Yeah, you did a good job of outlining the differences already.
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Well, put about 20 miles on em today, little mold line hanging in there. Much easier to inspect for cracks now that itās clearā¦
Hereās 20 minutes of video from today you can bore yourself with on the new core wheels if youāre curious how Iām testing them. Featuring my keychain.
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Great video,man. any problem?
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What are you using for pulleys?
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No problems yet. Although I thought it would be cool if you offer these in a stone ground version, where the center thread is ground flat for better contact patch out of the box. Brand new the traction is very bad, I overshot a few corners from sliding. They take about 50 miles before they start to feel goodā¦
@rafaelinmissouri BB press fit clone pulleys. They have very short arms going into the core, they grab maybe 1/3 the width of the core, so they should be putting some significant torque stress into the core spokesā¦
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@BluPenguin I have a little torture test if you are up to it. Can you put the wheels in the freezer overnight and then go for a rough ride. Maybe not right away but before your testing is done.
Iām not wishing for the cores to fail. I just recall that the most beat up looking black plastic cores had been riddenin the winter by a heavy rider on rough roads. I think he also used a bolt-on pully so it was not possible to isolate the temperature from the effect of the bolt-on pully.
So I think the freeze test could give alot of confidence if the core is unaffected by the test.
Also, how heavy are you? Can you carry a large rotweiller for the next ride. Use one of those baby packsacks or nursing slings. Share the video please.
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Yes, I can try this no prob. Maybe fridge, thatās slightly above freezingā¦ Freezer is like -18C, idk if thatās too cold or whoās riding in that temp lolā¦
Bout 180lbs (81kg) with all my gear on. Board weight about 36 lbs (16kg)
This is gonna be a hard one as I do not know where or how I would come into possession of one of these, nor would I think itās a good idea to take a live animal to such high speeds while holding itā¦ Alternatively I could just put some random heavy things in my backpackā¦
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How fast were you traveling in that video. It looks like it was 50 kph or higher. What are you riding?
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I tend to hold close to top speed on straight sections, which on my gearing comes somewhere between 65-70kph on flat groundā¦ Itās on my DIY Evolve CGT deck
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Thatās fast. Iām speechless.
So if you do another video, I have a two suggestions for consideration:
- A camera outrigger to get POV footage of the wheels. Something like this:
- Some footage riding over sidewalk expansion joints. Also transitioning the curb where the sidewalk ends and the pavement starts.
That type of footage could be a big help to I-wonder. Its something they could use on their facebook page to inspire confidence in the new core.
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For entertainment. I put the left front and rear wheels in my beer fridge, thatās set at exactly 0C. Will leave overnight and ride em in the morning. If the left side cracks but the right doesnāt then weāll have a suspect.
Iām still working out how to mount a camera to the board, my last attempt did not pan out
This mount whipped the camera housing bracket right off, need to do another mount on the deck with some vibration dampening of some sort, but coming soon 
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That Thomas guy seems like sawyers ghost account.
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The best part is he didnāt even use pictures of actually cracked wheels, nor the right wheels for that matterā¦ What a kook that guy lol
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Beer fridge looks good. Just donāt try to drink the iwonders or ride the beer.
Since you mention vibration dampening for the outrigger, here are a few ideas. I use 1/4 inch rubber flooring to make a sandwich (aluminum, rubber, deck, rubber,outrigger, rubber, aluminum)
The outriger supports a 1/2 inch vibration pad sandwich (aluminum, rubber, outrigger, aluminum.
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Much appreciated! I mustāve missed it.