GET A GRIP! DuckGripz eMTB handle from DBS

Ahh yes that makes sense, in theory you should have an opposed action like that with something securing it but I think my brain is predisposed to janky stuff like this:

You only really need to hold onto the bottle and have an upward force

Edit: if there’s a ban on alcohol references or anything like that sorry mods, will delete

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I think it should be possible to do that move against the edge of the handle, as long as you dont mind scuffing up your handle.

Lol you clearly haven’t met the owner of this forum, @longhairedboy and his storied passion with Stellas :joy:

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I’ll definitely take a duck dick cuz I’m immature and love a good dick joke.

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I dont remember if I mentioned it, but yes I will have several dick-duck units available in the first batch.

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Don’t ducks have like corkscrew dicks? They’re weird weird creatures

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(Pulling this over here to the dedicated thread)

I could definitely draw out a design like that and have it lazer-cut, but I went with my design for a couple of reasons:

  1. I dont personally feel that the brass-knuckles style grip would be very comfortable to lift 50 pounds.
  2. I wear pretty thick gloves, and so sticking my fingers in those holes might be more awkward, which reduces the convenience of the handle.
  3. Etoxx is an expert machinist, and makes beautiful CNC’d parts where every corner and edge is nicely rounded. I am going for something very cheap here, which means lazer-cutting. That brass-knuckles style design I think would be really uncomfortable with sharp lazer cut corners in every hole.
    With my current design it’s easy for me to model and print a soft, comfortable TPU grip that snaps onto the handle, but I couldn’t do that for the brass-knuckles style design.
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gotcha, all very valid points, just personally I think the BN grab would actually be easier on the hand but that’s just my thoughts as I haven’t tried either.

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You might be right when comparing bare metal to bare metal, but when you add the TPU grip on my design to the comparison, I feel strongly that mine will be a more comfortable grip :grin: Though of course comfort is all subjective.

Another note about the brass-knuckles style design for eMTB grab handles:

Is it just me or are they always upside down? Like, when holding brass knuckles, the holes line up with the natural curve of your fingers, so your grip is like this:

But with every grab handle I have seen the holes would put your fingers like this:

Is it just me?

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u supposed to hold em like spiderman style :crazy_face:

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I just ordered a de-burring tool to test out. If it works nicely and isn’t too much work, then I’ll consider doing that to the production units. I am trying to avoid post-processing as much as possible, because I simply dont have the time and I want to keep these cheap. But if this is simple and quick then I’ll probably do it, cus I want to sell nice products.

Also went on a sweet ride yesterday around Portland with my buddy Liam. The handle is awesome, makes moving the board around so much easier! It seems to be rock solid so far, no sign of it bending even when I am lifting the board completely off the ground with it. I tested out putting most of my weight (225lbs) on the end of the handle, and it didn’t bend.

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I’m not convinced until I see you strap yourself into the bindings, and then lift the board up while you’re standing on it

/s

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Battery flex

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Battery? What battery?

Oh, you mean my yummy candy bar?


It was delicious, thanks.

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Really glad I had my DuckGripz today, dragging my board back to the car would have been much worse without it. I really need to get that TPU grip printed though lol.

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Yeah I’d be in favour of this as well for a first run, I can always file stuff myself of it’s an issue


Ok so I am really bad with a de-burring tool. I could probably get better with enough practice, but I dont think that the time I’ll spend is worth the very dubious improvement.

I’m going to just focus on the TPU grip and making these as cheap as possible. Full steam ahead!

P.S. if anyone wants to draw up a 2D dickosaurus (preferably a vector graphic, but any line drawing works) then I’ll make a dino-dick version :kissing_heart:

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Does this satisfy you curly-dick perverts? Should I stick with the straight dick?

What flavor of pervert are you?
  • Curly dick
  • Straight dick

0 voters

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pointy

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Everyone’s a critic :joy:

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This dick’s tip should definitly being the screw hole though