bc questions

1. Bald one would be good, depends on wheelsize for exact tire...
2. Bedfords
3. 24"
4. Not me
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tomtrevor said:

a completely bald tyre would be alright. ive got a maxxis hookworm which
is good for me. for street riding probablya 24" thogh a 20" is easier
for high hops. the best plates are bedford plates. you can't really get
a decent BC wheel if you want it cheap unless you know how to make one
yourself.

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tomtrevor said:

a completely bald tyre would be alright. ive got a maxxis hookworm which
is good for me. for street riding probablya 24" thogh a 20" is easier
for high hops. the best plates are bedford plates. you can't really get
a decent BC wheel if you want it cheap unless you know how to make one
yourself.

Do you ride "Street" bc? From where do you have the experience to say
that a bald tire would be "alright." Next time a thread comes along
that ask a question(s) that you have no clue to as the answer, And
purely want to add a digit to your total number of posts, For all our
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and here it is...

yea i ride street BC.

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Do you? Hmm, what can you do?...

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not much, ive only had a BC wheel for a few weeks. i can go up QP's,
some hands on stuff and jump over speed bumps and the like.

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okay i have done some looking around and i found a 14 mm bmx wheel whith
a sun double wall rim and a bald primo tire all i need now is the
plates but i dont want to spend 90$ on a peice of steal so what should
i do and does that sound like a good setup?

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JUNGAUNI said:

i dont want to spend 90$ on a peice of steal so what should i do and
does that sound like a good setup?

Its not steel, its Aluminum. You make it sounds like its easy to
machine out a brick of aluiminum to the shape and quality that Darren
does. Also they are very nicely powder coated and fited with grip tape.

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Evan Byrne said:

Its not steel, its Aluminum. You make it sounds like its easy to machine
out a brick of aluiminum to the shape and quality that Darren does.
Also they are very nicely powder coated and fited with grip tape.

Are they really machined out of a chunk of alluminum? I thought it was
just extruded angle.

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Spudman said:

Are they really machined out of a chunk of alluminum? I thought it was
just extruded angle.

Yes, i suspect rough cut with a bandsaw, then machined to shape.

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you just suspect that.. but do you realy think its worth it and also
do you think gb4 plates would be good?

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you just suspect that.. but do you realy think its worth it and also
do you think gb4 plates would be good?

All the plates avalible have major flaws in the design, they have
either or all of the following problems:

Way too heavy

Wrong demensions for multipul reasons

Designed to be easy to make, not quality.

However bedfords are the best out of all the kinds you can buy.

If you would wait, i hear darren is going to start selling lower
plates, so they will be very good plates exept for the weight.

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You could design your own plates, making them fit to your feet and what
not, that would be kool.

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see you actualy have usefull posts jerrick and good ideas

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Jerrick said:

You could design your own plates, making them fit to your feet and what
not, that would be kool.

Along those lines, but you more want to build the plates to make the
tricks you will be doing easier.

If you have the time, want, money, metal, welder, skill, saw, and some
knowlage into designing such a thing, then yeah make them yourself.

Otherwise, you could hire someone to make you some.

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Or better yet, have a friend who will do it for free cause they have all
the stuff and extra metal and can do it at school or in their shop. =p

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Jerrick said:

Or better yet, have a friend who will do it for free cause they have all
the stuff and extra metal and can do it at school or in their shop. =p

No school is going to have 4130 laying around in the sizes you need.
But yes that would be cool.

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Thats what you think, my friend Phil had some laying around and made
some plates for my friend Mike, he just needs to drill a whole then put
them on. =p

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The 90 degree angle solid plate is the worst design, its heavy and weak.
If someone actuly put some thought into it, they would use a tube
design or a flange design.

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Yeah, I would like to design a tube plate, but I dont have the material.
I just noticed this, but when your on-line, your light isnt green, even
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