The latest from Sabre Trucks - the Sabre Standard 180mm 28 degree longboard truck. This is designed to go on the back of your board with the Sabre 48 degree up front to produce a split angle setup, increasing your stability and ability to pump.
28 degrees is a very low angle - you don't want one of these as a front truck (unless you're riding a Lush Samba in which case you definitely do!).
The slack angle means it leans more and turns less compared to a standard truck of 45-50 degrees. Having this in the rear means your back wheels don't turn so much - your board will turn more like a car, with the front wheels doing the turning and the back wheels following along.
The benefits of a split angle setup like this are many:
- Easier to pump
- Carves with more lean, closer to the feeling of a snowboard or surfboard
- More agile at slow speeds
- More stable at high speeds
However there is also a drawback: It feels a bit naff to skate backwards! You certainly wouldn't want to do that at any speed. For disciplines of skating that require that (transition, dance/freestyle, freeride), a standard symmetrical truck setup is going to be what you're looking for.
Assembled with Sabres own premium bushings in 93A - slightly harder than average to prevent wheelbite in the back and give you some meat to push off as you pump into the sunset. Cupped washers all round.
Naturally equipped with Sabres hand poured urethane pivot cups, too.
If you have 48° Sabre Trucks on your setup check out the Sabre Trucks Upgrade Kit - Split Angles.
It includes everything you need to make the switch to a split angle setup:
- Softer bushings in the front truck (we recommend 86a cones with cupped washers)
- Harder bushings for this back truck (we recommend 93a or 96a cone/barrel combos, with cupped washers)
- Risers can be useful to avoid wheelbite now your board leans like a dream
- Longer bolts to go through your new risers!
It includes all of the above, at a great price, with a few extra goodies thrown in so that you know you won't need anything more to get rolling.
If you don't already have a set of Sabres, we also sell the two complete Sabre Trucks as a Split Angle Truckset.
The Sabre baseplates come drilled "double old school" so they'll fit on any deck you've got, no matter how old or new.
Featuring a solid grade 8 steel, splined and pressed in kingpin.
- 8-hole adjustable 48 Degree baseplate
- 180mm Hanger Width
- 64mm Axle Height
- Weight (180mm): 525g
- Gravity Cast from high-strength 356 Aluminium in precision steel moulds
- Hardened 4130 Cro-Mo Steel Axle
- 4.5mm Axle Rake
Price for one truck. You need two trucks per board.
