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I'm the 24 Hour Engineer. I build things.
I'd made some very fun, very ridable boards. Some looked better than others.
Some performed better than others. It was time for me to try something far out.
One day I was walking my board down a hill that I felt was too steep to ride.
It felt like a waste of time and energy to walk down such a good hill.
I just didn't have the confidence to ride one that steep yet.
I'd seen some online videos of people street luging.
Street luging is like the winter sport but with concrete instead of ice.
In street luging riders brake by putting their feet on the ground.
Both feet at once. In longboarding foot braking is done by putting
only one foot on the ground. Half as many feet, half as much stopping power.
Longboards and luges already have a lot in common as far as parts go.
The main difference is the handles and the foot pegs.
In fact, some lugers opt to do away with the pegs altogether and they simply hold their
feet up. At this point the only thing missing is handles.
The board I made doesn't have a name I just call it the Long/Luge because it's not like
on the market. No one makes a board like this, yet.
The holes along the side aren't for fingers like my other boards although they're the
same size and shape as the other ones. These holes though allow a rider to attach
handles to a longboard and convert it into a street luge.
I wrestled with a bunch of different designs for attaching handles.
It wasn't easy to make something that could be carried in a backpack and quickly convert
to a luge. The handles and platform here use bike and
plumbing parts to attach or detach in less than five seconds.
This wheel guard helps keeps loose clothing from getting caught in the wheels.
That would cause a rider to lose control and clothing.
This board isn't going to win longboard races. It's not going to win any luge races because
it's not the best of both worlds, it's the combination.
Now everyone who has ridden this has said it was a lot of fun.
Even the ones who crashed it.
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can contact me by emailing me at 24hourengineer@gmail.com