Flat Tire!
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Adding to my Onewheel experience I had my first flat tire today on my V1 on the Greenway. The tire just went soft... then softer... and softer. I had seen that it was well-worn, but it had not been down to threads last week; I guess when it looks so worn I should start checking it every day. After a two mile hike back to the car where I had my Onewheel Plus, I rode back down the Greenway to where I left the V1, rested the nose on the wooden fender of my Plus, and transported the V1 back to the car. As I do not have a major steak in progress I will replace the tire at my leisure.
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@s-leon said in Flat Tire!:
The tire just went soft... then softer... and softer
Omg can relate! Mine did that last year and it was awful. Just like your pic there was just slime everywhere. Any idea what led to the puncture or was it purely wear down to the threads?
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@lia -- Well... beside the Greenway today I did find a sharp, carbide snowmobile stud from the last good snow here... but I think the flat was really just due to tire wear. Just when it happened I had been thinking about turning around another four miles down the trail; that would have been a much longer walk than two. What caused your Onewheel flat?
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@s-leon Glad you didn't have to walk far especially now it's cold too!
Mine gave out because one of my bacon strip repairs ejected and left the gaping hole you need to insert them 💀 -
Over the winter and spring, not being ridden, the OneDanXR's tire went flat. Yesterday, nearly midsummer, I filled it again with air, strapped it to a bicycle, and rode the XR on the Greenway for ten miles or so. Overnight the tire again went flat. Seems to me I have another motor with a Hoosier 5.5 -- a tire I would like better anyway.
Oh, and by the way, with 8572 miles logged, the OneDanXR is #89 in mileage, and with one day ridden, #2002 in Daystreak.
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@s-leon well crap
I have yet to have a flat tire on my onewheel. Odd to see that the green goop stuff didn't do it's job though, it just kinda spurted everywhere and it looks like it made a bit of a mess
...there's a joke in there somewhere..
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Turns out that the new 5.5 on my spare motor also went flat over the winter and spring.
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@s-leon FYI, I may have not put any sealant in that tire when I mounted it. The first Hoosier that was on the OneDanXR went 5,000 miles with no sealant, so I figured why ruin a good thing! :D
Perhaps all it needs is some sealant and it will hold air.
GT-S > GT > Pint X > XR > +
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@onedangt -- This morning I Onewheeled up to an auto parts store and bought a bottle of off-road green tire slime. This afternoon I added half the bottle to the tire of the OneDanXR, added air, and rode the OneDanXR for a mile and a half to spread the slime around inside the tire. Now it is ranked #91 in distance, and today #3155 in Daystreak. It feels great to ride it! I also filled my spare Hoosier 5.5 with air yesterday, and it is holding its own.
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@lia -- I will switch the OneDanXR's display to metric! -- Edit: 13797 km
I'm actually not planning to ride the OneDanXR much, but I will try to keep up with you -- I'm busy trying to recoup a #1 in distance on the V1 or Onewheel Plus (about 2100 and 1400 miles to go, repectively).
Then... I'm carving to achieve a Leaderboard display of... #1, #2, #3, & #4... the first two in distance, and the next two in Daystreak. The whole enchilada might take months... or even until next year... or possibly never.
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@s-leon I see absolutely no reason you can't strap a third OW to that bike! :D
GT-S > GT > Pint X > XR > +
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@onedangt -- Not because of your teasing, but because of my fresh strategy for achieving my goals. I am tempering distance with the V1 and Onewheel Plus now that I have the #1-#2 on the Leaderboard, looking to just maintain the streaks -- and that means I get to ride the OneDanXR more.
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@s-leon I knew it!
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@s-leon i see no reason you couldn't fit a fourth or fifth on the front either.
XR's got what plants crave!
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@notsure -- Send me one or two more Onewheels, and sure, I will try mounting four or five Onewheels at one time on a bike!
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@notsure -- I do not yet have a Onewheel Pint or Pintx, a GT, or any VESC boards, but I would also gladly accept another V1, Onewheel Plus, or Onewheel XR for this challenge! ...A dedicated cargo ebike would be nice, too.
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@s-leon With a 4th board you could make a wooden frame to link them all to make a gokart then ride that instead of the bike.
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@lia -- Or, how about two Onewheels spread like training wheels at the back bike wheel to help keep the center of gravity low? ...And another possibility is to load a few Onewheels in a bike trailer -- which I do have.
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@s-leon Wait that's genius because the wheels would charge as you move too!
