Longboard Brake

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Longboard Brake – CruiseBrake There are number of Longboards/Skateboard brakes with a deck attachment. E.g. Skate Safe V-brake (https://goo.gl/0CV83r) or Mingoskateboarding FrogStop (https://goo.gl/DfuLQZ). However, this kind of brakes reduces space under wheels and increases a possibility of wheel-bytes. Thera are number of brakes with a truck attachment. E.g. Brakeboard Trucks (https://goo.gl/eYoa3e) or SkateBrake (https://goo.gl/7az8ku). However, they are quite complex devices. I have developed a simple truck attached longboard brake. It contains only wood, plywood and epoxy parts so it is easy to DIY. The brake consists of a brake base with attachment wedges and a pedal with a rubber brake shoe. The brake base attaches to truck using steel ties. It connects to truck in two points for greater strength. The pedal moves and presses wheel due to the elasticity of the thin plywood pedal arm. How it works, you can see on the plans and photos. Working title of the project is CruiseBrake. The CruiseBrake has been developed for Caliber 50/180 trucks. However, it can be easily adapted to others truck models changing the Wedges parts shapes. I recommend using 8-9mm Baltic birch plywood to make the Brake base part and 4mm plywood to make the Pedal arm. The Pedal pad and the Spacer parts can be made of any kind of wood or plywood. You should adjust the Spacer height to fit a wheel size. You also should adjust the Pedal pad height to fit you longboard deck thickness. The top of the pedal pad should be a few millimeters higher than the deck surface. The pedal should be at the right side of the deck for regular foot riders, and it should be at the left side for goofy foot riders. You need to make different versions of Brake base for these stance styles. All other parts remain the same. I know that many longboard riders refuse longboard-braking systems. However, some of them like ones. This design provides an inexpensive way to try, if a longboard brake system would be convenient to you. Note: This kind of brake attachment is not very strong. I do not recommend this brake system for downhill and aggressive riding. It is intended to cruising. There is no any guarantee, use it on your own risk. Please refer to http://www.townscooter.com/ for more information