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Well, I'm still alive!....
somehow

So, how is my board doing?
Well, actually! I haven't had many issues with it, and it's been fine. I re-did the o-rings on the axle, and I've done some small tweaking to the foot hooks. Thanks and shoutout to VOW for the free foothook design, and Onewheel Parts for hooking me up with their quickies, those things are indestructible.

Since last July, I've had to replace my footpad sensor twice. Great, and I had to buy one for a higher price from someone else since StokedStock is no longer with us.
I am now considering either a magnetic-style footpad, or using one of those pressure sensors for car seats

(cursed)

Apparently, the VESC peeps engineered a way to use a little magnet that you tie to your ankle as a way to activate and deactivate your footpad. It uses a mangetic sensor, and it's pretty neato
To dwell on this further later

Troque Box is holding up, but i may need to 3D print a new battery box or shell out the cash for the torque box 2

New tire too. The Thundercat didn't last as long as the previous tires, the sidewall probably gave out around mid-feb, lasting about 7-ish months before it would loose air. By the time I decided i was done re-airing the tire every few days, it was mid-june and the tire would go flat over the course of a 90 minute lecture.

I am going to replace the battery soon. 18s2p would be the easy and sensible route, but since I'm going to college near a major city now, I can actually go to group rides weekly!
THESE PEOPLE ARE FAST AND CRAZY AND I CAN BARELY KEEP UP
but they are pretty cool
also I've found that while I have mellowed out in the past year or two and I'm not trying to hit 80-80 duty cycle, I'd like some more headroom. 26s1p was on the table for a bit because of my 120V Ennoid, but I was told that I'd have to charge my board no more than 4.09V, nullifying the need for the battery. 24s2p split pack scares the hell out of me (My old ride group had a couple split pack issues and one fire from one), and 24s2p with 18650 using a SuperSpeed Box would be VERY expensive, and with that kind of money, I'd already be going for the fifth option. Fourth Option was a 24s1P pack made for PintV, but my gut didn't like that one.
Fifth option?

I may have gone a little insane since I last spoke here
Uhm..
I decided after talking with some engineering buddies I know and people who can handle money better than I can that spending more money now on a much better setup is worth it in the long term.
I am going to have to get a 150V Ennoid. I was told to contact Ennoid about seeing what can be done about my 120V, but apparently he's on vacation until next week, so I'll have to wait.

30S1P on RS50 should give me similar range as my ME4T pack, but an exponentially more amount of the pucker factor in terms of raw power.
I'm still in shock that I'm even ORDERING a 30s1p pack, let alone going to install one.

So, yay
Probably time to start looking at Leatt gear and to probably get life insurance.

final notes?

Using the quickies from OneWheelParts, I'm designing a clip that bolts onto the unused holes so I can carry around the board like a duffel bag. Supposed to be a one day print, but my printer (Now a heavily modified SV08 which could honestly have it's own form post) is tempermental about ASA.
If I get it done tonight or tomorrow, I will share pictures

i think i'm slowly going insane

@wheelwizard Sadly not. I skipped it this year as the new project hit some stumbling blocks and my day job is just chaos currently.

@lia did you go to open sauce this year?

@scabaa Aha ikr. I'd come from a heatwave and returned to one after getting back. Was still fun regardless ^-^

our had quite a good turnout but I didn't attend most of it except the big ride as I was helping out with stuff. Apparently when bossman sponsors an event you gotta put in the work aha.

@scabaa It was great. Very wet though 😅
Surprisingly no board failures due to water ingress.

Recently I went to one of the UK events. Float The Highlands.
Officially I was representing Fungineers but I wanted to play it up a little if I was going to be doing some repairs. With a giant spanner, lab coat, cool AF glasses and a custom battery harness stethoscope I was set. If I wasn't drafted to help out with something at the event, I was riding around the event swinging that spanner around looking for trouble things to fix.

For whatever reason I felt compelled to dust off the graphics tablet and doodle it ^-^

@rc It will take a while before your muscles in your feet get used to onewheeling you are using muscles in your feet you don't normally use to begin with try short stints but try and get regular sessions and build them up

@justgoldssister Hiya, apologies for the delay, had a busy weekend... Sorry to hear after all the hard work that your sister has lost her daystreak.
Sooooo frustrating.

Well, trappedinanelevator and I both just reappeared on the leader board after a few days of coming off.
We both put it down to FM doing something in the background with the app but we have no idea.

I wrote via their ticket system to FM who explained they have no way of reinstating anyone on to the leader board and apologised for the trouble, giving me tips on making sure I had a signal etc. While in communication with them and giving them the information they asked for... I just reappeared on the leaderboard.

Trappedinanelevator now goes under the name of FM Breaks Daystreaks. Maybe you can track him down on the OW app?

I guess if your sister's streak doesn't show after a few days that could be that.

The same happened to Fused and his never came back.

Good luck.

@bigorne for your son a regular pint would be more than enough. You may need to experiment with his footwear so the footpad detects him as some shoes with less weight is hard to detect.

For yourself a PintX would be great. You should both get similar enough range currently to enjoy rides together :)

@franko Defo go next time! I'd love for something more frequent at a smaller scale.