FWD vs RWD on Single Motor Drive

How-Tos & Esk8 mechanics
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Skills bro :slight_smile:

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Front drive is better for brakes, rear is better for acceleration. Choose your poison.

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I wil report back after I changed to RWD… then I have a really good idea having had both

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Finished the conversion now… have to wait until the rain stops for a test drive

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That was quick

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I am pretty ambitious :innocent: :rofl:

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Beautiful grip tape my man

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Thanks man… sadly it was a little too small for my Board… so I had to use the leftover from the side…
But really think the design fits the board.
And now with the RWD Conversion it for sure feels like I am having a new board overall :smiley:

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I didnt even notice, its a breath of fresh air from all the hexagons on this site.

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Haha… yeah… seen some hexagons in my days for sure…

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Hear that @rafaelinmissouri?
Nah just kidding - polygon on dude!

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That is really good looking grip tape. I have a Coyote coming this would probably look awesome on.

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Sadly its out of stock from where I bought it and also out of stock on the Element Homepage it seems… seems like I grabbed the last one

https://www.elementbrand.co.uk/no-pain-no-gain-greek-gods-grip-skate-accessories-S4AHB5ELP0.html

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I think rear is better for brakes and front is better for acceleration.

When you slam on the brake, it’s much safer if it’s on the back. If the wheel loses traction you’re in bad shape if it’s on the front. Also when it’s wet it increases the odds of losing traction.

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Well yeah, you put all your weight on the front downhilling.

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So now after two rides with the RWD I can say that the board handles completely different.

When throttling it feels like the board is pulling a little to one side.
While I think I got more traction when throttling - I am more prone to get a little unbalanced when throttling with RWD.

So I tightened the trucks a little bit more to have more balance (I used to have them quite loose before).
Braking feels good both with RWD and FWD.

One good thing is that I just like the cleaner look of the board from the front.
One downside is that the dirt will always go towards the beld, idler, motor now that it is in the back.

Will keep it like this for now and see if I get used to it.

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Hahaha, once you’ve FWD’ - it’s hard to go back to RWD… that’s what I meant by pointless.

FWD FTW baby

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ah well… I will try to get used to it…
I give it a month or so. If I can’t cope with it then I will just convert back on the next maintenance run.

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Try a dual - you’ll love it even more

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