The issue is i have had this board for 3 years now and everything is starting to break down, so I am looking into making a new board. I wanted to have dual drive because of the hills in my area (Pittsburgh). I was also looking into a mountain board because of the potholes and bad sidewalks, but where i ride has a lot of broken glass. would the tires last long or get holes as soon as they touched the glass? I ride my board as transportation so i need it to be reliable and have a 6 mile range and a top speed of 20 mph. i weigh about 115 Lbs. I would like to keep the new board on a budget of around $600-$800. if people could start to link me parts or other builds that would be awesome!
I’d go with better batteries, still VESC, and dual 6355 motors around 190-200kv on 10s. And Caliber vs Paris (less likely to rotate and drag motor on ground).
I’d gear down lower for hills w/ @Titoxd10001’s 40t aluminum gears.
so the motor has a cracked magnet and the retaining clip is now gone. the battery is fine but i would like lighter one. the pinion gear is showing LOTS of wear on the teeth and out of the 4 holes 3 of them are stripped. i would like my next set up to have a keyed pinion gear. The encloser is starting to break down in the fact that the abs is cracking and the screw holes are starting to break. The trucks have a welded mount that wont allow the room needed to add another motor in the back. so i was going to go with the caliber trucks any ways. i would never go away from the vesc now that i have one!!!
wheels and clearance - what deck are you using? That’s usually the hard part to figure out what wheels will clear without big risers. I like the idea of pneumatics, but i also see folks who wear through them super fast on the street - and they are $$ to replace… vs big soft duro skate wheels like Flywheel 97’s (my favorite), especially the 75a duro ones!!!
6364 - depending which motor since a lot of SK3’s in particular say 6364, but are actually longer! Just make sure to check the dimensions of motor. And on a 180 truck hanger like Caliber II’s - they may not fit. You can stack some speed rings/washers to push the wheel out a few mm if it’s close, but i’d plan 6355’s if you want dual rear. Or look at DIYes new 218 caliber clones - supposedly room for dual 6374’s? I have a set ordered - we’ll see!
All I need now is a battery (9s) and a bms but I have never looked into bms before so if some one could help me with that, that would be awesome. The goal is to use 18640 cells to make a 9s3p (I have made custom packs in the past but never with a bms). Where do you guys buy cells from?