Group buy ? 
Iām in.
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Beta prototype will be on your way soon !!!
We are going back to Basics here
Itās going to be FUN 
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Thatās what Iām talking about bro ! Have a blast.
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Interesting. How many miles/km did you putt on this drive system before this happened? When you flipped the hanger did you tighten the kingpin down very much? Compared to my trucks, it looks like there are 1-2 more threads showing on your kingpin, so Iām wondering if you may have slightly overtightened the kingpin on reassembly and put extra strain on the kingpin holes in the baseplate. While it does appear that there may have been a small manufacturing defect in the baseplate, Iām just wondering if there are any other factors involved, or if you just got a lemon. Like others have said, Iāve read about maybe one other account of a baseplate breaking on the Matrix 2ās, and after inspecting my trucks, I noticed a nice deep gouge in the baseplate from something I must have hit pretty hard. But no other damage besides that. Iād get another cartilage and try it again. Might have just been bad luck.
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I agree does look like a tight kingpin nutā¦
Anywho on your piccy kinda looks like a cavity has been revealed in the middle of that gouge 
I suspect its common for that part to be not full fill and that could explain the cold weather cracking that has been mentioned.
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@Mobutusan : the trucks had less that two months riding, and I rode it less than 200 km. Iām 100% sure I took care not to tighten the kingpin too much, because I knew it is bad and Iām used to unmount TRAMPA trucks (and tightening kingpin too much kills bushings).
You may be right about the possible impact. When the baseplate broke, I was riding very slowly on a real off-road path with quite big stones. It was the first time with this build. I see a possible impact on the baseplate. I rode many time and faster there with TRAMPA trucks and never had any problem.
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Sorry, actually it is not an impact, itās just the plastic that was teared when it brokeā¦
No impact :
You can see how the opposite side of the baseplate is distorted.
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Why the hell would they make that plastic?
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Because it works perfectly fine and is cheaper than aluminium.
As evidenced by this topic it doesnt appear to work perfectly fine.
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Thatās not right. Itās here one case where it happened (out of how many they sold till now???). And there is still the question, what caused it to break. No any product is 100% bulletproof
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If you want to ride on plastic trucks go ahead
I checked out that black spot and itās not a hole or void, just a small piece of plastic casting a shadow I guess. Good eye though.
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Wow, that is some seriously bent plastic on your other kingpin hole. But it didnāt break which is really interesting. I think you must have just gotten a dud that wasnāt properly molded on the other side. If youāve got time and tools, it would be interesting to saw through the other kingpin hole and see if the plastic has the same void as the side that broke. If itās solid material all the way through, that would probably confirm you got a defective baseplate.
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Hey guyz,
Yes please, orthoptics !!
As I report in e-toxx shop topic when we talk about it, the main problem (I got) is this fkn nuts ā¦ simply by setting a truck on a deck you could lost your mind 
But seeing this 
and know that I prefer to ride offroad, I will not let the future tell me if yes or not my trucks got a production issue when I will jump like Superman to crash nicely on the floor if this could happen and that now we know itā¦
Like said above, yes they are already 1000 and 1000 Matrix trucks riding in real MTB condition my mountainboarder and it doesnāt seem to happen. But this was with the old production ā¦
On this new one (red damper, +20mm hanger length) I always got rip issues (I donāt set 1000 but) plus this problem of air bubble that could happen any time, anywhere in the piece. I guess Iām porbably not a Fight Club player 
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Like you maybe see in NWJPDWUM, we tried to sort out a full alloy version !.. More to comes soon 
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@Mobutusan : I wait a little to make sure the store doesnāt ask me to send them back the baseplate, but then I will cut it looking after other air bubbles in plastic, and Iāll post photos here!
It does not erase the fact there is no other case reported.
@Trampa : just to know, can you tell me it is possible to have air bubble when making parts il Alu?
@Riako : I just put the photos here, cause the link does not point to them :
It looks great!
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thatās what I do in urban conditions and so far, Iām good. https://www.instagram.com/p/BlNwGtOgJrk/?taken-by=ridewithokp
3d printed? Be careful, who ever will be using that.
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Itās just a prototype. Final version will be alu-made.
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