Evolve Gen 1 deck
12S5P Samsung 30Q pack with Smart BMS
2 x FOCBOX Unity Motor controllers
Elofty 58kv DD motors x 4 on DKP trucks
Trampa superstar hubs with 6.5 inch urban tredz
Custom POM push fit adaptors
Flipsky VX2
Ive had a quick test ride and fuck DKP trucks! This thing feels wild and im not sure 4WD + DKP is a good idea, ill swap the rubbish china thane bushings and try again.
Absolutely mate, I cant wait to see someone who can ride DKP have a go because I cant ride them at all. I have channel (and other ) trucks in my blood now!
It was a short, intense and conflicted love affair! The board was the absolute best thing I’ve ever ridden, it’s a dream come true.
Why am I using the past tense? Well, the board is now a 3WD. In the wise words of Monty Python, “E’s not pinin’! 'E’s passed on! This motor is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E’s expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E’s a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn’t nailed 'im to the perch 'e’d be pushing up the daisies! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E’s off the twig! 'E’s kicked the bucket, 'e’s shuffled off ‘is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin’ choir invisible!! THIS IS AN EX-MOTOR!!”
So, one of the Elofty motors failed (the winding is crap) so the board is dead for now.
@Lee_Wright and the boys at Apex did a absolute beast of a job, can’t fault them, but unfortunately the DD technology isn’t yet mature enough. Better days will come.
I’ll leave you with the handover video, and I’ll try to control my urge to buy replacement units.
Been enjoying this board a lot as a nice, stealth fast cruiser, and today I broke my speed record on it. For some of you speed deamons this will be run of the mill stuff, but I had a ball at the Carve Cyclopark event in London today