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On 12/23/2001
sean
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Julian,
I have a couple of street luges 4-sale if you are interested e.mail me.
Thanx,
Sean
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On 12/22/2001
Chris Chaput
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Splitters give you 4 wheels on four axles using one truck. All of the wheels are parallel to one another and so they "fight" each other in turns when the frontmost wheels should be turning sharper than the wheels behind them. Thats why we use two trucks with independently turning axles. We shim the front cushions up to get the front truck to steer a bit more in turns.
Darren has two back-to-back wheels on each side of a single (Moe) truck in the front and back. With sideset wheels that take the smaller (.300") spacer, he has just enough axle length to do this. He has a shorter board than most and chose not to put two trucks in front of one another. 8 wheels total.
In the past Darren has used dual trucks front and back, 8 wheels total.
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On 12/20/2001 Duane
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Mario, if you want to try the 4 wheels on one truck thing, you should try putting 10mm inner bearings into a randal spin axle truck (probably the 170mm would be better to keep the overall width down). You could then use a 10mm axle and the SiN bearings which would fit. For a good quality axle you would have to have one made, look for a shop with a centerless grinder. 8mm axle with that much overhang would bend, immediately.
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On 12/20/2001 hc
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mario, you meant those kwiksplit/moe things? Chaput claims they don't work, something about wheel scrub.
I like the 4 wheel on a truck idea, hope the axle wont bend.
I wonder how those moe trucks ride, too.
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On 12/20/2001 Mario
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I was looking at the truck setup on Darren's luge and I wonder how hard it would be to make trucks like that. Couldn't I just put some axles in my trucks that were 2" longer than normal? Then I could mount the wheels back to back and get double the contact patch. This measn I'd have to use flush-back wheels, though. Or get longer axles for different wheel sets.
I've been thinking about doing two sets of wheels on a single pair of trucks, but mounting them front to back, like those inline wheels (I forgot the name, but nobody seemed to like them). Anyone tried that? Why don't I just use two sets of trucks in the front? Just trying to be different.
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On 12/19/2001
hc
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ride this sat in SJ
check under events
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On 12/18/2001
Chris Chaput
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Lose the pegs.
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On 12/7/2001
kevin
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hey racing in oklahoma what the heck I live in oklahoma city and have begun longboarding and hope to try buttboarding soon where exactly is the race to be held and uh can we ride the location now or will we get jumped by guards or anything.
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On 12/6/2001
RWR
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F-6 Racing is very excited about the 2002 race season. We had a successful year in 2001, considering it was our first season of racing. The National race in Bainbridge was a success and after hearing all of the positive feedback from the racers it will happen again in 2002. The town of Bainbridge is excited about the race being a yearly event. They only had one complaint, they didn't realize it was on a different weekend than their fall festival. On October 18, 19 and 20 of 2002 F-6 Racing/IGSA will be once again hosting the Bainbridge, Ohio Grand Prix. With the town of Bainbridge behind us and IGSA with us, the 2002 race will be a WORLD CUP EVENT held on the same weekend as the Fall Festival. This will mean a lot of people getting to watch what we all love to do....streeeeeetluuuuugggge!
In June of 2002, F-6 Racing is proud to announce that we will be hosting the US National Championships for IGSA right here in OKLAHOMA. The race will be on the Talimena Drive in the Ouachita Mountains located in SE Oklahoma. This is an exciting event! In March of 2001 we were told by National Rangers that we could not ride on this road. After working with the National Forestry Dept, Oklahoma Highway Dept, Attorney General and my State Representative it has been determined that it is NOT illegal to ride a streetluge in our state!!! We have been riding in the National Forrest again since August and the same ranger that ran us off in March is excited about the event and even helped make it happen!
We want everyone to get excited for 2002! It will be a ground breaking year with more racing opportunities than ever before. If anyone is serious about holding an event and would like some advise about who to talk to and how to get started, don't hesitate in contacting us.
We will see you all at the races!!!
Rusty Riley / F-6 Racing
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On 12/4/2001
William
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Visit my website www.streetluging.net to discover streetlugers, streetluge goodies, french and world events...The streeluge page will be totally rebuild soon.
Thanks. You can chat about every saturday at 9pm (GMT+1 Paris)
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On 12/2/2001
claes meijer
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Hi´
Claes in Sweden Scandinavia on the net.
Starting Street Luge Sweden (SLS) this spring. with a serie of 12 race during the summer.
anyone ho have information about the next red bull south africa race?
best regards/claes
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On 11/22/2001 julian rowland age 10
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Any one selling any streetluges or down hill boards.I made a street luge but my stupid friend accidently left it behind my mom's car after we went out for some practice runs.And then she went to go to the store and ran it over. If you are please leave a reply to me in this forum.
thanks,
julian
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On 11/20/2001 Santa
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Amazon is running a sale on Mattel radio controlled luges for $10.
Looks like fun for the groms. Race the radio controlled Tony Hawk toy.
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On 11/20/2001 mathew
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you guys seen this yet? it's touted as "the land luge for the people". I guess that makes you guys animals.
http://www.americanlandluge.com/
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On 11/11/2001 Herbn
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Saw a bunch of you lugers on T.V. today,pretty cool.
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On 11/11/2001
hugh r
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Probably the best tires I have found (read: easiest to work with) are Bias-ply Truck Tires.
You can usually pick one up for nothing at a local tire shop... ask them if you can dig through the pile (tell them what it's for... that'll usually get you some extra cooperation!)
Look for one that would fit on a 16" rim or so... the bias models usually have a very nice flat spot that runs wider than a shoe.
I like cutting the sidewalls out first, then cutting the treads into 15" peices (makes for very easy storage in my space limited garage)
Since the flats are so wide on the truck tires, very little belt sander time is needed.
Hope that helps... HR
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On 11/7/2001
Leo
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Mikez, check www.wildfro.com they look rad and affordable...
Leo
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On 11/7/2001 mikez
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do you mean wildfire luges?
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On 11/7/2001
Leo
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Does anyonehave any riding experience with wildfro luges???? they seem pretty damn fine for mw
leo
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On 10/30/2001 3rd Corner Camera
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I just posted the pictures I took at the IGSA US Nationals, in Barrett.
Check them out at: http://www.geocities.com/xtremekludy/
Go to "Photos" then click on the link to IGSA US Nationals Images
I will keep them there for a couple weeks - feel free to download them.
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On 10/29/2001 Mario
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hc, I've got some motorcycle tires at my place. If you're in the San Carlos area, drop by and we'll cut some up. I've got plenty of power tools, too...
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On 10/27/2001
Tony Healy
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HC,
Sounds good. Heard steel belts are a real pain to cut (but may make sparks at night when braking). Bike rubber might be better, as long as it's pretty flat and not too sticky. Lemme know if you need to borrow a jigsaw or belt sander. [Heading to Dallas tomorrow mid-day tho; back on Sat.]
Don't forget the beers for the neighbors. My beltsander sounds like a 737 at takeoff. Guess I should've turned it on in the store before buying it. Startled my neighbors downstairs (and probably traumitized their cats for life). Fortunately, they were mainly curious what I was up to in the garage making so much noise.
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On 10/27/2001 hc
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tony, just got my leathers, now i got to work on my shoes.
marcJ just glued some tire rubber (found on the highway) on to his shoes, but it was a pain in the ass to cut due to the metal mesh things.
gonna find some motocycle rubber like bob suggested.
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On 10/25/2001
Tony Healy
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Gluing rubber
Hugh's posts about using barge cement for gluing rubber lines up with how rock climbing shoes are resoled:
- cut the rubber in roughly the shape of the sole
(a little wider)
- stuff the shoe tightly with newspaper
- clean the sole and rubber with solvent
- let it evaporate fully
- scratch up sole and rubber with a wire brush
- coat sole and rubber with barge cement
- let it dry fully (until it's not tacky)
- heat both sole and rubber with a heat gun
(hair dryer on high can work)
- lay rubber on sole
- beat mercilessly with a hammer to bond them
(ideally you have a wooden last to put the shoe on,
otherwise you stuff it with newspaper)
- hammer from the center out towards the edges
- give your neighbors a beer so they won't call the cops
about all the noise you're making
- let it sit overnight to fully bond and cool off
- bevel the edges of the sole with a belt sander
(but be careful not to belt sand the shoe upper,
trust me on this)
Differences:
- Rock climbing rubber is glued directly to the shoe midsole, not the rubber outersole. If there's tread, even after grinding, that may reduce the contact surface area since the barge cement layers are thin compared to shoe goo.
- Rock climbing rubber is sticky, so probably not a good candidate for braking shoes. But you might be able to get a climbing shop to do the resole job if you didn't wanna do it. You'd need to source the rubber tho.
- Climbers usually don't reach high speeds. If they do, it's the rope that stops them [hopefully]. Not sure about the bond strength of Barge cement for gluing braking rubber, but it can be a real pain in the ass to pry off the old rubber from climbing shoes.
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On 10/25/2001
Bob Swartz
wrote in from
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cchouston
IF you need ideas for place to shoot a luge ride with Chris in or around San Antinio just let me know. I ride there just about everytime I visit the in-laws. San Antonio is cool, but there are very few good roads becauce most of them are rolled chip surface. I met Glen from Solidskate when he lived there and also bombed a few sick hills in Austin that Bob Loftin suggested.
anytime
Blue Smoke Racing Team
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