The Sabre Trucks Upgrade Kit - Split Angles is designed for anyone who already owns a set of Sabre Standard (or Forged) 48° trucks. If you don't own those, you'll want one of these whole trucksets rather than just this upgrade kit: Standard 180mm Forged Precision 150mm Forged Precision 180mm The future is here. Split angle trucksets from Sabre Trucks have landed, and with it the gold standard for a longboard truckset has shifted. If you've already got a pair of 48° Sabres, this kit is all you need to change it into a Split Angle setup: 1x Sabre Trucks 28° Baseplate including pivot cup and kingpin nut 86A Sabre Cone/Cone Bushings and cupped washers for your existing front (48°) truck 1x spare Sabre Pivot Cup to upgrade your front truck 93A Sabre Cone/Barrel bushings and cupped washers for cast back trucks 96A Sabre Cone/Barrel bushings and cupped washers for forged back trucks Sabre Standard Risers 1.5" Domehead boltset 1x free Sabre Bearing Lube - just in case it's been a while :) 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!
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