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  1. Well, even though i said i couldnt/wouldnt bc for a while, i have been,
    i kinda had to relearn it but iv got it down now, yet i have hit a bump
    in the road to sucsess. I am running a Bedford Deluxe BC wheel, the
    problem lays on those Damned bolts that stick out. I riped a hole in my
    shoes today mounting, so i went and got a brand new pair, tryed a couple
    mounts and can see the sides of my shoes starting to fray, so i stoped.
    I have tryed sevral things, iv made lil aluminum plates on the sides,
    those didnt work, iv tryed plexi glass plates on the side of my shoe,
    those didnt work. I even tryed straping foam to the bolts, still not
    sucsess. I saw that Jes Regiel cut hit bolts down about holf of what
    they normaly are, i wonder if that would help my case? I am also having
    alot pf pain on the sides of my feet, about ever 1 in 5-6 mounts il hit
    my feet really hard and get bruises, to fix that i have been sticking
    foam inside my shoes to cushin my feeet, but that still dosnt help the
    fact that i rip my shoes. I was pondering makeing a pair of bc wheel
    plates with no extending bolt, meerly having a short axle and having the
    bolt inboard of the plates, people have told me that those bolts are the
    main grip for hoping but for the little hopping i have done, i think it
    can be just as easly aghived by squezing your feet on the plates,
    possibly having some grip tape on the side/vertical part of the plate,
    or maybe even having a small stip of metal that sticks out about 1-2mm
    for grip. Any help is apresiated.

    Lata

    E.

    (sorry for the bad spelling)

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  2. I made my own bc wheel as you can see in this thread.

    http://tinyurl.com/by97k

    Today after trying it somemore i went and cut off about half an inch of
    the axle, and grinded it down. It works pretty good. But i don't know if
    you want to ruin your actual bc wheel. Since mine was just scrap pieces
    i didn't really care.

    Peace, Kelly.

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  3. 'Here' (http://totaluni.com/v-web/gallery/album07) is a short video of
    me BC wheelin, its titled "Movie 0020"

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  4. The Bedford BC wheel I tried the other day had footplates that were only
    a little bit below the axle (like just far enough down to get a wrench
    around the axle nuts). This helps a lot, because the nuts aren't nearly
    as high up your foot as they might be on a different plate system.

    I also chewed up a near-new pair of shoes jumping on my own BC wheel,
    practicing for my 2 seconds in the next Dan Heaton video.

    The first thing you should do is cut off any axle that sticks out beyond
    your axle nuts. Just cut it when the thing is assembled. Then you'll
    clean the threads the next time you unscrew the nuts. Then, if you're
    still having problems, cover the whole nut area with tape or something
    until it's rounded off or buried. Also, learn to jump on without ever
    touching the nuts. Yeah, right. That hasn't worked well for me either...

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  5. Sort of a thread jack but i have another bc problem, one of the bolts
    holding the platform on is stuck. I have tried to get it off and i have
    even tried jumping on the wrench and the platform opposite ways and it
    still doesnt budge, when i do it by hand with wrenches the bolt one on
    the other side unscrews before the stuck on comes off, i took it to a
    bike shop and the guy there couldnt take it off either. any suggestions?

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  6. Considering other things you had gone wrong, your proly turning it the
    wrong way😄 😄 😄

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  7. nope

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  8. When problems like this acur, remember "Lefty Losey, Righty Tighty"

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  9. Jeff Groves was in my shop a couple days ago
    and we were talking about ways to cushion the bolts on the side of the
    plates.

    He now has got a few things to try out. He has bought some cane feet or
    rubber table leg feet.

    He is going to be trying out those and a few other things as he is
    brusing his feet as well. He rides a lot more than most people I'm
    sure.

    He can bunny hop onto the top of a picnic table and drop off the other
    side on a BC wheel.
    He is mostly riding a Bedford Trials BC wheel with Pro Platforms now.

    Without the bolts it would be very difficult to hop. I have a design for
    boltless platforms but
    you need them for most tricks.

    Without the bolts may be easier to learn or to try it but you would
    eventually want them anyway.

    I will make one without the bolts and let people try it and see what
    they think of it.

    Ryan has a Bedford Trials BC wheel now too.
    I'm sure you will see of hear about new and wild things being done by
    Ryan soon.

    Enjoy the ride,
    Darren

    P.S. Bedford BC wheels built before 2005 use old
    wheels and platforms.
    2005 models have improved a lot.

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  10. Try some Shoe Goo on the end of the axle to smooth it out and cushion
    it. You could even put it all the way over the bolt, and then just peel
    it off if you needed to unscrew it.

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  11. Shoe goo? never heard of it, i was thinking of useing those caps that
    are on th3 end of crutches!

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  12. Oh, Shoe Goo is great stuff. http://www.weplay.com/Shoe/Goo/, but you
    should be able to get it at any hardware store or cobbler. It's
    basically a really sticky, rubbery rubber cement. You can use it to fix
    shoes (it fills gaps as well as sticking pieces together), but it's got
    plenty of other uses.

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  13. Any pics of 2005 Bedford BC whells??

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  14. Hey John, How well did those plates work? The ones with the bolts just
    off the bottom of the plates. Could you still grip for hopping?

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  15. Are the platforms splined or threaded onto the spindle.If they are held
    on by double nuts,would it be possible to thread the platforms(insert
    and weld a nut flush) and use locking nuts from the inside.
    A pic would be good.

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  16. As Darren said I’ve tried riding with cane feet on my nuts (i know that
    sounds bad), and I think that’s the best thing you can do to avoid
    bruising your feet. I’ve been riding with them for a couple of month
    now and my feet haven’t been bruised since. I’ll post a photo of the
    cane feet on my BC wheel in a day or two.

    Jeff

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  17. iv been really trying to get the BC down, i can ride aobut 500ft now on
    flat ground, da prob is if i start going fast i have to bail cause i
    cant risk a high speed crash. those cane feet sound like a god idea, can
    you link us to a page that has the ones you got? alsp waht is the hight
    of your plates? i dont know if it would work with mine.

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  18. Jeff Groves said:

    * I’ll post a photo of the cane feet on my BC wheel in a day or two. *


    anyone else still waiting for the pix 😉

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  19. Me.

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