no. they really arent super low.
look at the plates Evan made Terry(muniaddict). they are dropped so low, and aparently terry doesnt have trouble with them on a 20".
There is no Q factor on bc plates, if they are tilted inward that means that they are bent.
Ha, Evan said when he rode Terry’s plates he couldn’t turn.
The lowrider plates are only dropped 1/2" more than the old bedfords so it doesn’t change turning much, it just gets the bolt away from your foot. I haven’t had any problems turning normally.
If I do a really sharp turn they hit but I can also hit the ground with the pedal on my uni with 110 cranks.
this may be off topic but are bedfords longer the nimbus plates and is it easier to ride with shorter plates.
because my current junkie plates are about 2 inches long.
bedford makes 3 plates.
short, long(pro), long dropped(lowrider). lowriders own all!
evan loves short plates though
That is an opinion, I think long plates are easier to ride.
Bedfords are 9" long I think.
My plates are 3 1/4" long. 5" wide.
Next time I make them I’m going to make them 4 1/4" long.
Just to clairify…
I make every Bedford BC Wheel Platform one at a time by hand myself.
I use the machine shop facilities at City Wide Welding owned by my great friend Louis Conforti.
Any platform out there these days is a copy of my original design.
No one has come close to making them as good or as strong.
Beware of what you get.
I have updated the platforms a few times since the original design.
You will want the lastest Bedford PRO LowRider platforms if you are thinking of getting into BCing.
You will be glad you got them !
Enjoy the ride,
Darren
For the sake of argument, I bent some of your short plates. Also, I would bet some of those solid steel plates some people have made are stronger than yours. Not to argue that your plates are very strong. But to go out saying yours are the strongest without any comparitive testing is ignorant.
yeah i like those but I already have trouble enough bailing 
Evan
I’m just letting people know what I have been told by a lot of people who have bought other plates. They told me that they want to buy a set of mine now because they have bent the ones they got elsewhere really quickly.
They said they tried to save a few dollars and buy some cheaper ones but in the end reqreted it.
Some people have told me that they tried to make their own and ended up with something that looked really bad or was not very good. Some told me that they jumped on theirs and the weld broke, they fell and got hurt.
I have had people say that they have used mine after using other versions and instantly feel the difference and can ride better right away.
I haven’t had many comments on yours (except from Spencer and a few others) so I can’t pass on any news to you about your design.
I sent a message to Spencer letting him know that I would give you a great deal on a set of the new LowRider platforms if you want a set.
Try Spencers and let me know. He will have his in a few days.
Darren
That wasn’t from normal riding though. If you put a bc on the ground and jump on to it from a high place then it will probably bend.
You have bent some of your plates too doing stupid things.
I haven’t heard of Bedfords ever getting bent from normal riding situations.
Do the lowerd plates come in a short version?
you could probably alter them to make them short
Yes but darren wouldnt like that.
I just saw a pic of the bedford lowriders. They look cool if you get a 24" like Evan Byrne said. So maybe bedford is the way to go.
Darren,
I would dispute this statement: The basic design for drop plates for impossible wheels is many years old, I remember seeing them in the 1980s. Although I will say that Darren has been very much at the forefront of their development in the last few years taking them from the crude plates to the sophisticated plates that he is sell now. I would expect the development to continue on from where it is now. Shoe protectors? hooked clips for shoes? “D-spindles”? clipless? external bearings (like unicycles)? All to come!
The new Nimbus Plates are also quite different to the plates that Darren is producing. It has a double formed vertical plate double welded at the bottom that offers considerable strength over the older single bent designs. This design is made from 6mm thick plate steel, which although heavy is proving to be very durable.
Roger
Are there ever going to be long nimbus plates?
You really do not want to strap your feet into the plates (like with clips or something) that would be really dangerous. If you attached the plates with external bearings wouldn’t that put too much sideload on the bearings? I think you would have to have a fork like the bottom half a uni frame so they won’t flex.
Oh and what is a D spindle?
Sounds like some cool ideas.
Hey darren, Start making these…
