@divouneh -- Instead of bumper wheels I've gone to the super slippery bumpers to good effect... That, reasonably conscientious riding, and safety gear make up my standbys.

Posts made by S. Leon
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RE: 63 YO new pint X
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RE: 63 YO new pint X
@divouneh -- Be safe! Stay cautious! Wear your gear! Enjoy riding! Onewheel crashes can come from overconfidence.
Most every Onewheel crash I've had -- in my over thirty thousand Onewheel miles logged -- came as a sudden and complete surprise. With my gear tuned to the purpose, by experience, now I can crash, get right up, and happily ride more.
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RE: Watching Action on the Leaderboards
I'm back on the V1 and Onewheel Plus Leaderboards -- riding some today to celebrate my seventy-second birthday.
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RE: New Onewheel plus!
@dnollie -- Hi. Congratulations on your Onewheel Plus! Indeed I used surfboard grip on the rear pad of my Onewheel Plus. A treaded tire is my choice, too; I like the Hoosier 5.5 treaded -- it's more ball-like -- fun to ride.
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RE: The Art of Onewheel
A Christmas present celebrating wild beavers living on the farm here, and Onewheeling! -- by an eight year old artist)
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RE: Watching Action on the Leaderboards
Merry Christmas! -- to 801WHEEL, new to the #1 spot on the mileage Leaderboard for Onewheel Plus!
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RE: Watching Action on the Leaderboards
Congratulations Puzz360! -- I see you on the original Onewheel Daystreak. Enjoy the different ride!
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RE: Watching Action on the Leaderboards
Hey HannahsDax! Besides your being at the top of the the GTS and the GT Daystreak Leaderboards, today I also see you on the Original Onewheel Leaderboard!
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RE: First Ride 55 yr old fat man 245lbs
@chippmover -- Take your time, enjoy every little bit of progress, enjoy every single ride, while not being in a hurry to master it all too quickly.
Sixty-five I was when I started riding. Once a family-man onlooker told me that riding a Onewheel seemed a young person's sport, "...not for someone like you who should know better!" Looking him in the eye I flatly told him, "I do know better... I wear gear!" showing off my knee pads, wrist guards, and elbow pads. Since then I've even added more gear -- a Fox Titan Pro armored vest with shoulder and back protection, and hip armor of my own devising. Overconfidence leads to falls -- stay humble.
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RE: One Wheel Plus Magnetic Resistance for a of a Rotation & Audible Thudding
@jordan5100 -- Hi. Simple things first: My guess is you've already ruled out fender rubs or nubs under the fender; made sure the bolts holding the wheel to the rails are torqued evenly each/both sides; and checked for tyre irregularities.
Personally, not being sure of myself opening up the motor, if it was mine I'd probably trade out the whole motor for another. If you are adventuresome -- you could part the stator and hub, and you could probably find a stator (or hub) to remedy the problem. Or, once open, the source of the noise might then be clear, and a solution will work its way into your head (and hands).
Again, though, I'm more of a Onewheel rider than a technician of Onewheel insides, and to me, to minimize board down time I'd swap out motors for one kept in my reserve jumble of parts for just this kind of situation.
Others in the OWForum here are more detail oriented!
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RE: Onewheel Photoshoot Thread
@hanahsdax -- Wow! Fantastic and inspiring photograph!
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RE: Vesc Conversion Status (Rose/Mika)
@loaffette -- I suggest that you might want to wear some armor. A Fox Titan Pro Jacket (with some extra CE padding in the leading shoulder and elbow) has let me get back up and ride away from an handful of high speed crashes. That with a helmet, knee pads, and wrist guards. Also, on my hips, I wear knee/shin guards -- no more bruised thighs.
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RE: Watching Action on the Leaderboards
@hanahsdax -- Daystreak #1's in both the GT and GT-S!!! Congratulations!!! A screenshot of your app would look impressively good!
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RE: Im looking for a replacement tire for a my one wheel pint
@jessejedi -- A cheap alternative to get riding quickly might be tire sealants like Armor-Dilloz or Slime (off-road).
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RE: Watching Action on the Leaderboards
@hanahsdax -- Let the V1 Daystreak slide?
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RE: An Ounce (a few grams) of Prevention
Ha! ...I fell again today -- certainly not on purpose -- No injuries to speak of. Too fast I hit a gnarly root ridge in the pavement on a less familiar section of Greenway, which destabilized the Onewheel ride. At first I thought I could ride it out... but in a foot-wobbly instant it seemed a good chance to fall uncontrolled -- limbs-akimbo. My body's simple, immediate reaction to that sudden realization was to relax, collapse forward, and rhymically roll, rather than fall hard on my face or fall scattered backwards.
Again, it worked! My armor took the brunt of impact and the slide from pavement to gravel. Sum total of injury: Two small, superfluous scrapes on different sides of my leading ankle... that's it... but again the surprise -- that I'm not even sore from the fall! Checked the board, straightened the fender, tightened the batteries, and Onewheeled the seven-and-a-half more miles -- of my twenty today -- back to the electric bicycle.
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RE: In The Wild, Photo Share (If Possible To Capture).... Keep Your OneWheel In The Shot If You Can.
@loaffette -- Help yourself... Personally, my diet is entirely plant-based.