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GeekWire’s Great Race: We pitted cars, bus, bike and skateboard at rush hour, with a surprising result

Here's an Endomondo log of the ride.

• Distance: 4.77 mi
• Duration: 31m:21s
• Avg. Speed: 9.13 mph
• Max Speed: 19.34 mph

I started the ride at 91% battery, and finished at 17% battery. That's 74% battery usage for a 4.77 mile ride, and figures out to about 6.5 miles of total range, which is near the upper end of the "5-7 mile" advertised range.

I was riding in "Mission" mode for the whole race. I did the opposite ride (downtown to their office) immediately before the race in "Delirium" mode, but I wasn't trying to go as fast. For some reason I was getting serious foot fatigue on the way there. I thought maybe somehow it had something to do with the mode, which is why I switched to Mission for the race. I didn't experience nearly as much fatigue on the ride during the race, but I have no idea if it was related to the mode or something else.

@arc918 said in Anybody receive their patch yet?:

Indeed let's hope somebody from Europe or Australia wins the trip to Santa Cruz.

Well it definitely won't be someone in Europe or Australia. The Pioneer Collective page explicitly said "The Ultimate Trip and Collective badges available to U.S. residents only."

Anybody receive their patch yet? The February 15 email said they would "begin shipping next week."

Anxiously awaiting to hear from the winner of the trip to Onewheel HQ that gets the purple patch.

@grayforge I don't think the issue is with them releasing the iPhone update as soon as it's ready, but rather that they sent out a promotional email pumping everyone up for the new firmware, when only a subset of users can actually get it right now.

When I got this email:

Onewheel+ Just Got BETTER. The new Andromeda Firmware is here!

I was pretty excited. It was only when I came to this forum page that I learned the sad truth that the new firmware is not here yet for me as an Android user.

Finished processing the video from the ride, including adding the live commentary I recorded on my separate audio recorder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHpm7suXxyY

@wheelcity said:

One question - could you have done this any quicker with a Boosted Board, or maybe an Evolve GT?

Boosted has pretty much the same top speed as the Onewheel+. The Evolve GT has a slightly higher top speed, but honestly on any electric board I wouldn't personally feel safe going much faster than I did.

@slydogstroh said:

How long have you been riding onewheel?

My Onewheel+ came in mid-April, so... about five months. I've been riding electric skateboards for about five years, but learning the Onewheel was pretty different. I think for the first month or so I was pretty wobbly and unsure, and I definitely took a few spills, then eventually it all just clicked.