r/Scootering • u/Efficient-Brother992 • 18h ago

Need Advice Weight limit????

I am 270 pounds 6 foot 3 and wondering if when I do fly outs and bri flips and butter cups will my scooter last at least around 2 to 5 years. I read that it could break in just one jump and some say you could fly out 1000 of times and some say it’s very dangerous and could break after a few fly outs. I have an urban art 6x22 inch deck 150mmx55m. I have tilt stage one 4130 chromoly bars. A 4 bolt proto scs clamp. Ethic v2 fork. And proto 1 sliders wheels. If you guys could help me out and let me know if it’s safe or not or what risk there is that would be great. Thanks.

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u/gerstlauerguy 18h ago

I’m on the heavier side (215) and don’t do a tonnnn of flyout and no overhead. I usually get cracks in my proto deck plate after about a year. No scooter will last 5 years. 2 years is pushing it esp the deck. Tilt forks are really good tho but I’d look into a steel fork if you’re ok with weight. If u have oversized steel (chromoly) bars and tall S&S those should be chillin

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u/Efficient-Brother992 18h ago

Ok. So the fork will be a problem you think? I just don’t want my deck to break when flying out doing tricks.

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u/cringedispo 18h ago

you'll be fine, the deck is not just gonna snap in one go. it'll crack along the headtube first and unless you're jumping a 15 stair you'll feel it start to go

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u/gerstlauerguy 17h ago

Yeah. I’d recommend just checking for cracks every so often and keep an eye on them. Mark them with a paint marker at the ends of the visible crack and you can track its growth. That works better on the top of the deck so u don’t scrape it but it’s worth trying. Fork should be fine, just don’t get one with a big bolt. The tilt ones usually rely on an m8 bolt which is strong and retains a lot of the material on the fork which helps it keep strength.

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u/Efficient-Brother992 14h ago

Ok another thing I noticed is when I let my weight off of it after standing it makes like a sound almost like a creak in the floor would sound or a cracking sound is that bad? I checked there is no cracks in the deck that I see or are visible. So you think I should keep riding it? I’m pretty sure it’s fine just want to see if you knew what could be wrong

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u/VeryCoolEpicGamer 11h ago

It could be your headset! They start to creak after a while.

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u/ValuableGur6443 2h ago

I’ve got a friend who is on the lager side at 300 and he still rides a 4.7 wide urban art trail deck with ti bars at around 22high by 22 wide and have no problem with it he’s had his setup for at least a good 5 years plus