V1 -- Original Onewheel
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Ha! After an inch and a half of rain overnight yesterday, and too busy to take to the Greenway, riding my V1 in the wet grass at home I slogged into an unseen puddle. The tire spun on water and on the saturated wet grass, the board nose dropped, and I went rolling off forward into the soft wet! No injury -- just surprise. With the OneDanXR and my Onewheel Plus then, I took to the rural road -- instead of the wet grass -- for my mile for each board.
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After dropping off the V1 Daystreak because of the snowy rain, waiting a couple of days and riding a mile, I am at number 34. That would be how many riders rode their V1 a mile or more today, and connected to the app, Thursday, October 20, 2022. -- Not very many!
In contrast, after riding the OneDanXR today for five miles after a similar pause, I am number 2426 -- still not an especially large number of Onewheel XR riders.
Edit: Early morning Friday, October 21, 2022 the daystreak number for the V1 had changed to 29 -- and for the OneDanXR to 1918. Seems to me that means that five of the V1-Daystreak-ranked-34 did not really ride on Thursday -- they were "expires-at-midnight" holdovers from Wednesday. -- And likely the same for 508 XR riders, rode on Wednesday, heldover as "expires-at-midnight" on Thursday.
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@s-leon RIP V1 daystreak, hope to see it back again soon :)
You're tempting me to go for a spin on mine again. -
The second day into a V1 Daystreak and I am number 12. One day into a Onewheel Plus streak and I am number 96.
Looks to me like about three times as many Plus riders as V1 riders, and about twenty-three times as many XR riders as Plus riders... in mid-October.
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Impressive sixteen thousand two hundred twenty-five battery percentage! -- Especially since I solely use an EGO battery on my V1 with no BMS!
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This Geocache box I saw by the side of the Greenway today. Betting that someone is looking for it I did not disturb it.
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@s-leon 16225% ???
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Bubbling-up giddiness! That’s exactly what I felt in Onewheeling on my V1 today. Hitting by accident the biggest bump on the section of Greenway that I usually ride, forward momentum slid the heavy, eight-pound EGO battery a bit ahead in its moorings, to the point of losing contact with the blades of the adapter — even though the battery had been strapped across in place.
Sudden loss of power! But the freewheel brakes engaged pavement and I RODE! — wowed and surprised by that feeling of bubbly-happy giddiness, that the freewheel brakes again in this second test did exactly what I designed them to do! The black rubber bicycle tire strips covering the back end of the rails dragged and smoothly skid. Weight shifting slightly I could brake harder or easier.
When the forward motion of the skid dissipated, I did fall to the pavement — but that was at less than walking speed. No injury! No bruise, no scrape, no nothing!
Next, I plan to reverse the EGO battery mount so that forward momentum in a sudden-stop-type situation would engage the contacts even more and better, rather that allowing separation from the adapter and disengagement. Then too, I could also put a pin — like a stubby screwdriver — in a drilled hole behind the battery, allowing the EGO battery no serious movement at all. -
@s-leon Glad to hear you rode that out!
First time I've heard "mooring" in quite some time. Brought my sea legs back for a second ;)The evolution of your boards is astoundingly fun to keep up with~
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@lia -- This evening after switching the orientation of the adapter to hold the EGO battery, instead of a stubby screwdriver -- which proved too long -- I used a valve stem tool, friction-fit into a hole drilled in the wood of the fender. With it in the battery seems very secure. Still I plan to strap the battery tight, as well, because that provides two moorings holding the fender tight to the rails.
Edit: Added photos under the tag.
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Ha! Popped off, it did, and got lost (the valve stem tool in the photos). Now I use three yellow plastic wire nuts friction fit in half inch holes drilled in the wooden platform/fender to butt up against the end of the EGO battery, securing it in position.
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@s-leon Holy crap, I forgot those existed!
I remember doing a lot of those in my Cub Scout years, going on campouts and finding geocaches everywhere! Stopped doing it as a Boy scout though since at those camp outs, there's usually something else to do and a work to do. The last one I saw on a campout was during a canoeing camp out
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@s-leon His board is powered by a nuclear reactor or got struck by lightning
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@s-leon if it works, it works!
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The nose of the board is at the bottom of the photo. The EGO battery in secured slide adapter is cantilevered over the high arch of my foot. The three yellow wire nuts friction fit into half inch holes in the plywood keep the battery from sliding out. Simple but effective.
In sixteen Onewheel miles yesterday on the Greenway somehow this board did not feel as comfortable as it should -- keep in mind I hadn't ridden this V1 since the worn-out flat tire last autumn -- then, cleaning my car I found the clog-with-a-raised-heel that I remember it takes to make my trailing foot relaxed while riding on the V1. -
Happy to see the V1 again :) Might have to take mine for a spin again.
@s-leon said in V1 -- Original Onewheel:
cleaning my car I found the clog-with-a-raised-heel that I remember it takes to make my trailing foot relaxed while riding on the V1.
Do you prefer the clog over an angled footpad? I’ve retired my old boots and been using flats which I notice my feet getting tired way sooner.
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Hi @lia -- In a word, Yes! Even a slightly raised heel can make a lot of difference. It's whatever makes your legs and tendons happy. With my narrow Onewheel stance an angled footpad does not help. So then, riding pushback habitually, I made my own angle by affixing a piece of thick, surfboard grip to the trailing footpad so I stand on it with the outer edge of the ball of my foot. That then made my heel slightly and uncomfortably lower. The thick rubber, heeled clog makes up for it. Of course, on the leading foot I am wearing a no-heel rubber clog... what can I say... each of the two feet have different jobs to do!
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All my ones and zeros yesterday:
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And today a long string of ones:
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V1 with Onewheel Plus rails -- heavy and awkward on the bike at a standstill or walk, although not especially noticeable at cruising speeds.
