Deck, battery, and wheels are the biggest consideration for a light nimble commuter build IMO. I commute with all my boards but I built these two specifically with commuting in mind.
I was pushing this deck to work when the road was too wet for and electric one, but I always wanted to electrify it. I happened to have enough spare parts around to make that happen at little to no cost (besides the cost of not reselling used parts, I hooooaaardd)…
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Deck: Powell Peralta Old School Ripper
Battery: Sony VTC6 10s2p
ESC: makerx mini vesc6
Antispark: loop key
Motor: maytech 6355 170kv (unsensored for now)
Gears: 14M / 36W
Wheels: OG red 100mm b…
Moving my Original build thread over here:
Now that I’ve put a 12s on it, it gets a real name… Ze Pocket Rocket (its built on a Zenit Rocket)
Quick details:
Zenit V1 Rocket Deck
SurfRodz TPK’s
Boardnamics idler mounts
Hyperdrive 90mm’s
14/36 pulleys
Maytech R2V2 for now, I’ll prob go back to a nano for this build
Tq Boards 6355 190kv dual motors
just added 12s3p Miami Electric 30Q battery
Old beat up 12s4p Tq Boards battery enclosure I modded a lil
Unity
New pics of 12s3p instal…
You don’t need a battery bigger than what can get you to work and back plus around 2 miles IMO.
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