Do Aluminum rails slide?

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headmadtrix

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My buddy and I are able to get 2 15ft aluminum flat bars in sick condition from his dads work for free. I was wondering though will they slide as well as steel or pvc. Please leave some advice.
 
not too well with steel edges. Griding your edges down with a composite grinder will help you out.
 
they'll slide but theres a good chance you'll catch an edge, like a very good chance. So if theres a kink like a d-f in the rail i'd so its probly a no go.
 
just detune your edges alot and you should be good to go since its a flat bar your going to be sliding
 
nnnooo they feel really sticky with steel edges but i know some skis and snowboards have copper so i dont know about that
 
well ya that'd definitely be the way to go if he's making one but i think it might be an urban, but then again who does a flat urban? Like that guy said, if you're building a rail go with another material. I find pvc works well and is super cheap and if it breaks you just replace it. Should last a season at least though.
 
they wont slide at all, i wonder if theres a way to rough them down tho. try de tuning ur edges real good and maybe ask someone about it, but for the most part alluminum sticks like helll, trust me ull know if u hit it
 
My buddy and i already got like 13 pvc rails, one of which is roller coaster which is quite sick. We were just thinking of something new to try to build. And we also have an urban steel rail which is quite dope. "From the Post Office"
 
they slide good if you keep a perfectly flat base. its kind of hard to catch your front edges and eat it, but its pretty easy to dig your back edges in and basically causes you to stop.
 
grinding aluminum is probally worse than grinding on wood. Right when u land on an aluminum rail you'll catch an edge and fall over...
 
i never tried aluminum but ive read in diff post that its doesnt work well so i say that u should stick with pvc its cheap and easy to work with
 
my aluminum rail is fine for slidiness, just as good as steel or pvc but the edge factor is big, if you put youre weight to far forward...your fucked
 
yeah i learned this the hard way last season, i tried to grind a flatbottom aluminum boat that was upside down. hah good times
 
depends...ive shot urban rails that are aluminum and have had mixed results. Im not a chemist so i might be wrong, but the colder the weather, the less 'soft' aluminum seems to be.

So its hit or miss, but aluminum rails have been slid
 
theyre all right but youre way more prone to catch an edge on aluminum than steel or somethin else so u might want to detune your edges or not go with aluminum
 
Why don't you slip some PVC over the aluminum rail! That would work so good, especially if you got just the right size so that it slid on, but with resistance. Oh, and it would last for a really long time too...
 
even if its super cold and you've put some wax on the rail, its a good chance u'll catch an edge. its just cuz its such a soft metal (sorry if this was said, i didn't read above me all the way)
 
My buddy made an alluminum rail. The problam with aluminum is that it is the softest metal in existance. Although your not paying that much for it youll get caught really easily. Dont..
 
id probly agree with this kid, we used cheap PVC one time and it broke faster than you can say "yo momma."
 
the warmer the weather the stickier the rail. When in doubt, grab your ski and slide it over the rail (but dont just slide it across, push down with all of your weight and try to slide it across, if it sticks, go home)
 
not very well at ALL! i have a 12 footer that i made with some scrap i had. it dident work to well, i came down on it and it made a nice dent, then i fell off. although it is very thin pipe. now i use it as a foot rail, just sand it down with wet/dry sand paper, the black sand paper. get it wet and slide it on your feet. thats My advice, save your self a fall.
 
yes they are ok to slide. you just have to be more careful than any other material. you kinda have to land perfect
 
not worth your effort. even if u get it sliding a little every once in awhile ull jump on and your feet will just stop.
 
no aluminum rails dont slide with edges... if u put snow on the rail it will help but they slide very very poorly. its still worth a shot though
 
yeah everyone has mixed feelings about this, i have spotted a bunch of what i presume to be aluminum rails on campus that look like they would slide so so well
 
I hit an aluminum bench over the summer, and did everything possibly to not catch an edge, detuned edges, I even leaned back a good bit, close enough that I could hav slid out on my hip. But I still caught an edge. It was fucking painful. Stay away from aluminum.
 
If you have an old pair of trash skis that you won't be using on the hill anymore you could cut out the edges and use them fine on aluminum.

Not the most practical, but if you really want to slide aluminum, it might be the only way that would work well.
 
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