Hacks & Odds
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@s-leon usb-powered rgb leds.
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Another odd adaptation for Onewheeling is that in cold weather I carry hand warmers in my jacket pockets. Feels great! Zippo rechargeables, which plug into just about any USB to charge, are what I use. And, too, I set the leading pocket hand warmer one setting warmer than the one in the trailing pocket.
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@s-leon Might borrow the hand warmer trick, went shopping in -1c and my hands were frozen. Not helped by the weight of the bags cutting bloodflow but some heat in the glove could have helped :)
Other hacks, I used to have a usb battery bank velcro'd to my fender for charging my phone or GoPro.
Did also wire a usb port into my flight fin prior to that but the little buck converter went pop and nearly took the board with it so haven't attempted that since.
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@s-leon u can use industrial strength velcro to bond flightfins to a fender. fuzzy side up.
XR's got what plants crave!
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@notsure -- Show us that Velcro trick on video.
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@lia -- The Zippo hand warmers actually can double as phone chargers.
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I can charge my phone from the heated coat,
thinking of putting a AA powered boot heater under the foot pads to keep the controller box and battery box warm when I stop, they only top out at 95* f so shouldn't over heat. there's 3 temp sensors right? controller batt and motor -
@s-leon said in Hacks & Odds:
@notsure -- Show us that Velcro trick on video.
u mean a trick on video? or a video of using velcro to bond flightfins to a fender?
i can pick up my xr by the flighfins with barely any deflection. i never said it was better than screws, but i have no problem using them if thats ur suspicion. could also use vhb i suspect but im not a trick rider Mr J. i just use them to ride a little harder.
XR's got what plants crave!
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@notsure If it works that's pretty useful. I despise having to take mine off.
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@lia i use extenders too cuz of the stock fender so a bit more torque on the fasteners. the bottom of ff are hollow, so what i did is use the bolts to bond a flat piece of plastic to the bottom, used denatured alcohol to clean the shit out of it, then used some 2" industrial hook n loop. there's a bunch to choose from, but it works well enough that i haven't bothered actually screwing them down. removing them degrades the fastener over time, but its easy enough to replace. i first tried it just to sort out the best position for each fin.
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Vietquocnguyen over on reddit has made their own snow chain from 15ft of chain at Home Depot for just $9.
In the post there's a video alongside those images above of it riding over some uneven snow covering and handling it pretty well.
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A bit odd, I picked up just a single BANG Bumper for the front of my Plus. The freewheel brakes on the back are an innovation of mine that I treasure, and I do not want to give them up -- I want friction there, not slipperyness! For the front I wanted the slippery-slide in case of a nosedive, so it will slide in the direction my momentum is headed. In my shoulder slam almost a year ago a Fang yoke actually broke, likely because the Fang was not quite in line with the momentum of force. Of course I was carving at the point of battery cut-out.
Another, more day-to-day reason I want a BANG Bumper on the front is for adding slipperyness to scraping a corner of the Onewheel on tight turns. Maybe I will be able to recover more often -- with fewer bails.
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@s-leon said in Hacks & Odds:
I want a BANG Bumper on the front is for adding slipperyness to scraping a corner of the Onewheel on tight turns
Watching the corner barely hover above the ground on a tight turn is nerve-racking especially with the loss in clearance with float plates.
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@lia -- With the Ignite Lift Kit (coupled with Skyjacker Rails) I was able to cut tight turns mostly with abandon, only scraping lightly twice that I remember in literally thousands of miles, and not having to bail either of those times. But since moving my controller to Ruckus Rails (and with no lift) to put on the Kiil Ride Suspension... I had to learn all over again the limit of the low I could dip.
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@s-leon I'm curious about your freewheel brakes, how do they work and any pictures?
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@lemur -- Ha! The freewheel brakes are just crude. I think you must have seen the photo of skid marks from a freewheeling cut-out the very day I put them on -- from black rubber bicycle tire chunks screwed into the back rails and curving up behind like the toes of Aladdin's slippers. Crude, but truly effective! I am not sure why the power cut out that particular time, but most often my power cut-outs have been due to regen going downhill on top of CarvePower booster amperage. Then, when that happens, I am dragging slippery tail freewheel-accelerating because of gravity down the hill... and, before I thought of the freewheel brakes I would crash! Now, the strips of black rubber have proven to dissipate energy nicely!
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[Maybe I should'a asked away straight from Jacob, but...]
@s-leon could you plz clarify what's the difference between Skyjacker Rails and McJacker Rails. If there's any dif at all besides the existence/nonexistence of central hole?Also... assuming the Skyjacker's (the discontinued ones?) had the same 1/8" lift as McJ. -- How could you pair these with Ignite Lift Kit (at lifted setup) if that causes a gap between these two?
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@sirgu -- Skyjacker Rails have a quarter inch lift, and so I put in a tight quarter inch steel shim the entire length of the Ignite Lift Kit to make it fit -- and it does so very well! To tell you the truth I have not seen the McJacker Rails to compare and contrast the two sets.
The reason I started using extended rails in the first place was that Onewheeling in snow and slush was causing ice build-up, restricting tire clearance, and difficult to clear. My tire froze solidly in place a couple times -- one key is simply don't stop for anything! The extended rails help a lot, too.
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Oh I see! So the 1/4” vs 1/8” lift seems like the main dif. I had not seen the specs of Skyjacker since they are not listed.
So, back in a day your overall lift was (1/4” + 1.18in) ~1.43 inches [~36.5mm] -- How did you cope with wire harness?
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@s-leon said :
The reason I started using extended rails in the first place was that Onewheeling in snow and slush was causing ice build-up, restricting tire clearance ...
FYI, I do have XcalibuR's on order (for some reason formerly called 'Ruckus Rails'). But my reasons differ from yours... ;)
