Hi,CiscoV
The wheel in your photo is not our latest discovery version,we are new wheels is transparent hub.
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The thick black spokes are the earliest products customized by the customers, not our latest launch, nor the version between the thin spokes and the discovery version
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Thank you so much, we have it and tested it also.
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@Hide Very nice. Would you show us your wheel machine for testing. How fast have you run them. How much weight and how many miles. Did you find a failure threshold with your wheel and where is it?
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Hi,Moe
have a good day.
Discovery version wheel, we installed on the electric skateboard to drive first, load 80kg, the simulated test mileage is 1000km, the speed is 40km/h.
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I think your test would largely depend on whether you got a good one or not⌠@rafaelinmissouri rode his new ones for like 3 days and 3 cracked. Mine has been running for months and I take them consistently over 40mph and not a single one yet. It seems like a QC problem to meâŚ
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Hi,Blue Penguin
If your wheel has cracks, please contact our after-sales service for after-sales treatment. Safety first
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Uh. No my wheels are fine for now⌠But thanks tho.
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You put 176 pds on your wheel. Ran it 621miles at 25mph. That is twice the load a wheel will ever see.
That is Impressive and cool setup.
OK edit 44lbs as load was in center of board and over two wheels. Skate is usually loaded 70/30. Also like the simulated rough terrain aggregate on the wheel. I like this Wing fella and his teamsâ practical approach to testing.
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@Hide thank you for sharing these things. Clear documentation of testing is the kind of stuff this community thrives on. We all appreciate the transparency in this ongoing situation.
Many of us are still wondering the answer to this question. Do you know what material the new Discovery cores are made of? Can you share that info?
Thank you!
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Hi,Mr DrunkenMobester
Sorry, I canât tell you about the material composition. This is a company secret. Please understand that as an employee, I should abide by the company âs system.
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@hide. We understand the exact formulation is proprietary.
However I would expect you can share what general type of material it is.
But a more important question is.
How is it different from the black plastic?
How is it better that the black plastic?
Some insight into that would be great.
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@Hide.
I believe it would be good to add a raised strip of metal to these cylinders. Say 1.5 cm.
Or something to simulate sidewalk cracks.
I believe sidewalk cracks can have a significant impact on esk8s.
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From what he posted earlier, the plastic is from another supplier, similar but not same material. Exact blend is a âsecretâ. Supposedly still PC based. He can chime in if this changedâŚ
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I had seen that and personally thought it was pretty flaky and vagueâŚ
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I won a pair of the ânewâ Exway cloud wheels, unfortunately they arnt sending me any until they release them, but I will make sure to give them a good reviewing for you guys if II end up not trading them.
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I hate to call em out but it was more like a deflection than an answer⌠All this hammering and testing doesnât mean anything when they crack before you even open the box⌠Thereâs a fundamental problem and they either know what it is and wonât say, or theyâre just that cluelessâŚ
The 2 questions that he does not answer is 1. Is there any serial number or trace that can link these cores to a particular batch or mold, and 2. Is there any mold that they are aware of that is having performance or function issuesâŚ
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well, so far, none of the Discovery wheels has cracked. Even if the main reason is because no one outside of China has managed to get their hands on them, yet. And it looks like there is some actual testing going on. So letâs give them a bit of time, and the benefit of the doubt.
However, it would be good to have some postmortem analysis on the previous design, and to know which ones are safe to ride, if any. Using batch numbers.
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Exactly this. I suspect they went back to the old MBS mold for that reason, itâs dialed in and had no problems.
