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Eversince the beginning of skate, bushings for your set up were always round. the past decade has shown a huge jump in innovation with new shapes and formulas but what is definitly a first never before seen is Cubed Bushings from Riptide! Riptide has produced the first cube bushing of its kind. this new shape opens the door to a whole new dimension to bushing set ups.
The main feature of the RipTide Cubed™ bushings is that you can change the feel of the ride by altering the orientation of the bushing in the bushing seat. You can set the Riptide Cube bushings in more ways than you could with a standard bushing. Set ups include the expected square on both board side and road side, or switch it up with one side diamond and the other square.
If you set up the front differently than the rear, the number of combinations increase substantially. When you throw round bushings and various durometers and compounds into the mix (the Cubed seat fits all other RipTide shapes also), the numbers get a bit crazy. We have found the square orientation to be linear in response and the diamond is progressive and each of the 4 orientation choices above produce 4 different responses. In summary, 16 different setups (4 symmetrical and 12 asymmetrical) from one bushing shape in one durometer! I can’t think of any other bushing that you can do that with.
Rey Trucks has also released the new REY Truck Hangers featuring cubed bushing seat. These hangers will also be able to fit your standard round bushing seat giving you more possibilities to your bushing set up.