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On 5/28/2004
STF
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Nice but are U always on the wrong side of the road ? ;-)
STF
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On 5/25/2004
Andy
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G'day
We are a bunch of Aussie street luges. Check out some video clips with music we have put together at
http://members.iinet.net.au/~boundary/
Cheers
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On 5/24/2004
steelwheel Bob
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I'm starting to write the luge article now. Due date is June 30th. I want to get to a luge event for a photo shoot before that date. If you have any stories or photos that might be of interest please contact me asap.
The Staton Team will be at the Signal Hill Reunion. Our team member Kevin Karnes placed 6th. Kryptonics was our sponsor and gave us the first set of wheels that were ever used in competition, they helped us move up from 17th place!
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On 5/24/2004 John
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I have a plastic case to put my luge in nowadays, but before that I used a large cardboard box that was reinforced with tape and twine. Domestic flights have a lower weight limit than international flights (50lb. vs. 70lbs.). If your luge is a pegged model you may try to think of a way to modify it to make it shorter for travel. Some guys used to just bring a complete luge to the counter, however, it is probably more likely to get damaged or swiped. Also, check the size restrictions to see how big of a package you can transport.
Good luck and have a good trip!
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On 5/23/2004
bob
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Hey RonnieEye Read this link on traveling with your luge
http://lugeforce.tripod.com/prime/travel.html
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On 5/22/2004
RonnieEye
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Just wondering if anyone out there has ever travelled (flown specifically) with their luge to a race. If so, what do you use to carry / protect your luge during the trip? I have a bag for a surfboard which works, but it's awkward carrying the luge and it's just plain heavy to boot. I did some shopping around for other bags today, but the surfboard bags I've found are too short. So I'm hoping someone has an alternate suggestion that would work better. Any help would be most appreciated.
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On 5/20/2004
Street Luge 101
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Check out the Street Luge 101 Trailer at www.streetluge101.com
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On 5/10/2004 randtke
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I've been street luging for about five years now and have built two luges. The first was plywood and the second was aluminum. I found an arc welder the other day at a garage sale, and I'm working on plans for a steel luge. I have a creeper (the thing mechanics lay on to get under cars), and was going to use that as the main body. On the front, I'll have the foot pegs and the bar going out to them be quick release (or just two bolts), so that I can fit the luge in the trunk of my car without putting down the back seats. From that starting point I have a few options.
1. I have a set of 12" trucks on my aluminum luge, and I could replace them with some 9" trucks and put the 12's on the steel luge.
2. I was thinking about welding the front fork of a small bmx to the back of the creeper frame and putting one of my foot wide trucks in the front. With this design, I could use the hand brake from the bike and wouldn't have to tear up my shoes so much. I also have a spedometer from an old bike that I could use on it. If I was scraping an old bike, I would also have nice handles and I could scrap the rest of the bike for steel. The disadvantage that I can see is that the rear wheel would turn like the rear trucks would, unless I had a really complicated design. I question the stability of three wheel luge and was wondering if anyone has tried something similar.
3. Another posibility that could be combined with option one or two, is to extend the trucks. I know that 12" is big, but with my welder i could customize them a bit and make 18" or 24" trucks. If I don't extend them, I might weld a piece of angle iron to the trucks to reinforce them. The trucks are independents made of cast iron, and its hard to weld on cast iron, so this idea might need some refining.
4. On the aluminum luge, I use 100mm wheels like the ones found on scooters. These have worked well for me so far, but I was wondering if there would be an advantage in using a more typical size longboard wheel.
My goal is to find something fast, stable, and cheap. I've only spent about $110 or so on the aluminum luge ($40 for trucks, $20 for wheels, $10 for abec-7 bearings, and $40 for aluminum) and I've ridden it around 30-40+ mph. For the steel luge, I want to be able to go 50+. The biggest downside to the steel luge that I can see is that it will weight two or three times as much as the aluminum luge. The aluminum weighs about 8 pounds, and I want to keep the steel luge under 20. I'm a big guy (6'4" 250lbs), so the most important criteria for it is that it won't break if I go over a bump. Let me know which plans look best. If no one has tried the three wheel luge idea yet, I might go ahead and do that just to do something new.
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On 5/4/2004
J. Hughes
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CALLING ALL 1970'S SIGNAL HILL RACERS, REUNION PARTY EVENT to be held JULY 24,04 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm after the La Costa slalom races at BLACK HILL.
COME SEE THE FIRST STREET LUGE EVER RACED AND ITS RIDER (SAM PUCCIO) 1 ST STANDUP RECORD HOLDER (GUY GRUNDY) Displys during the Saturday race and closed to the PUBLIC REUNION that night.MOVIES OF SIGNAL HILL RACES AND SLIDE SHOW, FOOD AND BYOB. RACERS RSVP BEFORE JUNE 25,2004 TO: ufogold@yahoo.com put in subject line (REUNION RSVP)
HOSTED BY: SAM PUCCIO AND JOHN HUGHES
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On 5/2/2004
William
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Hi,
I've just updated Streetluging.net by publishing the interview of street lugers from Idaho. Go and check it out! (click the link below).
Danny is going to take part in his first race at the end of the month at Barret Junction (IGSA World Cup event).
Thanks again Danny and Jace!
William
www.streetluging.net/english_version
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On 4/25/2004
DrNo
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On 4/17/2004
Kahn
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Bob - Send me an e-mail.. I think I might have some info that you might find interesting.
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On 4/16/2004 steelwheel Bob
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I guess I'm a writer now with an article coming out in CW about Gery Holl and an article about sk8 history coming out in Blue Edge.
I have been asked to do an article on land luge but i will not appaer for four months or so. I need info, photos, and tales of adventure from youz guys. Probably none of you know this but I was a part of the very first luge culture of the 70's at Black Hill and Glendora Mt. Rd. so I'm not an outsider.
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On 4/15/2004 shrox
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Hey Jared, check this out:
http://www.shrox.com/shxstreetlugeassm.html
or this:
http://www.shrox.com/F-117StealthPegless.jpg
Some fun stuff you can do with wood.
shrox
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On 4/15/2004
Mark Johnson
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Looking for heads to do some lugeing or classic style riding in the San Jose area.ditch bowls parks riding olso always up for standup. to many godies in this area to list
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On 4/13/2004 bones
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jared,thanks for the info,it is very much appreciated,i think we are gonna go for aluminium contrtuction with double trucks,i will post some pictures when it is built,we have already constructed 2 street luges i will post some pics of them soon,thanks again
bones
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On 4/13/2004
Jared
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The material you build your luge out of is just a preference. Darren Lott builds all of his out of wood and they are just as fast as anything else out there. Wood is the cheapest and easiest to work with, Steel and aluminum tend to be more durable. I would choose what ever you have available to you, and have the means to work with. As far as wheelbase, have your first truck as close to your butt as possible with out your wheels being at risk of hitting the board. If your using double trucks up front. Space them so you have a little over 1/4 inch between the wheels of the first truck. You want roughly a 60%-40% weight distribution, with 60% of the weight on your front truck (or trucks). On my Pegless I believe the wheelbase from the inside front axle to the rear axle is under 45 inchs, Im not at home to measure right now. But when I compared to some Rogers Brothers pegless boards this was pretty close to their set up. When I get home Ill measure and post exactly. Experiment to what set up feels like it has the most control and traction to you.
Jared
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On 4/8/2004 bones
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hi guys
wanted to ask for some advice please, i am currently riding a convential luge and am thinking of building a pegless but do not know a massive amount about them,so whay i would like to know is,
what is the preferred wheelbase for a pegless
what kinda dimensions are they and what the preferred construction is i.e alu,steel etc
any help would be much appreciated
thanks
bones
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On 4/7/2004 shrox
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Maybe "Face" magazine takes itself a bit too seriously by having writers...
shrox
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On 4/7/2004 bones
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just read an interesting article in a uk magazine called the face,
all about a street luge crew here in the uk called ssc,dont know what it stands,
basicly they were saying that the majority of uk street luger take it a bit too seriously by wearing leathers and helmets,these morons have supposedly been clocked at 70mph !!!
i wont even look at my luge without being leather clad and bonedomed,
just wondered what everyones thought were on doin 70mph in jeans and a t shirt ???
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On 4/1/2004
DrNo
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I had a chance to see this road last year and yeehaw! it will be an awsome road to race on.
(Copied from Streetluge.net)
a.k.a the wicked fun Lobstha run) is coming together as we speak. We are in the process of putting together some more information for this event including airfare, travel times, places to stay and other details. Including some video of the road. Speaking of the road, the pictures posted don’t do it justice. It is MUCH steeper and more technical and hopefully the video will show it better. (here is a sneak peek….. SNEAK PEEK VIDEO SEEN HERE: http://gravitysportsinternational.com/yorkvideo/tims_road2.mov )
We had to speed it up to reduce the size. But it gives you a better idea of the ride)
We hope to get back up in another week or so to ride and get better video from the riders’ perspective. No doubt this road is going to be fun!
We found some great room rates and have lined up a company to do some Sea Kayaking on Sunday for anyone interested. Remember the town of York is ocean front! We are also working on putting together something for Saturday night. We have not set any entry fees yet, however you can be assured it will be very reasonable as is with all GSI events.
We are working hard to put together an affordable and fun event in hope’s that we can entice a few west coast riders to come out for a true downeast experience. Not to mention the first time gravity sports comes to Maine. (my home state by the way). So we are expecting some decent media coverage. And it IS VACATIONLAND!
We’ll get these details and other information up within a week or two. In the mean time don’t hesitate to contact Sean (riluge@hotmail.com) or myself if anyone has any questions.
by the way airport codes for:
Portland, ME - PWM
Manchester, NH - MHT
Boston, MA - BOS
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On 3/18/2004
Dean
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I am extremely sorry for any inconveniences this may cause, however, due to issues with the Athens City Council, the KING of the HILL event has been moved from Athens Ohio to Bainbridge Ohio, home of the 2000, 2001, and 2002 Ohio World Cups, for April 16 (open practice) and April 17th.
This will be a two day IGSA National event. Friday from 11am till dark will be an open practice session. Saturday will host a mourning practice session, qualifying, and the racing! This will host all gravity sports including stand up!
This venue has been used in the past, and as anyone who has raced Jester Hill can tell you, it's one of the fastest, most challenging courses around. Expect the pit area and course itself to be revamped, and have a loud, energetic, party atmosphere. A DJ, amoung other cool extras, have been organized for the event. Expect a world class feel at this one.
The same focus on bringing in media for the event that was planned for the Athens race will still be in place for Bainbridge. Press Releases have gone out, and we are expecting a very good media turn out, so be sure to brush that hair and wash your leathers.
Red Bull energy drink will be helping out with the after party in Chillocothe Ohio. The after party will have TVs and VCRs to be able to review any footage from the racings. This after party will be open to all competitors.
Hotel discounts and trophy and prize announcements will be made shortly.
Again I appologize for any inconvenience this has caused. This was an inter-city issue with Athens that was out of my hands. I would like to the thank IGSA for supporting the event as they were hit with this change as suddenly as myself. But all things aside, this will be an amazing race that will have all of the great race aspects as it always has, along with the unique attention to media, prizes, and venue atmosphere as the planned Athens race.
Thanks all,
Dean
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On 3/18/2004
THP Crew & Streetluging.net
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Gravity Sports Community,
We are proud to announce an exciting and major revamp of all of Team Hardcore Pavement. With many new and exciting changes in the members and website, 2004 will be an exciting new beginning for Team Hardcore Pavement. We invite you to visit the new website @ www.TeamHardcorePavement.com .
We would also like to announce that our web partner StreetLuging.net has updated their site. Please visit www.StreetLuging.net for the updates.
Sincerely,
All of THP and StreetLuging.net staff.
www.TeamHardcorePavement.com
www.StreetLuging.net
Thanks to our sponsors at:
http://www.SyedLeathers.com
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http://www.IRSSports.com
Euphoria Clothing
PS: Please click on the "Contact" section and leave your comments and feedback by clicking on "Sign Guestbook". Thanks!
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On 3/17/2004 Dan Rogers
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Hey check out our new site where you can see yourself in action! The site will be updated regullarly so have a look. JUST ADDED Barrett Junction 2004! The site is at http://gravitypic.iwarp.com
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On 3/16/2004
Petter Österling
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Now its time, for the first time ever.
Scandinavian Downhill Championship!
http://www.aventyrsfestival.se/SMStreetluge/
The championship is held by "Äventyrsfestivalen" or "The Adventure Festival" and Streetluge Sweden.
The Adventure Festival is a multisport festival with Kayaking, Downhill mountainbike, Streetluge, buttboard, paraglidning contests etc
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