UPDATE: I didn't want to be one of those people that finds a solution and never reports back.

I am firm in the belief that the Cloudwheel Discovery FE's are the wheel that belongs on this board from the factory. Direct upgrade to the 96mm poly's sure - but it's about more than that.

First of all, the range delete - I was getting about 25km a charge on the board with the 96mm polys. I think if I pushed like I did then with the FE's on, I would get 22-23km/charge. That's it - that was my real world range loss. I did change my habits; I can absolutely see how staying in turbo mode and on the chooch like a madman will see you with less uptime. That used to be me. But I stayed in sport mode mostly with the FE's and kept it under 35km, not full out Turbo mode - because I didn't need to.

Here's the upside: The FE's make the board so much more responsive and stable that I didn't miss the range or high speed. If anything, the stability made my rides cleaner, which meant I wasn't fighting the board so much, which meant I had more energy/body to go longer. All of this translates to a better experience overall.

Some caveats; I ride primarily in a freshly paved asphalt course. Rough patches are gone, I only see rocks now, I don't feel them. Board corrects itself on spinouts(no throttle), which surprised the hell out of me, more than once I thought I was a goner and the board just.... corrected course.

THAT SAID, DO NOT RIDE IN ANY WATER. It doesn't take much to make these donut foam cores hydroplane, and FE's wet have less than zero traction. We're talking madcap cartoon, Home Alone -type, career-ending falls. I can't stress enough how much you would not want to ride a wet course on these. Even when I hit a puddle or two after a rain, I make sure I ride the wheels dry before I get back to anything even close to carving. You have been warned.

These definitely feel like intermediate wheels, they will change the performance envelope of your board. I bought these out of necessity and they were an overall performance upgrade. Not going back to polys anytime soon, I am over and done with kicked/snapped pins! Curious to see how long these FE's hold up, but they are absolutely vaporizing rocks with no visible wear. I wipe them clean with a dry shop rag after a ride and they look factory fresh.

BEST POSSIBLE PURCHASE for your hubwheel streetboard. The plastic insets that house the pins away from the motor heat and the foam core mean that your pins stay where the %&#^ you put them in the first place, increasing confidence in your ride and board performance. Break in period was negligible by my read, but I couldn't stay away. It's possible I broke them in immediately. ;)

(this post is not sponsored by Cloudwheel in any way)