i don't know if anyone else here reads the onewheel subreddit, but i think i'm finally done with it. it's so acrimonious and rage-filled these days, and i'm just sick of it -- sick of the "FFM" thing, sick of the conspiracy theories about Future Motion, sick of the negative attitude there. The OW community there used to be like it is here -- people supportive and positive about this thing we all love, but now it's devolved into a horrible place. i'm done reading it.

TLDR, i really appreciate this forum. Thanks for being awesome, everyone ❤️🤙

@lia omg this is AMAAAAAZING -- thank you so much for all the work. Reddit is good for some things, but not this thing. : )

i missed all of you!

@biell said in The new (unofficial) Onewheel Forum:

I'm mad at FM too, but all the hate and rancour over on Reddit (which used to be a happy place) makes me just want to hang out here, in this happy, safe place. I hope this forum stays this way for a long time. Thank you × ∞, for creating it.

yeah, the Reddit forums are so angry and hostile. i read them, but i prefer the tone and the people here <3

@lia Happy birthday, OW Forum! big thanks goes out to you, @Lia , for jumping in and building this place from scratch, and to everyone else who has been regularly posting. it's so great.

due to just busy-ness in life (and now winter) i haven't had a lot of opportunity to ride in the last year (i know, i know... hoping this spring & summer will be better!), but i love having a place to read about everyone else's thoughts and adventures. the Reddit sub is fine, but it doesn't feel like a community like it does here, and i really appreciate that. happy birthday, and keep floating on, friends!

@onedangt wow -- well, if you're gonna randomly run into a Onewheel neighbor, it might as well be a famous one, lol.

i think it looks fantastic - LOVE the cauldron! and i think your costume also looks great, makeup included. it's halloween, after all -- can it really be TOO much??

i decided to paint my fender (again!), and this time i spared no expense: i did tons of research and found paint i really like in a color scheme that i feel works with my OG Sage Pint:

I really like that it is glittery and shiny, and that it transitions from gold (Nevada is known for its gold and silver mining back in the day) to the green that goes with the Sage colored rails in a nice way.

I got the paint from here: it's one of the Chromacoat colorways:

https://usa.specialistpaints.com/collections/kustom-canz-custom-aerosol-cans

I followed all their instructions to the letter: priming (2 coats), sanding, their recommended base coat (3 coats), then the color (5 coats), and then the clear coat to hopefully protect it (4 coats). excited to take it out for a ride this weekend and celebrate spring! i now live in fear of scratching it up by wiping out, lol.

@lia innnnnteresting! i'm in a weird/unique position because my OG Pint is so OG that from what i understand, i think i can do anything i want with it, mod/repair-wise, but i haven't had any need or desire to yet -- so i am really not that frothy about the whole Right to Repair brouhaha. But if this is an indication that they are going to work together to do something about it and make customers happier, then i think this is fantastic.

@lia wow, the entire ensemble looks so great! and it really holds up well while riding, even on different terrain. great job on the video, too. i had no idea you were even making one!

@sirgu hmm, interesting! i've never heard of these either. I don't have the issues with the OneWheel that she seemed to, but maybe i'm not as experienced as she is on snowboards, i dunno. I notice this 2Swift (?) has a hand controller though, and that's part of the reason i got rid of my Summer Board when i saw the OneWheel. I really don't want to have to carry something in my hand and rely on the (assumedly) bluetooth connection for my safety. One of the genius things about the OW to me is that it's all controlled naturally with your feet and your body.

@loaffette i love the look of the S, and it sounds like it's a sweet spot for me as far as range goes. i don't really care too much about the new footpads -- although, less chance of the Mount of Shame is nice -- and the Mag handle isn't super crucial for me either. Neither is the tire. I'm not a speed demon, so i'm meh on that. So then i look again at the X, and i think, "well dang, i could just save several hundred dollars and get that. it has the same specs, and it's getting the same firmware update, and that's all i need."

All that being said, the S really is a pretty machine, so... drool.

@lia it was! that rain made for one of the best years i can remember in a long, long time. it was fantastic. kinda hoping it rains again this year, but alas, the long-range forecast is looking like a totally normal (perhaps even slightly cooler) year.

@notsure Bummer! Of course, tickets are cheaper and plentiful this year, too. I missed their camp last year, but you can see a brief clip of them here. I'm interested in trying out their ramps and bumps:

https://youtu.be/gyw3b8QwbeY?t=4309

I'm headed out a week from tomorrow (Aug. 23)... and this year i think i'll bring my OG Pint again. I haven't brought it in a few years because i don't know anyone else with one, and i was worried about theft -- well, i'm still worried about theft, but now there are so many (newer ones) on the playa i'm sure mine won't be as tempting, haha. Anyway, i know there is at least one OW camp out there (shoutout to Keepin' it Wheel camp!). I plan on coming by and saying hello. Anyone else going to be at the burn this year?

@loaffette and here i was, hoping for a new Pint version, sigh.

@lia said in I got to visit Onewheel HQ 🥰:

They initially said it was a Pint hub till I said “it looks like a GT hub unless you guys have something coming soon we don’t know about”.

haha, good catch! a tanky little Pint would be fantastic!

wow! so cool to see you chilling with the bigwigs! congratulations! the XSs look so perfect!

@lemur interesting! i haven't updated yet, but i'm intrigued by the remaining mileage idea...

@loaffette i got the email the other day about their Pint batteries. Mine are still doing fine, but i admit i was tempted to get one just as a backup....

@highspeeddirt i'm so old that i never read the WWW guide until we're in the Exodus line, lol. I have last year's here on my desk... my plan is to look through it for stuff that was cool LAST year, and then use that to search out the same camps and events for this year. hopefully it will come back, because that sounds fun.