Ordered my OW May 4 and it arrived today, woot! Spent a few minutes learning how to ride on it and then took it for a ride. Logged about 8.5 miles on it so far, with about 4 of those offroad (dirt road and some sand). Handles various surfaces really well!

But I can tell how out of shape I am that just riding around on it exhausted me. My legs are burning! Of course that's probably also technique - being it's my first time on one, my technique is pretty poor and I'm probably spending a lot more time actively balancing than I should.

Anyway, very excited and looking forward to improving. :-)

Thanks everyone! Still having fun riding when I can take breaks from work. I've gone about 20 miles in total so far (yesterday and today).

I'm sure there are tons of threads on the board behavior - I'm going to start searching/reading through them. But one thing I've been noticing is that as I cruise for a little while at moderate speed (maybe 75% in classic mode), it starts to go more nose-up. At first I thought it was just something wonky with my riding style (I'm having a hard time not using my normal snowboarding style, which is very forward-facing with pretty steep foot angles, which doesn't seem to work so well on the OW) and that it only felt like it was going nose-up, but I've been looking down at the board more to see its angle and I'm clearly accelerating with the nose pointed up. While I haven't tried elevated mode yet, it's basically what I would expect elevated mode to be like. If I bring it back to a stop and then start going again, it's "normal" for a while and then starts going nose up again.

Is this "as designed"?

Also took my first tumble today. I was headed up a hill and things were fine, just cruisin' along and it started to go more nose up again and then it accelerated a bit more (I wasn't (consciously) trying to accelerate - seemed to do it on its own - but who knows maybe I did it), I backed off and felt like everything was stabilized then the nose just dove and I went over the front. Other than a skinned elbow, all was fine. Hopped back on and continued back up the hill with no issues and headed home. Dunno exactly what happened there. When I was a snowboard instructor I used to joke with my students that there were snow snakes that would grab the board and make them tumble. Maybe I encountered an asphalt snake? :-)

Ahh.... very helpful @chabis ! Thanks. I was expecting something different when pushback was described. And I didn't think/expect that I was getting close to the limit - I guess I was going faster than I thought (or it's kicking in earlier than I would expect). And it seems like pushback actually encourages you to go faster because with it going nose-up like that it requires even more of a move backward to slow it down. Or maybe that's just me ...

I was considering trying the other modes to see how things differed, but I was trying not to do too much too soon so thought it was best to spend all my initial learning time in classic mode. I'll try out the other modes and see how they behave.

And yes, I've actually been doing a lot of my initial learning on rough terrain. What I've been doing is I spend about 10min or so in the parking lot next to my house practicing turns of various shapes, then I spend a few minutes going along some of the sidewalks and asphalt paths, and then I take it to the levy which is rough dirt&rock&sand with potholes and such - it's 1.5 miles to the end which ends is in a neighborhood where I do a few streets with hills (very few cars) and then I turn around and come back. Throw it on the charger and get back to work until next time I can take a break.

Whooaaa .... what a difference the mode makes! I did my usual warm up and route in elevated mode. So much more comfortable and seems to match my riding style much better. It also seemed to handle the rough road and trails much more easily. Wish I had tried changing modes earlier! Maybe next time I'll try extreme.

Thanks for the advice and help everyone!

Just looking at those graphs, I'd say they're not actually hitting the reported max speeds. Speed via gps is notorious for momentary "blips" due to inaccuracies. If it's slightly off with your position at one point and slightly off in the opposite direction on the next position it can make it seem like you traveled much faster than you actually did. My garmin on my motorcycle often tells me my max speed was over 100mph on days when I know I didn't go that fast.

On both of those graphs you see a fair bit of dip right before the reported max speed. It seems far more likely it recorded a position "behind" where you were, causing the dip, and then either recorded a better position next or even a position "ahead" for the next one. The graph seems to indicate that it's really staying below 15mph, as expected.

My $0.02 ...

@kwatts Thanks for the response. The device was posted earlier ( https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01F69RDMW/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 ) lollipop 5.1.1. I don't have other bluetooth devices around right now for it to find, but the scan shows it looking for devices.

@No Thanks, I already tried that a bunch of times (as an engineer, that's usually the first thing we try ;-) ). I've tried doing it while it was connected to charger, while it was not connected to charger, after turning the board on in the "wrong position" (leaned against wall), as well as in the correct position (on ground). I've tried starting the scan before turning on the OW and then turning on OW. I've tried starting the scan after the OW was already on. I've tried turning BT on/off on android. I've tried powering down and powering up the android device. So far no joy.

I'm wondering if maybe it's a BT version/feature issue on the android?

So I bought an android device, in part so I could try out @kwatts app. But hitting scan doesn't seem to ever find my board. I've tried doing "forget device" on my iPhone, as well as disabling BT on my iphone.

Any ideas why I can't connect and/or what else I might try?

FWIW, this is the device I purchased: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01F69RDMW/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

@1woman1wheel

@1woman1wheel said in Compare and contrast with other boards:

@jordo That's a lot of charge stops, and I don't think they have power outlets in cow fields...

Just need to bring power with you:

http://www.amazon.com/ATOTO-Source-Backup-Lightweight-Lithium/dp/B01AFLNSI4?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00

I throw it in a backpack with the charger for longer rides. Works great. But probably not enough for VT->RI :-)

Today I tried taking it to the top of that point in the background of the photo in my first post. It managed to haul my 200 and <cough cough> pound ass to the top and back. Dirt and rock path. Pretty damned impressive! But of course y'all knew that already!

I like how I can switch from extreme to elevated and back without stopping. In these days of gps disabling entry while moving, it's a welcome touch. Now if they would just change the color of the font on the settings screen so that you can actually read it without plastering your eyeball to the screen, that'd be really awesome.

Yeah, listen to @thegreck. I had a post fairly similar to yours just a few days ago. :-)

http://community.onewheel.com/topic/3254/first-ride/17

And I'm sure if I had searched I would've found a number of similar threads before mine.

That speed-up is the pushback. I was expecting something different so didn't realize it was in pushback and basically was riding it continuously in pushback mode until the wise folks here edumacated me. I switched to extreme and haven't looked back since (except sometimes I use elevated if I'm doing a lot of offroad and/or hills).

It's sooooo much nicer and more user-friendly in extreme (IMHO).

Just make sure you get the right gender. I was having a hard time getting the dummy plug in and then realized I accidentally ordered the NDF (female) instead of NDM (male). D'Oh!

I guess now I have a protector for my charging plug ... :)

Just looking at those graphs, I'd say they're not actually hitting the reported max speeds. Speed via gps is notorious for momentary "blips" due to inaccuracies. If it's slightly off with your position at one point and slightly off in the opposite direction on the next position it can make it seem like you traveled much faster than you actually did. My garmin on my motorcycle often tells me my max speed was over 100mph on days when I know I didn't go that fast.

On both of those graphs you see a fair bit of dip right before the reported max speed. It seems far more likely it recorded a position "behind" where you were, causing the dip, and then either recorded a better position next or even a position "ahead" for the next one. The graph seems to indicate that it's really staying below 15mph, as expected.

My $0.02 ...

Yeah, both extreme and elevated are sooooooooooooo much nicer - at least for my riding style. Much more comfortable and much less strain. I used to have to stop for a couple minutes about half-way through my 5 mile loop to let my legs recover. In both elevated and extreme I can do the full loop comfortably without stopping.

Apparently when I was in classic mode, most of the time I was riding in pushback mode and I was fighting/struggling to keep it there (not realizing it was actually in pushback). D'Oh!

I've seen mention of some custom apps which let you get at more info than the standard app. Are they only on android, or are there any on iOS (if so do they require jailbreak?)? Any of them tell you the lifetime miles on the board? I've sort of been keeping track in my head and I think I'm around 45 miles now, but it would be nice to see the actual number. I'm kind of surprised the official app doesn't show you this info ...

Anyhoo - having a real blast. What a great product!

Whooaaa .... what a difference the mode makes! I did my usual warm up and route in elevated mode. So much more comfortable and seems to match my riding style much better. It also seemed to handle the rough road and trails much more easily. Wish I had tried changing modes earlier! Maybe next time I'll try extreme.

Thanks for the advice and help everyone!