Today I addressed the monster front "foothold" so I could actually use it as a foothold.
Thanks to Steff for getting the peeling started so I could reuse the original turf and to my Hydroturf connection aka @Bigfish for the 9 & 26 mil padding and diamond turf (which will be used later on the...
McMaster Carr order placed. It's painfully evident that "Home Improvement" stores are not hardware stores anymore. I also picked up some replacement ODI lock on bolts because I'm drilling them out every time I need to change my grips!
Report from first ride in the surf. Location: Wavedaze Virginia Beach, VA
Disclaimer: I wimped out. I can ride at home so I didn't risk hypothermia on Sat and Sun! I did ride a whole gas tank (~5 gallons) on Friday when the air temp was at least in the 50s. Supposedly the water temp was 51...
I had to fab up my own mounts and for it to fit, I had to mount it forward so that the bar mount is past the pad. But it looks really nice and the quality is great!
I can't speak highly enough about Alex. He swapped my flywheel out with one of his killer lightened ones on the beach, between "heats", during the competition. The "Speedy" in Speedysprocket makes sense now. Thanks Alex!
As we're loading up for WaveDaze this week, I wanted to thank everyone that provided advice on this build. It definitely helped us meet our deadline.
Also, we wanted to give a shout out to all the vendors that supplied us some top-notch parts. Thanks to:
Krash for hooking us up with Joe Grace at...
Make sure your intake grate and both hoses are disconnected and tap, tap, tap with a heavy dead blow hammer and she'll come free. It's probably the rubber seal between the pump housing and the hull pump tunnel holding it in.
White ODI Ruffians. Always seems like a great idea until you take them out of the package and they instantly get dingy. If someone has a foolproof grip cleaning method, hook a brother up!
My @CrazyJoesRacing chin pad is (may I borrow a phrase from the 80's) TOTALLY AWESOME!
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