Oh wow! It’s great seeing a bike twin (same size as well). Do the Hope rotors perform as good as they look? When I first started with upgrades, I seriously considered orange as the accent color, but, as mentioned, I got hooked on the Kashmoney stem. I think your bike looks brilliant, and I agree...
Yes. As you might expect, they perform well on grass and fine dirt (roadside or trail). With gravel, though, they tend to skim while cornering or leaning, i.e., they don’t give way completely. In other words, they have so much surface area – being 2.5” (63.5mm) wide – they might lose momentary...
Thanks for the kind words! The bar rise is 35mm, and I’ve since cut the width down to 760 (from 800 as pictured). The inspiration for the entire theme is the Raceface Stem (Kashmoney), which is intended to mimic the Fox Kashima coating – I liken it to copper/bronze. All of the bolts and linkage...
For my roadie wheelset I decided on the Maxxis Hookworm. Conspicuous logo aside, they are extremely well built and remarkably fast (for obvious reasons). The road grip is excellent, especially in turns. If you’re looking for a de facto e-commuter/urban experience, the Hookworms are brilliant.