@squirrelguy wow, you sound exactly where i am at in all ways, except that i just turned 53 (oh, and i snowboard, and skateboarded waaaay back in the day). i am currently vowing to learn fakey for the same reason, and i've been pretty comfortable at going off curbs, but i haven't mustered the nerve to try going up them yet. anyway, welcome! i'm not sure what to say about your toeside turn question -- that doesn't happen to me. sorry. my guess is that maybe flight fins would be a help, though.

@rnengel85 i wonder if it didn't even have enough power for the pushback warning, which is definitely a scary thought to consider...

@rnengel85 how fast do you think you were going? i haven't experienced it, but it sounds like it was working as intended when the battery is that low and it gets taxed beyond its abilities. i've drained my battery completely, but by the time i got down to single-digit percentages i was maybe moving at a walking pace.

@HanahsDax i wish i was good enough on mine to pick up trash that way. guess i should be practicing!

"Electric skateboard?" i beg your pardon! but seriously, it's nice to see people using their OneWheels and doing good in the world.

Electric skateboard-mounted trash collector among U.S. protest volunteers:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-volunteer-idUSKBN23C2PP?taid=5edaac7a66130f000188bf60

i use hard shell, and i also bought a pair of fingerless leather Hillbilly skate gloves with a wrist protector. they already have a couple big gouges in them, too, a record of their worthiness.

@midlifecrisis congratulations! i would definitely advise the knee protection, at least until you get comfortable on it.

@rnengel85 that makes sense to me, but who knows what FM was intending when they wrote those descriptions. i found them completely unhelpful when i first read them, too, haha -- it's more like you have to just try them all, and then you sort of understand where they are coming from.

@rnengel85 well, i ride in Pacific these days, but a lot of people prefer Skyline, which i think is the loosest, most aggressive setting. Elevated is just that -- the nose is up higher, to help you get up hills and stuff. i'm not sure if Elevated is the same as Pacific (or Skyline), but with a higher nose, or what, though.

@b0ardski that's fair. one person's "twitchy/squirrely" is another's "nimble," for sure. i guess that works both ways. after riding the Pint for awhile, i see people calling the XRs "stiff" and "like riding a cinderblock," too, so it just depends on what you are used to. i still think that if @midlifecrisis just plans on short cruisy runs in neighborhoods and parks, the Pint would be just fine. but if he needs the sort of range that the XR can give, then sure, get the XR.