Tire change tutorial coming soon!!

1 July 2016, 18:32 UTC

One thing for sure.
When you take OW apart and see how well it's built, you gain more confidence in it.
Also, it does help to know how to maintain/fix it,
rather than having to send it in for every issue.

1 July 2016, 18:48 UTC

@sonny123 Oh, for sure. I won't be out of warranty until the end of next February, though. As soon as that happens, I'm tearing right into it.

The idea of voiding the warranty on a $1500 toy doesn't sit well with me.

EDIT: I might feel differently, but mine has that thing where you have to press the power button to start charging. Nothing else seems to be amiss other than sometimes inaccurate battery level reporting toward the end of a charge. I'm going to wait until the weather goes to shit in November to contact support assuming nothing else goes wrong.

1 July 2016, 18:52 UTC

I was looking at this one for off road/pump track, it's a little smaller diameter so you'll get some extra torque/pickup and traction. Since I primarily ride on concrete I didn't want to swap back and forth...

http://www.vegausa.com/Tires/W5.htm

1 July 2016, 18:58 UTC

@parrothd

Yep, that's something I'd like to experiment with.
But changing the tire, while a fairly easy process, I'm not sure I'd want to go through the hassle.
But it'll be interesting to see how it performs for sure.

1 July 2016, 18:59 UTC

@parrothd That's a rain tire. Would work horribly and turn to putty on hot, dry pavement. Like @njcustom said, it's probably not smart to fuck around with different dimension tires, though that would give you a bit more clearance to the foot pads for gravel that the tread picks up. The mileage reporting is going to be all wrong, too. Nope, not a good idea.

1 July 2016, 19:16 UTC

Honestly as awesome as it sounds id still feel kinda scared about changing the tire ... but i did literally just get mines so in time i may get over that feeling.

1 July 2016, 19:58 UTC

@Dark_Knight it's not bad at all lol I don't blame you though..

1 July 2016, 20:00 UTC

@njcustom I mean i'm still eagerly awaiting the video like everyone else however i wont or i hope that i wont be needing to change a tire for sometime.

1 July 2016, 21:36 UTC

@Dark_Knight Ive had my OW almost a year.. I carve alot though.. and ride nearly every day for atleast a few miles..

2 July 2016, 00:08 UTC

@njcustom So will this be your second tire change? You know how many miles you put on each tire?

2 July 2016, 01:01 UTC

@bmtka this will be my first change, second tire .. no idea how miles I have..

2 July 2016, 01:33 UTC

@njcustom Really? Find someone with an Android running 5.0, install @kwatts app (currently called "pOneWheel" in the Play Store) and report back. I'm super interested to know.

2 July 2016, 02:08 UTC

@bmtka lol..

2 July 2016, 02:41 UTC

@bmtka @thegreck yup I want to see the tire and the motor!!! :)

2 July 2016, 19:19 UTC

@parrothd Like I said, it's a rain tire, it's tread is designed to channel water away and stick to the track when when it's cold and wet. I don't see how that would help you at all in the pump track. For packed dirt, slicks are still the way to go. Vega's karting tires for dirt have no tread. For a lot of loose dirt, those channels would probably pack in pretty quickly. The more I think about it, the less I think I need or want tread for 95% of my riding.

Let us know how it works out for you if you do decide to try it.

2 July 2016, 20:08 UTC

A tread is going to attract large rocks that will jam..

2 July 2016, 21:03 UTC

@njcustom said in Tire change tutorial coming soon!!:

A tread is going to attract large rocks that will jam..

I agree I think it would cause more issues.

3 July 2016, 00:33 UTC

@Dude @njcustom With extra clearance at the footpad, I can't imagine the treads picking up a true lockup hazard. Still, it's going to be flinging so much more shit up at you. I wouldn't know what to do with that extra torque, either. I think it's torquey enough at the factory ratio, but I'm still fairly noobish compared to most of you guys. That wet weather compound can't be helpful for anything related to our use, though.