I'm currently riding the don't trip mollys V2's with spherical in front and I really like them, but I have this itch that I can't scratch off my brain. The stock bushings come with a spherical hole for the bearing to move freely, and I've seen a few people do this “spherical hole” in their bushings all over the internet, especially in old school slalom with modified Benetts and LDPs.
Now Valkyrie has come out with the new Mk4 slaloms and they strongly advise you to use recessed bushings in your rear truck if you want to use the spherical there. On the other hand, the ZM1s (arguably the best DH truck in the game right now) does not use recessed bushings at all nor have I seen anyone talking about using them ...
I use unmodified Venom bushings on my front truck and they feel great, but will they feel better if I do the spherical recess? Is there any real advantage to doing such a mod? I see a lot of people doing it and straight up saying it's better to do the recess but no one explaining exactly why.
So.... For hangers with spherical bearings, recessed bushings ¿Yes or No? (and why ðŸ˜)
