes rodney mullens fav truck is destructo. or atleast they wree

  • this is y i dont like tensor trucks

  • woow i can't believe how bad that baseplate cracked mahn, and i just ordered some tensor sliders anthracites earlier!, i also got my first bamboo deck with it, should be an interesting ride, i hope the trucks'll hold up!, gr8 review anyway mate!

  • I've only ever broken my trucks at the hangar as you called it. but the setup itself was pretty crappy anyway and it was super cold out too.

    So far I'm really liking the review. It'd be nice if you could do more on the huge variety of board types out there cuz I really don't know how to compare something like a helium to an armorlite, etc. Specificly I'd like some more information on bamboo decks.

  • Concerning the bamboo decks, check out my review on Skate Season Distribution. The deck wasn't entirely bamboo, but it did have bamboo in it. I have more reviews coming down the line, they just take me a while to do because of work, my wife, and my own skate time off camera. I will have some unique products coming soon though! I only really review things that are sent to me, since I only buy shop decks or products from Deluxe (and occasional flow from both). I'll review anything, though. Cheers!

  • i had a base plate break before it sucks on my destructos

  • u try tensor magnesium response? cus i love those trucks and i skate hard and i never broke them

  • hey man awesome review you should do a review on the new flip spring loaded pop boards

  • I would really love for you to do some reviews on Destructo Trucks. The regular, magnesium, and the new D2's would be sweet.. You can compare them to all of the other brands you have rode. It would be extremely insightful.

    Great review, by the way. Thanks.

  • Thanks for the kind words, brad, I appreciate it!

    I'm working up a board review right now, they just take me forever to complete (I have to film these around my job and off camera skate sessions), plus I like to give the thing being reviewed a couple of weeks worth of testing. I actually like the regular Destructos (they're the only ones I've ridden at this point). I've had three sets and they turn & grind fine... broke a kingpin once, but that'll happen. Happy new year! Cheers!

  • i got my first stage tens about a week a go love em but i still use my stage 8... and im ordering a pair of tensors as i speek and i will never go wit any thing but indy and i want to try the forged trucks .. but i need to know the diff and there are no reviews on em yet but i hear they r gonna start makin stage 10 out of the forged if they keep selling

  • Why are you ordering Tensors if you ride Indy? Just curious.

  • i just wanted to try them i waited for them to get better but i like indys but want somthing to go on this shity deck with rucas trucks so i got tenso to just see...and btw have you tried the indy forged

  • Nah, haven't tried the forged out, but they ride the same since the kingpin and turn are all at the same angle/radius as the regular ones. Sick trucks for sure... one thing though, if you like turning and carving (on Indy) I really don't think you're going to like Tensor very much. They simply don't carve... it's hard to explain but you'll see.

  • I love tensors cuz Im a flatground tech banger, love games of skate and loading docks and grinding ledges. But I Bought the first set of tensor magnesiums and they broke too and I was told it was like a beta version I was like "why would i be sold a test subject?" so i got bummed and used my old pair of Krux. The mags were out for about 6 months more and I bought em again and they were perfect. No Breaking! I can tell theyre not the same as the first ones i bought which were ridiculously light.

  • i like tensor and independents

  • have you tried the new forged indys i hear if they keep selling them thats how there going to make all there trucks witinin the next year

  • i like krux and thunder

  • so do u recomend me getting the deck

  • krux alll the way for me. they just feel so...nice!

  • I have always ridden independent trucks, in the 80's and now that I'm starting to skate again I've got a set of independents trucks.I used to grind a lot over granite kerbs and do ollies falling onto the kerb and I've never broken an indy truck. I've never met someone who has ever broken an independent truck but I've seen friend of mine breaking a Gullwing or Tracker's in the 80's. Now there're more companies.However, I still trusting indy's I bet for something I know that works pretty well.

  • tensors r good trucks sliders r made for street respons is made for more tansishon

  • Response trucks are not made for transition. They have the same kingpin geometry as the regular ones with the sliders.

    All of the information (as well as the board and trucks) came directly from Dwindle Distribution, with the exception of my comments about the gear.

  • i hate the response i like the mags but indys are the best and ive had a pair for 6 years and gave em to my son

  • Yeah, it's all tastes... I tend to be a big fan of Indy's myself. They just turn so damned proper!

  • have u tried venture super light people say those are good ,what yo opinion

  • Thunders or Indy's. Don't mess with anything else. just a waste of money. tensors are like destructos.

  • Yeah, you can't really go wrong with Thunder or Indy... good shit for sure!

  • ive had nothing but bad experiences with tensors their just not worth the extra money u pay for them.

  • Fuck, I can't believe you broke them so fast.

    Independant Stage 10's!

  • I couldn't believe they broke either... especially since I never left the tennis courts (and barely landed anything). It was supposedly a bad batch of alloy, but I've had a comment or two since I made this vid from homies saying the same thing happened to them too... hmmm...

    But yeah, Indy... what else is there to say? They're just great. They're my truck of choice as well.

  • i just skate independent

  • I ride with Tensor Mullen Slider Pro Lo Trucks. They are amazing especially with the setup I got. Chocolate deck, those trucks, pig stripped wheels(Sometimes I ride with my darkstars alot better) reds bearings and true stripped grip tape oh yeah and some bones hardcore bushings and shortys punk bolts. Great setup

  • destructos all the way

  • does tensor have a life long warrenty

  • tensors are awesome, i hate the bushings though

  • ive heard they break really easy and wear away fast i skate ventures and they dont take as long to break in and they gring and last long

  • yeah i know what you mean im go for bones hardcore bushings make my board turn like a dream lol

  • I had a pair of tensors before, they were some baby blue lows, and i did not loosen them, i just rolled around for about 3-4 days, didnt even pop a single ollie, first to break in the bushings and then i loosened the to fit how i like em, and it worked and then i skated the shit out off my set up. and i still have em, and that was a a good two years ago. but i dont ride em anymore, i got on page and started to ride Ventures.

  • neal did the uber light have massive pop

  • tensor trucks rocks.

  • You have to always tighten tensors before you skate. Ride them tight, because they get loose while you skate.

  • Yeah, they were relatively tight (compared to how loose I normally rid trucks) so even if the trucks I had hadn't been faulty, I don't think the trucks suit the type of turning and carving I tend to do. Everyone has a particular taste in what they like and the type of skating they do, these just aren't designed for me. I think it's sick that we have so many options though.

  • tensors are made in china, that prob doesnt help

  • I tend to agree with that. Cheers!

  • howdo u get one of those boardsand i tried to get one but couldent find them eney where because i want a board that will last a long time an wount break .

  • damn, i ordered a pair of responses yesterday and regret it. ive heard if you break tensor trucks you can send them to the company for new ones. does anyone know anything about this?

  • i doubt that i think thats destructo only sorry bro but i dunno i think tensors are strong but theyre great trucks

  • Only destructo and indy does that bro/

  • fuck i hope my new trucks wont do that to me

  • It's a review. I have to talk because I lack telekinetic abilities.

    My humble apologies for forcing you to watch.

  • dude i think it was just a chance base break because my tensors are perfect. and how didnt he notice the break while he was talkin shit? cuz he is just bias against tensor.

  • If you watched the whole thing you'd see that it was because of a bad batch of alloy.

    Regardless, a bias against Tensor wouldn't make them break within 45 minutes on flat. I didn't notice they were broken because they just felt like they were loosening up... breaking them on flat was the last thing I'd expected. If you don't like my vids, skip over them, but I'm not a liar.

  • No, you are just retarded and think he's talking shit when he's nicely stating the outcome. Grimcity knows what he's talking about and those trucks broke on flatground in the first 45 minutes.

    I'd conclude they were pretty shit considering tensors have a bad reputation for having no turn already.

  • OK everybody listen to me! tensor trucks are for going down hill where you dont need to carve as much and tensor take away the speed wobbles when you go extremely fast. tensors are also for just street where you dont need to carve as much. well thats it!

  • they definately are not bad trucks by any means. I own a pair of the magnesium responses. They work wonderfully if you are looking for a truck that responds like they do. Its definately not a bad thing. Just different. Im on my second pair of tensors and the only problem i had was with my old sliders the plastic piece would break off on ocasion. Ive ridden many differnt pairs of trucks indy destructo, etc and tensors provide the feel im looking for. and who gives a shit how light they are.

  • Are tensors tight trucks or they just don't turn? Tensor vs. venture how would they compare.

  • As far as turning goes, they don't compare at all. If you like turning and carving, avoid Tensors (imho).

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  • my tensers re a differnt kind i got the new 1s and there perfect i dident even need to break them in they were just perfect

  • That shop looks sick.

  • ive had my response for while they work excellent

  • 5:12 maybe its you

  • According to Dwindle Distribution (reported in the video), it was the alloy. You're simply not