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Originally Posted by dmaciel10123
The reason for making a module that can come off is because this year's KOP frame had a removable outer plate, but we had to put nuts on the ends of the axles to hold them in, and we could only change out the wheels between matches. By making a removable module, you can have a module set aside and prepped so that when the time comes you do a quick change of the module rather than each of the wheels.
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We had similar feelings after 2013. We used the Vexpro Versa wheels with W tread pattern and were constantly changing wheels at competitions and it wasn't pretty. We ran a few matches with only 5 wheels at champs because a swap took too long. We heavily looked at WCD style bases since taking wheels on an off is a breeze but realized it wasn't the best solution for us. Changing to a more reliable wheel like a Colson is great solution if you feel you are swapping wheels too much. We wouldn't have needed to do our one time swap this year if we had designed it for a drop center (oops). If you design in an 1/8in-3/16in drop you will never have to change a wheel.