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This is giving me ideas. Does the Element flatbar fit in a small car? Is it solid or flimsy?
it does if your back seats can fold down into your trunk space
my honda accord fits it
use a measuring tape to check if your car can fit it (its 6ft). the legs are detachable so you dont gotta worry for that clearance
Negative. Are there alternatives?
You're in CH, right? Decathlon sells a 1.5m flatbar for pretty cheap. Mine should arrive tomorrow, I'll report back if it's any good.
I saw the Decathlon bar, please do report on it. Thanks in advance!
Finally got around to trying out the flatbar:
It's surprisingly sturdy. Nothing rattles, everything keeps in place. Doesn't bend too much, doesn't feel unstable. I intentionally did the lipslide on the lowest rung to really apply some force to it, but it seems to have taken the impact in stride. I'm not particularly light either (200lb/91kg), so I'd say it's definitely not just for kids or lightweights.
It's a little short for my taste, but that makes it fit into my very small car (Mitsubishi Space Star).
I don't have a lot of tricks on flatbars back yet, but I'm pretty sure I can relearn a couple of old tricks on this one. I can definitely recommend it.
Have a gnar. That seals it, I‘m gonna cop one.
@scab just coming back to say thanks, I got the flatbar and it‘s great. It doesn‘t fit in my car in one piece but it‘s easy to take apart/set up, two screws only and they are skate tool compatible which I find clever. It‘s very solid but I still can carry it to spots from the parking lot.
I managed to do front and back boardslides and 50/50s on the lowest level so far. I want to learn lipslides and also go higher. Grinds are so scary on a flatbar. Did you do anything else on it, I can think of 5-0s but most other grinds seem too gnarly. Also nose/tailslides freak me out on flatbars (I can‘t do tailslides anyway).
Anyway just rambling, thanks again, without your vid I might not have copped this and missed some fun.
Other flatbar enjoyers please feel free to chime in…