I don't like the tail light, but I'm interested in the Hercules Carbon as my long range AT board. What's the quality of their boards like? Built to last?
I've had issues with the screws coming loose, but that seems to be every board lol. After securing all the screws, its still going strong at almost 1100 miles now. I offroad it too so its gone through alot. Still runs great.
Great review much anticipated, thanks! I got Cloudwheels and tried Mad Wheelz for 2 weeks, but went back to Cloudwheels because of comfort, a tiny bit more range and ability to roll over anything. That grass patch would be no match for my setup, which is great when you want to cut corners or just go offroad for a bit. Mad Wheelz totally disappointed me, they didn't bring me nearly as much joy as people lead you to belive. Yes, you can turn a bit harder at high speeds, but that comes with a lot more cons for me. Where'd you get your kegal pulley BTW? I used the 36T from Tynee but it was a hassle to get them to fit well enough. I think I should have just bought the Galaxy wheels from IWonder to avoid faffing about with pulleys. One upgrade that's cost effective and I can strongly recommend is to dewedge the back truck and put a raked truck on the front. I'm running 50° Caliber III Raked with the stock 90a bushing on the front and swapped the riser for a 4° Venom wedge on the back truck with 96a KranK. This has improved both the carve and stability. The Venom wedge (called Venom 1/2" Riser Wedge) is flexible enought to deal with the deck contour and brough the axel to the same height as the front trucks, but I had to DIY a solution to hold the cables down with a zip tie tucked behind the tail end of the wedge. Love this board, it's the ultimate balance of portability and power!
Im still experimenting with other wheels. Right now I got some bass camp glow wheels on there that also work pretty well. As for the pulley, I am using the pulley that came with the mad wheelz. I bought these through their site.
@krustov, I just bought this board but with their standard wheels and I've been finding it tricky to ride over unpaved streets in particular. Would you recommend biting the bullet and buying cloud wheels now, or waiting til my standard wheels deteriorate? Also, I see on Amazon that there are 105mm and 120mm options and I feel like 120mm would be best but I'm scared of wheel bite.
@@reedfrank9209 Don't go over 105 or you'll need higher spacers. I get slight wheelbite on the back even with 105's. If you need to ride over really rough roads or grass, 105 Cloudwheels are great, just stay away from water.
@@reedfrank9209 Well I only know it happened on the back because of the marks on the deck. On an esk8 with Hobbywing ESC, the motors will just try to power through the additional friction. If it's extreme enough though, it can slow or stop the board. It tends to happen when you're turning really hard, so not a great time to find out your bushings are not tight enough. It's happened to me on the front wheels when experimenting with soft bushings at slow speeds, and the board stopped dead, but I was ready for it and just jumped off.
I hate the deck shape it hurts my rear ankle so I peeled back the grip tape and layered a bunch of gorilla tape to make it flat. The front I’m leaving alone for now.
What became of your Mini 2, has it lasted? I decided to get the Mini 2S with Cloudwheels, it's perfect for my work commute and surprisingly powerful. I would have preferred the purple grip tape, but I still reckon the design looks better than other minis. Just in terms of raw hardware though, you can't go wrong with Wowgo for the price. Most of the parts are reasonably generic, so you can shop around for spares (which I intend to do when the warranty expires). The mobile app support and padded grip tape on the 2S helped convince me to go for the upgrade. I've put 250kms on it in just a couple weeks.
Funny enough, I too recently decided to get the mini2s. There will be a video on that and how it compares to the hubmotor mini2. But yes I agree, the wowgo mini board has the best visual appeal.
I cant speak specifically for the zealot x, but just looking at the belt drive area for it, it looks like those belt guards would interfere with a larger wheel. So it would probably work if you removed the belt guards.
I ride cloudwheels on my Backfire Zealot. The contact area of the wheel is low which allows for a little slippage. At the 500 mile marker, the rear wheels are balding, which actually helps with traction. The carving is awesome, the ride is super smooth, but that could be my soft bottom bushing smoothing out the vibration. I’ve never tried inflatable as I feel a flat. Roadside tire repair is no fun. The size of the wheel rolls over almost everything… almost. When I reach 1000 miles, I’m buying a propel pivot with the new style cloudwheels.
It's like someone tried to build a OneWheel, got high, and drunk, forgot what they were doing, couldn't keep their balance, and decided to make this instead! lol
The remote disconnects after a few days as a battery saving feature, it's supposed to do that, Awesome looking board! I'm currently waiting for my Direct drive model from them, They have AMAZING customer service!!
had the same issue with my ingens, ordered purple but they were more lavender. For people worried about comfort id recommend a flexy street board like my meepo voyager. The ingens paired with the bamboo deck is great, and makes mad wheels feel like over kill.
The charm of the veymax convertible X4 is that it can indeed start by itself as long as you push it, without pressing the on/off button. This is a board that I really like.
when u get a warning with 1 bar left, keep going, sometimes thats critical to some riders. weather they need to go 1 more block in the city, or there campus is exactly 1.5 miles away. always drain it until it cant go anymore. with that setup will get u to that 10 mile mark u are hoping for if u drained it until it stopped 👍🏼💯. also, u dont need to turn the board on urself. its a kickstart
This is after the remote been buzzing at me like crazy. The best I got it to was 8.9 before the board shut off, so I did not reach the 10 mile mark after pushing it to the max. As for the kick start, I tried that and it never worked for me. I'll take another look and see if I can get that working.
I've bought the Velar and really did not like the deck shape. Unlike other mountainboard style, the deck is completely stiff and doesn't flex when you get on it. Maybe it's just me but the outer edges of my feet were hurting after about an hour of riding due to the weird angle that it forces my feet to be in. With the convex design, you pretty much have to put your feet in those 2 valleys most of the time and can't really ride any other way. I'm not a tall dude, 5'8" and this forces my stance to be a lot wider than I'm used to. Yes, the channel trucks can corner quite well but you have to move your feet to the edge that you want to turn into or else the bushings will try to fight you, making it difficult to maintain a long corner.
Love the mads. I carved so much and so hard in santa cruz that the wheel started to delaminate from the core. Was sent a new wheel and definitely still bought the v2s!
Great vid. I'm running a zealot x so no pneumatics for me but I do have the backfire 120s, both mad wheels and the ingens as well as some others. Ironically my favorites are the ingens because they're the closest to a skateboard feel but I can't use them everywhere because the streets get like that gravel patch sometimes. In a wierd way the mad wheels are the least thrilling because they're SOOO good at their job. You never feel challenged or like you have to control the board at high speeds because the wheels just say "I gotchu". You'd damn near need to see a moat sized hole before you have to actually consider avoiding it.
Nice round up ⚡👌🏼👌🏼⚡ *I've got blue cags, my favourites and last year picked up Dad Bods, Boa's newesr 90mm and eBoardStuff Ingens,* the only ones I didn't like were the Dad Bods, everyone else loves them it seems but Ingens and even Boa's 90mm, smaller than the Dad Bods, feel nicer. That huge core on the Dad Bods is the reason. Mad Wheels and Ingens are the best so far in the 100mm category, at least for me.
@@chargencarvegive em a try. the roads on your videos look pretty nice. the paths that have somewhat bad concrete and make the board vibrate is only temporary.. The balrog is a nice flex too..When you use all terrain wheels and cloudwheels for so long, it will feel uncomfortable for a while. but if u keep at it, u will learn do adapt, breeze right past temporary vibrations and find smaller wheels like orangatangs and boas have a much more in tune feeling along with a very good quality urethane. having 20-30% more range and power is also great 👍🏼 💯✔️✔️✅🤘🏼🤘🏼
Have you ever tried the Propel Endeavor2 GT? I am debating that vs the Velar. The only reasons I like the Endeavor2 slightly more is that it has independent suspension, and built-in lighting. The Evolve Renegade will also have native lighting, but that's not out just yet. I guess my question is - did it feel very comfortable riding this off-road or was this harder on your feet? I'm looking for a nice long board that is super comfortable to ride.
Would love to try the Endeavor2 some day. Its probably much more comfy offroading. The Velar has nice big wheels, but it doesnt have a suspension like the Endeavor. And since the deck is stiff on the Velar, you feel it rock your feet when the terrain gets bumpy. So... I would probably consider the Endeavour if you plan to offroad alot. Velar seems to be more of a hybrid of street and offroad.
I've tried the Endeavor2 GT. The suspensions on the GT is a lot better but the drawback is that you are going to be stuck going to Propel should anything happen with the springs, since no one else makes anything like it. The ESC and remote on the Velar is also more predictable and linear compared to what is on the GT. It's much easier to control speed and acceleration on the Velar, but you can get used to the FOC on the GT over time I'm sure, it's just not as responsive and instantaneous as the ESC on the Velar.
Well probably the major difference is the Velar has its battery underneath while the Z1 is up top, and the Velar is very sleek too. Deck in Velar is stiff while Z1 might be more flexy. Z1 probably more of a true mountainboard.
The wowgo 2S is a hub motor, so im not sure what kind of pneumatics would even fit on that. I dont think I would try pneumatics on something like that.
