Skateboard Parts


There are many different brands of skateboard parts. Meanwhile, there are only 7 different types of these skateboard parts. These skateboard parts are as follows: the deck, trucks, wheels, bearings, grip tape, spacers, bearings and hardware. You can find a few different kinds of hardware. You can find a few different kinds of hardware. The different kinds of hardware are nuts, bolts, and kingpins. When you go deeper into the skateboard parts. You will find there are different sizes of decks, trucks, wheels, spacers, and hardware.

There are also different kinds of bearings, but there is only one size of grip tape. The bearings are labeled abec 1 through abec 7. You are probably wondering what the difference is. Basically, the higher the abec number it is, the faster you will go. Then, going back to the different sizes of decks, trucks, wheels, spacers, and hardware. The sizes of regular decks are 7.00 inches to 8.00 inches. Then, the long board decks range from 9.00 inches to 10.00 inches.

The sizes of trucks range with the same sizes as decks and long boards, because they need to be the same width as the deck, or board. The sizes of wheels range from 50 millimeter to 60 millimeter. The larger the number, the smoother the ride. The spacers, who hold your deck, or board, higher in the air, range from 0.25 centimeters to 1.25 centimeters. Spacers are also used as shock absorbers. Then you have different sizes of hardware. The sizes range from .75 inches to 1.25 inches.

The kingpin comes in the same sizes as the trucks, because it is the part that holds the wheels to the trucks. Finally, the grip tape comes in sheets bigger than your deck, or board. You have to cut it to fit your deck, or board.