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Bless this site, there's a thread for everything. I've long been vaguely interested in getting a longboard for cruising around but never got around to it because of laziness/breaking my old man bones/people would probably laugh at me/the wife would say no/out of shape. More recently I've seen the Onewheel models around from time to time and have mused about getting one but never really considered it. Today the Mrs. mentioned wanting one after seeing some college kid scoot by on some model and I thought it might make a nice Mother's Day surprise for Can I get away with a used model? I know that the OW company are apparently assholes in the "right to repair" debate and while that is a bummer I don't put much faith in the AliExpress pool to be decent and not explode. How are these on non-paved surfaces? The primary use case I'd see for use it just around the subdivision but I do know the local college has a cross country trail that could be fun. I'm not really interested in going fast or tricks or whatever. I used to really just enjoy biking around and the experience of rolling/light carving before I got horribly out of shape.
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The Mrs. shot down the idea for now, but seemed open to it down the road a bit. Ideally renting one would be a good avenue to try it out as I agree with her sentiment that it's a lot of money to get a thing sight unseen. I know someone in our neighborhood has at least a couple and I'm asking around in some other places to see if I can get some time on someone else's.
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Apr 18, 2022 16:03
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I’m some exciting news Rent Eboards has apparently set up a shop down in the city so I can get a crack at one of these one wheel deals. $20 bucks for an hour seems reasonable to see if I even like it when the alternative is about a grand. What I want to know is if I can sort it out myself if I have no skateboard experience or if I should opt for the $50 “how to not die” class they apparently have.
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Jul 28, 2022 04:12
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Speaking of, I went and rented a Pint XR or whatever the other day and had a good time with it. Spent about a half hour sorting things out on a soccer field before taking it on a greenway to putter around. Took about an hour or so after that but I was able to get around pretty well. Only had one actual fall but that was on me being overconfident and not paying attention to a bump I had missed. Wrist guards thankfully came with the rental so it wasn’t a big deal. The ride was fun, but I’m not sure I’d buy one of these in my specific case. If I had somewhere to ride easily that wasn’t a suburban neighborhood or someone to ride with on the reg that would likely not be the case. Maybe when the baby gets a bit older. Edit: I wasn’t expecting these things to be so drat heavy, good grief.
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Aug 30, 2022 14:30
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Trouble a brewin’: https://www.engadget.com/amp/cpsc-onewheel-safety-warning-213555397.html
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Nov 17, 2022 00:17
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God you’re all making me want to go rent one again.
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Nov 17, 2022 20:52
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Bud you want to lend be $70 and watch the kid and I’d be happy to.
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Nov 18, 2022 05:07
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Bone Crimes posted:So, time for a OneWheel update of sorts. Two main things have been going on in OneWheel land, first the government in the shape of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CSPC) saying Frankly it wouldn’t be the worst thing to need people to have some sort of qualifier to operate one as you can do a lot more damage with one of these to yourself and others than a regular skateboard or bike, but I don’t think we’re there yet. I wouldn’t be surprised if we do see some sort of regulation around electric personal transport in the future though. Also good on the alternatives. Hopefully it’ll drive prices down and force whatsftheirfaces to stop being dinguses on self repairing your own stuff.
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Jan 17, 2023 20:22
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Oh I agree with you there. I don’t see a reasonable path forward to keep things under control, especially if that gets delegated to the state level. Heck, drones have the same problem and they’re barely kept in check and that’s with the FAA getting roped in.
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Jan 18, 2023 01:35
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Armored flannel seems hot. Do they make armored linen button downs in festive colors?
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Whoopsiedoodle
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