@OneDan

Gonna have to say no. On my OW+ I had two nosedives this morning, fresh battery. First one was literal nosedive from stop to start going up a speed bump and landed on my face. Second was 2 blocks later crossing a street, from stop to start to on my back... So I don't think its low battery related at all.

Welp.

Two more crashes, back to back this morning. One right out the gate, from the driveway to the street, hit the speed bump and bang I'm on my face. This happened once before in the exact same spot, just as I was learning.

Second one happened not two blocks later, crossing the street. From stop, to start, to back... I don't know how I ended up on my back, but got the wind a little knocked out of me. The board kept going maybe 15 feet skidding under power, and then was OFF when I got to it. I don't remember any of my previous crashes making the OW+ turn off.

In both falls, I was going from stop to start, and with a relative incline involved. I often get the footpad sensor warnings, but I'd never really worried about them, thinking that I'm just a little light at 130 lbs and with small feet US Mens 8. So I've called FutureMotion, and a nice lady is sending me an email with how to test the sensors at home. Will go from there.

Anyone else have back to back crashes out of the blue? Ever have your OW turn off after a nasty crash? Is that indicative of a sensor malfunction?

@onedan After a pretty good crash today, I'm back down to 15mph average and doing plenty of sidewalk riding. No more fatigue haha. The day you stop being scared of it is the day you should stop riding it.

6 months in, and maybe 700 miles, I've had my first significant crash. I know the street well, I knew it had a nasty section of concrete patches. Close to the curb, all of the sections of concrete are buckling and have some pretty serious height differentials. I knew I was going down when I saw it, had enough time to slow down and prepare at least, probably hit going 15 mph. Went off a ramp of concrete, board caught air, landed and it got super squirrely, almost like speed wobbles on a skateboard. Then I was airborne. Landed on my hip, and then hit my helmet hard enough to crack it almost in half. Really, really glad I was wearing the helmet. Hip hurts a little, but I feel pretty lucky.

After five months and around 600 miles with no crashes riding 'Delirium' only in the street with average speed around 18mph, I've aborted wearing the elbow and knee pads. MIPS Giro helmet with the Serfas lights, and some Gore Windstopper cycling gloves only now.

I have a Onewheel +, everything stock. I wear a size 8 US mens shoe, and my feet are fully exhausted after 4.4 miles riding 19-20mph in the street, which takes about 20 minutes. I have to take a 5 minute break halfway to shake my feet out or I start to get wobbles. I don't think board size is relevant, I've got tiny feet! I've got a pair of Etnies, Vans, and DC, two out of the three have Dr. Scholls gel inserts. They're all relatively loose, certainly not too tight. I think we're just using muscles we don't usually use.

I ride in Berkeley, CA, where the speed limit is 30mph and people are smashing 50mph consistently on a two lane road each way. We have a technical bike lane, but its really just an extra foot or so of lane, with no line. Always ride WITH traffic, never against. Only idiots and hobos on stolen bikes think riding against traffic is safer. My father gave me some advice as he's an experienced road cyclist and said to stay ALL the way in the lane. Fuck the cars, they go around you. Don't stay close to the curb, don't stay close to parked cars. Sit in the MIDDLE of the lane. You have right of way. Once I started doing that, I felt much safer, and haven't had a car get too close to me since.

@granite I smash down San Pablo Ave in Berkeley most days. I, like you am more afraid of cars than nosedives.

Size of a dime is the largest I've come home with.

I agree that most dogs simply don't like things with wheels. Unless the owner has actively trained them to not go bananas around wheels, they're a threat. That means all dogs are threats while on wheels. I'm sure there are plenty of counter examples, but I'd rather not get bit, and then inevitably yelled at by some irrational dog owner who didn't train their animal.