@lemur said in Win some... lose some:

@notsure Thanks for the suggestion, but I'm always afraid of chemicals on wire coatings and electronics, I used muriatic acid on rusted gas tanks though.

With that amount of rust I would think the coating is already gone. Muriatic acid is the first that came to mind for copper corrosion but removing iron rust from the magnets could be as simple as white vinegar.

Either way, it looks like a new coating is in order. If you just scrape it off, it'll come back.

Edit: I just saw you did reseal it lol. My bad.

@s-leon that is weird!

@lia yeh.iv messaged them so fingers crossed..Thanks for the replies 👍👍

@onedangt OH, I meant to write "18MPH". But, I only get 20Miles/charge also. It's my area (hilly), weight, and speed. My max ever distance on my CBXR is 24 Miles.

I come from labour working class where not much of wealth is inherited and plenty of alike slowly diminish their few existing goals and blurry their dreams with other habits. So... close people and some of not-so-close but yet seen me growing within past 20-30yrs are like: What? .. okay .. at least he's not drinking, smoking and burning life.

My hyper-active local sports legend 77y mother is rather cool about it - she knows I've always been into "unordinary" tech stuff.

I got tons of colleagues and .. idk how .. I've not necessarily tried to keep it as a secret nor avoid contacts while on OW, but somehow I've managed to hold a low profile about it. Some few know by randomly bumping into (and were astounded, obviously) but the real blabbermouths likely have no idea. The thrill would be real at some. As commuting to work on 4-wheels is my occupational unavoidable routine, I'm liking this unawareness till it lasts. But this is only my second season on XR.

Out of all forum members here I might(?) be at the easternmost point [The Baltics]. Don't know. But you guys can imagine - there's no way you could go for ~1h ride here without feeling inquiring looks or hearing comments at any age group. Probably we have less onewheels than any state of US. Registrated, organized grouprides are not happening around here. :)

@hanahsdax I see Angus sometimes on reddit so he's still around. Not sure about @stinkyface though :(
Hoping all is well too~

Well, I finally updated the Onewheel app on my phone -- and yes, it is satisfying to see the status of several boards: On my V1 I am numbers 2 and 4; on my Leaderboard Plus I am numbers 3 and 8; and the OneDanXR is number 93 -- logged mostly by OneDan, and my sixty-five day streak with the OneDanXR is at number 96. We are supposed to have our first good rain here in about that many days -- so my streaks might end, unless there is a weather break sometime tomorrow.

Edit: Screenshot under the Spoiler.

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@biell thats resourceful! unfortunately i already went overboard n bought this thing. 85 liters. hopefully it fits an xr too but im ok with just a pint.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09T8D2J1K/
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@samuraipunch said in GTXR conversion- version 2:

Maybe FM

discovered the initial hub design was too weak to accept that stiff ass tire without significant QA issues, n so they increased its thickness to accommodate that design flaw because they had already signed off on everything else?

@lemur said in Large group ride on Sunday 7/10/2022:

@ed_co Yes , close, by Science World.

Five min walking from my ex home, very near Craft Beer Market

@notsure You put the ice cream in a cone, and do interviews while eating it? I'm sure details like a vendor, or grocery/convenience store, cooler, etc are likely involved, but that's over complicating Jeff eating ice cream.

@lemur said in Fungineers "w" rails just dropped:

The "w" style rails just dropped for preorder.

24 hrs n only the red remain in stock. That's quite impressive.

@lemur said in How to build a Onewheel:

https://www.facebook.com/DisneyJunior/videos/721405989281332
Hahaha!

great marketing! pure lightning. i think its timed well too in terms of the demo.

my assumption is that its intentionally featured cuz everything revolves around me and my interests.

Aah, what a relief!!! - It`s working again!
Not just widget but this f'ing picky og FM app in general.

In agony trying to solve things a ~month ago I ended up re-installing the whole thing ... by proceeding so, got this "Online activation failed" popup again as on the day I got my board.
(I don`t quite remember being so mad at myself in near past. - Should have left alone the widget convenience if only the app continues to function by syncing the phone and board.)

Most likely I should put down everything the other day without overflowing emotions. In case it helps anyone. Most likely none in the same boat in this forum. But reddit has numerous discussions about "activation failed / connection error" ... and none of those worked out for me.
The most last thing left to do was to factory-reset the phone. Luckly I didn't got to that point.
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@lia You could make a new stand/array... more angled to the wall to fit more in the space maybe? Although for EUCs, you'll definitely want them on the ground, as most worthwhile/fun ones start around 60lbs, and then go up... There's one out that's 104lbs (45kg?) but that one (Begode EX20S) is a beast in terms of battery and range.

"Well, aren't you the-man-from-Mars." -- A comment from an older lady walking her dog, about me in my safety gear -- an unexpected sight Onewheeling an out-of-the-way, woodsy gravel trail in a park called Hogback Ridge.

@lemur I guess, there's kinda two topics going on in this thread...

The purpose and main one being, that I want to get the community that's on the GT, "off the X" and so that at a consumer level there's a fix to the footpads, and don't worry about ghosting. Basically a bottom up approach at trying to get FM to fix or design a better front footpad unit.

And the other being that to me the OW as platform, while it revolves around FM isn't one I want to support going forward even as a Vesc conversion; as I'm sinking more money into an existing FM based product. A Vesc build that's independent of FM may be plausible down the line, as a new build/project.

But I feel that it'll always remain handicapped by form factor. As I don't see how it will be possible to reach higher voltages without increasing the size of the footpads, and their thickness; without drastically altering how the board feels, without corrections through rail shape/geometry.

@b0ardski I used Outdoor window insulator tape, it is really thin. It probably does nothing. But, I figured to err on the side of caution was the better choice.  Normally I have no problem with the Hoverpads, but during the winter, my Plus has trouble before it warms up. My hope was that this tiny bit of extra material would make that less likely. If it works at all, I would think it would at least work the same with fishbones.

@maciak said in If FM or the community doesn't kill the OW it could well be the mods...:

@samuraipunch said in If FM or the community doesn't kill the OW it could well be the mods...:

But then again, apparently someone was asking how to add air to their GT tire...

Just put your lips over the valve and blow?

LOL, autopilot from Airplane

@notsure said in A light grocery getter from repurposed parts:

@b0ardski said in A light grocery getter from repurposed parts:

toe straps off old snowboard bindings,

oh man i love that! does it work?

the straps work like the toe hooks on my 1st wheel, really helps keep the ball of my feet engaged when doing big fast heelside carves!!
just set my lifetime speed to 21.7 doing big full street wide arched back carves in my favorite recently paved low/no traffic zone! staightlining at 21 feels sketchy, carving big at that speed feels stable
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