This build originally started out using the 5" Skike wheels from Alien drive. Didn't work out. All the wheels I received were not true. The board would wobble like crazy. At first I thought the wheel was not centered on the wheel but that was not the case. I placed the bare wheel on the trucks, spun the wheel and one can clearly see the wheel was not true. I really wanted a board that ran on pneumatic tires. So back to using Abec11 flywheels. Parts for this build using Torqueboard 12s esc, HV switch, motor mount and pulleys, Caliber trucks, Abec 11 97mm flywheels, sk6374 192kv, 4s 10000mah Multistar, 36 to18 ratio, 15mm belt.
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Hi cnd
I had similar problems with those pneumatic wheels, took quite a while of adjusting the tyre on the wheel (deflating, adjusting,pumping up, checking - again and again)
Got it pretty smooth in the end but still not 100% perfect. As it is though I have also now gone back to 83mm ABEC Flywheels just due to the fact that the pneumatic tyres wore out so fast.
In about 6 weeks I had runied on set of drive wheel tyres - and it is not even summer yet where I expect to ride more.
I had similar problems with those pneumatic wheels, took quite a while of adjusting the tyre on the wheel (deflating, adjusting,pumping up, checking - again and again)
Got it pretty smooth in the end but still not 100% perfect. As it is though I have also now gone back to 83mm ABEC Flywheels just due to the fact that the pneumatic tyres wore out so fast.
In about 6 weeks I had runied on set of drive wheel tyres - and it is not even summer yet where I expect to ride more.
Wish I knew that before starting my build. Got to check the forum more often. I know what you mean about adjusting that tire. It was pure frustration. I suppose there was a reason why SKIKE stopped making those wheels. I do have some wheels (pneumatic) coming from Psychotiller, hopefully soon.
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