NoseDive - Actual concern or Overhyped?

[detroitwheelin]

Thanks @germx , great to hear! another question for you , since you're an original backer , are you worried at all about the company itself? it seems strange that it's been over a year and no word about a possible OW2 , any concerns ?.... i know i'm insanely overthinking this , but $1500 is alot of money to spend on a "toy" :)

thanks

[mrb]

@detroitwheelin

you are overthinking it. Onewheel is not a toy but a lifestyle--float life.

[thegreck]

@detroitwheelin said in NoseDive - Actual concern or Overhyped?:

i know i'm insanely overthinking this , but $1500 is alot of money to spend on a "toy" :)

Well, you could buy a Boosted Board instead. Wait, those are $1,500 too. Maybe you could have fun flying a Phantom 4 drone around? Sorry... those are also $1,500. I got it: you could get a Segway. Those are the same basic idea, but probably a bit safer. Hang on, those are $5,300.

$1,500 is a standard price for something this advanced, whether you want to refer to it as a toy or not. I don't refer to mine as a toy, because it gets me to work and back every day. It just happens to be fun as hell to ride, too.

I see nothing to worry about when a company has a great product that thousands of people are buying. The reason there hasn't been a version 2 is because the first one was 5 years in the making and it's fucking amazing. There are improvements that can be made, and I'm sure they're working on it, but 2 years is nothing. It's taken them this long just to catch up with demand for the first one.

[detroitwheelin]

@thegreck good points , i agree and a quality product built the way the OneWheel (appears) to be built is definitely worth $1500. by "toy", i just meant that , since i won't be commuting with it, i would be using it for purely recreational purposes , so "toy" by definition of it's use case , not quality

well..... i think you guys have convinced me , i'm in!

[thegreck]

@detroitwheelin Yeah it's definitely an investment, I just wanted to say it's worth it. They're not making a killing on each unit, the price is what it is because they use quality parts. Which is what you want on something like this, where your safety and well-being depends on it.

[regulat0r]

@detroitwheelin Yeah dude it's awesome, definitely a work hard play harder environment. Our company is called Vectorform FYI (HQ in Royal Oak).

To give you a bit more background. I started snowboarding ~10-11 years ago and try to do a big trip out west each year. It's literally one of my favorite things to do, hands down. I am by no means an expert. I just like to ride at my leisure and explore the mountain / different runs and be at one with nature. I swear, I get damn near the same satisfaction on my Onewheel compared to boarding. As soon as I mentally made the connection to snowboarding (and how I tend to shift my heel / toe side weight to carve and all the supporting muscles involved), it was like riding a bike for me. I even started to experience the same type of arching / foot pains that come with snowboarding, but that's been improving with time. My only regret is that I didn't purchase one sooner!

There is no comparison to carving / turning on a OW vs electric long board. I'll be honest, I was also debating getting a Leif Electronic Snowboard which looks pretty awesome. The company seems a bit too bootstrapped for my liking and hasn't been doing much marketing, which I'm assuming is due to limited funding. I'm not sure how long they'll be around for. The biggest factor that led to my OW purchase was the versatility of terrain I can ride on. I can't tell you how many times I've rode on grass, gravel, and other surfaces to take little exploratory detours on my rides and to avoid pedestrians / bikers. I wouldn't give this up for anything, period. I even think to myself during some rides "I couldn't do this on the Boosted Board / Leif". Even just over Labor Day weekend, I was out at Hines Park (which you may be familiar with) riding on a biking trail. There were a ton of areas off of the paved trail I would ride into and circle around before hopping back on the trail. I love carving through grass and checking out places I would otherwise have never walked to before.

Dude it's just so much fun! I'm excited just thinking about it. I want to get one for my girlfriend since we had such a blast riding together. Just need to budget accordingly for that :D

[hustle]

@regulat0r This. Everything you said man. I've only had mine for two weeks and the closeness to snowboarding is amazing. Yesterday was my first ride I think I really felt that connection to boarding fully, the movements and body positioning/shifting. I get close to my house, pull my phone out, see I still have some percentage left and off I go to burn through the rest haha.

[thehoff]

@regulat0r I agree 110% .. Get it on the beach on the hard sand near the water. You won't believe how close the ride feels to snowboarding. I also love short grass riding, as its good for practicing switch.

[mrb]

@thegreck said in NoseDive - Actual concern or Overhyped?:

They're not making a killing on each unit, the price is what it is because they use quality parts.<

i imagine they are making a killing.

[frotozoa]

@detroitwheelin
Its cool that they sell them at Best Buy. I checked the store though and you still have to order it. My friend has a segway mini pro he paid 800 for. Its speed is limited to 10 mph though. It could easily do 17mph with the 800 watts. It beeps and pushes back when you go over 10 mph. It does very good on bumps too. Range is 14 miles but takes 3-4 hrs to charge.

[Tartopom]

Honestly, as an avid snowboarder too despite not an expert, I really feel the ow is like snowboarding off piste and an evolve electric longboard is more like carving on slopes. :-)

[medhead]

Having dosedived many times the first few weeks (with some serious road rash) I'm convinced that nosedive occurs because of the way the rider rides it and not the board. With proper weight distribution, foot position and bent knees, I haven't fallen in months. I listen carefully to the motor. If I hear a sudden speeding up, then I know a nosedive is next. Get the Onewheel.

[jeff8v7]

I've been riding over a year, and I've never experienced this "lock up" problem... I suspect it's user error... but I could be wrong :)

[detroitwheelin]

now with a few rides under my belt, i'm getting more confident and less concerned about the nose dive ... and to be honest i actually have a hard time getting the front sensor to disengage when trying to get off , possibly because my feet are so big.

[hustle]

@detroitwheelin Some people say they slide their feet to the front or back. I lift my heel.

[Shred385]

My OW has nose dived on me once and it happened when I was on a HARD front lean. It definitely caught my by surprise

[silver surfer]

@regulat0r
I'm always out riding if you ever want to try a group ride
They do look cooler in packs!

[ThReMix]

@detroitwheelin I was VERY leary about nose dives.. That would be horrible! But after 46 miles I've yet to have a nose dive or crash I could not see coming.

[njcustom]

Onewheel without a doubt. If you want to haul ass everywhere then a boosted board is good .. but if you want to be the coolest guy in town then it's an easy choice.. boosted boards get no attention because people are used to seeing skateboards. Nobody knows what a onewheel is.. I damn neer cause car accidents when I go out .. I ride the street, woods and the beach.. you're stuck to the street with a boosted board..

To each is own but to me it's a very clear choice..

[slydogstroh]

@njcustom I'm a big fan of the term Skate Everything. I love Boosted, Evolve, OW, and eskate in general. To your point though, Onewheel is the coolest and most fun of them all, no doubt.

[Earthpilot]

I have a V1 onewheel and i ride it almost everyday. I haven't tried any of the other stuff out. i changed my first tire out and that became my V2., about ready for another tire, on order. I nosedived at the beginning because of my foot coming off the sensor. I modified it. No more issues. A boosted board may go faster but with the smaller wheel circumference and a pebble, acorn, stick or whatever, you will really know what nosedive feels like at a speed faster than a Onewheel. We crush acorns here and what is a pebble? Ha a pebble....I crush you...