Did we just create the world's lightest skateboard truck?
Вставка
- Опубліковано 9 лис 2022
- In order to offer the best custom productions, we try to push the limits on what is manufacturable. We run all our tests on a 2HEX pro truck. The latest 2HEX pro truck just came out at approximately 244 gram! We compared it with all other 8" trucks of approximately the same standard height, and we couldn't find any truck even coming close to the light weight of our newest truck. Can you find a lighter pro truck of the same width and height?
We only compare pro trucks of the same height and width, because making a truck lower or less wide of course reduces weight. But it also changes the way you skate. We wanted to keep the original height and width while lowering the weight.
Also we only compare pro trucks, because we are well aware of there being kids trucks made of plastic or super thin aluminum trucks for kids that break if a adult steps on the skateboard. So yeah - those don't count either.
It is the lightest but it does not exist.
USA: skate618.com
UK: www.brawskateboards.co.uk
WORLD: worldshop.2hex.com
The 2HEX Lunar Light III are sold in single sets, just message Chems, Braw or us on Instagram!
thanks for the quick laugh you gave me. I know how hard it still is to find our trucks. Therefor I linked the shops in my second comment. We will ramp up this truck brand soon!
@@2HEX how much is a set? The tensor Mag Lights are really expensive so I'm interested to see how your company is competing with Mag Light prices
@@brosettastone7520 59 USD for a set (29.50 USD per truck). I'm not sure about the Tensor Mag prices, but we might be a little more expensive?
@@2HEX The first two links you provided do not have your trucks on their sites and the 2hex site has dead end links when I click on the Lunarlight III magnesium. When and where will these be available?
i used to ride solid axle solid kingpin tensor mags back in the day and they felt weightless. we thought that was the pinnacle of trucks lol
haha it was up to that point :D
I bet if you started a kickstarter campaign with your goal to make 600 of these you could already have these in the market! I know id be a buyer!
That would probably have worked. By now they are in the market and definitely over 600 sets of the super light Lunar Light III Mg+Ti sold
I am a major fan of the lightest everything in skating. So when a new lighter light truck comes out, I’m enthusiastic. Not down-playing because I’m not a fan. That being said. Tensor mag lights are the one and ONLY trucks that I’ve actually snapped kingpins straight in half while skating very low impact things and I’m very thin/light weight (150 lbs). I actually had to swap out my tensor mag hollow lit baseplates with tensor mag solid baseplates and paired those with the mag light hollow hangers. As the baseplates are forged so when kingpins snap, you can’t simply replace them like you can other trucks. This is for hex production team. Be AWARE OF THIS MAJORRRR FLAW!!! If you wanna just okay it safe, don’t make baseplates forged so kingpin is swappable. Would still make your truck come in under next lightest, keeping title as worlds lightest. And to be able to rectify this most major malfunction of the tensor mag light hollows…. You’d be winning in style. Clear and concise. Also, make a low version. Technical street skaters are who like light trucks . And many of us also like a lower truck. Keep everything technical friendly. It’s we who are your main consumer!!!
thanks for the feedback! so far we haven't had any kingpin issues luckily! its crazy how precise a super light truck design has to be. if there is too much pressure anywhere, that part snaps. We are considering a two part baseplate - where pivot and kingpin are not connected - your experience with light trucks - what would you think would happen? where would the breaking point be?
That’s amazing. Tensors already feel crazy light
were already working on a 230G 8" truck haha but we should spend more time selling and less time trying to get the weight down
see the titanium will last for a long time, yet the mag lights will just grind just about anything. but its crazy to see someone come with a even lighter truck, thats bonkers. the mag light v 2´s are pretty damn light as it is, and will dragon wheels its a joy to take on the streets. Good time to be alive as a skater, so many good things keep coming an we thought we had it good in the 90s ahahaha. we had a Epic time, but maaan u youngins got it goood!
The first production run of the titanium double hollow mag trucks will finish in two weeks. I can't wait to send them out and see people's feedback come back!
@@2HEX that also sounds pretty damn dope dude
The mag light v2’s? Wth are those? Are you referring to the all terrain geometry (atg)?
@@paulvawter8205 hes referring to the design change. Mostly aesthetic. The v1 Mag Lights had a ''10'' logo on the base plate and featured a very small ''mag light'' logo near the pivot head. V2 Maglights no longer have the ''10'' logo or the small smag light logo. only a simple medium sized ''Mag-Light'' logo on the hanger in greyish letters.
Brilliant, but we can not buy them as the minimum number is too high for an individual and we do not know who has paid for manufacturing so we can not buy them. Genius!!!
USA: instagram.com/chems_skate/
UK & EU: instagram.com/brawskateboards/
WORLD: instagram.com/2hexskateboardfactory/
The 2HEX Lunar Light III are sold in single sets, just message Chems, Braw or us on Instagram!
Hi friends! where can I buy a pair of this amazing 2HEX trucks ?
Please use this form: www.2hex.com/sb/mail or message us on Instagram. And we will let you know how to order the trucks. Maybe you can become our distributor in your city!
@@2HEX Thank you Sir!
What's the weight difference of the 2HEX Ti vs Mg? Why is there no product specs page anywhere?
I didnt get to sit down and write a specs page yet. The weight of both trucks is shown in this video though. :)
now i wrote down most specs! worldshop.2hex.com/details/lunarlight-ii-titanium-hollow2-br/7?Axle_Width=14&Kingpin=19
Very interesting! I admire the innovation and drive to create a new product. I am curious as to why people like super light trucks though. The Tensor Mag light is already pretty much unskatable to me so I can't imagine anything lighter! Anything lighter than a Thunder Light is a no-go for me. I had bought a pair of Titanium Light Thunders a couple years back, I ended up giving them to a friend after a couple of weeks because they were wayyyy to light. I need that heft in my setup. If it is too light I get ghost pop and it doesn't even feel like skateboarding! So, where is the appeal for you guys that like super light trucks?
I imagine if you start out on very light trucks or really commit to it for a looong time you might end up adjusting to it.
That said I’m the same. I need a little bit more weight because that is what I am accustomed to.
Its personal taste and preference. Some skaters skate better the lighter their board, others really like their board to be heavy and most people are somewhere in the middle. This truck is not for the mainstream skater, its for the niche that likes their boards as light as possible
Will they come in 9 inch or wider?
No plans for such wide sizes yet sadly - there is just too little demand. Where do you see skaters ride 9”? Pool? we will track of the market and if deck sizes keep growing, our trucks will too. Nice to see your interest though!
It looks like the wheel base 2hex is very long ....
Yes, it’s a long wheelbase truck.
Do you have 9 inch trucks
Nicee
Do you plan on bringing these to the US?
Yes, but it will probably be another 3 to 6 months. If you want a set I suggest you message me, and I will get you on the list of pre-orders
@@2HEX thanks, I'm definitely interested. Where can I message you about info?
@@TP_7861 nik at 2hex dot com ! 👍
Skate.618 skateshop in the US is selling them ! :)
Tensor magnesium are actually 265g. The tensor mags you are weighing are with the aluminum baseplate instead of the magnesium it usually comes with.
sure those are not the low trucks? Hm, it didnt say anything of having aluminum baseplates, would be interesting to weigh the baseplates separately
i spoke to tensor about it, because i had to send back 2 pairs. if you look at the bottom of the baseplate the magnesium baseplates say magnesium under tensor. they weight 265g for the 8.25" trucks@@2HEX
i have the lows also but im talking about the atg mag lights with 55mm height.@@2HEX
@2HEX yes atg 55mm height, it happened at the end of the pandemic.ill send pics of the baseplates to your insta.
thanks that would be very interesting for me to see @@32srt32
Can we get them in an 8.5 in the UK?
we have a collabo with BRAW in the UK. They will bring the trucks to the UK market, however not in 8.5". only 8" and 8.25"
@@2HEX Damn man. Picked me up to drop me. Hopefully you can get some wider trucks to the market soon.
@@jake360flip I agree. The entire point of light trucks is mainly for bigger boards. Smaller setups are already light as it is
@@KharonYT Yep, and the moving trends of most people skating now are riding 8.3's and bigger.
Light is great of course, but it does make me question durability. But the main holdup for me is almost 100 bucks a set is pretty steep for a wholesale rate. I understand production costs. But consider this thought, I've been skating over 20 years and running a small skate brand of my own, and my mindset has always been if a company does OEM for EVERY skate product, they cant specialize in any one area. Meaning overall quality would be expected to just be "so-so" in comparison to lesser priced competitors that actually specialize in that market area.
I'm just one guy of course, but I might suggest sending out a bunch of these in the field as promotion. If you really did create the lightest (yet well performing) truck, then the hype will catch on by word of mouth and other skater's socials. But skaters are notoriously poor so if you want to get the word out about this, that price tag will probably hold ya back quite a bit. LOVING the stock inverted kingpin option though and if you are ever looking for an honest review from a skateboarder that doesn't really care for any trucks on the market right now, I'd be happy to run a set thru the trials.
It's 60 USD per set in shops.
Shops (wholesale) is a lot cheaper.
On skate618.com one set is 60 USD with free shipping inside the U.S. I think.
On worldshop.com one set is 47 USD and worldwide shipping is 28 USD.
I think they will take off by themselves. We just recently started selling them.
these are 156 grams per piece lighter than my skateboard trucks are
haha are you riding a 10" board?
Was ist anders zwischen dem alten Modell und dem neuen Modell 2Hex Trucks? Wie hoch sind sie? Die Tensor Mag Light sind 55mm hoch.
Die alten 2Hex waren 51, max. 52mm hoch, wie Thunder…
Hey Chris!
Dieses neue Model ist aus Magnesium, hat einen breiteren Pivot, und neue Bushings.
Ich habe die Achsen gerade nicht vor mir und kann daher die Hoehe nicht messen, ich reche daher mit den Zahlen die du mir geschickt hast und die ich online finden konnte:
2HEX Mag Light 51mm; 243g = 4.76g / mm
Tensor Mag Light 55mm; 288g = 5.24g / mm
Tensor Mag Light Lo 46mm; 233g = 5.06g / mm
@@2HEX wow, starke Leistung!
Ich bin eure 2Hex Trucks auch schon geskatet und mir gefallen sie sehr gut, allerdings skate ich sie mit den 3-Ply Risern von Real, weil ich es ein wenig höher mag. Die Mag Light sind dann natürlich next Level. Mich erinnern die 2Hex forged hollow sehr an die Thunder forged Titaniums.
@@chrisXjosi danke fuers feedback Chris! Ich hoffe wir kommen mal dazu zusammen zu skaten, und dann waere es cool wenn du auch die neuen Magnesium Trucks ausprobierst ;-)
@@2HEX sehr sehr gerne!
Wenn dein Weg irgendwann mal Frankfurt am Main kreuzt, würde es mich sehr freuen mit dir zusammen skaten zu gehen! 🛹
@@chrisXjosi you'll never skate with them, this is just a marketing gimmick, to make it seem more personal, so you buy their product. He's actually a sad, money hungry, Regionalist.
🛹🛹🛹
This will probably get deleted, but this is a surfskate brand that's branched out into the street skate realm. They seem to have scanned and copied the tensors ATV models, and nass produce them. Anyone in the world can buy these at 600+ minimum orders. For about 99$ a set wholesale. I'll stick to American made, they forgot the truck divits that lock it in place.
duuuude, you are coming up with some twisted conspiracies. 🤣
Thanks for sharing them with us though haha. I had a good time reading your comment.
Ok, lets just imagine you are serious and not trolling and you just fell down a deep rabbit hole, then this would be our answers:
1. We are a skateboard manufacturer that also branched out into surf skates. (You were close, but a bit twisted)
2. The 2HEX Lunar Lights Titanium & Magnesium double hollow are the world's lightest professional skateboard trucks. If we had scanned and copied any existing truck, then we wouldn't have the world's lightest truck now.
3. 600+ MOQ is correct! We are first a skateboard manufacturer and second a distributor of our own brand. So we also manufacture the trucks for many other pro truck companies.
4. 99$: Way too expensive. If you would run your own production of magnesium trucks at 2HEX, the production price would be around 9 USD / truck or 18 USD / set. Not 99.
5. Wholesale: We only sell 2HEX trucks on wholesale with no MOQ. The 600 trucks you were referring to a custom productions for other companies, they a produced and not sold wholesale.
6. Trucks are held in place by nuts and bolts. The carved out areas you are referring to as divits are there to save on material and weight. We included a lot of them to bring the weight down to create the lightest truck.
7. America Made: Based on your writing style it seems to me that you had access to great education. So why would you want to compete for low paying factory jobs that require no education? You have the chance to become a white collar worker and get paid 5k/month. Why try and fight to bring back jobs paying 2k at most? If the US ever falls behind on education and development, then the low-end jobs will come back faster than you can think. These are the left-over jobs. Not the jobs you compete for.
I hope to hear back from you ;-)
@@2HEX 2 you agree with me about. 2 where just your personal opinion, tensors truck divits help keep your trucks from shifting. The bolt get loose overtime. Professor Schmidt has talked about this also. And with one UA-cam video, compared to the 4-5 solid brands with skate teams. This is a gimmick, until proven otherwise. 🤡
Seems I hit a soft spot, you tried to get personal. 5k is just what I pay in rent alone, for the place im at now. I know it might be hard, let's try to stay on topic. A little maturity, goes a long way in this world.
@@Anonymous_________ sorry, i don't understand what you are referring to. where do we agree, and what is just my personal opinion?
so far its not even a gimmick haha so far they are just a one-off proof of concept. However, the first mass production will finish in a month ;-) You should give them a try!
@@Anonymous_________ money doesn't impress me. Tell me how you really helped someone or made someone's life better if you want to show off! haha