@ducktaperules I was looking at your design again and only now realized that we did the same thing , the credit is all yours, when I first looked I understood that the spacer would be the new bearing seat
Is this what I think it is?? One of the outer hubs is now seating in the middle (with the printed ring) and thats how you overcame with the bearing seat issue? Fucking awesome!!
So whilst the hub is much wider it seems that the overall tyre width does not increase to much. This means that the hub sits closer to the outer edge of the wheel.
Also the offset is considerable I think this would add much width to the board overall.
Another thing i realised (which seem obvious now) is that increasing the width slightly reduces the diameter. Donāt have a way to measure but it is worth considering.
Overall it looks like whilst the tyre is not that much wider, a lot more of the tread will be in contact with the ground .
@ducktaperules, @Pedrodemio if this thing works (like Iām now 99% sure it will) Frankās original concept will final cross the threshold as it should have been the first time. Awesome, awesome!!
I will jump on these (getting a Trampa hub set) if my dreamed thick & wide uro (or rubber) covers will be possible. Tell me it is possible, guys!!!
The āearsā would be hard to print on both sides as one side needs to sit flat on the print bed. Unless the each spacer was 2 partsā¦ or the ears were printed seperately and glued on
Ahh yes, supports. Never mind me, printing noob here but the printer is dialled in nicely for petg, so yell out when you want a set of these printed @malJohann
Yell! Soon as the ears are designed in, weāll have to talk about cost too if you want to PM me. Iāll be the test monkey for wide SuperStars with Urban Treads.
To add to this, moestooge took a set of 7 inch tires and stretched them on to pneumatic hubs with a spacer. It was effective. That board won A short course race with Mario C riding.