Nice visual and brand name solution for off-road 👍

I enjoyed the use of fangs most in the skate park. Originally I intended to do a fangs review video in the skate park. **If any of you are still looking forward to a video of fangs in the skate park let me know in the comments and ill get one going... hopefully sooner than it took to make this one (9 months late)** kzread.info/dash/bejne/noGs1KOhYam7nJM.html but in short, Fangs really boosted my confidence in the skate park as I experimented with the unfamiliar terrain and varied angles of the skate park.

Any thoughts on the aluminum vs nylon minis? Some trail riders I know swear by the minis (maybe not dust but rocks, roots, uphill climbs where the nose has potential to touch). Seems to be very little data on if aluminum is worth the $30 upgrade. Nice video

@Byromie

3 жыл бұрын

Not sure either. The aluminum ones look great though. Matt Hoover at Land-surf is always down to respond to questions though. Try sending him a nessage

i think you are having some strange results. my son onewheels on trails in the mid-atlantic region and they are always rocky (mostly dirt but lots of rocks embedded) and never had fangs move around like yours did. he had a hard, hard front hit on a rock and it moved the fang only slightly. he has fangs 2.1 on a plus (his first onewheel) and minis 2.0 on an XR. he's 17. i follow him around on my mountain bike and only on downhills can i keep up or pass him. also, if you are going to mention going up hills on an XR you have to mention the "elevated" shaping. maybe that's why you are hitting your fangs so much. you might be in the wrong setting. for crazy hills you have to basically stop and switch to "elevated" and otherwise use a custom shaping or possibly "delirium." my son was using "cruz" for a leisure cruise once that had an almost right turn. he was used to riding "delirium" but thought "cruz" would save battery and he wrecked because "cruz" couldn't handle a fast 90 degree turn. it was a turn he had done with "delirium" many times (fast) without wrecking. my point is that the rider and the settings are hugely important on trail riding. i almost forgot, you need to bonk over some of the rocks and not always try to go between them if you board won't fit.

@Byromie

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing you experiences. Good to have different opinions to compare to. I ride in custom. Nose elevated some, but not all the way. Tail sits too low when the nose is high. Going down hills in elevated is not fun for me. There's probably more skilled riders that will just punch it down hill to keep the tail from dragging hard... I'm not that intense. I'm nearly 40 with 6 kids. 😉 Skill and ability will change the experience as you said. Hopping and or bonking over rocks (I did mention I do that too, but Pint can squeeze where XR can't.) I've rode the rougher parts of this trail with only one other person. Few to no onewheelers for miles here! On one occasion, on a certain section of the trail, I was on the Pint and I was actually having to slow my pace a bit so my buddy could catch up. The Pint was threading some of the narrow areas that the XR couldn't. But I'd rather have the XR for the range and the taller wheel. Overall, my point is that fangs are pretty much worthless in extreme trails and conditions like mine. The sand is soft and fine and will gumm up the wheels. Even the Pint handle gets gummed up with sand and won't spring back to the wheel for a while (that was shown in a previous video) Fangs reduce nose clearance, elevated or not. I gota have all the clearance I can get on that trail. Fangs were just low enough to annoy me compared to going without. I also don't want to take the time to swap them out if riding trails... Which is an option as well. I know fangs weren't made for Offroad... So hopefully no viewers think I'm suggesting that. A decision must be made to have nose wheels or preserve nose clearance. The decision will be different for everyone. XR Carbon Smith bumpers sacrifice even more clearance. I put the fangs on my EGO extended plus. I love them. They work great for streets and are rarely a concern on milder trails out of town that I've been on. I added command strips and the fangs have never budged. Fangs are still serving me well. If you ever come to Lake Powell, Page AZ area we'll have to give the trail a shot and let me know what you think of it.

What about for a flat dirt bike trail? Would the fangs help at all or just get in the way?

@Byromie

3 жыл бұрын

Neither. The fangs will dig into the dirt and will not roll. They work only on hard low-textured or smoother surfaces. If the trail has no major obstructions (rocks, ledges, roots) then the small loss in nose clearance won't be an issue. Sometimes Rider skill and experience can compensate for the small loss in nose clearance due to the fangs. If you happen to nosedive in the dirt you will want to check to make sure the fang wheels still roll alater and don't get too funked up. This will depend on the kind of dirt in your area.

Are they easy to take off and put on?

@Byromie

3 жыл бұрын

One screw each. An allan key is necessary to remove. They take the place of the two screws that hold the tip of your footpad down. You would need to put the original screws back in. I'm not sure if it's recommended to be swapping them in and out a lot, but I may be wrong. It wouldn't take too much time, but for me it is time enough to consider a hassle. Part of the fangs installation recommendation is to add some super glue around the inserts of the footpad to reinforce them to the wood (being sure not to get glue inside the insert). I would consider this for anyone swapping fangs in and out for sure. I think Jimmy Chang has a fang installation vid, showing the super glue being added to the inserts perimeter