2018 is already the year of the gear drive, I was thinking maybe 2019 will be the year of the direct drive. Never hurts to have more gear drive options, especially for AT.
Good job. These would be a welcomed addition
Decided to change the name of the drive, to incorporate a name Iāll be using for my future designs.
Hereās a render of the product weāre aiming to produce here!
If itās not that shiny on delivery Iāll expect a full refund Jeff
Nothing a lil gloss clear coat canāt do
That looks so sexy
will there be options for kegal/flywheel mount?
This drive is designed with a fixed Gear Ratio (3.75:1) that isnāt meant for those wheels unfortunately. (The clearance between the drive and the road would also be really small for a urethane wheel of that size.)
If youāre looking for a urethane gear drive, you might want check my other thread - The Aortal Gear Drive.
Iām pretty excited to see how this project turns out. Iām getting stuff ready now . @riverside.rider Absolutely beautiful man! Love the wheels and trucks.
Sweet! What deck is that?
I realise Iāve not been updating this thread, but thatās because Iāve been working with the supplier to get the prototypes out!
So, update:
- Iāve ordered 4 drives to test (for me and my local esk8 riders.) To arrive by mid Jan where testing will ensue. (We have builds ready to go and waiting the drive :D)
- Am working with Timo on the price of the drive and will release the price when the drive is ready for pre-orders.
- Almost every component of the drive will be CNCed, down to the motor pinion, from 7075 Alu/ POM and will be black hard anodized. (Seems like black won colour vote, no surprise there :P.)
- Logo will be laser engraved on the cover, because, why not I might go with a red logo for production pieces, because of +23.4% speed.
Landyachtz switch. Not 100% convinced itāll work perfectly for me but I have backups in case. It looked so pretty with the wheels I had to bolt them on
Do you can wheelbite with that?
Can we get an above view? I got to see the stance on this thing.
@nuttyjeff Yeah a bit I might be able to modify enough though.
@skunk Iām 6ā4ā and feel a bit cramped so it may not work out there which is my bigger concern. But I got other options Iāll make something work
I had the exact same problem with a switchblade deck. The corner of the deck hits the wheels.
I intend to push the trucks further towards the edge of the deck to solve it (:
More pics of the prototype set!
I wish I was one of your local esk8 buddies!
Aww, iām just a plane flight away!
Any idea what the final price is going to be?
Haha! Iāll release the final price when weāre done testing! Iād prefer not to release it yet as there may be some changes to the design/material! Hope you can understand!
Wouldnāt want to mislead anyone with an estimated price too, but I promise itāll be competitive!