Hi5ber Carbon Fiber Longboards

[drmacgyver]

http://www.hi5ber.com/

Found this while searching for carbon fiber decks. I haven't seen many affordable options out there, but these seem reasonable. I searched the forum for "hi5ber" and saw someone mentioned them before but I don't think it got any feedback. So what do you all think?

 

[torqueboards]

Yeah, your right. The prices aren't that bad actually. I guess, they are doing well to mass produce them the prices aren't too expensive. Maybe someone will try one out soon.

 

[drmacgyver]

If I'm not mistaken, their business came into fruition via kickstarter. I'm super eager to get one (I'm thinking 34" would be the perfect size). Two days ago I removed my drive wheel to tighten a very loose belt, when I discovered the core is shattered in pieces. It got me two blocks away from school before the belt tore off, leaving me with an unusable eboard. So I'm using this as an excuse to build my Mark II. Two main improvements: pneumatic tires and carbon fiber deck. The roads by me are rough (which no doubt led to it's breakdown) so I want my next board to be as unbreakable as possible. I'm concerned we won't be able to drill into the board to secure the housing because it will compromise the waterproofing. Maybe adding epoxy around the screws would work though.

Also, at the bottom of their products page they have "Blem Sale", which are boards with imperfections. I'm assuming these have some sort of price cut and are still safe to ride. Might be the way to go for the first time if there's a significant discount.

 

[Guy H]

Just yesterday I received it

 

[drmacgyver]

Oh snap, awesome! Definitely anxious to see your build! Do you have any plans to go pneumatic? Looks like there would be serious wheelbite. Keep us posted!

 

[Guy H]

soon I will start , waiting for the other parts ..
the wheels will be 76mm

 

[torqueboards]

Sweet deal. $200 is pretty cheap for a carbon fiber board. Not bad at all.

 

[Silenthunter]

I was thinking for a while now to buy that board too.

GuyH, you have that nice carbon fiber battery cover. You should combine them together and here is a super nice set up. Hopefully you make a dual set up for the all around carbon fiber longboard.

 

[melodious]

If I were to drill the CF for nuts and bolts for an electronics cover would that create a future reliability issue by weakening the strength of the Eboard when a person stands on it?

 

[psychotiller]

Yup! You can epoxy the exposed edges after drilling though and it should keep the drilled areas from fraying.

 

[drmacgyver]

So then dremeling wheelwells for pneumatics shouldn't be a problem if the edges are finished after? As long as it doesn't cut into the core. I also really want the option for drop through, so I wonder if they'd cut out the slots if requested.