That Guy

My concern is that 151V will shorten the range of Sherman-S materially...

Remarkable to see tend to be skeptical Denis so happy! Patton surely must be something out of this world for this guy to be that excited... :-)

Wow, well done with the free upgrades, Veteran! Adds to my confidence in LeaperKim!

You know what, I like it. I like Veteran's approach to quality. I hope it will set a gold standard for 16" wheels? But why, why, why is it so heavy?... :-(

Check the forecast for Dunedin and come ride with us here any day over the next 10 days!! :-) Where did you get the "2" wide industrial strength Velcro" from?

Same experience here. Made 1200km on my Shermax and the knobby Kenda feels much more predictable/tame. I think it is related to the sharp corners of each knob that contribute the "jelly" feeling at first and then they start wearing out. With dropping the PSI I experienced something completely unexpected - by the next morning the pressure dropped to below 20 from the original 30 I set. After a close examination I replaced the valve. And I was quite surprised how poor the quality of the original valve was - it was crooked and looked like someone stepped on it before installing. Since then the pressure has been held at the same 28PSI I set in mid-December.

Many other aspects of each test are missing, e.g. temperature and how flat/hilly each ride was. To compare between two models you need a bigger sample for each wheel. I'd expect Sherman to have a slightly longer range under the same circumstances thanks to its lower voltage.

Have you managed to find anyone? I heard there are one or two riders in Queenstown, didn't hear about Wanaka. If you manage to connect let us know! How was the ride in Wanaka?

I know - but it wasn't a type in my post. Sorry, I wasn't very clear in my statement - I meant that if Begode was a German company they would have made their Master, as an example, with the quality that would cancel the very idea of V13. And if Sherman-S is built to last at least as Sherman OG, then having the extra 13kg of weight (for shorter range) of V13 for just "peace of mind" will be dubbed an overkill. ;-)

May start looking for a new wife, too...

I am reading this topic with a great interest trying to imagine the user case for a 50kg+ wheel... I totally get it about the desire of higher build quality and the speed... But... The weight of the wheel is taking it out of the paradigm of "wearing EUC rather than riding it" when the EUC feels like your bionic extension and gives you the satisfaction of super-power of some kind... I am happy with my new Shermax although I feel it is right on the edge of my ability to be able to forget about its weight. I am not a small human, but I can hardly imagine I would be able to continue enjoying EUC even with a couple of extra kg - not even sure about ShermaS... Dunno... Most of V13's weight is made of perceived extra safety, which I personally see as an overdesign. In my opinion, most if not all EUC manufacturers are not actually suffering from under-design as such but rather from the combination of wrong design and poor work culture (stupid solutions, poor selection of sub-suppliers, random materials, etc.). V13 looks to me as if someone would build a house with extra-thick walls to make it look strong and warm. It wouldn't be bad by itself, but the visual quality of such a building by itself wouldn't convince me to desire it if it came with small rooms and tiny windows... I am not sure V13 would weight this much if Begode was a German company.

I guess pedals of the first batch/es might have been manufactured earlier and stored prior to assembly in wet... Doesn't mean they should rust like this anyway.

Meeting at 3pm? Boring or extreme? :-)

Hello everybody! What's the feel about getting on a ride tomorrow (Saturday the 7th) in Dunedin? There are two options: boring and extreme. :-) The first one would be a harbour ride to Portobello the other one would be Swampy Summit. Nothing particularly difficult about those forestry tracks and I am riding them with no problems on Shermax. Jullian ( @Julian-NZ) may be joining us on his S22. We can target 11am or 12pm and the ride should take about 1.5-2 hours. What do you folks think?

Oh, imagine that!! Where did Eevees mentioned it? Should we start a new topic "New smaller wheel from LeaperKim speculations"?