[Kartbuilding] sourcing wheels

[Stephen Burke]

Hi,

An equivalent to those wheels in the link below might be off a small 
scooter/moped. The spoked wheels off a moped would be metal however and 
would weigh a good bit more.
You could also look to taking the wheels of a pedal kart. E.g: 
http://www.buckleycycles.ie/GoKarts.html
It could cost a bit however. On some of my earlier karts, I used the 
spoked pnuematic wheels of small children's bycycles. These worked 
reasonable, however would not take hard cornering or too much weight.

Best of luck,
-steve

On Sun, 21 Dec 2008, Ed wrote:

> Hi was looking at your kart plans, great job, trying to source some wheels in the uk, so I can build a kart for the kids. Where are you based? Found these in the U.S. http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_6970_13794_13794
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