Leaperkim Patton is an awesome wheel and the quality of built is top notch. I initially ordered a V14 Adventure by InMotion and my patience for waiting for this product got the best of me plus the issues Marty Backe with the test V14 and more delays on the horizon and this is understandable if a company wants to keep their reputation for safety and quality. However my concern was of the weather and road conditions in calgary so i have to make a decision and you have to give Eevves customer support the credit and their flexibility in regards to dealing with annoying customers that want their product delivered ASAP. Anyways after a few seconds of deliveration i decided to switch the Adventure to a Tanker. And the Patton is oozing with quality right out of the box and the Pads that was provided was a disappointment but it is what it is. So i grab the ali express EUC pads from my Ks18 but another issue was those ali express pads was one piece for each leg and my connundrum was with ks18 Kingson and decided to stay leaperkim Patton. More context- EUC riders over 100 yrs old will be s facebook group banned within 2 days of being a group because founding member died after couple of hrs and the other members are missing after the first group ride. Old people tend to wander of so some can manage but most needs constant supervision. Okay what was the subject again “hey this is not my beautiful house my god how did i get here” Talking heads circa 1980s. KS18 that wheel was shit the body disintegrated as soon as it hits the road good thing the wheel has a core but and it does not help that my learning to ride EuC happen a year ago and my test area was the. Basement and move to the backyard close to the fence and ground long enough to run the wheel and free of snow. Two weeks of this then the the kuji rolls you tube of him teaching this other person to ride and i swear she was solo on the wheel after a few minutes or the you tube time compression of 4 hrs at the most. This did not make me angry i calmly grab the Ks18 out of the guitar stand / EUC stand put on my safety gear and it did not matter that ot was close tp 3 am the witching hour / those witches better watch out and i hope their wearing safety gear ( Eevees has them in sale ) first night was excilarating and i did okay but i had to cut the experiemce short due to a first ever drone experience (another story) back to the story the realisation of riding the EUC for the first time is nothing short of a religious experience and then it hit me right on the corner of applewood dr and applemead crt. was a patch of ice with my name on it. The lifetime of the ks18 flash before my very eyes. Plastic was all over the street and it seems that i was unharmed until the next day the wheel was no more. ( what do i know first wheel first time learning) and i am happy to be able to walk off my first major crash. After clearing the debris field i realized i also lost the iphone. My only means of communicating to the home planet is gone. How can i ask for extraction and i recall that i still have the earlier version of my iphone and of the apps that seems to be a useless until you need it. The app that saved the day was “find my” it works great and located the iphone on the Lam.The phone was underwater on an area that was ice a few hours and now liquid i think they call that spooky action no idea what theory is. Ok enough no more tangents that seems to go nowhere. Anyways that experience sorta gave me a bias against Kingsong wheels (this is unfair i am pretty sure kingsong manufactures wheels that last two wipe out and quality parts that fits (fact checker) That last statement has no basis. Finally i think i can see an image that resemble a point. I covetted the Patton since it came out for review. I wonder if the families of the american five star general / world war two hero is aware of the use of their family name being use on a chinese made mqchine. So for comparison my ks18 has a narrower body and lower placement of pedal resulting for a wheel that is not prone ro wabble (wabble occurs when the wheel is uneven or when wheel is rotating at higher speeds on a surface or not) the color of the wable will indicate if your last day on earth was wasted on cheap wheel, Black whole means unlikely survived this upcoming crash because instead of trying to control the wheel you are looking downward to see what color it is you are making the wheel more unbalance and unsafe. Blue wable is less dangerous and could be mitigated by age old relaxing practice known generally. So after painstaking repair and a little facelift “iode” is up and running. I desided not too bring back iode to its former looks its.checked what ither riders was using and first generation pads was yoga blocks from amason.its hard cut this yogablocks for uniformity and ended up as bumpers for Iode.i came across this inexpensive pads from ali express. They worked great on iode. And then the Patton came… Rider adju...

Super plush suspension with the build quality of a tank & riding nimbleness of a ninja, what more could you ask for?

This is my first wheel, so the one I also learned on. What I can say is that it's so much fun and offers a super smooth ride. I have the 70 lbs suspension on it and haven't bottomed out once so far on stairs (I'm about 180 lbs). It's solid, built like a tank, I don't feel worried at all if I have to bail on the wheel, it will take the tumble and be totally fine. It's hefty enough to feel super solid, but still light enough to pick up and throw in the back of my SUV for travel. I love that I can take this wheel on the road or on trails, it's fast enough for my riding style, yet technical enough if I want to get into the really challenging offroad paths. I also love the fact that this wheel will meet all my needs for years to come. If I do decide to go up to a 20 inch wheel (for more range etc.), I will always keep this as my day to day rider. The last thing I'll mention that is great is that it has a small enough profile that I can park it in the corner of ... anywhere. Get one! You won't be disappointed :)

This is a good wheel and I'm enjoying it a ton that said it's NOT a good beginner wheel. Check your screws when you get them just about lost the headlight after the screws worked out! Very fast, very heavy.

Torque, form factor, and feel are all 5 stars, but not all rainbows and unicorns. The suspension is noticeably easier to bottom out than my sherman s using the same 66lb spring. Shorter travel needs stiffer options for us bigguns.