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On 10/17/2004 KANUFI
wrote in from
Australia
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The guy was travelling at speed and suddenly stoped.the guy has cooked it into a corner and lost it.he is now dead.its sounds cold guys but this is reality.Stay Safe everyone.
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On 10/17/2004 TC
wrote in from
United States
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Can you elaborate a little more please?
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On 10/16/2004
Kanufi
wrote in from
Australia
(220.244.nnn.nnn)
We lost a street luger in the past week.He was a beginner who thought to lightly about this sport.Like any gravity sport the appeal is the danger.So to everyone we have lost one of our own, be carefull and stay safe.
Kanufi
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On 10/15/2004
Mark Johnson
wrote in from
United States
(68.123.nnn.nnn)
What a lonely area this is
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On 10/5/2004
Mark Johnson
wrote in from
United States
(68.121.nnn.nnn)
who want's to ride? Afer the world slalom race i an up for some riding, mater of fact i am jonesing please call if you live in or around the bay area and want to ride or learn how to ride email me
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On 9/29/2004
Andreas Johnsen
wrote in from
Sweden
(213.112.nnn.nnn)
Hi
I would like to ask if any one has any space over for a lonely swed that needs a ride from Columbus to Bainbrdige. If so please let me know when you will arrive at Columbus so that I can book a flyt that will be in your time frame.
Best regards Andreas
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On 9/8/2004
William
wrote in from
France
(80.15.nnn.nnn)
I've updated Streetluging.net with a street luge construction guide, the report describes all the stages of the construction of my aluminium sled chassis.
Check it out @ www.streetluging.net/english_version
Enjoy!
William
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On 8/24/2004 andreas
wrote in from
Sweden
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http://www.longboard.nu/files/Kungsberget2004.wmv
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On 8/24/2004 Andreas
wrote in from
Sweden
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New swedish flic with slam
Slam-jam at kungsberget
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On 8/23/2004
Paul Armstrong
wrote in from
Canada
(69.198.nnn.nnn)
It would seem that Xtreme Wheelz is still around but is for sale - the whole kit.
http://www.streetluge.net/webbbs/index.cgi?noframes;read=15075
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On 8/22/2004
airin
wrote in from
Canada
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Hey hc,
I got the Viking's from a kind skater on this forum. Yeah, I know Xtreme makes some grooved wheels but that company doesn't seem to be around any more and/or their wheels seem to be out of stock. I was glad to be able to get this 76 mm wheels used. They work better than I expected on the dry so I hope to use them in steep gradient situations where I want to carve things up and still have max. grip.
Do you have any ideas for getting the bearings out of the metal hubs?
thanks
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On 8/22/2004 hc
wrote in from
United States
(69.105.nnn.nnn)
bebco, if you searching for history on streetluge.
search, roger hickey, sam puccio, signal hill, etc.
It started by in the 70's. You can do the math to figure out how old the pioneers are.
Also check out hughR's skatecar section and my luge page.
There is probable some article on the web regarding streetluge history somewhere.
airin, where did you get those vikings?
x-treme wheelz have a grooved model, but I think grooves are pointless given the small contact patch of skate wheels.
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On 8/22/2004
airin
wrote in from
Canada
(154.20.nnn.nnn)
I'm running some rubber wheels with metal hubs as my 'rain wheels' on my longboard. These street luge wheels are working really well for slow speed carving in the dry on steep slopes and for rain riding on moderate slopes. However, they still slip a bit when carving in the rain on steep grades or at higher speeds.
I have two questions about these wheels. Firstly, how can you possibly remove the bearings from a metal hubbed wheel? When I wanted to clean the bearings yesterday after a rain riding session they felt like they were practically 'welded' into the metal hub! Nothing would budge them. Is there a special technique for removing bearings from this type of wheel?
Secondly, the smooth rubber 76mm Viking wheel does slide more in the rain than I expected. I am wondering if the grip on wet surfacer would improve if the wheel was grooved giving it some 'thread' and thus allowing water to funnel off so as to reduce any hydroplaning.
I'm hoping that some of you out there with some experience runing rubber wheels can help me out here. I know that lugers tend to use this type wheel for their sport hence my posting under this heading.
thanks,
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On 8/22/2004 PSR
wrote in from
United States
(24.52.nnn.nnn)
Becbo,scroll down a bit further.... JL was just referring to a post before that,as I was... The "how old" question isn't fair,btw. It's a matter of how long a person has been at this sort of thing,or maybe who did what when (not that too many of us thought to document our riding,we just went out and Rode),but Age isn't a matter,until you're old enough to realize you might be going too fast.
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On 8/22/2004 becbo
wrote in from
Australia
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well im doing an essay on street luging n i stumbled onto this site and i read 1 of the posts from JL and i was just wondering how old r u guys? cuz by the sounds of that post he made it sond like he started street luging....thanks
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On 8/22/2004
stuart
wrote in from
Australia
(198.142.nnn.nnn)
thnx joseph
bummer news is this is all for my student project and my teacher dosen't want me doing stuff that has been done before
i found those 'flux risers' etc and thats gunna stop my project cos all that stuff is done pretty well
if i manage to salvage my project and keep it in the direction of street luging (whic is what i want) then i'll get in touch
if i dont contact u ,i'll post a link of my final design in 2 weeks time :)and everyone can see what i've been up to :)
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On 8/21/2004
joseph
wrote in from
Australia
(211.30.nnn.nnn)
stuart what city are you based in? send me your e-mail or phone number if your in sydney if you want to ride or want some contacts to help you with your project:) i am in sydney by the way.
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On 8/21/2004 stuart
wrote in from
Australia
(198.142.nnn.nnn)
yeah i did and it got me into thinking about a product that could be used on various styles of boards....
the 'flux risers' and 'flash rollers' that are out there at the moment work really well by the looks of things
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On 8/21/2004
joseph
wrote in from
Australia
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looked into pegless luges?
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On 8/21/2004
stuart
wrote in from
Australia
(198.142.nnn.nnn)
here are some concepts i did for my student project...
Click here for link
im even thinking of making the front bumper with a mad intense glow with LED's and all that...
if anyone could plz make comments on this stuff it'd really help with my student project :)
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On 8/19/2004 stuart
wrote in from
Australia
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hey has anyone seen or even thought of hooking up some lights to their luge.
not so much for lighting up the road ahead but getting some great effects at night etc.
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On 8/17/2004 Me!
wrote in from
United States
(149.174.nnn.nnn)
Stuart, if you are going to run one of those boards, buy yourself a good sized cup. Those croch pads would kill you if you came off your board. Have you had kids yet? If not, I'd recommend getting another type of board, unless you don't want to have kids. In that case, ride it all you want!
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On 8/17/2004 Crash Test Dummy
wrote in from
United States
(205.188.nnn.nnn)
I think a guy name Scootball runs a luge like that. Ask him on streetluge.net though because I think he checks there more often.
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On 8/17/2004
stuart
wrote in from
Australia
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to anyone who wants to giv their opinion i'd like to hear some feed back on these boards i've found.
i want to make one cos they look unreal!
if anyone has any tips or comments on draw backs with these boards i'd really appreciate it
Click here for link
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