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Rt-9, VT, going EAST
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On 9/6/2022 PSR
wrote in from
United States
(166.181.nnn.nnn)
Oh, Lordy! They REPAVED the East Side! My Only Issue, is TOO Many Cars, as always.. Google Earth, VT RT-9, from Hogback Mt., down to Me, at W. Brattleboro and Rt-9/ Dettman Dr.. This is a ONCE IN IN A LIFETIME Repave! It won't occur for another 3-4 decades, if I know (And, , I DO, Know! VTDOT) how they 'Plan' to fix roads! THIS ONE, is EXTREME, But SO Good!. DO IT, Only, With Skilled Riders. and a Team. It's a 60mph S-turn Rollercoaster! And, NO. I won't do it Stand-Up. My Super-G decks only can do 45 safely; This, it's Faster, and has Huge, Fast, 7% grade, 'S' turns! Ride with Caution, at least, at first try!!
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Wilmington, VT. OMG!
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On 7/6/2021 PSR
wrote in from
United States
(166.182.nnn.nnn)
Yeah, EPIC!! Tar was laid last Fall, and is in GREAT Shape! (see, SALT fuXks with how tar 'settles' slurps the Oil Up, so, until Summer, up here, you're NOT SURE' how it'll Ride, nor SURVIVE!) Wilmington VT is a GO, and I clocked (using an aero-feed speedo) a 'wind-speed' of 82 mph on my "NON-X-Games" Crutch-sled, which is the FASTEST she's gone since 1980! totally Stable, on Tracker Aggro trucks, btw. I used Marc Dean's wheels ('tophat Nersh' but re-branded as 'Chix'), which fit HUGE under the sled's front-four, but otherwise, were Perfect. So, Marc, the Sled You First-ever rode, is ALIVE AND WELL, and Frickin' doing Stuff I never thought it could do!! but' it has YOUR WHEELS on IT!!! And some UNREAL Vt New-tar to Roll down! %0 years from now, that's when VT will re-tar this. GET IT WHILE YOU CAN!!
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New Tar, BIG hills, Fast as hell!
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On 9/10/2020 PSR
wrote in from
United States
(166.182.nnn.nnn)
Posting this HERE, because, if Stand-up riders notice, they may DIE. But the Road (at least until late October of 2020) will be the craziest & most epic bit of asphalt in New England. All bets are off, after it gets Salted, and suffers through Winter, but, perhaps,in 2021, it'll still be viable?! One could hope... Anyhow, heading North out of Wilmington along Rt-100, literally-across-the-street from Mt. Snow, you'll broach into North Dover. Look to your Hard Right for Dorr-Fitch Road. It connects to 'Dover-Hill Rd.', and these are just Beyond.... They get new tar once-in-every, oh 3-4 decades, there-abouts. Pretty much a Once-In-Your-Life kinda thing. Miles, Miles, off Super steep (9% grade in places!), butter-smooth, STOOPID-FAST, brand-new paving. Bring sticky shoes with extra soles. Watch for Acorns (worse than smacking June-bugs!), and Deer/Critters. Oh, and pushy A-holes in Range-Rovers from NY.
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Wide wheels?
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On 5/1/2020 PSR
wrote in from
United States
(166.182.nnn.nnn)
ONeal, I can only think of one wheel, made for a Skateboard/Longboard/DH/Luge that comes a tad bit-close to your description?! It'd be the NERSH TopHat, or CHIX wheel, developed by my old friend Marc Dean. But, they're either Blue or Pink, and 'only' 3" wide (and not center-set). Perhaps Chris Chaput has something in proto-stage (which wouldn't surprise me at all), with irregular coloring to hide it? Or, did you see an Industrial Caster Wheel, which, on some Pallet-Truks do get up to 5" in width, but take HUGE Bearings that Skate/Luge truck-axles cannot handle.(?) I'm a tad piqued, curious, as to what you saw, and what's 'out there'... [?] "PSR"
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extra wide wheel
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On 4/1/2020
ONeal Bardin III
wrote in from
United States
(72.28.nnn.nnn)
I'm looking for extra wide wheels I saw for sale years ago.
They were purple, pretty sure they were luge wheels.
Anyhow, i'm back and ready to buy a set.
If you have any leads? it's much appreciated!!!!
By wide i meant across the ground in working orientation, not there height off the ground.
They were about 7 inches wide!!!
::)
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Powered luge
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On 12/23/2018
John
wrote in from
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Still looking for a luge to go for some records with motors. Anyone? I’m in San Francisco.
610-416-2650
Help!
I’d do the modification easily with hub motors
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Motors
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On 10/9/2017 PSR
wrote in from
United States
(65.96.nnn.nnn)
Wow! That could unleash vast stretches of Kansas to Streetluging!! ;-)
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Adding electric hub motors
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On 10/8/2017
Hummie
wrote in from
United States
(166.216.nnn.nnn)
I’d love to put 6 of the new centrax 83x78 bigger motors I have on someone’s sled and see what speeds and efficiency it could hit. In San Francisco. 6 of these motors and I bet with the minimal air resistance we could make record efficiency numbers at high speeds. Also like to see what acceleration we could do.
Call me if ur round or write humminashadeeba@gmail
610-416-2650
John
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RB street Luge short pan ( as new )
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On 5/15/2017
John Hughes
wrote in from
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New Rogers Brothers street luge, was used at schools to show the real history of downhill racing. 1976 to current day stuff.
Has Randal Comp 250's no race wheels.
First $1,000.00 gets it. Cheers John Hughes
1976 signal hill racer.
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Hickey
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On 9/24/2016
RWH
wrote in from
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Thanks man for the respect. It was my Genesis board, built in 1989, before the Eagles. It was super crazy and tough to keep it straight in the cross wind, and at 100+ didn't help.
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Holy Crap!! Go Roger!!!
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On 9/17/2016 PSR
wrote in from
United States
(65.96.nnn.nnn)
Roger Hickey set yet another damn speed record on his Streetluge!! The last record (this is gravity assist, not motorized/jet/rocket proppelled) was 97+ mph! So, RH stepped UP and did 100 mph !! Wow! At 58 yrs. young, that's Awesome.
I'm wondering if that was one of the later Eagle series sleds he was on? The fairing, seat and such looked like it, not that you could see much.
Hickey is why I stretluged. I saw him back 1980, and once I got back home to VT, and Dad's workshop, I ditched the two previous solid-wood sleds, and started using laminated wood. By summer of '81, I had three different styles of sled, and two of those still exist, one of which has detatchable footpeg struts.Anyhow, to see someone whose been Luging longer than me, older than me, go out and own yet another Speed Record is Inspiring! Congratulations, Roger; Awesome Riding!!
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Biker
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On 12/9/2015 PSR
wrote in from
United States
(65.96.nnn.nnn)
I was quite dismayed to hear of Biker's unexpected and sudden demise. To me, he was a youngin' up+comer, but, um, that was 19 years ago (?!) in Rhode Island...
I have to say, his 'surf style' starting push was an eye-opener on any short course. Biker could win a race within 30 yds. of the Start, just by that brutally quick paddling start. Of course, it takes skill in steering and braking to finish, and usually, Mr. Sherlock kept it clean, and was always fast.
I was sad to see Dregs fold up shop awhile back, and I'd hoped they would've put out a Luge. Their longboards though were noteworthy enough. The Team Biker put around him was darned good as well. His spirit in competition was always a good one, win or lose (usually winning!). The race scene will be quite different without him around...
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Steel Sleds
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On 8/24/2015 PSR
wrote in from
United States
(65.96.nnn.nnn)
A forward; And, this is NOT posted to take away from anything the Rogers did, or have done, in the fields of luge or downhill. It's more along the lines of 'synchronicity', but with the Roger's having a better timepiece/and/or/facilities... I had been, during "the dark times" of DH, making various wood sleds, and by 1988 had 8 very different designs, some of solid wood, plywood, Vertical laminate/plywood, and even using wooden crutches (actually was a great setup on both boards!) to create a rear 'leaf spring' along two rails of the chassis. However, I roomed with 'Old School Dan at Sratton ,in '97, and we decided that my aluminum "C" channel had reached it's limit in seat width. Thus, Dan noted that bike frame chromoly, combined with a ridged seatpan, might be the next step. We focused on Aero, making the seat-pan an inverse wing area, and made sure (this was shotly after Jim Korten's horrific crash using an over-layed, between-the-legs handlebar; Yeah, Just DON'T ever do THAT!) that our hand-holds were 'tucked in'. The result was 3 sleds, all a tad different (thanks to bending the tubes without looking at all three axes' along the tubes; That sucked, btw). Dan's came out best, I think, mine, the worst. I could only get 75 mph from mine, and it ALWAYS wanted to go Left, but right so much. Anyhow, I think these were the first Chromoly Tubed sled made, and unlike those of the Hickey ideal of pushing air Out+Around, were the first to use Ground Effect pressures from the seatpan itself (See, no 'Wings sticking out, just random acts of downforce at speed!). I know my sled exists, still, don't kno about the others... Still, I could see very similar thinking in the Roger's Brothers Sleds, along the lines of the frame their seatpan, made usually of sheet-metal aluminum, brake-pressed to form a shallow tub/seat, was way more rigid due to the extra metal. Our fiberglass seats ha great molding curvature[for better aero, and Butt-fit, too], but relied more heavily on the outer frame to carry some stresses. We also could NOT have made a "suit-case" model with the footpegs optional, unless the suitcase was 4 ft. long already. I add this as a side-note. Lott wasn't the only one carrying on with WOOD, I was also, still use it thank you very much.. I played with the 'C'channel aluminum a bit (made 7 sleds that way, 3 with wider, thicker channel used in ATV ramps, kinked to make seats with foam above). But the use of Bike-frame quality chromoly tube was a great project, and I'm glad to see, 15 years on, it's the standard now. Roger's Bros got it dialed!
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Nut Job
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On 8/22/2015 dhj
wrote in from
United States
(76.202.nnn.nnn)
I'm really enjoying the feeling of the luge over the past few years and plan on getting my own one day soon. Thanks to the Rogers Bros. for all you do!
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Push Culture, Killington
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On 8/9/2015 Pre-School Rider
wrote in from
United States
(65.96.nnn.nnn)
I gotta give a Big THANK YOU to Marc, as I was at the Killngton Throwdown, on the hill I first rode in 1979, first Luged in 1980. It was Surreal to see riders just bombing down that hill, which, in the day, scared the livin' crap outa me, and the few friends who'd come along to watch my carnage! I do feel, at the least, that I WAS RIGHT, this IS THE HILL to race on! I know of 'crazier' hills nearby, but this is a Classic.
I hit (along with two or three friends) ,
73 mph at our fastest, Luging this, 35 years ago, on boards made from 5/8" oak, Plywood/skateboard deck, and Plywood/Crutches, all, my designs, two of which still survive (that oak, didn't survive the hairpin intact, and without footpegs, was a bear to ride). I believe I was the first to ever streetluge this hill, along with Kevin Burnham, back in 1980. Kevin was still in 8th grade, I was a Sophomore... We got 58 mph, according to my Dad's speedometer, which, considering, was pretty damn fast, then.
With stand-up, I'm amazed that riders just slide 3-4 times, only once hard, and just TRUCK IT on down. I'd learned to footbrake, on my own, and used that, airbraking, and controlled turns to survive this hill. The speed difference wasn't huge, in a straight line, but those corners, well, I would've been at the back of the pack, if I was still upright!
I love how it's evolved! It makes me wish I was younger, but it also gives me hope that RACING will still be here!
Ride Fast, Take a Chance, but don't hit anything harder than a Haybale!!
"PSR"
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Killington Luge/DH
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On 5/17/2015 PSR
wrote in from
United States
(65.96.nnn.nnn)
Be at Killington's Bear side on June 6th, and, but for one nasty lefty, go STUPID Fast down the hill!! Beware of that left turn, as it cost two of my boards (wooden, homemade, but, we made what no one else would, then) their footpegs, and gave me a scar that's still here on me 30 years on! Nonetheless, this is a Great Luge HILL, one that gets the blood pumping while being a predictable run.
Back in the day, we clocked 73 MPH (on Krypto 68mm and/or and Indy trucks, while on plywood sleds, equip. varied a tad), but this hill always but this hill always gave us HUGE SPEED, with a smooth run-out, and few cars. Be There if you ride fast! Enuff said....
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Want to buy street luge
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On 1/21/2014
Kevin
wrote in from
United States
(72.209.nnn.nnn)
Anyone selling a street luge please call me asap 703 296 1625
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Looking for Lessons/Practice
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On 12/31/2013 Jon. M
wrote in from
United States
(71.189.nnn.nnn)
Hey so Im in the SoCal area and I've been dying to learn how to luge but I don't have a board. Does anyone know where I can get started, money isn't really an issue I just want to learn.
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WTB luge
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On 8/31/2013
Temple
wrote in from
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Want to purchase a luge. Below is what I'm looking for.
All metal construction
New or used
Willing to ship or deliver to Hawthorne NV.
I can meet to pick up if necessary.
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F-6 Street Luge for sale
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On 1/25/2013
Stacey Ahrens
wrote in from
United States
(67.142.nnn.nnn)
I have a F-6 Racing Street luge for sale. The board is in great shape, wheels and axles are also in great shape. If anyone is interested please email me.
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Looking for luging buddies
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On 7/17/2012
Shawn
wrote in from
United States
(76.23.nnn.nnn)
Im currently luging in Salt lake city with a couple of friends that longboard hit me up if you luge and your in the area
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Street Luge Chassis for sale - Price Change
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On 7/13/2011 stick boy
wrote in from
United States
(208.65.nnn.nnn)
Well, I pulled that price out of - er - the air, and it's come to my attention that it's maybe not realistic.
If you're interested, contact me and name a price.
Here's the deal: I don't wanna give the thing away, but I do want to sell it. We can probably figure something out that makes us both happy.
lew isle w is99 atyahoo dot com
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Street Luge chassis for sale
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On 7/2/2011 stick boy
wrote in from
United States
(71.211.nnn.nnn)
I'm selling an all-metal street luge chassis. It is "homemade" but is not a hack job. I've built several luges and this is an evolved drop-bed style based on accepted designs.
It has front and rear bumpers, nerf bars and upholstered pads. It's been through a couple of spinouts and has normal wear, but has never been crashed hard and is straight and true. It's a complete chassis - add your own running gear and go kick ass.
(So, I'm a skater not a lawyer, but I feel compelled to add the obvious disclaimer: Street luge is an extreme sport that carries risks including injury or death, being dumped by your spouse or girlfriend, strange looks from your coworkers, jail time, lectures from your boss, and walking around all the time with a speed-induced distracted thousand-yard stare... Buy this, fit it out and ride it at your own risk.)
Anyway, now that that's out of my system... I'd like to get $400 for it. I decided against posting this on flea-bay for now. Email me at lew isle w is99 atyahoo dot com for pictures and details. (Obviously, remove the whitespace to make a real yahoo email address.)
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For Sale: TRS Street Luge
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On 4/14/2011
Bowland
wrote in from
United States
(67.63.nnn.nnn)
For sale is a TRS street luge built by Steve Fernando. This is one of the best luges I've ever owned. I'm asking $500 for the luge without wheels or trucks. It comes with a travel bag. The bag has a shoulder and back pack straps. The board weighs a little under 21lbs without hardware. With 3 Randal Comp II's and Big Zigs it weighs close to 28lbs. I'm 5'6" so if your interested but don't think the luge will work you might be able to get it altered. I'm pretty solid on the price. For measurements, specs., more pics, and shipping you can email me at info@robertbowland.com. Here in the next few days I'm going to get the box made up and break down the board for shipment and this will help us figure out exact shipping. I will try to do my best to mail this anywhere. With all that said, please serious buyers only!!! Don't ask me about wheels and trucks because I've posted most of that on my ebay under the name: thebowlander1. Buyer pays $500 + shipping. Prefer Pay Pal.
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NEW VIDEO RAPIDO & RASTEIRO STREET LUGE BRASIL
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On 2/11/2011
jAdEs WoLvErInE
wrote in from
Brazil
(200.146.nnn.nnn)
Check out the new video of the Rápido & Rasteiro team Street Luge Brasil. On vimeo.
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