@Mark-Vlogs said in Your Pint Shipping Date:
What protective gear do you all wear?
I wear wrist guards (already saved me skinned up hands), elbow pads, and knee pads. I also won't ride in shorts. Right now I'm using my motorcycle helmet . . . . no place in town sells a skate/bike helmet in my size. So until I get one of those ordered (in no hurry, the MC helmet offers a lot more protections) I look kind of funny.
And here is why I where all the protection :D
@Vapco I'm 52, have 130 miles on mine (started in late September when the weather was bad. I'm not speed demon (have a disabled cell phone with a GPS speedometer app that has an alarm that goes off when I go over 10 mph). I ride streets and bike paths. When I started I set what I thought were realistic goals and baby steps. I've reached where I thought I would be by the end of the summer.
This is my kind of riding . . . (It was a short ride, the bike path is a little over a mile long total.)
I'll have to see if I can find them. And I have to chuckle. Board public transportation? I live in a very rural area. Entire county population is around 20k people. Public transportation is when you walk on public sidewalks :D
Fed ex says my pint will be delivered by end of the day tomorrow, fender on Thursday.
Let the games begin. :D
Find some volunteer groups in your community. You can also do a "pay it forward". Go to the drive through at a fast food joint. Ask what the bill is for the car behind you -- if it's within what you can spend, pay for it and tell the clerk to let them know you are paying it forward.
You get to work at home -- I have to trudge into the office each and very work day. What I do is very essential -- to the point they had/have plans to bring in cots and turn part of the building into living quarters and we would be quarantined at work.
@midlifecrisis said in Snowboarder in (late) midlife crisis - is learning to ride One Wheel the answer?:
I'm a 57 year old snowboarder (I love cruising and carving the pistes, but not into parks or anything radical) and I really like the look of OneWheel.
I'm also retired, a bit bored (especially during this coronavirus lock down we're in), and thinking this might be the answer to a bit of fun and excitement for cruising in our parks and streets.
My question is how easy is it to learn to ride competently, and what are the risks of serious injury?
I'm hoping that a competent and fairly fit snowboarder could learn to ride this pretty quickly? And I'm also hoping that it's stable enough and controllable enough to avoid accidents and injury....at 57 I'm more interested in cruising for enjoyment rather than pushing it to its limits and risking injury.
Oh, and is the Pint better than XR for cruising around local neighbourhood and park?
Any advice for me would be much appreciated. Easy to learn? Hard to injure yourself?
Cheers.
I'm a balanced challenged, overweight non snowboarder who thought the Onewheel looked cool. I'm 52, and have health conditions and heal slowly.
I watched a lot of video's read everything I could while waiting for my pint to arrive. I set what I thought would be realistic goals. I've blown past every goal I've set (well except one -- conquering my nemesis at the park . . . but I will get it). Each person will go at their own pace in learning. Me? Took me months to be able to go longer than a quarter mile. I know my limits, and I know the board limits. I have an app on a phone that sets off an alarm when I go over a certain speed. If something looks questionable that I can ride over it, I get off and walk around or over it, then mount up and take off again. In two months I've explored more of the local towns/cities than I have in 20 years of living here.
Now I'm out doing things like this:
@a_onekatie said in Onewheel backpack:
@b0ardski I don’t even want a “bag” TBH. I need to design some sort of sling or harness I think...
In the facebook onewheel owners group, someone has a picture of them using one of these:
Slip a loop over each end of the OW and then sling in on a shoulder like a purse or bag.
@waters10 My ship date started the 27th, then to the 26th, and yesterday went to the 24th. Maybe mine will get closer next week to. :D
Once I get mine and figure out how to ride it . . . . there's a guy in town does custom wrapping and painting. I'll figure out something for him to put on the fender on mine.
My boss has named my board "Denied".
She says that's because it's what she's going to say when I call in sick with a broken hip or leg.
Ordered 9/6. Original estimated shipping 9/27. Delivered today (fender should arrive tomorrow).
Happy days ahead . . . . . hopefully.
Mine would be boring. Older, heavier guy just learning. So far my longest ride has been from my porch to the end of my driveway. :D
@Glyph
Toe side is the one I'm having very little problem with, heal side slows me to a stop and with the simple stop enabled I start to roll backward and shuts the board off (I was doing it with simple stop off) but I figure I'll learn forward riding first then try and add backwards later.
And yes I am using knee and elbow pads and wrist guards. Unfortunately my armored motorcycle gloves won't fit under the wrist guards. And I'm also wearing my motorcycle helmet.
Once I get the driveway down to a science . . . I'll move on to a bigger area. I'm taking it nice and slow. I have it set on "Redwood". The lowest (??) setting.
@Franko said in Simplestop:
@stinkyface do you know of any videos on different stopping methods? i'm still figuring out how to look super natural stopping on my Pint with SimpleStop enabled, but i definitely am more used to it than the thought of rolling backwards and riding fakey!
I know the feeling on the "is he going to die when he stops" simple stop dismount. I'm still working on it. Only on day 6 of riding a OW.
Heated jacked???? 20 degree weather? I don't pull out the heavy coat here in Utah until it's a minus before the number. (well not for riding, but general use :D )
I pulled out the calipers, took some measurements. Sat down and designed this little "Thumbs Up" cap. If it hits on that side hard enough to damage the pins . . . I've got more to worry about than that :D.
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I'm part of the old brittle bones group (aka Old Man Club -- and I've got the shirt to prove it :) ). I've only had a sore arm. Crash was my fault. Looked at one obstacle knew I didn't have the skills to ride over it, and chose option B without looking close at it. Tire fell into a hole and play superman did I. Friend of mine thought I broke my ankle for the screen grab I took from the video, but my foot was fine.
This is why you should ALWAYS read the manual:
From both the pint and XR manuals:
Avoid streets and surfaces with water, sand, gravel,
dirt, leaves, and other debris. Wet weather impairs
traction, braking and visibility.
And then just a little bit later in both manuals:
Water damage is not covered under warranty
Right in the manuals -- and to me this says: Don't ride in wet conditions regardless of what you see in video's.
@stinkyface O=Off H=Highway V=Vehicle
@a_onekatie said in Riding Music:
@UTrider that’s a pretty eclectic playlist!
I used to have a car where I could plug in my mp3 player to the stereo. So some songs on it were for my kids and I haven't removed them. You should see my expression if I'm on the MC and "Harry Potter Puppet Pals and the Mysterious Ticking Noise" starts to play in my ears.
@danbetcher
I'm 5'8 and 230 pounds with a size 12 shoe. Only issue I have (and it might just be me) is the heal lift. I can't seem to get my big foot up on toe enough to deactivate the sensor. So (and I'll take the hate for it) I use simple stop. I've got a little under 3 mile round trip to work (essential employee and all) and have started riding to work. Furthest I've gone is 5 miles -- and still had over 40% charge left (I do paved/cement and not a lot of carving).
I'm no Slydogstroh -- but this is what my commute to and from work looks like. A lot of people will call it boring -- but I get fresh air, and a little leg work out on my way to work and the way home.