GET A GRIP! DuckGripz eMTB handle from DBS

[glyphiks]

Battery flex

[BenjaminF]

Battery? What battery?

Oh, you mean my yummy candy bar?

It was delicious, thanks.

[BenjaminF]

@BenjaminF

I finally decided to try out some real off-roading, so I put on my brand new set of MBS T1 tires. Liam and I drove up to an awesome park in North Portland, and we tore around for a bit…

…Unfortunately, our ride was cut short due to the fact that these MBS T1 tires are absolutely garbage…

… they lasted for less than 8 miles before two of them popped…

…We were close enough to the car that I just lugged it back, as I was too fed up to bother patching another garbage tire.

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.

[mr.shiteside]

@BenjaminF

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,

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

[BenjaminF]

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

[BenjaminF]

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

What flavor of pervert are you?

• Curly dick
• Straight dick

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[BenjaminF]

Everyone’s a critic

[Plurf]

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

[BenjaminF]

This SoftGrip makes this an A+ product, in my opinion. WAY more comfortable now.

I printed it with some nice soft TPU and it’s a very spongy grip, while still having enough meat to lift my board comfortably with one hand. It locks onto the handle very securely, I dont see vibration being able to take this off during a ride. I’ll of course test it out and make adjustments if need be.

[Mobutusan]

You’re missing the option for a dick billed duck. Imho, penii are funnier when they are places where they shouldn’t be.

[BenjaminF]

I think I’m ready to pull the trigger on 20 or 30 units.

I’m gonna do 10pcs with dick and the rest without, so if you want a dickduck you better be quick on your trigger finger.

I made some minor adjustments:

• Truck hole spacing adjusted by 0.5mm to line up slightly better
• Grip opening slightly larger to accommodate a gloved hand and to make the whole piece lighter
• Duck moved slightly to give more meat around the truck holes
• Curly duck dick as that’s the flavor of pervert that 8/10 of you people are
• Made the dick “moar pointy” per popular demand.

I’ll post here before they go live, and give you guys a scheduled time they will be available. Dont want anyone to say I didnt give them a chance to get the duck of their dreams

[BenjaminF]

Alright yall, I ordered the first production batch! They should be here next week.

For some dumb reason the dick units cost 30% more than the duck units, even at the same quantity. I wont pass that whole cost onto y’all, but the dick units will have to be a couple dollars more expensive, sorry about that Let’s call them “limited edition” or something to justify the price increase. *

Pricing:

The pricing I’m aiming for right now is:

DuckGripz:

• $39.95 for handle+SoftGrip

DuckGripz.Dick:

• $42.69 for handle+SoftGrip

They will be for sale on my website www.DuckBatterySystems.com shortly after I get them delivered

*I actually do plan for the dick version to be “limited edition,” meaning that it will be available in low quantity for this first production batch, and maybe not ever again.

[Plurf]

@Mobutusan

penii are funnier when they are places where they shouldn’t be

Did she say that ?

[Mobutusan]

Yes. The female duck that spoke to me in quacks and feather ruffling told me that, according to Google translate. Pinky swear.

[BenjaminF]

Ducks and dicks are cut and on their way to me. I’m furiously printing softgrips so I have them all done in time.

[PedroMcJimenez]

If I didn’t dibs a dick, I’m doing it now. I’m immature AF

[BenjaminF]

Unfortunately I couldn’t order enough for this first batch to do dibs, these are gonna be first come first serve. I’ll be dropping them at a scheduled time, and giving yall a heads up beforehand, so be there or be square

[moddedlife]

[BenjaminF]

@BenjaminF

Batch #1 is here!

They turned out really good, and the laser cutting company was nice enough to send over the scrap duck cutouts! I’m not sure what I’m going to do with those yet, maybe make them into keychains or something, who knows. Anyone have any ideas?

DuckGripz go live at 8AM PST tomorrow (5/24)

• I have 10 DuckGripz and 10 DuckGripz.Dick.

• All orders come with a TPU SoftGrip because, as a reminder, these are unfinished laser cut parts. The edges may have a rough burr, there might be some minor surface scratches or blemishes.
  Post processing these would make them much more expensive, so in the interest of keeping them cheap I’ll leave that to you.
  I may be open to doing a more polished, expensive version later on. Let me know if you’re interested.