Double Bass wheel swrewed on the endpin?

[Edvin]

I have an endpin that looks like this
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And i thought that it should be possible to find/build a wheel where i can just screw it on like i can screw on the rubber part. Do you have any thoughts/suggestions?

 

[RCWilliams]

if it hasn't already been tried I suspect that it is easier and quicker to swap out the pins rather than mess around putting the wheel on and off the existing end pin.

 

[Greg Clinkingbeard]

If it were possible, I think the pin would turn and you'd never make the wheel go where you wanted it to. Why not just get a Bass Buggie and be done with it. Shameless plug for Rick.

 

[drurb]

Make that two shameless plugs.

 

[philip sirois]

I'm gonna plug it too. I've had the buggie in NYC for a few years now. Put some serious mileage on it. Fits through automatic turnstile on the subway, stands up on its own end pin while sitting on the train, I don't cringe everytime I space out going over a curb. Never have to switch out pins. Not as nimble to steer in a crowd on the sidewalk as the single wheel, but I've gotten used to it to the point that I take through times square once or twice a week at 6 o'clock tourist hour with no problem. Best money I ever spent.

I know this doesn't directly answer your question, but It's a good solution.

 

[Violen]

Im fat, my bass is heavy. The Bass Buggie Rocks.

 

[robobass]

When I was studying in NYC I would grab abandoned baby strollers and convert the wheels into bass wheels. This often worked pretty well. I would sometimes only need to fit a 3/8" piece of aluminum rod into the housing, which was ready-made for this diameter, and the result was a double-wheel with a built in rubber shock-absorber. I sold a bunch of them to my fellow students at Mannes. I see no advantage to "screwing on" a wheel assembly instead of simply removing your pin and sticking in the shaft of your wheel. Seems less efficient on the whole, in fact. I haven't tried the "Buggy" and haven't needed to "stroll" long distances in recent years, but the "Buggy" does seem like a good option. That said, though, I think I'd prefer one of those big inflated airplane wheels when going over Soho cobblestones to solid skateboard wheels.

 

[Mark Gollihur]

That said, though, I think I'd prefer one of those big inflated airplane wheels when going over Soho cobblestones to solid skateboard wheels.

Makes sense. Though, just for the record, the wheels on the buggy are big (6" diameter), and are like roller-blade wheels (sort of a softer nylon) -- and the platform of the buggy is made of a plastic that is intentionally a bit flexible to act as a sort of shock absorber...