Honest Review of the Bear Grizzly 852s

Honest Review of the Bear Grizzly 852's

This is my honest review of the Bear Grizzly's.

I have a few good remarks about them, but I dislike these trucks for a multitude of reasons.

Here are the good.

• Strong Hangers
• Strong Axles
• Rake, plus it's flippable
• Multiple mounting holes

Not only this, but admittedly, the 852's are a good, standard cruising truck. They claim to be flippable, for a more "stable, downhill oriented truck". They are...okay, for freeride. Very light freeride. But speed wobbles are easy to get on this truck. It's baseplate is 52 degrees, which is really high for a standard truck. (Not stable) 

Here are the bad.

• Very, very heavy
• Tight bushing seat
• Questionable flipability

The truck feels really heavy to turn. It's a bit of a drag on your ankles, and really takes an effort to turn, even with softer bushings. 

Speaking of bushings, I rode Red and Purple Venom's on my bear trucks (Purple Roadside, Red Boardside), and I weigh 145 pounds. The bushing seat is very restrictive. Too, restrictive. It was very difficult to put the bushings in when it was flipped. Not only that, it tore up my bushings a tad, and really took too much effort to install. My hands and wrists would be sore after installation. 

Basically, the stock bushings are the best fit.

In conclusion, The 852's are an okay truck. Not that good, not that bad.  Just, meh. If you needed cheap cruiser trucks, I'd recommend it, but other than that, its just okay. 

I rate it a 5/10. It works, it does its job, and it was a good beginner truck. However, I prefer other options, for the same price. Its just a clunky truck that's worth very little. 

Tl;Dr Only get this for your cruising setup, if its on for a really good sale. Other than that, don't waste your money.