Hello ladymen and gentlebitches!
So, about 11 months ago my last DIY project came out of the oven. Initially a crying, light sleeping, hungry mess, he’s turning out to be quite the capable little munchkin. As he’s starting to be able to stand up on his own and maintain some semblance of balance, it’s time to fulfill our legal requirement as parents and provide him with his very first MTB…which will probably, eventually, be electrified.
The project started a few months ago, as these things usually go: Roarokit veneers, Titebond III and our modular mold with several sections removed to make it somewhat manageable size-wise:
This is a mountainboarding household, so either he likes offroading and pneumatics, or I’m kicking him out. Almost 1yo, get a job already!
Since he’s a spoiled little baby, he’s getting the good wheels. They even taste good:
Steering with springs or barrels while weighting around 10kg is pretty hard according to him (he’s whiny like that) so as a first attempt I’m using some old DKP trucks converted to TKP + some risers. In order for the HYPA hubs to fit, dad had to get creative with an angle grinder, two different size of bearings and a bunch of spacers:
I hope that in the future he gets over his skill issue and is able to handle real channel trucks. sigh
As I am ABSOLUTELY incapable of producing anything remotely artistic, mom to the rescue with the deck art! Spoiler alert: she absolutely NAILED it:
After a lot of eye contact and frowny faces (why won’t he text me like a normal person??), I understood that he had yet another complaint:
“Dear dad, don’t you realize I am unable to stand for more than 3 seconds at a time and I am therefore incapable of riding a board without any support whatsoever?”
OKAY! Jeez
All joking aside, I’m over the moon because…he actually loves it!!!
That video is from a prototype version of the barrier. Will update soon…
