Surfwheel R1 make over
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This post is not related to Onewheels except the use of a Pint tire
This is just for general info and I posted on Facebook "Diy Onewheel"Surfwheel R1 makeover
I bought R1 as a curiosity piece since I already have a couple of Onewheels. It was cheap on Ebay.
The Surfwheel is almost unrideable due to the solid rubber wheel and what I believe is a modified electric unicycle speed controller.
This is my makeover:
-Stripped off extra pieces
-Cut off solid rubber tire
-Onewheel Pint tire (10.5x4.5x6) fits over the bare motor hub and width looked ok
-Machined flanges, drilled and tapped motor hub for 6 10x24 screws
-Used a 3.5x6 inner tube and hoped for the best. Seems to be fine- Used 1/4 inch spacers under "u" shaped motor hub axle mounts to widen the rails to Onewheel Pint width
-Made abs bottom plates and top aluminum plates with "speed holes" (each hole is worth a couple of kms of added speed)😂
-Cut down a rear footpad from a Onewheel Xr to fit
-Went for a test ride and the pneumatic tire completely changed the R1, it can actually turn and carve like a Pint.
-The controller is iffy at best, hard to mount, hard to dismount ( have to drop it on its side)
-Unfortunately yesterday I let the "magic smoke" escape the speed controller probing for a 5 volt source 😢
-Ordered a Fungineer controller and chances of finding a Surfwheel
controller is next to impossible.
I will finish the project when the Fungineer controller arrives.
- Used 1/4 inch spacers under "u" shaped motor hub axle mounts to widen the rails to Onewheel Pint width
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@lemur -- An amazing project!