New BC Plates

That's a pretty beasty plate. It might pay to weld some sheet steal on
for the platforms and then stick some grip tape on them.

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They looks good, the welding isn't pretty, but that doesn't matter if
they are strong!

I would get a thin piece of sheet metal, or even some play wood for a
platform on the bottom part, with grip tape. Or grip tape the tops of
the tubing where you'd be standing on.

Edit - Mawesome already suggested what I put =p

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i've been wondering about grip tape, what is it exactly, where do i get
it, and i assume it's really cheap, is it?

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I am sure you have sen or ridden a skateboard. On the top of most
boards, it a black gritty substance, somewhat familiar to sand paper,
that has an adhesive on one side to stick to the deck, it provides
great grip for skating or anything you put it on.

Go to your local skate shop or ask some local skater you know if they
have some scrapes of griptape you could have, most likely youll get it
for free or for a very little price.

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ohhhhhhhhhhhh that stuff, yeah i know it. can't say i've ever ridden a
skate board more then 2m.

i'll have to look into that, get some nice flouro coloured stuff and
whack it on. thanks for the comments so far, i'm suprised they've been
good 🙂

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And if that doesn't work, I'm pretty sure they sell it at Bunnings for a
reasonable price.

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i'll look into it.

what's a good weight for bc plates?, i havent been able to find the
weight of other ones. these are much lighter than my other ones, but is
499 still too heavy?

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a comment on the griptape
and if all else fails try "emmory tape" its great stuff I attattached
some to my trial's pedals and now Ive apoxyed my pin holes up cause i
dont need them

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tomtrevor said:

how the hell do u get fluro brown??? it would also probably look like
uve dunked the uni in a big pile of [censored]

iridemymuni said:

What colour [censored] do you do tom ? flouro brown [censored]? thats kinda weird

tomtrevor said:

y do u want to know the colour of my [censored]? like that just isn't natural
for someone to think that.

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hey guys, (or girls,) what kind of price am i looking at for a 14mm axle
and hub?

thanks

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well as for the price you should be able to get some real cheap one for
well cheap. Do not listen to all the people on here who say 'oh yer
odysey hazzard and [censored] because that is way over the top. You DO NOT
need a good brand of hub and for a bc you DO NOT need sealed bearings,
so just go down to the LBS and buy the cheapest 14mm hub/axel they
have. I had to buy a new one (wheel) for me bike a while back and i got
a single wall rim laced wit 48 stainless spokes to an unsealed hub for
50 bucks AUD (in australia where i live) and that is for a whole wheel
with 14mm axel. Oh and you DO NOT need double wall rims for a bc (my
bike has landed very badly sometimes and i havent buckled a single wall
yet) i would only recomend a double wall for a 26" bc

hope this helps

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I got a hub with a 14mm axel from ebay for under $5. You should look
there before spending more money, it was a great deal.

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I honestly think that you should wait for Evan or Spencer to chime in
(possibly even Jeff Groves if your lucky). But, that all depends on
how far you are planning on going with it. Do you want to learn tricks
and drops and jumps? If so I would wait for an experianced rider to
give their personal opinions on hubs and the such.

Mike

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byza_dog said:

well as for the price you should be able to get some real cheap one for
well cheap. Do not listen to all the people on here who say 'oh yer
odysey hazzard and [censored] because that is way over the top. You DO NOT
need a good brand of hub and for a bc you DO NOT need sealed bearings,
so just go down to the LBS and buy the cheapest 14mm hub/axel they
have. I had to buy a new one (wheel) for me bike a while back and i got
a single wall rim laced wit 48 stainless spokes to an unsealed hub for
50 bucks AUD (in australia where i live) and that is for a whole wheel
with 14mm axel. Oh and you DO NOT need double wall rims for a bc (my
bike has landed very badly sometimes and i havent buckled a single wall
yet) i would only recomend a double wall for a 26" bc

hope this helps

Yeah but the Oyssey Hazzard is a beast of a hub! I wonder what a
G-Sport Homer would be like on a BC? What if someone wanted to make the
ultimate pimpin' BC? You wouldn't want a cheap hub then!

Rock on!
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