Go a High Ground DeckyBro, I have one and it.
Add a footstop to the front & is bang on
A little W in the back, the wheel flares make nice pockets & the rear tapers and has a nice flare which works as a toe hook for you rear foot. I have one for a build atm I have been kicking it DH and I couldn’t be happier with it…
It is a pretty old design that has been refined over the years and is often available at a good price, I got mine in Aus for $99 Aud ($72 US).
el Beasto’s board of choice
if it has aged at all it is that the min. wheel base is is 67cm (26.4 inches) and i’m ridding 25/24.5 on my other decks…
First is that I added a second loop key that disconnects the negative wire to the Vesc’s. Previously I was charging the pack as two 6s packs one after the other because if I tried to parallel charge them at the same time it shorted out the balance wires. BZZT. So charging is now more convenient.
The threaded inserts that hold the battery enclosure were too cheap and threaded out. So now I am using regular bolts with nylock nuts. Got some of those pretty anodized washers too.
I messed up and killed two cells. $60 gone. My inlaws were visiting and I was highly distracted. So I forgot to turn the board off for 3 days. Really this should be fine but I have voltage alarms on there that draw power from 1 cell only. These drained the cells to zero volts. Weirdly they should have gone off at 3.6v but did not go off until zero volts. Anyway got two new cells from Hobbyking and fixed that mess.
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I bought some surf rodz trucks when they were on sale in July, but will not receive them to later this month when my dad brings them back from the US for me. Really excited about these but now I need new motor mounts. I plan to get the red 100mm boa wheels so I also need kegel style pulleys. A lot of money for the full conversion so It will be a slow process.
Though I have been tuning the feel of the trucks and I feel like I got precision trucks for free. I tried these 3D printed rings from @skatardude10 that take the slop out of the hanger, it makes the trucks feel so much more precise, turny AND stable. Its just a little ring but it makes a HUGE improvement to TB218’s. https://www.electric-skateboard.builders/t/the-demonseed-tb-218-tb-6374s-190kv-tb-mounts-chibattery-10s4p-dual-focboxes-superflys/50610/20?u=lrdesigns Addtionally I have changed my angles from 55/55 to 55/50 with a looser rear truck and more solid riser not a soft one. Made it way more stable at high speed. Turning radius is actually tighter too.
Also been working some risers and motor mounts for the surf rodz.
I can only run the front one until I get motor mounts. But it did make a noticable difference. More stable and less wiggle at speed. While still having a tighter radius for slow speed U turns. With the riser I run 55 deg in the front.
Nice build @lrdesigns . What kind of range do you expect from your battery setup? My eyes are starting to really open to the modularity and maintenance benefits of lipo.
With 220 watt hours you would expect 20km max range. I have never tried and don’t want to try as I want to be nice to my batteries. Lipo dont like to go low.
I only get about 6km range, and that is the length of my commute so it works fine for me. I am tall 6.2" and heavy 110kg that must account for some of it. The other thing is I only charge to 4.1 volts and at the end of my commute the battery is at 3.8 volts. I do that to get longer life from my batteries.
If you want range I would not use this setup, I would go for 18650 in a 4p configuration. Samsung 30q preferably.
Yeah it could easily be modded to a cable riser with the wires coming out the triangle hole in the middle. I have been meaning to finish up a few versions and put them on thingaverse so I can share them here.
Guys I have uploaded the Surf Rod press fit motor mount files to thingiverse! Free to all!
These are meant to be CNC’ed. While I did make a printable version that is more just an experiment and you need a SLA printer as there is no tolerance between the mount and the trucks as it’s a “perfect” fit.
This is what the CNC version looks like. The small dot on the back side is to show which way to assemble them. The dot goes on the side of the truck that has the axel grub screw. It has a slightly steeper angle than the other side so its easy to put on upside down.
Cross section print was used to confirm fitment angles.
I just got a good price on the CNC in 6061 if I order 10 sets. 20pc total. No surface finishing.
Just feeling out if anyone is interested in a set for $50 usd shipped registered mail from Hong Kong?
I don’t want to do a big group buy or make a bunch of money, just want to make it worth my time and reduce the financial risk to me. I would just need 5 other guys to make it worth it.
These only fit Surf Rodz RKP 200mm hangers. The hole pattern is designed to fit mark88 motor plates rear mounted. But I think we could do some with no holes so people could drill them by hand to match their application.
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Add a footstop to the front & is bang on 
So charging is now more convenient.
The threaded inserts that hold the battery enclosure were too cheap and threaded out. So now I am using regular bolts with nylock nuts. Got some of those pretty anodized washers too.
I messed up and killed two cells. $60 gone. 
My inlaws were visiting and I was highly distracted. So I forgot to turn the board off for 3 days. Really this should be fine but I have voltage alarms on there that draw power from 1 cell only. These drained the cells to zero volts. Weirdly they should have gone off at 3.6v but did not go off until zero volts. Anyway got two new cells from Hobbyking and fixed that mess.
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I bought some surf rodz trucks when they were on sale in July, but will not receive them to later this month when my dad brings them back from the US for me. Really excited about these but now I need new motor mounts. I plan to get the red 100mm boa wheels so I also need kegel style pulleys. A lot of money for the full conversion so It will be a slow process.
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