Z Flex

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Z Flex

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Not many of these on the U.K. shores always wanted some of these and got these other day
Z flex z roller trucks

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Re: Z Flex

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nice find,ive never owned any but would have loved to have tried some just to see how they ride,ive always assumed they would sort of run away with you when grinding on the coping
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Z flex first generation “paint roller” z roller trucks

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These are so n really nice order the rubber roller looks like it’s never seen any grinding action, really well made the roller has a metal inner cylinder with the solid rubber on the outside I always assumed the rubber ones were the later ones but it’s the opposite the rubber ones were the first followed by the metal rollers ones , every time I look at them I feel like dipping in some paint and painting a wall :lol: :lol:
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Here’s some great pics of some interesting z flex stuff which you don’t see from a kind member of my Facebook page

Second gen metal roller z roller trucks on a board
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Original spare rollers and original z flex roller mould 8-)
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Og original z roller design blueprints 😎
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Og z flex z roller truck stickers still on the sheet
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More og blueprints of the z flex z roller trucks and a banner 😎
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interesting history there :mrgreen:
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Z flex z roller trucks gen 1 and gen 2s, the gen 1s are are a lot heftier than the later metal roller ones
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Re: Z Flex

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I believe the ones with the rubber rollers were popular as a downhill truck during that early X- games Dreggs era, just in case the wheels came off 😂.

Not sure if the geometry changed at all it doesn’t look it.
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toilet roll holder springs to mind :lol:
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Yes Steve I got the first gen ones off someone who used them on a luge downhill board and they should have the nickname toilet roll holders 😂😂
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Here’s the guy who I got the first gen roller trucks off in action with these trucks on his downhill board
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Two rollers one first gen and one second gen with the unusual orange rubber roller
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Heres what mine looked like prior to me tidying them up which took all day
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you did a good job on them,cleaned up a treat :mrgreen: ive never seen an orange one before
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some more here,how many widths did they come in?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/235683179705
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