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The OneWheel is a much better alternative to electric longboards. It is crazy fun to ride, like carving on a snowboard. Works in grass, on the beach, and off
by jcampbell1 9y ago
The OneWheel is a much better alternative to electric longboards. It is crazy fun to ride, like carving on a snowboard. Works in grass, on the beach, and off road trails, and curbs are okay. Long boards are a pothole death wish... small wheels and limited turning radius. One wheels are the future. It will be great when quality Chinese knockoffs appear because they are currently $1400.
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- NegativeLatency 9y agoI prefer the failure modes of multi wheel vehicles.
- shawn-butler 9y agoI don't really understand your comment. The "regular" version of the boosted board had a single drivetrain. The higher-price one had a dual-drive train but if you are doing any speed at all and one of the drives fails.. you're going for a tumble. I have ridden both, waited forever for the long-range boosted that was always promised as "any day now" and switched to onewheel and am glad to have done so.
- jcampbell1 9y agoWhat failure modes? One wheel on a boosted longboard drops in a hole, you are screwed. Actually being able to steer more than a few degrees is a helpful feature for safety.
- jdavis703 9y agoYou can also get a cruiser deck, add on some longboard wheels, and for good measure put in ceramic bearings. It gives you many of the evasive actions of a regular skateboard, and the comfort + endurance longboards have. Skateboards have been able to handle curbs for a long time :) I guess all that's needed is for someone to add an electric drivetrain to one of these setups.