Did Shimano track hubs come in any other colors? I thought they only came in silver. There is a trick to making any hub spin as good a a track hub, but it won't last because the hub itself is a softer material and wears out fast. Shimano would heat treat all the areas of the bearing assembly which made it super hard and rolled the best. Just take any hub and clean out all the grease. Put it back together with rubbing compound(red) instead of grease. Then ride or attached a drill to your axle and run it to polish and smooth out everything. Clean it out and do again with polishing compound (white). Spin or run again for a while. Finaly clean and put together with grease. This is the way to get the best out of a loose ball hub.

Changstar

I used to run Crest tooth paste in my hubs BITD to kinda do the same thing. Worked pretty good.

jk

I used to use "Blue Magic", still do for polishing, nothing better.
To polish frames/parts to a mirror shine w/ blue magic, use Charmin TP (red labeled one) and change whenever it turns black. And use it to clean the polish off. You'll end up using a lot of TP, but the results are stellar. Charmin has no wood chips in the paper so no scratching.

so charmin doesn't make your bum raw?

BU

nope, just hot peppers.

Not if you use Blue Magic.

Changstar

^^^

so whats the latest at the track? been coughing for about 3 weeks now...

There was a good turnout. It rained of a couple of times. Nothing too bad though. The rain actually made the track better with everyone riding. Rory was there watching. Its always good to see him. Another old school Campbell days rider (Jan Luna) was riding the track with his son. He ordered a 24 from Bikefactory and is waiting for it to come in. Props to Jim Drake for getting the track ready every practice.

jk

Paging Rockne Tang.............Eddy King made the 41 over X main at the Grand Nationals........

jk

Yeah I was watching, he crashed on the first straight was about 4th or 5th when it happend. he was boxed in from all sides and kept it pinned. He's only been riding about a month. Damn impressive. Also Gorgeous George winning the cruiser #1 plate and being in the 41-45 cruiser class. That means we also have the largest rider count. So lots of comp in that class. Looking forward to giving it a try next year.

Changstar

thanks for the update jk...

Update from IBMX:

BMX enthusiasts,



We’ve been up and running for a couple months now and are over 160 new riders who have been to practice. We continue to grow and hope to begin racing soon. Thank you for everyone’s support for this project now and into the future. If you haven’t been to our Web site lately (islandbmx.org) , it’s been updated with a Twitter feed that is updated before every practice. You can check the web site or sign up to follow the feed on your own. I was looking for a way to get the word out about the weather since the rain has discouraged people from coming out when the Sand Island area hasn’t actually been affected as much as other areas where you live. Also check out ABA’s latest 30 second commercial and the links to some awesome ABA race videos posted on GO211.



We expect to have the starting gate foundation poured this Friday. Thanks to Ari McLaren for his support in this. Also, Kevin Lau has made the metal part of the gate and should be installed soon. I’m expecting to call for a work day, perhaps a week from Saturday for help fixing a few things up. We recently got two 20ft. containers from Aloha Air Cargo that we’ll use in the starting gate area for equipment storage, race signup, and starting gate tower. We’re working on fencing for the track as well. The Bike Shop has generously donated $5000.00 to that cause, but we’ll still need help when it comes time to put the fence up. As always, we’re open to your suggestions as we continue to progress and improve SANDBOX BMX. See you at the track!





Jim Drake

SANDBOX BMX

passed by sandbox today and ari was laying out for the slab...

BU

Ari,

Thank you for all your hard work!

jk

My new hand cut old school number plate that I just ordered.

jk

Hey guys, poured the gate pad today and a little sidewalk for the kids to push back to the gate. However the track got damaged by the heavy rain. Parts of the track had over a foot of standing water today. I have cut some trenches to drain the lake. I plan on going down tommorrow with the excavator to dig the trenches deeper and install some drainage pipes. Gonna be plenty to do if we're going to ride on Sunday.

Cool, so the guy decided to sell the plates he made after all. Nice. I kinda like the square ones he has. Gonna be cool on your Jag!

Ari,
Thanks for all your hard work! What time are you going to be there tomorrow? Maybe some of us can help out. Not sure if I can make it tomorrow . But, I will try.




I PM'd him and asked him. I really wanted one since they are hand made like Haro originally did. Still got one foot stuck in the old school.

jk

Took a quick spin over to the track this morning after work. Dang! Ari wasn't joking when he said the track was flooded. There is a huge pond between the first and last berm as well as in front of the last berm. Great work one the concrete Ari! Thanks again.

jk

Yesterday from Jim Drake:

Aloha BMXers,



This is a heads up that there is a possibility that SANDBOX BMX will open tomorrow if the sun continues to shine and there are a few extra hands to help groom the track. We’re still literally digging out from Thursday’s heavy rain. Luckily Ari had the planned cement pour for the gate and assessed the water damage, with a couple lakes on the track. He did some hand digging to relieve the trapped water on Friday and he took the initiative to bring his back hoe tractor in today for some major dirt work. We laid a drainage pipe between the berms for turn one and three. So if the sun holds up, the track will be in considerably better shape tomorrow afternoon. However, if we can get as many as possible to come out early tomorrow before practice, we’ll see how things go for riding. I’ll still try to do a twitter update before opening. Thanks





Jim Drake

SANDBOX BMX

Anyone know what size rear hub fits a Black Market frame? 135 or 150?

jk

my black lightning is 135, I think russ has 135 rear hub on his black market riot frame... is someone building another bike?
check with klaus first...

BU

BU,

Thanks! Just trying to get the Black Market up and running.

jk

BU, Rust and Klaus......What kind of rear hub are you guys running on your MTBMX bikes? I am looking for a simple (not expensive) single speed, bolt on disc hub. Any recomendations?

jk

Don't buy Atom Lab, their parts are specific, can't just buy a cog, need to be Atom Lab. Just make sure the hub you get has a 3/8" axle conversion kit and is a single speed hub.

Thanks for the heads up. I was looking at those......

actually, you can use poverty cogs. once you screw them on there is no taking it off. you use a 29mm wrench and chain wrench. need to make a custom 29 wrench the ones I tried all bent. so if you know what gearing you will be running, it is a good hub... right now I'm running a 28-12 seems to be pretty good, was running 30-14 but winds out too fast. if you have the hub, you can call atomlab and they will sell you drivers for 35 bucks instead of 65 bucks...

BU

atomlab aircorp SS

Thanks BU.....So you are running the atomlab air corp hub?

yep... jus make sure you know what gearing you going run, if not you gotta buy another driver. i'm in the process of getting my friend to make me a custom 29 wrench...

BU

I think it was the race at Magic Mountain. This gave all the locals hope to well in the mainland.
Surendettement
I know somewhere I have a pic of Thumper and I waxing Vann Johnson.

Ellaine

What's with that link?
Seems bogus.

Well find and post up the pic. Thumper has always been very fast. Vann got his start in Hawaii, later moved to SD and got a NAG #1. Give any Hawaiian some time to fine tune his game on the mainland and most of the time they have done well.

Saw the concrete at SI and it looks awesome. The gate is going to change the whole timing of hitting the straight away. I know it seems long to the first jump but it is going to take some horse's to get there. Anyone know where I can buy some stronger legs and back?

Changstar

Went to the track today to fix a couple wet spots in the rhythm section. Lucky thing cause some guy had his kid all suited up ready to try out his new dirt bike. Gotta get more signs or something. This guy thought it was ok.

I think someone will destroy the track before we take action and get the signs up. BU can help us with the signs we just have to tell him what the verbage is.

Ari, thanks for your hard work and dedication to the track!!!! Glad you stopped the dad before damage was done. So was it a lack of common sense? Or he knew and could care less - like the guys that hit HK with their MX bikes?

jk

The track needs a sign like this.

How to get one, I don't know.

BU?

Jeremy,

Being that the park is being run privately. You probably have to look for a vendor that makes signs. If it was run by the city or state. It would be parks and rec for the city.State would be harbors. Maybe you can ask Reid if he knows someone who can do the sign.




BC

Jeremy,

As for the dirt bikes. Because the only legal place to ride is Kahuku. People will look for places to ride. The signs would be a good step. But I think you guys still have to put up a fence. Maybe someone can try and get some grant money from some organization like Kam School or something to build a fence. I don't know just trying to give ideas to get funds for a fence.


BC

Hey BC,

Good to hear from you. I guess you didn't hear about this, but here's a note from Jim Drake (Sandbox).

"We’re working on fencing for the track as well. The Bike Shop has generously donated $5000.00 to that cause, but we’ll still need help when it comes time to put the fence up. As always, we’re open to your suggestions as we continue to progress and improve SANDBOX BMX. See you at the track!"

Mele Kalikimaka,
JT

give me size, color and what you want on it... what about DLNR, ask them if you can use their dept. on sign, or maybe they have signs. anywayz, just let me know...

BU

Great to hear from sca and BC! BU....Thanks! Changstar we need your input on the sign! By the way how was the track today? I hate not being able to make it out. Riding that track is so damn fun!!!!

jk

Thank you Faye!!!!!!!!

I have wording from ABA, I will post up tomorow. Any chance you can get the poles too?

Changstar

Thanks for the info JT.

Thank you Faye for the donation for the fence.

Also may all of you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. As well as a safe one.

Don't drink and drive. The life you may be saving is your own.

BC

BU,

No pressure....I know things like this aren't as easy as it seems. Heck, I still haven't come thru with the fire hose for the track yet. Can't wait to see the fence go up. Can't thank Faye enough for her generosity!

jk

sure can...

BU

I was thinking that instead of just one sign with a ton of info on it we could do 2. For sure I would like a few signs with big letters.

BICYCLE MOTOCROSS TRACK
NO MOTORIZED VEHICLES

Then a few others that say.................

Membership required
Safety gear required
riding during operational hours only
Please see track official before riding
Info
www.islandbmx.org
www.ababmx.com

Or something like that, chime in any sugestions.

Changstar