DA 45

Well, since Rollergirl, from Rollergirl.ca, was going to be in the same city as me for Quad City Chaos (awesome!), and my pivot cups did not seem to be arriving anytime soon, we decided to meet at MTLRD's merch table so she could drop them off in person.  And that we did!  So I carried them home from Toronto, along with my new Smith Scabs knee pads (love at first fitting, I'll be talking about them at some point), as though they were precious gold.

Four tiny nylon white cups.

In the style of most road trips, the ride home took much longer than the required 5.5 hours, and I got in at 2am to go directly to bed.  But the next morning, I got up, set up all the required equipment, went to the store for what I still needed, and put on the new DA 45 trucks that make everything worth it.  I did take picture, but when I went to post this I discovered that they did not save for me!  So my planned detailed post was lost.

Now, I don't have a lot of space in my apartment, so I did what little I could to feel them out before I has a chance to skate them.  This included balancing stationary on two wheels, some tight spins, and rolling from the chaotic living room to the kitchen (5 feet, if anything).  And I liked them.  A lot.


But the truer test came for the derby practice last night.  When I first got the skins as a SA set up, it took me a week to skate them as well as I could.  But last night, I hopped on and did my thing, no problems.

 Now, I'm not saying I can do things with these trucks that I wasn't able to do before...  but I *might* be saying that I can do the stuff I could do before a little better, and with less effort...

Time will tell how much of a difference these trucks make, as the cushions need to be broken in and I may actually get a better performance out of some softer cushions, but my current thoughts are that I like them, feel stable, and more like a super star.

And in other news, tonight I will trade wheels with a fellow gear geek, my Omega's for her Jukes, so we can each try them out for a bit and see what we think.  Honestly, if these Jukes are everything I've heard, then I'll get a pair and move from a super star to a super hero on skates.  Beautiful.