Keep an eye on your lower chain stay pivot bearings there poor quality front factory and fail quickly.
Once they fail they are quite challenging to remove.
Recommend replacing with a good quality max bearing before they fail
On my personal bike i don’t see a reason to carry the weight up front and ebikes already nose heavy. Also only use snake skin case Mary.
In this case the customer just asked me to duplicate what i have on my bike.
With the wide 36.5 internal 29 wheel the side wall is stout and you can run...
2019 Fantic 180 R, spool valve fork and shock with 185mm front travel 190mm rear travel.
225mm rotors front and rear, Tnt carbon wheels on hope4 hubs front and rear, Tnt chain slapper, chain guide, carbon rental bars with rental 35mm stem, Braking carbon metallic brake pads.
2.6 Mary up front...
The rear is as predictable as they come, the front is vague, unpredictable and nerving. I just don’t trust it.
The Michelin front on the rear is really good big the casing isn’t as tough as the designed rear and the front wears fast on rear.
But it is fast and grippy.
I did blow the bead out...
Spent the day testing on the course and the fastest test runs where Mary up front and 2.8 Ewild front soft compound on rear.
The soft compound has way better braking traction then the rear compound. You can feel a small amount of treat squirm in the hard pack and paver turns but it’s minimal...
Front hub is matching just not the front rotor as Hope only has the 225mm rotors in black, i have one at powder coated to have it done in red as i can’t anodize it
Race bike finished, the combo I’m going with for this weekend.
Mary 2.6 up front and 2.8 Ewild front soft compound in rear.
My practice bike has 2.6 Hans up front and 2.6 Ewild in rear.
Spares are Eddie current 2.8 rear and soft compound Hans 2.6 for front
Practice bike has 29x35 front rim...
17-40psi.
Found it worked best in low 20’s.
I’d say 17-23 range it shines. Hard pack flow trails 23-25.
The case is strong enough to mash a decent rock garden at 20 and not feel the rim without a core of any kind.
I never been to fort Williams but it must be fast chunky as can be lots of rocks and rutty mixed with loose turns.
That tire combo is king in those conditions