Onewheel Photoshoot Thread
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Hey everyone. A lot of really awesome pics! It's cool to see there's folks putting in some good rides in the UK.
This is my XR Classic I just got, on its maiden voyage.
This was my first time riding and I only did a few miles back and forth on a closed road, reaching a riveting speed of 7mph. I've got a long way to go!
Managed to avoid falling off, but did put some little gouges in the rails when I jumped off it a few times. ;_; Trying not to be precious about it as I do like the bare rails look so it's gonna happen, but for science I'm 3D printing up some railguards. Hoping I got the measurements right - it's my first time making my own 3D model instead of just printing someone else's.
I've also printed a removable fender and the 2nd part of the fender delete is just about finished printing - the deletes were someone else's design for the GT that I modified a bit to fit this (I can try to find it again if someone needs) and the drop top design is the floatwheel one apparently. Fingers crossed it all works together. Also had to order some longer bolts as my test print of the deletes showed the stock ones were too short.I'm hoping not to have to use the fender all the time but even just on a fairly short ride I kept having to tip it over to get little mounds of gravel off the footpads so I figure it'll be nice to have.
Anyway I'm hoping to get in more practice tomorrow!
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@rainycloudy Congrats on getting an XRC and first ride in!
Surprisingly a lot of us in the UK now and a handful floating around here too who I'm sure will chime in soon.What part of the UK are you riding around? There's a few groups like the midlands if you're interested in joining in on some group rides now the weather is sloooowly getting better π₯°
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@lia I'm in Edinburgh, hoping to ride further afield eventually but for now I'll stick to quiet spots close to home.
I know there are at least a few dedicated riders around here as I can see them on the onewheel map.
I've found it just fits in my 70L duffel bag which I can wear on my back so I should be able to take it on train journeys... hoping to try to make it to a couple of events this year.Better weather is eagerly awaited - everything I wanna do this year is outdoors!
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@rainycloudy Oh yeah there's a few up in Scotland. They're great!
If you're on FB there's the Onewheel Riders Collective https://www.facebook.com/groups/1100231991134653/ that have a few members all around including more local to you so totally ask around there if you're wanting some ride friends ^-^ -
@lia said in Onewheel Photoshoot Thread:
It's a growing family
Moved the boards to the bedroom since the wall along the workshop isn't big enough anymore. Making that new stand to house them all (except the XS, I just wanted to put it alongside the others)Funny βΊοΈ, love it β¦
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Getting a bit more practice in now the weather's turned nicer. Legs are jelly now. -
Almost the top of Gunbarrel/Roundabout (Heavenly South Lake Tahoe). Ran out of torque at 7800'
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An pic from August when me and @cheppy44 had a picnic down by the river.
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It's been a while since I've got any slightly worthy shots... Yes, the weather has been as usual. Rainy.
Here's a few from a recent trip...
I also seem to be the first that's recorded a float at John O'Groats and also the shortest street in the world π π€£
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@puzz360 Looks like a shockingly nice day for winter!
Did you stop at the pub there? Any good or just chilling with Paddington π -
@lia Hah, just chilling with Paddington lol.
It was deceptively cold, we had some blue sky and managed to dodge the showers.
We took a chance going this time of year but the roads and sights were pretty empty π
We had most of the remote places to ourselves π -
Spring is round the corner!
Saw dome geese fly overhead last night which is usually a good indication the weather is going to be good again π₯°
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Found a new route today to get out from one town and to a neighboring city. Tried it out and got some pics. The majority of it was following a towpath along a canal. Here's the best ones π₯°
Beginning the canal stretch of the journey Stoke Bruerne. Pretty village although not really a fun place to be so I don't stick around long.
A common threat on canals and beside a lot of farmers fields is blackthorn bushes. The bushes are fine, it's the clipping. Lazy trimming ends up leaving loads of massive thorns that can be like 2cm long just laying like spike strips. On 3rd party tires these will just cleanly go through the tire. Thankfully I'm still rolling stock rubber so it just ignores even these evil thorns. That said... can't be mad, view is still beautiful.
Bank gets slimmer and path gets less defined in a lot of spots. Not nearly the worst spot but a few later on were barely traversable safely on foot so riding was out of the question. Definitely have to scrub this route from the planned route with some of the other women I was planning >.>
Another pretty little village. Ended up chilling here chatting to a chap moored up for a bit about things. Nice guy and had a cat that wanted cuddles so was well worth the trip.
This was atop of an aqueduct entering the edges of Milton Keynes. Very pretty
So I made it into MK. No pics to share since it's not a super picturesque place at least where I ended up.
