Alien Rides Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 In WraithRider's words: An exclusive here on the Alien Rides channel. A complete tear down and build from the inside out of a Gotway Msuper X. A lot of time, money and thought went into this build. To begin an extra special thanks to our very good friend and master tinkerer, Stephen AKA Supersport. Much of his time went into this and without his knowledge on electronics, soldering and fabricating, this build would have never come to fruition. Another very special thanks goes to Kevin, AKA Alienrides for his help, and time to document and video this build. Special thanks to Mathias for the awesome side pads and the stand design which was printed by Stephen. Also a huge thank you to Cutting Edge Illusions for a sick custom paint job with airbrushed skulls in smoke. Now without further adieu, please enjoy as this was as much for your enjoyment to see as it was ours! We have a ton of content planned around this wheel including detailing the entire build and protective gear. Stay tuned here or on the YouTube channel to make sure you don’t miss any of it. WraithWheel Unveiled, Part 1 | A Custom Electric Unicycle Painting WraithWheel, Part 2 | Custom Electric Unicycle Paint Job from Cutting Edge Illusions WraithWheel Build, Part 3 | Custom Gotway MSuperX Electric Unicycle Build WraithWheel, Part 4 | BAEUC impressions and maiden voyage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meepmeepmayer Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 Very nice! Almost too pretty and delicate to ride. What's the tube from the backpack? Drinking tube? What's the ruff/shield around the rider's neck/collar? Some kind of motorcycle safety shield thing? The helmet is cool, too, with the blue (neon?) strips. Make/model please Not asking how much wheel, mods, and outfit cost altogether. I don't even want to know -- By the way, I really like how you keep your videos short. With so many things to watch (EUC-related or not), it's nice if some one doesn't waste your time. Not saying that longer videos necessarily waste time, but often they are needlessly long for the information content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED209 Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 You look like an astronaut in that suit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien Rides Posted December 3, 2018 Author Share Posted December 3, 2018 3 hours ago, Edddeus said: You look like an astronaut in that suit! So this is actually a good friend of mine, but he got called everything today from astronaut to stormtrooper. His stuff is stylish and functional. 4 hours ago, meepmeepmayer said: Very nice! Almost too pretty and delicate to ride. Totally agree with this, when (not if but when) this wheel crashes it’s going to be heartbreaking. 4 hours ago, meepmeepmayer said: What's the tube from the backpack? Drinking tube? What's the ruff/shield around the rider's neck/collar? Some kind of motorcycle safety shield thing? The helmet is cool, too, with the blue (neon?) strips. Make/model please Not asking how much wheel, mods, and outfit cost altogether. I don't even want to know The tube from the backpack connects a water bladder from the backpack to the helmet, great for staying hydrated on long rides. The shield around the neck is a Leatt neck brace, great for ensuring your head doesn’t get bent too far during a crash. I’ll have to find out the make and model of the helmet for you, but it’s from Leatt. We actually have another video coming out in a week or so that breaks down most of the gear and talks about each piece. It’s slightly longer than this one. 4 hours ago, meepmeepmayer said: By the way, I really like how you keep your videos short. With so many things to watch (EUC-related or not), it's nice if some one doesn't waste your time. Not saying that longer videos necessarily waste time, but often they are needlessly long for the information content. Thanks for mentioning that. I’m still trying to find the sweet spot as far as duration goes so this is helpful. I try to keep most things short, but occasionally upload a more raw cut. Sometimes people like the longer uncut footage and just want to put it up in the background. I find that most folks find the shorter, information dense videos, more interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meepmeepmayer Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 26 minutes ago, Alien Rides said: Thanks for mentioning that. I’m still trying to find the sweet spot as far as duration goes so this is helpful. I try to keep most things short, but occasionally upload a more raw cut. Sometimes people like the longer uncut footage and just want to put it up in the background. I find that most folks find the shorter, information dense videos, more interesting. It always depends on the kind of video. For the Halloween costume ride, nobody would have complained to see more scenes of people riding and their different costumes. In fact, I'd have liked to see every single costume focused in a quick shot. 15 minutes, so what? That's what the video is for. Even then, a 5 minute "summary" like you did is probably better if you want most people to watch to the end. You're right that you can alwas add longer alternatives, as long as you edit them a little bit, no raw footage dumps. And for a video like this one that doesn't really have lots of information, 2-3 minutes is perfect. Anyways, again, you always respect people's time, you say what you want to say and that's it. I noticed that as a plus of your videos E.g. your msuper frying videos, short and succinct That doesn't mean longer videos that show "everything" are bad. I love to see someone do a EUC repair for 45 minutes or a 1h ride. But it's a different thing, information (short video) vs. more immersive (longer video). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunka Hunka Burning Love Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Your friend is from the future. He just needs a small portable smoke machine trailing some steam from under the shell area... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien Rides Posted December 3, 2018 Author Share Posted December 3, 2018 16 minutes ago, Hunka Hunka Burning Love said: Your friend is from the future. He just needs a small portable smoke machine trailing some steam from under the shell area... Great idea, I'll definitely suggest it! 😅 Maybe we could all use a little smoke coming out from our shells. 🤔🤔🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunka Hunka Burning Love Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Well it’s a Gotway so you never know it might be a surprise feature especially up some of those steep hills! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
litewave Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Does this qualify as wheel-porn? Noticed that the builder/architect was @SuperSport, and the helmet light kit appears to be a Lightmode Neutron S which I have coveted for quite a while now. I really like the suit and overall aesthetic: it's perfect for the coming zombie apocalypse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunka Hunka Burning Love Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 3 minutes ago, litewave said: Does this qualify as wheel-porn? I don’t know about you, but I’m finding myself quite sleepy all of a sudden. I need a small nap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien Rides Posted December 3, 2018 Author Share Posted December 3, 2018 3 hours ago, litewave said: Does this qualify as wheel-porn? Noticed that the builder/architect was @SuperSport, and the helmet light kit appears to be a Lightmode Neutron S which I have coveted for quite a while now. We are honored that you would say that this is wheel-porn, I'm not aware of a higher accolade. Yeah, I believe that's the correct light set, and it's REALLY awesome at night or low light conditions. Definitely one of the coolest helmet mounted sets you can buy. 4 hours ago, litewave said: I really like the suit and overall aesthetic: it's perfect for the coming zombie apocalypse. Definitely, we need to get a whole squad of unicycle power rangers to defend us, working on it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meepmeepmayer Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 13 hours ago, litewave said: Noticed that the builder/architect was @SuperSport, and the helmet light kit appears to be a Lightmode Neutron S which I have coveted for quite a while now. "Oh cool, a full face helmet with fancy lights for $129... oh wait, that's only the light." Thanks for the link. One of these shiny, unneeded things that are hard to not buy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien Rides Posted December 6, 2018 Author Share Posted December 6, 2018 Part 2 is up! This is just a simple slideshow of the painting process. Next up we'll show a bit of the build process. There was a lot of demand for parts 3 and 4 and I'll be releasing early cuts to backers on Patreon if you're interested. All of the content will eventually be public, but if you'd like to support us and get early access, you're welcome to here: https://www.patreon.com/AlienRides Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rywokast Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 very cool! no longer looks like a cheap ass plastic kids toy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien Rides Posted December 6, 2018 Author Share Posted December 6, 2018 10 minutes ago, Rywokast said: very cool! no longer looks like a cheap ass plastic kids toy Definitely does not look like a plastic toy, it's a high quality automotive paint job. Very cool, but not sure I could bring myself to ride it because it's so nice! 😅 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qweiczz Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Cool, I want to be cool when riding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien Rides Posted December 24, 2018 Author Share Posted December 24, 2018 Here's part 3 of the WraithWheel series. It covers a very small part of the build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Backe Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 1 hour ago, Alien Rides said: Here's part 3 of the WraithWheel series. It covers a very small part of the build. Very cool video. I love seeing a bunch of guys coming together working on a single wheel like that. So much nicer than doing this by yourself. Love the mod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien Rides Posted December 30, 2018 Author Share Posted December 30, 2018 Some impressions of WraithWheel on our first San Francisco group ride with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meepmeepmayer Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 It will be a sad day when that wheel has its first crash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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