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Offline Biohazard

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My sexy new Bocks and some spring armour!
« on: October 12, 2009, 04:11:56 PM »
I got my new stilts last Thursday and went bocking with the JJ's last Saturday,
I was surprised I was compressing my M80's(84kg) pretty well despite me only being 57kg.
I bloody love my new Pro-Jump+'s(well actually the 3pc set, since they were out of stock), they are awesome!
Though I noticed despite taping my springs I was scuffing them, so I decided to make some spring armour.
Due to a lack of tools and general stupidity I ended up spending 8 hours on them...
But I am very happy with the result!

I used some old bike tires we had in the garden and a washing line(the handyman's shop didn't have any nylon cord, but they had a cool yellow washing line which is actually quite strong).
For tools I had kitchen scissors(to cut the tire), a hammer, a nail(to use as a hole punch) and some things I used to cut the washing line.
The reason I never made spring armour for my old stilts was...because I am lazy!

Here are my new stilts and the result:



For some odd reason I couldn't decide which way round I should put them on, in the end I decided to make the tread point up because I want to go up! :Claugh:




« Last Edit: October 12, 2009, 04:19:12 PM by Biohazard »

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Re: My sexy new Bocks and some spring armour!
« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2009, 04:14:49 PM »
you know there are no tyre socks in these pictures, did you mean to say tyre spring armour?

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Re: My sexy new Bocks and some spring armour!
« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2009, 04:16:08 PM »
Yeah, I keep mixing them up :Ceek:

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Re: My sexy new Bocks and some spring armour!
« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2009, 04:22:47 PM »
yeah i know what your saying, bocking has so much terminology

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Re: My sexy new Bocks and some spring armour!
« Reply #4 on: October 12, 2009, 05:45:19 PM »
Anyway, I am glad I finally made spring armour!

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Re: My sexy new Bocks and some spring armour!
« Reply #5 on: October 12, 2009, 06:09:47 PM »
i say its the only way, i love my tyre armour, and ive made a few people some that they are still rocking, it just looks so cool.

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Re: My sexy new Bocks and some spring armour!
« Reply #6 on: October 12, 2009, 06:49:52 PM »
i had to send back 3 pairs of +'s bolts kept coming lose all the time