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To be a rare positive voice, I own their newest model, the Onewheel GT, and I absolutely love it. It feels like snowboarding around town. I've put hundreds of m
by exo-pla-net 3y ago
To be a rare positive voice, I own their newest model, the Onewheel GT, and I absolutely love it. It feels like snowboarding around town. I've put hundreds of miles on it without a single issue.
For safety, I wear motorcycle armor and wrist guards with it, and I keep my maximum speed at ~15mph. Injuries are almost always caused by people not wearing simple safety equipment and trying to go way too fast.
I'd never recommend an adrenaline-adjacent activity, since I don't want it on my conscience if a person gets hurt. But Onewheeling might be my favorite part of the day: it's like having a cabin on the slopes of Colorado, where you're able to step out the front door and immediately have the experience of snowboarding.
So, I won't recommend it per se, but it's as fun as advertised, and you'll know it if you need it.
- sneak 3y ago> For safety, I wear motorcycle armor and wrist guards with it Does that include a helmet?
- exo-pla-net 3y agoI think you can guess. I specifically wear a BMX helmet.
- tra3 3y agoWhat’s a wrist guard? Googling seems to result in rsi soft braces.
- gnicholas 3y agoProbably something like this. [1] I've used them when rollerblading and snowboarding. 1: https://www.rei.com/product/875825/dakine-wrist-guards https://www.rei.com/product/875825/dakine-wrist-guards
- secabeen 3y agoThe plastic stays on my wristguards probably saved me a ton of pain when rollerblading as a kid. Hit a tiny asphalt stone at high speed going down a hill; the guards saved my wrists when I instinctively took the fall on them. I'll never forget the sound of the guards scraping down the street, and how bad it would have been without them.