Just for kicks I tried out the wheels from my doomwheels project on my Core 8 today.




I made up some quick 1/2" to 3/8" bushings and slapped on the wheels. The overall weight was still only 14 lbs.

The 12"ers were fast and smoooth! Only had one big problem - my toes and heels rubbed the wheels when carving since the Core 8 is so short.

Anyone else here ride something larger than the 8"ers? With a longer board, big wheels on a mountainboard would be great for high speed cruising and rough fields

Now this looks like fun:

http://www.kite-deck.com/board-quadrolution.html

I like that

This is my summer to get into KGB. I haven't paid much attention to truck construction but wonder if you could just flip the truck mounts on a regular board and have the trucks work in this ( upside down ) manor ??? Assuming the board was long enough to set the straps like this.

Hello Snowbird - I tried it out tonight in the shop. It does work, but you just need to reverse the trucks around like this:

andrewjohns Board

Got to try out my prototype board today:



Rolls much better over bumpy fields. The next version will be sporting a Baltic Birch deck.

This is not the ideal jumping board, but a low wind cruising board or maybe a high speed board (with better trucks).

Overall, I'm very impressed - the board is long enough now so that my feet don't hit the tires when carving.