Considering a questionable purchase or a planning a serious hack while building? Ask the good folks here at FreeSK8 for a second opinion before you make a third mistake.
I’ll start:
Recently, I ran out of properly-sized shrink tube on an MT-60 I soldered, and used black hot glue to cover the connection.
Talk me out of this in the future, or not.
Thanks!
No way! Hot glue FTW!
Plus it’s black, has to be good.
Oh man, wish I had seen this thread sooner. Just ordered £80 of twinslot shelving to make a board stand. Could easily have spent double that but decided to reign it in a bit till I know how much I actually need.
Soooo I kinda really wanna get etoxx hubs and go 9 inch mud pluggers on Madness…
I’m scared to even calculate the cost…
Tell me why this is a bad idea.
Buy them along with much cheaper fivestars. Then let your opinion of the bigger tires convince you on those beautiful etoxx hubs.
Fivestars won’t work for me (without unsavoury fuckery) as they are centre-set and would require my already extended axles to be extended further 
The etoxx hubs are offset and will just click straight on to my existing setup.
That’s right, I forgot etoxx hubs only need 25mm of axel. If you spend that much on hubs, then will you feel compelled to keep them clean?
Never. You’ve lost the plot.
Fixed that.
Oh wait, the wheel gear adapter then will not fit. Ah damn there is always something…
Yeah dude, I have thought this through long and hard 
my options are limited.
just think of how much torque you would loose.
I love the look of those etoxx hubs, but the price, puhhh that’s some mature beer money impact.
Worst case he can go 1:5 gearing.
I mean some 100$ for extra pinions shouldn’t matter in that case then anyway 
If i get the hubs I am def gonna get those 8t spurs as well. Just in case.
But for my every day use case, i can handle the loss in torque for the speed increase. She’s got enough torque to lose some
I don’t think it’s a bad idea, but I do wonder about the prospect of diminishing returns. What do you hope to gain that you’re not getting now?
Speed and clearance
If your buying new tires, tubes, hubs, and gear drives then its almost worth it to start from scratch right @glyphiks?
Don’t need to replace the drives, just the spur gears. Can go 8/40 if I sacrifice the shaft key thing.
