I thought they set it so it has no acceleration, not sure where but I heard it was meant for beginners and stuff
I don’t know about it being for beginners but more for casual “campus” riding or the use case you’ve described. It’s performance specs match if not exceed the requirements you’ve listed. It’s even lighter. 12.5 lbs
Again I understand this is a DIY site so the only reason I mentioned it is because it was a cheaper option that meets your requirements that I have actual experience with.
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Hmm, time for research then, didn’t thing it would be worth it. Deck swap invalidates the warranty right?
ehhh I can’t confirm but it’s only a 3 month warranty.
I don’t have experience with their customer service or warranty tbh but I can say I didn’t have issues with my campus or my meepo v2.
How’s the ride quality? I think my route is 70% brick and 30% cracked asphalt
Good and bad with a single hub. Good is you get 3 standard wheels. Bad is there’s thin PU on that single hub motor so it’s a rougher ride on that wheel.
Since it’s a short board it’s stiff so there’s little flex to absorb rough roads. On smooth to semi smooth it’s as comfortable as any other short board but I think that’s why meepo uses that foam grip tape to absorb some of the vibrations.
Is the hub wheel bad enough to regret on ~7 mi of brick a day?
I don’t know what your tolerance for vibrations is but probably isn’t as comfortable as riding a board with 4 real wheels.
I used mine for casual short rides around the neighborhood, no rides up to 7 miles long so it wasn’t something I can speak on.
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Okay, good to know! Ive sent them a message to see if I can get just parts of it for less
I’ve decided fuck it, gonna make this as small and light as possible. As tempting as it is to save the $100 for a Campus 2 and get the goodies with it, I want a high speed death trap with hella acceleration and a cushy ride. I won’t be working on this until around Christmas so maybe some of this stuff will be on sale or something.
Current standing is a bamboo penny board, FSESC, and a Racerstar…hopefully I’ll be happy with it…but at the very least it will be light for the performance
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How hard is it to jump a 10lbs penny board up a curb? And has anyone used a single partial binding on a short deck?
Depending on where you mount the motors dictated how easy. If mounted in the back it’s extremely easy, but upfront, when you lift once your back trucks hit the edge of the curb your front trucks dips down. To fix that you just hold it a little longer(little manual).
Edit: you said up the curb. Make sure everything is move towards the front trucks including motor so your back wheels can hit the curb with enough speed to pop you up. 
You might break your enclosure trying this for the first time. (Experience)
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Sweet, I’ll have the motor forward mounted on the back truck and the batteries at the front so it should be decently balanced
You could forward mount your motors and top mount your battery and put one of these on your rear truck.
http://www.groundandsea.com/bird-lapper-truck-cover-sale-skateboard-rails/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwvdXpBRCoARIsAMJSKqLbA1gX9XPYynrMFRUcUlnoEq6jvYoYVn4dIgIUU80Gi1PkJJgIB0QaAruIEALw_wcB
Feet don’t move around much on a small deck like that. Probably wouldn’t even notice.
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You may want to read up on 30T vs 40T. With 1P, 30T may actually give you more range than 40T despite its lower capacity since it sags significantly less. It’s also cheaper.
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What the fuck?
I did some reading on the 30T and that is some strangly great performance. I think it will be a perfect cell for this, but out of curiosity is there anything that will have better range if I stay at 10 amps cont?
Hm, I’m probably wrong. I read somewhere that 30T is better above 15-20A continuous. I found this data now though:
| 10A | 20A | 30A | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30T | 10.0 Wh | 8.9 Wh | 7.4 Wh |
| 40T | 11.4 Wh | 10.0 Wh | 8.3 Wh |
Still, it’s not like 30T will only deliver 75% of the energy compared to 40T as one might think. Rather, it’s around 90%. I’m surprised that the ratio doesn’t improve significantly with the increasing continuous current. The data may also be wrong. I haven’t found any other source to crosscheck.
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I highly recommend Boardnamics mounts over those BKB mounts, they’re much stronger.
I would enjoy seeing the data on this as my experience is to the total opposite.
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