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Video of what nosediving off a one wheel looks like courtesy of Adam Savage: https://twitter.com/donttrythis/status/1205621915877961729/ https://twitter.com/don
by wlesieutre 3y ago
Video of what nosediving off a one wheel looks like courtesy of Adam Savage: https://twitter.com/donttrythis/status/1205621915877961729/ https://twitter.com/donttrythis/status/1205621915877961729/
Couldn’t say if that was a power loss issue or the wheel just got too deep in the mud, but doesn’t look fun especially if you imagine that fall on to concrete.
- 0xbadcafebee 3y agoAnd you'll notice that he successfully plants his left foot, but momentum just carries him ahead and into the fall and roll. And this is a best case scenario. "The deaths came as a result of head trauma, with at least three of the accidents happening with the rider in a helmet."
- rwc 3y agoWhere are you getting that quote? The article seems to contradict that: "Alongside the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the company now seeks to remedy the products after four known death cases — three without a helmet — between 2019 and 2021."
- albedoa 3y agoI was confused too. The only google result for that quote besides that comment is the following article: https://popculture.com/trending/news/onewheel-self-balancing-skateboards-totally-recalled-after-4-deaths/ https://popculture.com/trending/news/onewheel-self-balancing...
- 0xbadcafebee 3y agoThey retroactively changed the article, that's where I got the quote from
- HarryHirsch 3y agoHe hopefully wasn't expecting to stop himself like that, that looks painful, it's asking for a sprain! But what a nice roll, does the fellow practice judo?
- otteromkram 3y agoHe does! Actually, Adam recently achieved the scared third-degree black belt, which makes him a master of Suk-Hyeon-Deisu
- eddythompson80 3y agoYou probably need a motorcycle helmet to stand a chance
- dddrh 3y agoI see someone riding one of these around my neighborhood in what is essentially full motorcycle gear: - full helmet with closed visor - armored jacket with elbow pads - knee pads - all high vis Still doesn’t look like it’s enough while they cross a street in front of turning cars.
- TylerE 3y agoMotocross, even. Chin protection isn’t a focus of standard motorcycle helmets.
- dharmab 3y agoIt is a standard feature of an ECE, FIM or even Snell rated helmet. Even modular helmets have the same chinbar testing as full face helmets. I can't speak for DOT helmets, since that standard is untrustable for a variety of reasons anyway.
- igravious 3y agoSomeone deacronymize plz :(
- wlonkly 3y agoAll various motorcycle helmet standards. ECE is the EU standard, DOT is the US Department of Transportation standard, FIM is another, stricter EU standard (Functional Independence Measure), and Snell is not an acronym but is an independent safety testing organization.
- dharmab 3y agoFIM is Federation Internationale de Motorcyclisme - here referring to their standard for MotoGP and World Superbike helmets. ECE is a United Nations standard that the EU has chosen to require for helmets sold in the EU.
- conductr 3y agoHe’s probably going about 1/4 of this things top speed too. I’ve had this same thing happen on a electric skateboard at about this speed but on asphalt. Shoulder dislocated, elbow broke, wrist sprain so severe I had to relearn how to use my hand. And I was a skateboarder my whole life leading up to that so I knew how to take a fall. I still use electric bike and fat tire scooter/bike. But the high speed even on that feels sketchy. All it takes is a little gravel or something and you’ll lose your front wheel and eat it hard. That actually happened to a friend growing up, we were flying down a steep hill (ok maybe 20mph) on our BMX bikes. He hit gravel and the front wheel slid out. He had to have his upper lip stitched back on.
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- duxup 3y agoAt a faster speed I’m not even sure you could soften the crash with your arms much at all.