Okay, so since I got into Esk8 (not long ago) I’ve been absolutely captivated by the Radium Mach One by @Tony_Stark. Everything about it is beautiful and refined. Unfortunately, I can’t currently justify the well deserved price tag (especially to my wife).
I currently am on a SRB SuperSpine. I tend to “jump into the deep end” on all my hobbies. It handles like perfection. Feels so perfectly locked in and stable in every way. I didn’t believe the SRB hype until @dskate let me demo his V5. The hype is REAL!
The absolute only gripe I have with my SS is that I can feel every single bump on the road/ sidewalk. Now I know, please don’t chase me with pitchforks for ever letting the SuperSpine run on sidewalks. I use it as my all around board. Hate me if you must, I love it, aside from that one issue.
Anyhow. So my brain has been going wild thinking of a wonderful hybrid Radium Mach One and Super Spine. I can only image the perfection of a Mach One coupled with the absolute locked in feeling of the SRB 3-Links.
So I’m fairly amateur at Fusion, I’m okay enough to get by and I started designing some Radium copy swing arms to use to try and make my idea a reality.
Couple things though. In absolutely no way am I trying to rip off Radium, I’m inspired by them and love what they’re doing. I truly hope this does not come off this way.
I have no idea what I’m doing, I’m sharing mainly because I want to share my idea and see what you all think. I’d love some feedback.
Anyhow, here are some crummy screenshots of my F3d design for a radium swing arm suspension style bracket that I plan on using with @IDEA 3-link base plates.
If that is your main gripe, I’d recommend just getting a set of the 165mm Linnpower race tires and run them at 20-30psi. You will immediately have a far more comfortable board where you don’t feel every single bump and divot in the ground.
As far as making a DIY suspension goes nobody is going to get salty and call you a copycat if you’re just doing something for your own personal use. Have at it. Would love to see what you come up with.
I say go for it on the suspension. It sounds like a fun project.
I will share that from my experience, tires and inflation pressure make an enormous difference in ride comfort. I used to ride my tires at 40 psi for best efficiency, but now I’m typically at 25 or 30 psi for more comfort and bump/crack absorption.
Would be interesting to see more attempts at suspension like this. Appreciate your respect towards us and totally understand that not everyone can justify the price of a motorcycle disguised as a skateboard
I think you’d be very surprised by the R6 trucks on the Mach One. They are incredibly stable especially over bumps. Because they are not fixed pivot like the 3 links, they can absorb impacts without the bumps steering the trucks.
The truck bushings supporting the rider weight also acts as another layer of suspension absorbing road vibration and impacts, and allows the trucks to have a very strong center feeling which gives enormous confidence at speed.
Not hating on the 3 links as they can also be very stable and incredibly capable around a track, but us not using fixed pivot trucks like that on the Mach One was very deliberate.
This is cool, hopefully this works out well for you as someone waiting for the Mach 1 delivery I’m glad to see other people wanting to try something similar. And you already have a pretty sick board! When are you making the brackets?
Thank you! Even if this experiment works out I still plan on getting the Mach one.
Honestly it is one of the cleanest Esk8 I’ve ever seen!
Also I never considered how the R6 being an RKP would provide additional cushioning.
I’ve only ever heard how stable and responsive it is. I’ll have to find a way to test it out sometime!
I plan on using Xometry. I’m sure it isn’t the best option, but I don’t have the expertise nor the equipment to do so myself and Xometry so far seems like the most cost effective option I’ve been able to find.
Yes, essentially I am trying to re-invent the wheel by making my own version of the mach one suspension that can accommodate any truck. Much like their initially versions of the suspension bracket.
Honestly I hope that @Tony_Stark would consider selling his “prototype” suspension brackets. I’d be the first guy in line! Please sell me a set! Yours will undoubtedly be better than mine, and I’d much rather give you my money than Xometry.
But based on my understanding I am placing a bushing on the top and bottom of the swing arm.
Who knows but frankly with that tony stark has made I wouldn’t blame him for keeping it for future models of boards later.
Hope your attempt works out id imagine the swing arms have to handle quite some tolerances to work properly and safely. Best of luck will keep an eye on your progress
Are you also going for the 60/30 ratio? For the truck angles
Good Point! I agree, the amount of work and engineering that went into this is truly a wonder and inspiring.
Not necessarily. I plan on using SRB 3-Links.
My idea here is that the suspension could accomadate almost “any” truck so that it could be set up as per your liking specifically.
I get it your trying to go for the best of both 3 links and the suspension brackets. Who knows that might be the next thing radium does would be one hell of a baby. Then again unlikely as radium has a good thing going
I get it, your trying to go for the best of both 3 links and the suspension brackets.
Who knows, that might be the next thing radium does. It would be one hell of a baby!
Then again, it’s unlikely as radium already has a good thing going.
Please sell me a set! Yours will undoubtedly be better than mine, and I’d much rather give you my money than Xometry.