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I looked at the skateboards, the onewheel, scooters. I discounted the skateboards and the scooters because i know that small diameter wheels suck. A little grav

I looked at the skateboards, the onewheel, scooters. I discounted the skateboards and the scooters because i know that small diameter wheels suck. A little gravel and you could be fucked. The onewheel was still interesting, I hit up the subreddit, tons of people talking about how they got hurt mixed with people telling them how dumb they were.. That was enough for me, I bought an ebike instead.

marssaxman 3y ago
I just bought an electric longboard with large, all-terrain wheels - not for off-roading, but so I don't have to worry so much about the gravel and potholes on poorly-maintained Seattle streets. Seems to work well, so far - I can ride right down the unpaved gravel alleyway behind my house, even. You can still feel the bumps and ruts, but you just roll right along, there's none of the lurching you get with smaller wheels. Ebikes are both fun and practical, but I don't know where I'd store one during the work day; the skateboard can just come up the elevator with me.
- sleepybrett 3y ago
  I am also in seattle, I wouldn't want to ride the streets in ballard with a skateboard, even with 'all-terrain wheels'. See a couple of onewheels doing it though. I store my bike in the bike cage at work, when I go into the office, most offices have them. At home I store it in my apt, we've had a couple of garage breakins that got a few bikes in the last couple of years. My bike is a folding model so I can store it in the big laundry closet I have to get it out of the way.
  - Reubachi 3y ago
    I'm sure you've both seen and by now gotten tired of this discussion, but storing your high capacity/discharge lithium batteries literally in your home (or apartment, doubly so!!) is unsafe. In NYC alone this year there where 13 deaths directly attributed to li-ion bike batteries exploding from thermal overrun.. Unlike say, justifying using candles or incense because you may have a fire extinguisher......a battery fire will not yield to common extinguisher chemicals. All year round FDs are stuck taking a whole day to monitor/extinguish a battery fire, usually after it's gutted a multi famaly apartment. Or, maybe HN can tell me I'm wrong finally and that the e-bike battery fire pandemic is over? I am afterall a lazy stay at home who hasn't been on a bike in ages :p
    - sleepybrett 3y ago
      Most of the ebike fires I've looked into are caused by shoddily 'repaired' or damaged batteries while being charged. I charge my battery in a BBQ on the little 'porch' I have outside my apt or just this reason. These batteries are the same as the batteries in most of your electronics the only difference being they are probably quite a bit larger. Obviously we don't worry about charging our phones on the nightstand or our roombas in a pantry but they pose very similar danger.
Izkata 3y ago
Were you looking at razor-style scooters? Before that brand came up with their tiny scooters, pretty much all scooters had wheels around the diameter of these Onewheels. It's why back then we distinguished them as "scooters" vs "razors", while nowadays people seem to mean razor-style when they say "scooters"...
asdff 3y ago
60mm 79a skateboard wheels here. I go over gravel all the time. Sometimes even loose dirt paths. Patchy asphalt. Cobblestones and brick. Momentum is your friend here as well, faster you go more likely the board chucks out the obstruction. It takes quite a stone to stop these wheels, probably one that would pinch flat my bike inner tube and certainly one that would be very hard to miss unless I was not paying attention. I'm comfortable enough with the small rock situation to even eat breakfast or lunch on occasion while on the board.

marssaxman 3y ago

I just bought an electric longboard with large, all-terrain wheels - not for off-roading, but so I don't have to worry so much about the gravel and potholes on poorly-maintained Seattle streets. Seems to work well, so far - I can ride right down the unpaved gravel alleyway behind my house, even. You can still feel the bumps and ruts, but you just roll right along, there's none of the lurching you get with smaller wheels. Ebikes are both fun and practical, but I don't know where I'd store one during the work day; the skateboard can just come up the elevator with me.

sleepybrett 3y ago
I am also in seattle, I wouldn't want to ride the streets in ballard with a skateboard, even with 'all-terrain wheels'. See a couple of onewheels doing it though. I store my bike in the bike cage at work, when I go into the office, most offices have them. At home I store it in my apt, we've had a couple of garage breakins that got a few bikes in the last couple of years. My bike is a folding model so I can store it in the big laundry closet I have to get it out of the way.
- Reubachi 3y ago
  I'm sure you've both seen and by now gotten tired of this discussion, but storing your high capacity/discharge lithium batteries literally in your home (or apartment, doubly so!!) is unsafe. In NYC alone this year there where 13 deaths directly attributed to li-ion bike batteries exploding from thermal overrun.. Unlike say, justifying using candles or incense because you may have a fire extinguisher......a battery fire will not yield to common extinguisher chemicals. All year round FDs are stuck taking a whole day to monitor/extinguish a battery fire, usually after it's gutted a multi famaly apartment. Or, maybe HN can tell me I'm wrong finally and that the e-bike battery fire pandemic is over? I am afterall a lazy stay at home who hasn't been on a bike in ages :p
  - sleepybrett 3y ago
    Most of the ebike fires I've looked into are caused by shoddily 'repaired' or damaged batteries while being charged. I charge my battery in a BBQ on the little 'porch' I have outside my apt or just this reason. These batteries are the same as the batteries in most of your electronics the only difference being they are probably quite a bit larger. Obviously we don't worry about charging our phones on the nightstand or our roombas in a pantry but they pose very similar danger.

Izkata 3y ago

Were you looking at razor-style scooters? Before that brand came up with their tiny scooters, pretty much all scooters had wheels around the diameter of these Onewheels. It's why back then we distinguished them as "scooters" vs "razors", while nowadays people seem to mean razor-style when they say "scooters"...

asdff 3y ago

60mm 79a skateboard wheels here. I go over gravel all the time. Sometimes even loose dirt paths. Patchy asphalt. Cobblestones and brick. Momentum is your friend here as well, faster you go more likely the board chucks out the obstruction. It takes quite a stone to stop these wheels, probably one that would pinch flat my bike inner tube and certainly one that would be very hard to miss unless I was not paying attention. I'm comfortable enough with the small rock situation to even eat breakfast or lunch on occasion while on the board.