Beautiful job. Those things are awesome, and huge. They are as big as frying pans. (I guess they'll join eggbeaters and lollipops in the pantheon of food-themed pedals!)
-Pete (now disconcertingly self-conscious of my skinny 'Kings) On Monday, February 27, 2012 11:51:53 PM UTC-5, William wrote: > > They are here! I got the box from my dad from the UPS man today. I'm > super excited how they turned out. They will all need some rework. The > bolt holes will need to be wowed out for clearance, and ovalized in some > cases to line up right. I will test fit every single pair that I sell and > I'll take the ugliest set for myself. The rest are available. 5 pairs $25 > shipped. There will be more. > > There is a tiny radius on the inside corners, so you will need to run a > file on each of the four corners of the cage. You will also need to supply > the slightly longer bolts. I spent a total of about 45 seconds filing, but > that helped the fit a bit. Please check out the set of photos on flickr, > and let me know if you want a set. Three of you already declared that you > wanted a set sight unseen, so I'll give right of first refusal to those > three brave early adopters (but I will not be supplying EA buttons) > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/sets/72157629107195978/ > > On Friday, February 24, 2012 3:42:15 PM UTC-8, William wrote: >> >> Hopefully you either ignored or have long forgotten my youtube >> documenting a DIY modification for my Grip King pedals >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wo0YlOqqISs >> >> Well, based on that, and the fact that neither my Dad nor I am very >> efficient with our time, we collaborated to make Version 2.0. And by >> collaborated, I mean I did a sketch and my Dad in his machine shop garage >> did all the work. >> >> The Grip King Supreme cage mod is a cage that you'll bolt into your Grip >> King Pedals, that will give your feet a lot better lateral support. See >> the video to see what I mean. The Version 2.0 ones are shaped a lot >> better, especially in the middle, there's a milled out relief that still >> allows the sole of your shoes to fully engage the nubs on the Grip King >> cages. >> >> My Dad is shipping me several sets, and I will be offering them to sell. >> This is a free-time thing that my dad just did for fun. If we were >> charging time and materials, we'd probably have to sell them for $250 a >> pair. Seriously, you should see the press/bender tooling he built for this >> project. Anyhow, I'm not going to just give them away, even though I'm >> giving them away. I might give a set to Rivendell. So I'll be asking $25 >> shipped priority mail. I will post copious pictures and maybe another >> youtube when they are actually in my hands. >> >> I think my Dad is sending me 7 pairs. I'll keep one, and send one to >> Rivendell. I will have 5 more sets available, and am enthusiastic about >> making a lot more since my dad worked so hard on the tooling. Stay tuned. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/-ybCI5059-4J. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
