One Wheel

[Riot]

I couldn’t pick a section…
outdoors, exercise, or garage…
In the end, the motor one.

Does anyone One Wheel?
I’ve been seen them a ton at campgrounds and I’m kind of intrigued. I don’t want to buy one, but maybe I can find a trade or something.

Anyways,
what do you think of it?

[Pumps4ever]

I rode my buddies and it was pretty fun on grass...

[vijil]

I unicycle.

Think of it as stock class onewheeling

[Riot]

I can actually unicycle. Well, I used to be able to. Contrary to what one may think, it is -not- like riding a bike.

[vijil]

Too right, completely different.

I used to ride to work - in the dark. Holding an umbrella when it rained, with a headlamp.

I must have looked like such a dork, but it worked.

[moving_target]

Like the concept, don't like the company. They're pretty anti right to repair, so a lot of the early models batteries are dying and you can't do anything about it.

[BLachance75]

I didn’t realize what they cost until I just looked.

[SignOfZeta]

Yeah, I couldn’t believe how expensive these things were when I looked. Then there is the issue with it being software controlled…a glitch at the wrong moment and you are eating shit big time. They seem dangerous and for dangerous people. Not brave, but more like stupid. Wing suit stupid. This is based on my limited experience seeing them operated in public.

[Riot]

Based on the fact that I ride 80’s Honda trikes, I feel I may fall into the category you speak of. Ha

[sonixr7]

I own a One Wheel GT. Scary at first. Flat smooth pavement is the only surface I am comfortable riding on. At first it was fun learning how to ride, but advancing in skill is not worth the chance of injuries, potentially severe ones.

[redsquirrel]

My neighbor would commute to work on one before beefin it and fracturing his leg pretty bad. Think it was about a 6 month recovery and haven’t seen him back on it since.

[autococker04]

There’s a guy I see at the big mech events who zips around on one over all sorts of terrain. I don’t have anything to contribute other than to say it looks much nicer than walking.

[SignOfZeta]

So I’m an active skateboarder, I’ve fallen literally hundreds of times, and I wouldn’t get one…partially because of the safety issue, partly because of the whole scene of jackoffs riding the things.

The one guy here who owns one is partially afraid to ride it.

The one guy who knows someone who rides one regularly used it to break the hell out of his leg.

They cost as much as a nice bike.

So basically I say get a bike.

I myself absolutely need some sort of transportation for staging at big games. I think I’ll get a BMX with a big ET crate on both ends.

[BLachance75]

They cost as much as a nice bike.

That definitely depends on your definition of nice bike.