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Old Jan 18, 2006 | 05:14 PM
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got my bike bak today, wasnt exspectin this i'll av ago on it ont weekend c wot i can do

Old Jan 18, 2006 | 05:15 PM
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What THE ****! can't wait to see it in action, I think...
Old Jan 18, 2006 | 05:33 PM
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Jesus, you could've cleaned your boots for the picture.....
Old Jan 18, 2006 | 05:36 PM
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How I would LOVE to see that touching down up the high street!! It's pretty well engineered, you make it yourself? I'm impressed!
Old Jan 18, 2006 | 05:38 PM
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i didn't make it now, me mate made it, he builds custom streetfighters n that :YEAH
Old Jan 18, 2006 | 06:04 PM
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If the wheels roll alright you could ride along for ages at 12
Old Jan 18, 2006 | 06:53 PM
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well i'll b givin em ago on the weekend so i'll let u know wot appens, any tips on gettin it down part from just flippin on perpose
Old Jan 19, 2006 | 08:31 AM
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that's awesome - something I've had a think about before - good skills on gettin it made up then

tips? use the back brake so the bar doesnt slam down too hard and snap your bike - check the sticky on wheelies, on the "how to" section on the main forums.

go for it. :YEAH
Old Jan 19, 2006 | 10:57 AM
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To stop the back from slamming down hard you could replace the wheels with Wagon Wheels though maybe a bit big. Something like Viscounts or Jaffa cakes would work better I should imagine...
Old Jan 19, 2006 | 11:59 AM
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To stop the back from slamming down hard you could replace the wheels with Wagon Wheels though maybe a bit big. Something like Viscounts or Jaffa cakes would work better I should imagine...

jaffas. it would be a waste of viscounts. jaffas are crap though, so use them
Old Jan 19, 2006 | 12:02 PM
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wicked... The bloke at work wants to make one for my pushbike haha. One that just bolts on and off. Got the idea sorted now, thinking i might get wheels as on a push bike i wont have much speed to drag a bar... All for tha laugh lol
Old Jan 19, 2006 | 12:38 PM
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well i just been out on it, got it dwn pretty easy n luvin it :YEAH few minor problems, the right hand wheel bent a little but i'll leave it like that till i can land em proper, n need to sort me bak break out its toss!! other than that was gd, i'll get sum pics up on the weekend :YEAH
Old Jan 19, 2006 | 02:28 PM
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Wow insane tech setup! Do you reckon you could get it so far back that you could ride it onto the skate wheels only? -but then I suppose you'd need yet another 12 bar bolted on the end of the sk8 set to touch down after them!
You're one brave guy - I like the fact that a steel bar slows you down a bit - but I'm feelin old-skool after seeing this.
Old Jan 19, 2006 | 06:20 PM
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thanx for the comments guys, but i got a problem now!, i took it out again 2nite n it seems that after hittin them so much the vibrations r makin the nutz *** loose holdin the wheels on, n the spindle holdin them on is also bent, so gunna av to sort summet out this weekend, ahh well **** happens!!!
Old Jan 20, 2006 | 07:40 AM
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that looks awsome and fair play to you for gettin it down so soon
this is how things work mate, gota try them out, might not work all the time but as your the first i know of for this type of bar your gona have teathin probs
Old Jan 20, 2006 | 03:12 PM
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yeah. Things will happen, better to have your problems with it now, so you can iron out the creases, instead of it doing it when your really confident and something going wrong!
Fair play to you though! Cant wait for pics
Old Jan 20, 2006 | 08:14 PM
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i bin round to me mate who made it, we gunna put a proper bar on it on saturday n c how it goes
Old Jan 20, 2006 | 08:39 PM
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looks nuts
u gota keep em
what about a hardend steel axle so it dont bend?
and at each end conect it to a braceing bar that runs the the same lenth as the wheels behind the wheels to take the load like a fork brace over a mud gaurd
cos thos wheels look mad just try and get him to make mkII the return!
Old Jan 21, 2006 | 01:14 PM
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Can't wait to see some 12'ing pictures!! Sounds cool.
Old Jan 21, 2006 | 03:26 PM
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Re: 12 bar with a difference

Those skate wheels normally have a cro-mo steel axle (still bend though). You don't need fast spinning bearings how your using them, so drill out the wheels centres to take a thicker bar/axle.
Still looks mad and scary to me - but I can't keep my 2-cents to myself where teccy stuff is on a thread.



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