Yeah, so I’ve been working on this race-board project for a while. I had this idea to make a bracket board with 3-links. The reason for the bracket design was to allow me to include a rear foot-ramp on the deck just like the SRB V5 race-board. The foot-ramp really seems like a good design feature for racers. IDEA makes some quality brackets for 3-links, so I picked up a set and made a prototype.
The prototype had a good feel to it… so I started to obsess. While the prototype felt good, I was worried about the long-term performance of the brackets. There was a lot of leverage going on at the connection points and sooner or later things were going to loosen up and get wobbly. Regardless, it looked pretty cool so I took the prototype to Esk8-Con to put on display in my tent as a conversation piece.
Moe Biggs @MoeStooge just so happed to stop by and he mentioned that he was working on a race-spine idea that would basically be like the V5 race-board chassis, but you could mount a deck on top. The stars were beginning to align my friends.
After getting caught up post-convention I was able to circle back and get in contact with Mr. Biggs. He had me send the deck out to him so he could get everything sized up, and here we are. Presenting SRB race-spine #001 with my prototype deck.
There is incredible alchemy between the deck and spine. I can tell just from standing on it in my living room. Also, for track racing, the quick release, metal belly-pan is a great design.
Now it’s time to get serious about wrapping up the deck design and making this death-sled boogie. Here’s what I’m working on with the deck design. First, I’m making it less pointy. As much as I like the spikes, I worry about racers getting gored by one of them in a track pile-up. Next the prototype was designed with brackets in mind, so I made it extra thick to make things strong and stiff. The race-spine design changes things. I can make a deck that is much thinner and lighter. Lastly, I’d like to put more of a nose on the deck so that riders can push their toes out closer to the axle. Here’s a CAD pic of one possible design.
The nose is ramped so that it clears the rods and axle-pivot. It also has a little concavity to it. According to my measurements there should be no wheel-bite with this design. So, anyhow, I still have some work to do on the deck. Recommendations are welcome.
When, it comes to making this thing go, I’d like to feature an entire kit from @Skyart Power. I’ve been chatting with Artem about this. He’s got some psychotic ideas, and I like encouraging him 
he/she could hypothetically do that… but you’d have to cut it in half first and make it twist and such.
