Light metal scooters (jk)

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zprestoe

Member
very very very very very
nice clean looking deck
the welds between headtube and deck look kinda weak

but i would DEFINTLY ride one of these.

good job.
 
the_SD_local

the_SD_local

I own SR.
Looks pretty nice. Lot of things I would do and did do differently on mine but it's good to see people making stuff. I don't know if this can really be considered one-piece though since the sides bolt on from the looks of it but then again I really consider "one-piece" to mean that from the headtube all the way to the back drop outs there is one solid member which this has so I guess you could say it is a reinforced one-piece.
 
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Jdbug_rob

Steel Member
lol thanks, you said your deck cost hundreds to make if i recall corectly, is it like cast aluminium or something?
 
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demo

Member
well very clean, but you should have added a gusset on the back side to the square part of the head tube.
so yeah but other then that.. really good job
 
humpurple kushiones

humpurple kushiones

Steel Member
Rob Forman said:
screwhead.jpg

a screw head :O
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haha. for sum reason that made me laugh
 
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fly

Member
Rob Forman said:
lol thanks, you said your deck cost hundreds to make if i recall corectly, is it like cast aluminium or something?
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no i nvr said that, maybe a typo, but its going to be like $40-$50 and right now im tight on spare cash cus ive been playing paintball alot trying out for teams and im spending like $60 ever 2 weeks or so. but this fall i should be able to make all my parts
 
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dre

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very nicely done, however I have a better idea for a brake bolt: get a solid rod that's the same diameter as a regular brake bolt, and cut it so that it fits nicely inbetween the outside walls of both reinforcements, then drill holes on the INSIDE of the reinforcements, stick the brake bolt thing in on one side, and just slide it through the hole with the reinforcement, then stick the other reinforcement on the other side where the brake bolt is sticking out. This way you'd have one less hole to worry about, making it a) even cleaner looking, and b) slightly stronger even.

to help illustrate this I guess here's a rough sketch of what it would kinda look like from the back, and think of all the dashes being one solid rod from one side to the other side of the deck:
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the_SD_local

the_SD_local

I own SR.
Rob Forman said:
lol thanks, you said your deck cost hundreds to make if i recall corectly, is it like cast aluminium or something?
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Yea they were pricey. I can't really go into detail about my designs at the moment but I can tell you that they are they are superior. They are tried and true and the deck I am riding now is from 2006. I should be releasing details and pictures of everything before the end of the year I guess you could say it will be the "unveiling" of the first ever 100% custom built freestyle scooter. It will basically be the culmination of the last 5 years of my R&D, testing and prototyping. I am in the process of manufacturing a lot of the parts on my scooter right now so I don't really want to "release" it until the units are actually available for sale so I don't get peoples hopes up for nothing. Not knocking your scooter cause it really is one of the best home made scoots I've ever seen but I haven't seen anyone even come close to the caliber of my designs. I'm not trying to sound cocky but my scooter and my designs are second to none but it took years to get to this point. My original designs would make you "laugh out loud" they were so bad. All I can say is that no one will be let down when I release my scooter to the public.
 
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Jdbug_rob

Steel Member
nickd said:
Rob Forman said:
lol thanks, you said your deck cost hundreds to make if i recall corectly, is it like cast aluminium or something?
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no i nvr said that, maybe a typo, but its going to be like $40-$50 and right now im tight on spare cash cus ive been playing paintball alot trying out for teams and im spending like $60 ever 2 weeks or so. but this fall i should be able to make all my parts
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i was talking to Andrew

Dylan said:
Alex Steezeman said:
Dylan said:
doesnt this look familiar to some people?
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SR deck? The SR deck is a lot different from this haha.
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its still got the same shape though
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well there's only so many shapes you can make a deck haha. for example
The getting slimmer at the back happens with most decks.
same with the front
and in my opinion, the onepeice headtube is a 100% must in all deck design's
and the fact that i havent really seen much of the sr deck, i can't really tell how exactly its been constructed or built.
 
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