Posts made by Franko

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.

@midlifecrisis i've been a snowboarder for a couple decades now, and i feel the Pint is SUPER carve-y. i have never ridden an XR, but from what i hear they are heavier and not as nimble as the Pint. if you need that sort of range, go for an XR, but from what you have been saying, i think the Pint will suit you fine.

@midlifecrisis said in Snowboarder in (late) midlife crisis - is learning to ride One Wheel the answer?:

Is the range of the Pint good enough for a couple of hours of cruising fun around a local park/local streets (ie not going to use it for commute or travelling from A to B).

Yes -- that's my main use for mine, that and small errands for my job or for things around the house that are close by.

Also what's your experience of type of protection? I'm looking at the 'covert' style of knee and elbow protection - the pads that you slip on (rather then the hard shell - but wondering how much protection they actually offer?

I use the kind you slip on. The pads have been great for me so far, but i haven't been super reckless enough to even fall yet. i'm currently waiting to get a new helmet, but Thousand is out of my size in the one i want (boo hoo hoo!). most of my rides are just at a speed i'm comfortable at on streets and in parks i am familiar with, and i haven't tried riding at night (need to buy lights and stuff for that), so i haven't run into any situations that have really tested the pads, but i used to wear them roller blading and they saved my ass a lot back then, so i'm sure they are sufficient.

@midlifecrisis as a 53 year old snowboarder, i would say it sounds to me like the Pint is made for you. it took me maybe 3-4 days for me to learn to ride (not 3-4 solid days -- i'm talking a half hour one day, an hour another, all on grass, then by the last day i felt good enough to ride it home from the park on pavement). it is SO FUN to just cruise and carve on the Pint. of course, there is risk of injury, but wear a helmet, wrist guards, elbow guards, and kneepads until you feel good enough to dispense with everything but the helmet and maybe some good gloves and you'll be fine. GET ONE, you won't regret it.

@Vapco you're in good company! i'll be 53 in a few short weeks, and i recently passed my 100 mile mark. I was one of the early Pint buyers, and i haven't had as much time to ride as i'd like, but boy do i love it. i'm no speed demon, i prefer to ride in the 10-12mph range, and like on my snowboard i like long, easy carving. am trying to learn to ride off curbs -- not sure how i'm going to learn to go UP curbs, but that's also on my list -- and i'm currently trying to learn to ride fakey/backwards. Float on!

@Jerre i don't have fins, but i do have the C&R backpack, and it's really well-made. i recommend it.

@Senior-Coffee i mostly ride in Pacific, but i have tried Skyline and i do feel that it's more... aggressive? at least it feels something like that to me. Pacific seems made for carving.

@jackiemoon glad it was something so simple. i hope you don't have a hole in your tire, though!

@Aboelter it keeps coming up, for sure. i think owners of the other models said that it took about a year or so for Custom Shaping to reach those, so maybe we're due for Pint Custom Shaping any time now.... crossing fingers

@tartax i see posts from people in Europe quite often on Youtube. there must be a lot of them somewhere... and there was a french thread here awhile back too, if i recall. don't lose hope -- there are people all over the world floating and having fun!

COME ON, man -- listen to the doctors and nurses in China, Italy, Iran, Spain, France, NYC or New Orleans and then tell me this is anything like a normal flu. there is zero evidence yet that heat in the summer will do anything to this, and either way, there's an entire southern hemisphere going into cold and flu season where this can mutate and change, and it's going to be a year at best before we might have a vaccine for the strain we know about right now.

@jackiemoon did you happen to change your tire pressure? is it maybe higher than you're used to?

@a_onekatie you're right -- i agree that the last thing ER rooms need right now is a bunch of cooped up OW riders showing up with injuries!

jack was wearing a helmet at least. that's sometimes more than i wear, truth be told. but it just depends what i'm doing. longer rides through unfamiliar territory, yeah, i gear up, but to go a few blocks and ride in the grass at the park, meh. i know, i know, sorry. just being truthful.