In the Market for a new board

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Can confirm that this is a goddamn lie.

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Cool thing about bindings is you can set them up at whatever the fuck angle you feel like

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There is now way to make it completely enclosed with a plate under so it wonā€™t effect those parts?

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Thatā€™s sweet I might take you up on that offer if you donā€™t have it sold yet

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That is exactly what I need

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Really!?

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I would like some foot straps honestly

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baja is shit and ecomobl is pretty damn close to shit. If you want a board with ā€œsuspensionā€, propel is your best option, but a well built mtb can do just as much and you wont have to worry about the typically poor durability and extra weight added by the mechanical parts

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My partner is Pretty good at taking things apart and putting them back together but like I said we have both been so busy with work thatā€™s y we arnt going do our own build right now. We havenā€™t tried gears yet but he knows how to put them together and take them apart so if something ended up happening Iā€™m pretty sure we could fix it up. I do have a question he had mentioned that on some of these we were looking at they had plastic gears, whatā€™s up with that? Wouldnā€™t metal be better? After the broken collar bone we are wary about the belts.

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This is belt? Any gear drives like this?

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@BillGordon is there even a point in having more suspension if the board canā€™t flex?
After doing some more research and thanks to everyone for the advice I get y the boards have to have the battery on the top (it is to bad there isnā€™t a way to separate the batteries underneath the board and still get that flex, without having to worry about screwing them up) I donā€™t carve currently so Iā€™m not to worried about screwing them up if they are under but I am a truck driver and the areas Iā€™m in are always industrial parks with dirt, gravel, asphalt, and concrete roads. You wouldnā€™t believe the holes these 18-wheels end up putting in the roads. I would like to also be able to take the board down trails but mainly I will be on the side of the highway (where you literally have to ride in the ditch in some places) and coming out of drop yards that are all dirt and gravel, that get muddy when it rains, to transitioning over to city roads when I go into the city to pick stuff up. I like just checked out trampa and they really have some nice boards, heck I would be open for one like that with the battery on top if itā€™s clean like theirs haha.

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The Apex Predator is similar to a Trampa board but with better everything. Safer battery, more comfortable bindings, more reliable metal gear drives, more durable trucks, etc. etc. + They ship to the US I believe.

If you want to do true off-road riding and not worry about parts breaking then a real mountainboard with bindings is a far better option than those suspension boards. Youā€™re just going to slip off of them on any hills, jumps, wet weather :laughing:

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I believe heā€™s referring to when heā€™s not on the board lol

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Plenty of ups and downs on POM vs Metal gears. Cost, weight and sound in some cases. Id say reliability is similar but thats heated opinion among many folks.

Also Apex > Trampa everyday.

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Right up front, Iā€™m no expert on off-road boards. I ride mostly smooth park roadway. So others can give you better firsthand advice.

But from my years in this hobby (sorry, Brian), I would spend my money on a company with the most experience and seriously proven gear.

While that describes Trampa somewhat, I think it describes Apex way better.

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Probably once it will.

Then you have a broken machine that costs a fortune to repair with bespoke custom proprietary parts that are overcomplicated.

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Just get an apex or a trampa with bn gear drive and nine inch mud pluggers. That is gonna be the be your best off road option. 4wd can take on more but is not as fun to ride and eats up more battery. Stay away from baja and ecomobel. They are trash. If you want a real off road machine your looking around 3k. Maybe go 14 or 16s with a stormcore 100d for more power. Massive monster box can fit a 16s6p or 12s8p with the big boi deck. Apex fits a 12s6p. Id go with the bigger battery. Dont get trampa straps they feel like shit on your feet. Also dont get trampa hubs for 9 inch they are wobbly. Get like newbee pentagrams.

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I have some experience in that sectionā€¦ :joy:

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Dude, half a year!!

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I meant that falling attached to such a heavy board fully attached isnt something Iā€™d like ro do.