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willy demis

yes- 250Gb SSDs would be pretty costly. I have a 60Gb SSD in one of my laptops. It's very speedy, but nearly unusably small.

willy demis

Unless you paid major dollars, you do not have SSD drives.

Edit- duh- there's no RPM speed in SSD's. ha!

willy demis

I'd like to get your opinion on the top 5 slalom venues each in Europe and N. America. If we were going to pick 5 places to put on races in 2011 on each continent, where should they be? Must be permit friendly venues (not outlaw sites) go Wouldn't this be more useful in its own thread? Just for mai...

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Sorry- no can do this year. Still looking for a good location that will be fun for all...

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Only 13 days out and still no signup? I assume this was canceled then.

willy demis

What's the status on this Peter? Is there a signup somewhere?

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thanks for the reply dan http://i45.tinypic.com/wmmsn8.gif i´m using biltin bearings, so there´s no much room to put a spacer on the inside and the axle reach to the nylock of the axle nut. i´ll sand a little on the edge just for a confidence boost thanks again I am also using a seismic rear with b...

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I will say that it is hard even at this level to get everyone on the same page and keep them there, unless there is one person with ultimate decision-making responsibilities. Endless discussion to try to please everyone goes nowhere. The problem is, that one person making decisions is always one of...

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You can see a complete member's list here:
http://www.slalomskateboarder.com/phpBB ... php?t=6638

willy demis

Finally picked up a new helmet after destroying my old one in a crash. Hopefully the rain holds out- I've been itching to run some cones!

http://www.bernunlimited.com/2008/watts.html

(Oh, and skate helmets are HEAVY! I'm used to my rather lightweight biking helmet...)

willy demis

Yep- thanks!

willy demis

Thanks, Mig and Cat. I love hearing that sort of comments, and that's the way I hope people who attend actually feel about the race itself. RESULTS for Slalom St. Louis 2010 ftp://slalomskateboarder.com/www/Contests/2010SlalomStLouis/Single-lane.pdf ftp://slalomskateboarder.com/www/Contests/2010Sla...

willy demis

Thanks for the video. I am more interested in what the materials are, and where they were sourced. For example, is that just steel tubing? How did you compress the end so that another piece could slip onto it (making it two pieces)? What is the bracket that is used to hold the pull bar to the ramp, ...

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Saw dust everywhere. Ha! That's how my garage looked too... Nice job on the ramp! Looks like you were able to make it the full 1000mm length, huh? I had to knock mine down to 970mm so that it would fit in my car. Because of it- the lower transition section was shorter. Because it was shorter, it hit...

willy demis

Ricardo- do you think you would be able to post a close-up picture of the pull handles? That seems to be the part that most people are getting tripped up on. If you could share how you did it, that would be really helpful! Thanks!

willy demis

Yeah, and you could use wingnuts... May work. You could also drill a hole in the main box and install a large t-nut on the backside. Then you could weld a wing nut to the top of a bolt, and drill a hole through the steel. This would give you a "wing bolt" that could be easily inserted by hand into t...

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I really like this design. But for me, the whole point was to pack it up in the trunk, take somewhere, easily assemble it, tear down, and drive home. With u clamps, I would need to carry wrench and it isn't quick. I've solved the problem of L-brackets to hold all of the ramp sections together (with ...

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At this point, the only thing I've been able to dream up is to use rectangular steel stock like this: http://www.kesritubes.com/full-images/741641.jpg You could have two pieces with an insert welded into one. You could then put a pin through the other to hold them together via the insert. The rectan...

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I have not yet come up with any clever "quick attach" hand pulls yet. I'm still thinking about this...

willy demis

I learned a ton this weekend at the STL race. I would say, as pertinent to the topic: 1) I was shocked at the long wheel bases on some of the foamies like Pavel. Some of those are quite long! 2) Though some people can do ok with non-precision trucks, practically everyone worth anything are using Rad...

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Wesley Tucker wrote:
willy demis wrote:Got Pro-Designed elbow and wrist pads in the mail today!
You only need those if you fall.

I tend to do that a lot... haha- I suck! Still going to use cheapy (or no) knee pads though. I am top heavy- lol.

willy demis

Got Pro-Designed elbow and wrist pads in the mail today!

willy demis

Digging that big time! Would be a great sticker!

willy demis

Wow- excellent write up. We need more of these...

willy demis

Things are really shaping up with my potential event in late August! I've had numerous emails/phone calls with city officials, skatepark managers, soapbox derby associations, and so forth. We are in progress on a face-to-face meeting to hammer out the details and set a date. Potential itinerary: Day...

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Figured out how to make my clamps work. Two eye bolts, some washers, and a pin:

willy demis

Willie, What rear wedge is that you have on that deck? Haven't seen that one before. I made it. It's made of poplar and solves the problem of needing "curved" hardware. Primarily designed by my buddy Peter Metzger and slightly tweaked by me. Hey! They look just like ours! Good job! Aren't they prac...

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Pretty much finished up the ramp tonight- at least enough for a test ride. I really dig it. But it's really scary for me (I've never ridden parks or anything) to go down without hand pulls, and especially with no rear wheel stop... But I'll get that stuff. http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n216/wil...

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just rode my ramp for the first time- with no rear wheel stop, hand pulls, or clamps to hold the sections together; and it still rocked my world. Awesome.

willy demis

Off topic: Is that a Protege5? I always loved that car's styling. Good eye JBH! It is a Protege5, and it's a bad ass car. Rather slow and underpowered, but amazingly fun to drive. Mazda has always been good about designing really great "factory" suspensions and the pro5 was no exception. I've also ...

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"Expensive? Yes, but..." At least they are honest. Isn't that more expensive than a good Airflow rear truck? And Tracker is a manufactured truck!

willy demis

Some good progress this weekend. unfortunately, I had to take a moderate hiatus to finish wiring a basement for a friend, but I was able to get most of the way complete. All I have left to do is put on the masonite layer, a steel plate on the bottom (probably gonna go to the steel supply tomorrow mo...

willy demis

Happy Birthday. You look crazy fast in that video...

willy demis

Got 10 pull action clamps in the mail today. That means I am definitely building a ramp this weekend!

willy demis

Bled the clutch line, and it seems to be back to normal. As I turned onto a 45mph road today, I was up to about 35-40 and some guy pulled out in front of me to cross the road. He didn't see me until the very last millisecond and I had to swerve really, truly hard not to hit him. I've raced autocross...

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Experienced a soft clutch in my car today- out of the blue. Not good... I've either magically got air in the line, or my pressure plate has magically lost springiness. The car still shifts just fine, and after work I am going to test for a slipping clutch. This is bad news for me, because it could s...

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Off topic- How do you create a shot like that? Is it just a camera setting? On topic- The only disadvantage to the clamps I found is that they wouldn't sit recessed. So depending on their height- they might not be able to be mounted on the outside of each ramp section. Omitting the upper base piece...

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Score. I just bought 10 of them for $3.50 each.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... EF:US:1123

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That is an awesome picture, Ricardo! ...you know, what we need here is a better clamping solution to hold the parts together. While the screws and "L" brackets probably worked fine, it'd be sweet if there was a quicker, more effortless way to hold the pieces together. You know... something like... t...

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Pat Chewning wrote:But it does look like you can get 2 ramps out of 3 sheets of ply....

Definitely.

willy demis

Guys, based on the dimensions supplied, I have laid out all of the pieces on standard 4' x 8' sheets. I was really hoping to be able to get all of the cuts out of 1 sheet, but discovered that it didn't appear possible. Here's the best I could achieve. Obviously my layout did not account for the saw ...

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Thank you!!!

willy demis

DIdn't read all the way to the bottom. If you're going to St Louis, ask around for who has what to sell, $35-50 for something with a 18" WB, an old Roe or PPS wood deck, set it up with a narrowed bennett and a rts rear, some 66mm wheels all properly wedged. Then its just practice, the other half of...

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I've thought about drilling another set of holes, but at the shortest setting as it is- the nose already sticks out 7". I guess my best bet is probably just to hold off and wait for the St. Louis jam and get some real-time advice.

willy demis

I think I saw in JBH's post that it will be around 7' spacing. I've been practicing at that, and I can get around it just fine (though I'm so slow- haha!). But when I push a cone out with about a one foot offset, a can never get it- I always end up hitting it. This may well be technique. Man, I can'...

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I just realized that my Chixill deck has wheelbases of 20", 21 1/4", and 22 1/2". How this fact escaped me this long is beyond me. I guess I assumed since I had a "slalom" board, then it must be ok for all the disciplines. That was silly. Clearly even 20" is not the best for TS, and it finally makes...

willy demis

Indiana is probably just as humid.

willy demis

Ah, I see- the device would hook to the timing strips. I thought you meant that it would be carried by the racers... This is an interesting idea!

willy demis

Wes- if (when) I make one, I would probably use the type of clamp/latch you see on a lot of professional road cases for music equipment- strong and recessed, like this:

...I am interested to hear how they did it though.

willy demis

Ricardo Damborenea wrote:Yes it's a small ramp.

To be clear- I see this as a good thing! This ramp is the perfect size to fit in the back of my hatchback car. I can't wait to build one, I just can't quite get the transitions right. I'll keep working at it though.

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