Onewheel GT Review From PEV Enthusiast - Why I Sold It

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Onewheel GT Review From PEV Enthusiast - Why I Sold It

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[bluegizmo]

Old video i know, but the crashes were definitely due to your stance and leaning forward. It was not due to speed. Your riding the OW with a stance like its a skateboard, and its not. Your weight and center of gravity should ALWAYS be over the center of the OW. If you treat it like a skateboard/longboard you WILL crash. You have to ride it like a snowboard.

[lukegeiger]

I never ride leaning that far forwards, hit 18-21mph regularly riding 99% street on my GT and I haven't had a nosedive in 600 miles (2100 miles total if you include an XR and a Pint). I don't try to 'compensate' for the acceleration by leaning forwards like I do on an electric skateboard, I shift my weight and try to maintain my center over the wheel once I reach my desired speed.

I also noticed your comment about bombing up hills - as someone who started out on a OW and branched into eskate my perspective might be different than yours; you need to keep your weight over the wheel and feel the board push back (or sometimes surge) going uphill to know where the limit is, you shouldn't need to fall. I wouldn't bomb - up or down - any hills on a Onewheel in general, they're not meant to go very fast. I will admit the thing I loved most about my eskate was the ability to go uphill full throttle, but you can't import that mindset to a OW.

I also see throughout the video you're getting a lot of speed wobbles. That has to do with what muscle groups you're engaging, they're very different from those on an eskate. You want to let the board do 90% of the work, and you're not trying to balance against it like an eskate. The center of motion/control on a OW is directly underneath you, and you should treat it like something that can pitch and yaw, not just lean from side to side. An eskate's nose and tail are a fixed distance from the ground, and you're mainly countering the acceleration. Simple differences, but they're very different machines and the experience on one isn't necessarily translatable to the other, so I'd suggest building new habits for the OW/treating it like something new, not like another electric skateboard, or even an EUC (due to the stance).

[thomasmanni]

The fact that they include the charging plug now is not infuriating you should be happy that they listen to feedback

[mrobject-on]

I have an XR with 1888 miles. It has been the best purchase for me so far. I climb mountain trails with no problem. To include, I have taken some gnarly nose dives, but this usually happens when I accelerate at the end of my rides and the battery would give out. Otherwise, I have learned to respect the boards constraints and always try to stay centered. Thanks for making this video. I am looking forward to the upgrades they add to the GT. Cheers

[Benfoxmra]

I have had the same experience with nosedive on a grade on my GT. I badly injured my shoulder. I feel the problem is within the boards IMU where it does not understand that you are on a grade. so no pushback will occur. the board thinks its pushing back because of its attitude of being on a grade and pitch angle is higher but in reality the board is parallel to the ground so as a rider you feel no warning pushback, then it becomes very easy to overcome the motors limits and it shuts down and pitches you off.

I have also experienced this on a pint x recently while testing different grades of hills for pushback.

It's as if the board has no true idea of where it's at in space.

what i think is necessary is the board needs to be able to calculate true pitch angle in relation to the ground underneath of it and use an alternate set of pushback variables that are more aggressive before the motor limits are exceeded.

[iamKelvinJ]

I’d definitely suggest more practice. You wobble a lot when you ride which is common with new riders. Once I got the balance down I shred smoothly now.

[FlawlessDesigns]

Yea, I would definately cheock this up to inexperience on a onewheel. You can see your board having "speed wabbles" the entire time. Your also leaning hard going uphill, which is onewheeling 101. Its way more work on the motor going uphills, so rather than "crawl" uphills, just don't accelerate up the hill, go your natural speed, and let the board carry you up the hill, rather than pushing it. This isn't the board "failing", this is a video of a new rider who doesnt know how to properly ride a onewheel making a bunch of complaints instead of just admitting that he didnt know what he was doing.

[KingTheSuperKong]

It's all physics; the heavier you are and the angle of the incline, both can push the board’s threshold over at different points. That's why it's up to the rider to learn about their one wheel and make the safest decisions while riding. It sounds like you need more practice.

[OctoFloatRepair]

I ride an XR which is considerably less powerful than a GT when it comes to hill climbing, and I have made it up some pretty insane grades of hills. One thing you have to accept with the onewheel is it's self balancing nature, meaning you're gonna have to chill with it a bit in situations of motor stress. That motor is both keeping the board level and keeping you up and forcing you up a hill at 10mph. I don't know the grade of hill you were climbing, but with my XR I have made it up hills with 30 degrees of incline. You cannot go fast, sure, but I honestly don't ever feel like 20mph isn't enough. 20mph is absolutely flying when you're that close to the ground, so I usually ride around 16-18. I saw a video by TFL Jeff McCosker yesterday and he hit 28.5 mph on the GT without sag. These aren't built for speed and maybe you should have known that before you bought it. I do think they could realistically release a board with a 25mph limit, but where the company is going with their safety savior insanity movement, I doubt they'll make the board faster.

[thickymcghee]

Thank you for the video. I was about to purchase a ONEWHEEL but you changed my mind. 🎉

[zanetorkington]

You’re complaining about the board cutting out with no user error, yet in literally every single shot you’re leaning way too far forward, and either ignoring or not noticing pushback…. that’s USER ERROR.

I could tell in the first 5 seconds that there was going to be a crash somewhere in the video.

Your head and weight is over the front foot pad and sometimes well further, it should be inline with the tyre at most, and ABC, (always be carving), especially uphill. Not to mention concentrating on the drone rather than what’s in front of you, and overconfidence, it’s all the basic recipe for disaster.

You’re pushing the weight forward way too far and straight lining it with a much wider stance than normal like it’s a bombing machine and like you’ve got 2 wheels at the front like your other boards!

I don’t particularly like the company’s latest policies or QC either, or the GT, but you’re riding it different to how most people ride OneWheels, yet blaming the OneWheel for your falls. I’m surprised you didn’t have more nosedives riding like this, you got off lightly if your only falls were at 10mph to be honest.

You’re shredding on the 4 wheeler man, but the same physics don’t apply to a OneWheeled machine. It only feels like a time bomb because you’re riding it like one

[real_ez]

ya these boards are not ment for speed demons its all about the carve. XR rider for years now love it to death. GT though has many issues including not being able to replace the battery, ghosting, and no tire options yet other then the hard to get TFL enduro.

[wybuchowyukomendant]

Im still on my regular pint, having as much fun as on the first day, but im not pushing it at all - easy trails, strolling around the city, its like a meditation, but better :3

[lipasfriends]

Your stance is for esk8s, where you keep your weight at the front of the board with your back legs straightened out to account for torque. On the onewheel you need to keep your weight distributed between your heels and toes. If your vid i can see you leaning forward and putting more weight to the front of the board, then it starts wobbling as your shoulders past the tire line, resulting in you eating it. You probably just need more practice my guy, or maybe this type of PEV is not for you.

[SMASHINGblargharghar]

I don't d-ride FM because I realize their massive shortcomings as a company. However every criticism of this video regarding your riding stance have been met with you being defensive or insulting. Your head is over the nose in every shot. You can't be pissed at a product because you didn't put in the effort to learn how to work it. Try leaning all the way forward on an EUC and see what happens to you. You even mention that you consulted the community and got the same answer. Then you try to compare other devices and mention that your other falls were from user error as if this was any different. No dude, it's not the board, it's you.
Honestly it just sounds like this isn't the device for you and most of your criticisms are unjustified. If you need convincing and happen to live in Socal, I'd be happy to invite you to a group ride where you'll see 30+ riders all having a great time and not falling on their faces
The ghosting issues, I can't agree with more. It shouldn't happen and it's extremely irresponsible of FM to let this go on for so long. They deserve the hate for that reason.

[lukepauls]

I would simply say you're trying to ride it like an eskate, the angle of the board in acceleration compensates for you, don't lean forward ever, you can accelerate with front foot pressure, I can bomb up steep hills at 32 km/h (20 MPH) easily, just stand straight up directly over the wheel or even behind it

[MrVickbeast]

Onewheel isn’t about “specs”. I’ve tried all PEVs and the others don’t feel as fun as the onewheel.

[oldretireddude]

Which mode were you using. I know action cam video is tough to judge angles but on the street where you fell your front footpad was very low. I'm a very heavy rider and I have decided that I have to use Apex to be able to mitigate peddle dipping.

Also, you can go to another PEV and enjoy it's experience, but you can not duplicate the OW experience with another PEV. I suppose you could build OW oriented foot pads onto an EUC and come close but certainly not stock for stock.

OW Pint 1550+mi, GT 750+mi
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[taylorhill]

You can still go up to 20mph up most slopes, I do it all the time in Park City. The time to accelerate up to that speed just increases, like it would decrease if you were going downhill. I'll admit though, patience is a virtue on any Onewheel.