Reinforcement Guide

[JDBen]

why does cubing destroy folding mechs? i never knew that...

 

[anticee23]

Aluminum Box Reinforcements

Pros:
-Strong for your dropouts
-Allows peg tricks

Cons:
-You lose a lot of wallride clearance
-Heavy
-Requires a new rear axle
-Expensive
-Weakens the folding mech

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Aluminum Strip Reinforcements

Pros:
-Medium strength
-Maintains stock wallride clearence
-Light
-Cheap
-Works with stock axles

Cons:
-Not as strong as box
-No peg tricks

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Steel Box Reinforcements

Pros:
-Extremely strong for dropouts
-Allows peg tricks

Cons:
-Extremely heavy
-KILLS your folding mech
-Requires a new rear axle
-Lose wallride clearence
-Expensive

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Steel Strip Reinforcements

Pros:
-As strong as aluminum box
-Maintains stock wallride clearence
-Works with stock axles

Cons:
-Heavy as aluminum box
-Weakens folding mech
-No peg tricks
-Expensive (Cheap for some, depends on where you get them)

conor also the steel box and steel alu another con is that it takes away 50-50 grinds on a metal or a smooth concrete manny pad

 

[conordavidson]

why does cubing destroy folding mechs? i never knew that...

They're really strong. It takes all the stress away from the dropouts and puts it on the next weakest point; the folding mech.

 

[JonnyJonDogg]

alu box isnt heavy!!!!!!!!! its soooo light!!!

 

[anticee23]

conor look wat i wrote above wen u answered xd it's ben you should add that to the guide

 

[hunter bechtle]

you do not need a new rear axle with box refourcements all you need to do is drill a little hole on the inside and a big hole on the outside and wala no new rear axle needed

 

[Steezeman]

you do not need a new rear axle with box refourcements all you need to do is drill a little hole on the inside and a big hole on the outside and wala no new rear axle needed

Voila*

If you do this, the end will get crunched in super fast, which is why you need a new (longer) axle and a spacer on the inside.

 

[nick_is_me1]

i just need reinforcements for the back
thats where i get all my cracks

 

[hunter bechtle]

you do not need a new rear axle with box refourcements all you need to do is drill a little hole on the inside and a big hole on the outside and wala no new rear axle needed

Voila*

If you do this, the end will get crunched in super fast, which is why you need a new (longer) axle and a spacer on the inside.

abra cadabra not if you put little rubberplugs in the hole , i found them at home depot they work amazing

 

[tomborsari]

alu box isnt heavy!!!!!!!!! its soooo light!!!

no.. a stock pro is light. obv u dont know wat ur sayin
ahah

 

[Jamie N]

i saw coedies setup vid and he had L reinforcements in his blade deck (similar to old A), they were down the triangle things on the sides of the deck . Would it actually make any difference to the strength or would it just put more stress on the dropouts.

 

[konarider100]

good reinforcement

 

[Basil]

i think the best reinforcement is the aluminium box reinf.
It's the lightes and i think the cheapest

 

[Gary Ryckman]

what about inside the deck reinforcements(e.x. dibs vid) ive never ridden them but how do they hold up?

 

[Big L]

OK DONT BE A SUCKER, if you want steel strips DO NOT BUY THEM

Go find a fence, and look along the fence and there are these perfect steel strips on all fences, just take a wrench undo the bolts and boom, there you have some steel strips.

 

[Jdbug_rob]

Aluminum Box Reinforcements

Pros:
-Strong for your dropouts
-Allows peg tricks

Cons:
-You lose a lot of wallride clearance
-Heavy
-Requires a new rear axle
-Expensive
-Weakens the folding mech

u dont need a new rear axle do u???

Yea you do, unless you cut the box reinforcements at an angle to match the dropouts...which renders them useless.

not useless at all
if you cut them behind the brake bolt, because the last 2 cm of the deck will never break.

 

[JonnyJonDogg]

alu box isnt heavy!!!!!!!!! its soooo light!!!

no.. a stock pro is light. obv u dont know wat ur sayin
ahah

erm yes i do. i use a pro with alu reinforcements and i no how light a stock pro is.

ALUMINIUM ANGLE "L" SHAPE
Pros:
kinda light
save your deck from getting scratched up(if you really care haha)
look pretty nice

Cons:
pretty hard to fit with the grind bit on deck
???

 

[Hayydennn]

haha i dont run reos anmore, dont need em.