Pre-owned Metroboard is my suggestion
Or if you can find one, a preowned LHB or other custom builder thatās reputable
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I do really like my Revel personally. The only thing I donāt like about it versus belts is the lower clearance, but if your roads arenāt horrible, itās a great option.
The remote is unique and easy to use, and the kit itself is super predictable and overally probably one of the smoothest experiences I have had. The swapable batteries is nice too as well as the ability to switch decks.
Besides ground clearance, the only other thing to be aware of is that it can go on pretty much any deck (which is awesome) except for ones that have a drop.
Range realistically on the revel kit standard battery for a ~150lb rider is max 10 miles cruising, about 15 miles max cruising on the ER battery. Not really a huge deal though because you could swap the battery out in about 30 seconds
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but what about the hour and a half of wrecking a burger/coffee/smoothie joint and giving the staff hell by tripping breakers and generally clogging up the joint? I really thought that was a critical part of esk8 group rides.
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Iāll be your huckleberry(have one I should probably part with 
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can verify i would service it with free labor for life but batteries are an every two year investment.
also they seem to hold thier resale value, so even a 2017 might be a bit out of price range.
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that brings back the nostalgia hard my man.
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@Nacho comes in here with the right answer LoL.z
Yeah I second that. Buy that Metroboard from @BenjaminF
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For real, flashbacks to the metroboard being the first non-crappy affordable board (imo)
ā¦ that is single drive and still outruns some chinaboards
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Dude, they seem like a solid fun kit. I had a 4wd kit with extra batteries in my cart in early June, but they no respond to my emails so I went elsewhere. It wasnt meant to be 
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That period of time was pretty tough communication wise. Iāll not disclose information about it publicly, but there as a ton of stuff going on that month that made getting to all of the emails quite difficult.
Did you end up turning away just becaues no one was responding? Itās a fair point, just unfortunate timing. I think Revel has gotten better communication wise, but itās been a busy summer over there.
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People seem to love the new backfire zealot quite a bitā¦ never had a china board personally but they seem to be improving every year. Plus you can find one on offerup for like $300
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For sure, yeah made it hard to drop 1600$ with a new company, I get it, hold no ill will. I think its been a wild year for most eskate companies. Covid made people get creative to get outside.
Check out the BKB Duo! You can build it with your son so you both can learn about how electric skateboards work 
The system is completely modular so you can tinker/upgrade things as you wish, and if anything does go wrong with the board we can just send replacement parts. It is super easy to fix, because YOU built it and know how everything works!
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@bikeMike this kind of bonding with your kid is hard to pass up. I will warn you though, you may end upā¦ years from nowā¦ letting him have half your garage. My son Jake has his own bench and sometimes i think its better than mine.
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ā¦ but when he moves outā¦ iāll have the best battery bench everā¦ sorry iām doing it again.
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Or BKB tayto if he likes short boards
@longhairedboy Iām thankful we forgo these smoothie joints for establishments with proper adult beverages 
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Barrelling 15 miles down a trail at 25-30 then stopping for beer is the best group ride formula i think.
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I appreciate the edit and accept it as an improvement.