The Sabre Trucks Upgrade Kit - 180mm Forged Precision Split Angles is designed for anyone who already owns a set of Sabre Standard 48° trucks, and wants to supercharge them with forged hangers as well as split angles!
If you don't own those, you'll want the equivalent truckset rather than just this upgrade kit:
The future is here.
Split angle trucksets from Sabre Trucks have landed, and with it the gold standard for a longboard truckset has shifted.
And is that wasn't enough - it comes in Forged Precision too. Does it get any stronger, straighter, more flowy, stable or fun? Not for this price it doesn't.
If you've already got a pair of 48° Sabres, this kit is all you need to change it into a Split Angle setup, whilst bagging the upgrade to Forged Precision at the same time:
What are split angles?
A split angle setup simply means that the baseplate angle (or pivot angle) is not the same on the front and back truck.
In a regular/symmetrical truck set up, your front and back truck each do an equal amount of turning.
In a split angle setup, the front truck handles most of the turning whilst the back follows along.
But why is a split angle setup so good?
Imagine if you were driving your car down the motorway and when you turned the steering wheel, both your front and back wheels turned the same amount. Carnage!
It's much more stable to have the back wheels doing less turning and more following.
By adding all that stability in the back, you can loosen up the front whilst still feeling more solid and planted than before.
The end result is that split angle setups are:
- More agile at low speeds
- More stable at high speeds
- Easier to pump
- Carve with more lean, closer to the feeling of a snowboard or surfboard
What is the downside of a split angle setup?
It feels a bit naff to skate backwards! You certainly wouldn't want to do that at any speed. For disciplines of skating that demand a lot of time in fakie (transition, dance/freestyle, freeride), you're better off sticking to a standard symmetrical truck setup.
So there you have it...
Everything you need to ride a split angle setup - including spare bushings and washers so you can ride harder in the back, or even double barrels, and still have all the washers you need to do it.
You'll notice a lot of Lush Longboards completes now come with this split angle truck setup as standard. No matter your experience levels, it skates better. It's easier, more fun, more flowy, more stable... I could go on, but I'd rather go skate them!
Price for one truck. You need two trucks per board.
