I've been buttboarding and it's fun but I really want to get into a real luge. So was wondering and place (besides roger bros) that makes luges? Or does anyone have one that will fit a bigger guy? Any tips will help me out, I know how to weld but don't want to make one cuz I can knock over a piano while dusting it haha.
My buget is 450 bucks. I have trucks for it already I had a luge I thoguht I was gonna get but deal feel thru
:o Hey guys can you help me with this?
:neutral: Well you see that's a pretty common question, you can find they answer if you put some effort into it.
:o No, that was useless to me just tell me so I don't have to put that much effort into it.
:rolleyes: Yeah yeah, screw you too pal. Teach a man to fish...
:mad: You're assholes!
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Re: Luges?
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Originally Posted by SlayFalcon
hmmm that seems pretty pricey for that board, seems like metal planks melted together, but yet i kno nothin bout luge so i wouldnt kno
well it's like this...if an rbros luge was a corvette, this street missile would be a cobalt SS. they're both designed for going fast and looking cool, but the rbros is more expensive and can handle speed better. with an rbros you can buy one and go win a world-cup race (with a little practice). with a street missile, you can buy one, still race (and win) if you want to, but it's mostly for DH and racing around with your friends. so there's a reason an rbros costs twice as much as a streetmissile.
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:o Hey guys can you help me with this?
:neutral: Well you see that's a pretty common question, you can find they answer if you put some effort into it.
:o No, that was useless to me just tell me so I don't have to put that much effort into it.
:rolleyes: Yeah yeah, screw you too pal. Teach a man to fish...
:mad: You're assholes!
I built a board kinda similar, same unpadded sort of pan. No problems with vibrations really, I suppose it might be nicer if I padded it but it's never worried me. The SMRTIC luge looks nice and if it's anything like his other gear I reckon it'll be tidy.
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seems like metal planks melted together, but yet i kno nothin bout luge so i wouldnt kno
I lol'd so hard I think I peed a bit
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* aluminium luge w/ 10mm Comp-II trucks, flywheels, landy bearings...... GO FAST
* cheap borrowed hypercarve copy w/ randal 180's, flywheels, black panther ceramics... I'm learning and it's awesome
Has anyone tried these? The price is unbeatable. $250
Quite a few people have. I believe that is the luge that Beni Weber one the World Cup championship on two years ago, and took 2nd overall last year. Not to mention Lally himself. Problem is you can't get them new anymore.
You have a sweet site btw. Keep it up. It's hard to find places that have info on street luge organized onto 1 site.
Is there a market for aluminum luges that aren't at least $1k? I'm just wondering why lally boards didn't keep going. I would expect that people would want an aluminum luge for that price. For me, I want to start, but finding companies that make them at an affordable price are either gone or dying.
It's street-missile or R Bros (and TRS, don't know how I forgot that... thanks Christian) if you want metal...
One of the two I wouldn't own and am actually a little freaked out to ride with in tight packs due to certain construction techniques that leave sharp edges on the handlebars.
Lally stopped making luges to race trucks if my memory serves correct.
Tim Novak just started making Nor'Easter Luges, I haven't ridden one but as a wood and metal luge they're priced well and built clean. And less'n $600 iirc.
Other than that... take CAD drawings to an engineering student and have him make you one... find a machinist, buy a used luge...
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