Hacks & Odds
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Covered with a 3'x5' piece of scrap metal siding that I found in the roadside ditch on the way to the Greenway, like in a locker I left my Onewheel Plus out-of-sight in the woods trailside. Turns out I did not like the awkward forty-plus pounds of Onewheel and EGO battery strapped to the back of the electric bicycle -- which likely means I would not like that weight strapped to an electric motorcycle either. Of course, I brought back the external EGO battery -- my Onewheel Plus's only power source. In the case of a predicted snowstorm this winter I will probably bike the Onewheel home ahead of time, too. In the meantime it will be interesting to see if I like the system of leaving the Onewheel alone by itself in the woods, just bringing a fresh battery to it on the bike... when I want to Onewheel the Greenway.
Edit to add: With twelve miles logged on one day back riding my Onewheel Plus today, I am number 57 on the Plus Daystreak -- which seems not-too-bad for the number of Onewheel Plus riders the day after a late November holiday.
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@s-leon wow thats very bold just leaving it out there. or maybe im confused on what you are actually doing with it.
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@cheppy44 -- Yes, I left my Onewheel Plus in the woods rather than carry the heavy and awkward thing back strapped to my electric bike. Tomorrow I will ride the bike over, taking an EGO battery, and Onewheel the Greenway -- then bring the Plus home as heavy rain is predicted for Sunday... See the "Where's Onewheel" thread for a photo.
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Again! The other EGO adapter contact blade got loose, retracting in as I slid the battery on. (See photos in posts above.) No contact, the board would not engage. A somewhat long walk ahead, I decided to play with the blade and connection. Gingerly sliding the battery on, getting the motor to engage, I headed back, riding at walking speed across drought-dry, bumpy grass. Dumped by disconnection I was, sure enough, a few hundred yards later. Play again, ride again, dumped again -- but this time almost there.
Back at the house I drilled into this blade through the plastic, 3-D printed housing and -- instead of inserting a metal screw like the other side -- I tapped in a plastic pin. Both contact blades now are good and solidly secured. I should have secured the second one long ago when I secured the first.
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@s-leon Hopefully that's the last time the connector causes any troubles :)
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Inspired by photos and videos on the Mundo Music website of musicians carrying guitars, cellos, and conga drums on their bicycles, I worked out carrying two Onewheels on one bike at one time -- basically one on one side of the back wheel and one on the other side, wheels overlapping, strapped to the rear rack, and strapped together, too. The weight is like that of a child riding on the back -- it doesn't feel much different than one Onewheel back there.
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Photos of my twins:
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@s-leon this makes me smile
idk why, but I love the look of two onewheel's stuck on the back of a street bicycle with a bunch of wood
also are those bits of bike tire on the nose end of each one wheel?
113 volts?! I could lick that!
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@loaffette -- Yes, the bicycle tire arcs attached to wooden rail extensions function as freewheel brakes. The bike-mounting orientation is nose down, as that's where the weight resides when there is no battery underfoot in the tail. The wood is fender & battery platform.
So, I ride the ebike with the Onewheels on the back four miles to the Greenway, and a half mile down the trail. Then I park the bike behind a trail bench and ride each Onewheel for miles on the paved trail through the woods and farm fields -- leaving the other Onewheel with the ebike. On the sparely used trail my security measures: distance from civilization; the funky, non-attractiveness of my set-up; locking the ebike battery & pocketing the key; and using only one 12ah EGO battery (expensive!) to ride each Onewheel in succession, thereby never leaving a battery with the unattended Onewheel.
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I like to ride around in cheap canvas slip on sneakers. I like them really snug so my feet don't slide around inadvertently and throw me off balance. I'm also terribly vain. I dislike the look of low cut slip ons with socks. I think it looks weird. So to recap- I like to wear cheap, tightly-fitted, low-cut, slip on, canvas sneakers with no socks while I ride around my neighborhood in the midst of Summer.
So naturally you must be thinking "Dear God, he must have appalling feet! Just ghastly, unholy rank hooves. Grotesque beyond compare!" And normally you'd be right, however, you'd actually be wrong. It seems to defy logic! Why? How?
The answer is simple: iodized salt. That's right. I salt my shoes. When they're new, I go for a ride and afterwards, I pack the interior with a thick layer of iodized table salt. The next day, I'll dump em out like sand, ride around as usual, and after just a few treatments, no issues at all! It acts as both a desiccant and antimicrobial.
The trick is to really get them salted. U can walk through the sprinkler with them on and you'll have no problems whatsoever. Getting them wet actually makes it work better! No pervasive stinky shoe smell. No burning or itching athlete's foot. No gross slimy interiors. No weird chemicals...
And def no goofy ass socks!
XR's got what plants crave!
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@notsure -- A great "odd" solution after my own heart!
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@notsure this sounds so crazy it probably works as advertised!
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@notsure I am in awe at this. It feels like a long lost life hack rediscovered.
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This week I had the plastic pin I had holding one blade of the EGO adapter shear while pushing a battery on. I searched through a tray of odds & ends finding short metal screws to take the place of the plastic pins -- yet not to touch and short out with the pinning screw from the other side of the EGO adapter. So far, so good.
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Seeking advice on opening a Onewheel Plus controller. This is the first time I have tried to open one (my spare) -- and it is not cooperating.
I took out the five screws on the leading edge. I took out two screws on each side. I took out the screw in the middle nearest the electrical connectors. The aluminum separates from the plastic box on the leading edge, and on the sides -- but does not let go on the side with the electrical connectors. Before I get frustrated and force it, I am asking here -- what do I need to do to get it apart?
My goal is to see if I can tap into the power leads on the inside -- as I do not have a spare cable/connector to plug in and tap from the outside.
If I can build a working Onewheel Plus out of this controller and parts I have around, I could ride it, too, and possibly, conceivably get to places #1, 2, 3, 4, & 5 on the Leaderboards. At the moment I have #2, 2, 3, & 4 -- trying for the #1 with my V1. Once before I tried to place two V1s on the Daystreak Leaderboard and was not allowed. But that was before the app listed all the Onewheels I am riding. So, maybe it would work now.
Again, I could use advice on getting the controller open.
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@s-leon That rear section is a nuisance. It’s likely the adhesive gaskets around the power and motor connector.
Adding some heat with a hairdryer on that rear panel then gently pressing the ports (not the little footpad motor sense ones as they’re delicate) should separate the adhesive and let you push it all through and lift it out.
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@s-leon i was out tonight gettin totally rad when this happened.
Seemed to have misplaced my old wrap. Chopped the toes off an old pair of Burton's.
Back to gettin totally rad!XR's got what plants crave!
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@notsure ouch !!!
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Today I cobbled together a different Onewheel Plus from the one I usually ride. It looks similar to my V1 and Leaderboard Onewheel Plus, with an EGO battery hanging over my lead foot, a crude wooden fender/platform, a "shorty" trailing footpad (as I cut the plastic wood pad of my other Plus in half to share), and freewheel brakes. I borrowed the connector cover from the OneDanXR, and I used my extended steel Ruckus Rails. The sensor footpad is from my original V1, and I hope it works well with no issues. Oh! And the top cover of the fender/platform is the old V1 rear footpad screwed onto the resized 2x6 sides.
A tornado watch in effect until tonight, still I'm going to strap the cobbled Onewheel Plus on the back of my Nakto Camel and pedal to the Greenway to test it out.
Edit: No tornado -- yet, anyway. Actually, the sun was summer shining most of the time out -- although threatening dark clouds hung low and wide on the way back home. The cobbled Onewheel Plus acted as it should -- a pleasure to ride -- no visible daystreak, though. Edit, yet again -- I think I will drop off the Daystreak Leaderboard with that Onewheel Plus to see where this one ranks.
Edit, again: A look at the shorty footpad (white plastic wood), and at the fender platform using an old trailing footpad,
