oh, son of a bitch.
yes, I guess only made it through the earth and not around it…
math is hard.
at 1600 this year.
I am kind of slacking…
yesterday was a good example.
it was nice. I wanted to ride the Flux and then I got lazy and drank beers instead…
slacker…
With a family? Thats not slacking at all!
found some cool aerial pictures of the new trail connector that is near my house.
I take this to head into town on most rides.
dude.
I love the Dinghy.
yesterday I powered through the Bro and got it running.
I stole the battery from the Rally cat for the moment…
took it for a stroll last night…
took it for a mayden voyage today.
thanks a bunch @Venom121212 for making this adventure possible!!!
once I got to the park I actually put the heel straps on.
first time.
heel straps baby!!!
wow!!!
so far so good.
thanks a bunch to @Lee_Wright for the tips video on how to do the bindings.
and most importantly the leaning back/weight on the back foot thing.
that is huge and was not intuitive to me.
the board did great in the park.
just awesome.
heel straps were great for control.
wow.
and being able to jump 90 degrees.
I did not slam. thank goodness.
one time I could not break fast enough and slammed into a log and teetered to a nosewheely. would have definitely tried to bail that one.
and the other time I got stuck and was going to go down, but this nice tree was just behind me and I just got to lean back…
now.
for a guy that is not very flexible putting these on and off without a bench sucked…
I guess it will get easier.
jumping this thing was awesome.
I can actually bring the back up.
here is a little video of the trail.
Nice!! This is the kind of riding I do 
. In my opinion, the most fun type of riding!
ok.
things to do.
things to do…
I should focus.
1st I should build the battery for the Haero.
so I can get used to it with the additional 6 lbs I’m putting on there…
2nd I should get the Claus going.
slap this together then get a enclosure designed…
but nah!
lets get distracted.
1st distraction.
Mess with the Demonseed.
the other day riding freshies I had a hicup with the remote on the Demonseed.
and once again a few days later.
I flashed 23.64 back onto the Unity…
since they all seem to want to miss behave one with 5.01 or 5.02.
hic up was still there.
so I ordered a new remote.
the mini I have on here is 2 maybe 3 years old.
riding the other day I also dragged the enclosure turning, and on a tiny road bump.
so it has to go higher…
and I am putting on my newer flipsky 6374 motors replacing the old flipsky 6384s I was never a huge fan of.
So to go higher I decicded to use BN adjustable baseplates.
adds 16mm.
a bit more than just top mounting.
but I wanted the drop through look.
also I am going to use the BN xl mounts because apparetly I managed to bend the regular ones…
2nd distraction.
The Loaner.
Slap a bunch of parts together to get a board going so that I can let my neighbors and such ride it and even borrow it if they want.
On that surf adapter, are you using 1 or 2 of the riser blocks in the rear?
I just put one.
the back may sit a bit lower but no issues.
Good deal. The hardware is way too short for double anyway. I saw someone say you can drop them through but idek how that’s possible. Can’t wait to give it a pump around the block.
these chains are breaking my balls…
this is now the 3rd break of a master link for no obvious reason…
anyways.
day 2 of heel bindings.
it was fun while it lasted.
today I did fall.
thankfully a gentle mellow fall.
I was creeping slowly towards the creek…
hit some deep sand.
stopped suddenly and lost my balance.
and just fell back on my butt …
The Paradigm comes back to life as the Loaner.
These are all parts I had around.
Just needed to bring them together.
DB Paradigm 41 deck.
Psychotiller Argonaut enclosure.
TB 218s with BN 220 hanger in the back.
10S4P 30Q pack.
Flipsky 6.6 Dual Plus.
Flipsky 6384 190kV motors I just took off the Demonseed.
14/40 BN Mounts and pulleys.
TB 110 74a.
I think at 10s it can still get to 30mph.
It was nice to just slap parts together.
the build went fast.
I had to repair a crack on the edge of the enclosure and used JB weld plastic bonder and a piece of abs. turned out good.
and off course truck bed liner.
this one got every thing taped to the deck which is what I have been doing more lately it seems.
and a layer of butyl tape around the edges because I am a fan now.
took it out last night since I had loctited the mounts the day before.
within a mile of the house something was fucked.
I thought I had a motor with a broken magnet…
I started walking home, then decided to take the belt off to be able to push…
and I find the culprit…
and yet a new mode of failure in my never ending adventure of breaking esk8s.
the BN pulley had a bolt come off…
I mean… seriously…
so I stole a pulley from the Dinghy and went back out.
and then I got to have a nice ride.
I decided to go top mount.
I love the look and feel of drop mounted decks but I have changed my perspective some and am now leaning towards having clearance.
Maybe I can blame this on the Llama. it sits high and has clearance and is still fine to ride.
So the Demonseed is getting jacked up with BN adjustable mounts.
and so will the Rayne Crush.
The board felt good, especially on the Freshies.
did 16 miles.
had 34 volts left. didn’t go at it super hard.
so I think I can get good 15 miles for sure.
Hmmm… maybe it’s time to slap some GDs on your Haero 
What size are your chains?
#25H
there were no issues for a long time…
all right.
let’s see if we can get the Demonseed slapped back together.
these big mounts sure are big…
