I’m pleased with it. Tires are beefy enough that the bike doesn’t look awkward.
On the street and hard pack fire roads it will be fine. Eventually I want to swap out the Mattoc Pro for a Fox fork so the components match.Cuz Vinny. Hydra is a super Enduro e-bike, are those tires off road able?
It looks some what eclectic with the suspension setup you got.
Need orange rotors to go with my color scheme
I’d actually like a 50mm wide wheel to flatten out the profile and make the tire a bit wider. However it looks good as is and I simply can’t justify the cost for the minimal improvement.
Fox forks are orange, that’s their signature color.I like it! As Timpo said, 'supermoto' equivalent. Nothing wrong at all with full suspension on an on-road bike either - every motorcycle non-scooter has it.
I'm running more 'dual-sport' Johnny Watts 2.8" wide on my X2, but I also went through both 40mm on the now-prior wheelset, and i35 on the wheelset I just built. I don't have enough riding time on the new wheelset yet, but the difference in sidewall is noticeable between the i40 and i35. From a purely 'I feel like' perspective, the 2.8" tires look 'right' on the i40, a bit of sidewall bulge in the i35s, but not sure I could see going to an i50 rim for 2.8s. Gonna see if Weather cooperates to get some time in on the new wheelset and see if I change my mind...
Where ya gonna find an orange fork?
Nope, that’s Manitou design. Look at the Mattoc Pro on their website.
Look at the fork on the Manitou website. Its the way they designed the fork. If you put the bash guard forward like you say then the brake and wheel mounts will be backwards.
Eventually I will swap to a Fox fork. Looking at their new Ebike line of forks.
