Make better plates

General
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Its a 26", Made for rolling over stuff on trails. I use 20" for urban.

22

So the brake is for hopping?

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i thought you weren’t gonna keep it, or it didn’t work or something.

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I see you got your plates working on that axle/hub setup you wanted
cool!

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it is for basic control, if you have ever ridden a BC you know that sometimes you HAVE to slow down a little bit :slight_smile:

edit: and if used for trials stuff probably hopping as well

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I have the basic plates done… now I need to sand them down and paint them…

I made them 4" wide and 10" long.

Don’t laugh at my welds… I’m going to grind them down and make them much nicer.

EDIT: I win… 13 Pounds total.

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You cant hop with the mbc for three reasons:

  1. There is nothing to grip to for hopping.

  2. its so heavy even if it did have something to grip onto with your feet, you couldnt.

  3. its for trail riding, not urban, so no hopping there anyway.

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Evan, what do you think of my plates?

Don’t make fun of my welds please :frowning:

I’ve seen the videos of you riding, you’re insanely good.

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Well your plates are much too heavy to do any practical urban stuff. Fine for learning though. Welds look fine.

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Thanks for the input :slight_smile:

If we had aluminum I would have used it instead.

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The flange plate design isnt the greatest. With a change of design, you can use much much less material, and save way way more weight. Try a tubular design.

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Haha. I’m going to spend some time on a design :slight_smile:

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No no no, bad bad bad. Dont use the shape of bedfords with tubes. Bad. Have the tubes leading up to the axle be vertical.

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Thanks GUI:D

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Which is better aluminum or steel? I think aluminum would be nice but how strong is it?

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It depends more on the design, Bedfords are aluminum and really strong. The old nimbus plates are steel and bent (now they changed the design so it should be better).

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Woa alluminum is like way cheaper I’m gonna get that stuff:D

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Where are you finding aluiminum cheaper?

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Here.

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Here.

I think the radiused aluminum either .25" or .375" would work fine, but it’ll be a bit heavy compared to tubular plates. I just finished mine, and the whole BC weighs 8 pounds. I’ll post pics when I get them on my computer.