Onewheel + distance decreasing

6 November 2018, 18:23 UTC

So Im 14 and only weigh about 102 pounds but when I first got my onewheel + I could go about 10 miles on a single charge. Ive had it for a little longer than a year now with 172 miles on it and now I can only go 4.2 miles on a charge. Ive never over charged it or done anything to damage it mechanically. I was thinking about buying some portable solar panels to put on a backpack to charge as I go if anyone knows a good one please link it. Or if anyone knows what I can do to fix it.

6 November 2018, 19:00 UTC

@Jayden2 your first option is the ranger system from land surf. Then you have this option if you have a fender installed. While looking for that last one I stumbled upon this option called two-X if you don’t have a fender to mount the batter but you lose some clearance. Hope this helps.

6 November 2018, 19:08 UTC

@Jayden2
Constant temperature or is range decreasing with the colder weather?

6 November 2018, 19:34 UTC

@skyman88 well I dont really know ive noticed its been having a lesser range for a few months now but today I actually remembered to see how many miles I went going from 100% to 3% in only 4.2 miles maybe its the cooler air but today where I am it wasn't really cold at all

6 November 2018, 19:37 UTC

@tomfoolery thank you!! ive been looking all over for things like those

6 November 2018, 21:03 UTC

Check tire pressure too if you have not used your board in a while.

6 November 2018, 21:26 UTC

@Stay_in_school said in Onewheel + distance decreasing:

Check tire pressure too if you have not used your board in a while.

This is very true. I read one guy had never checked his tire pressure and started getting horrible mileage. He checked his psi and it was way low. He pumped it back up to 20psi and got his distance back. Now he’s going the distance.

6 November 2018, 21:55 UTC

@tomfoolery ok thanks

6 November 2018, 22:46 UTC

@tomfoolery once again thank you I checked the psi and it was below 10 (insert hand slapping forehead emoji) I filled it up to about 20 and went on a ride now I can go 6.5 miles thanks dont know how I used to get 10 though lol

7 November 2018, 09:21 UTC

@Jayden2 glad that worked but @Stay_in_school was the one who first said to check tire pressure. I just agreed with his advice.

7 November 2018, 12:15 UTC

@Jayden2
Tire pressure and weather are the two biggest players on mileage, glad you got yours sorted. Should be a more stable ride at speed now with pressure back up.

7 November 2018, 18:05 UTC

I have the answer! At least I think...

Tire pressure plays a large role. Keep it firm to go further.

An even larger role is pushback. When you start riding, you're not hitting pushback because you're still learning and not riding at top speeds. As you improve, you ride with pushback for long distances. Pushback consumes a MASSIVE amount of battery. I can ride 10 miles on my V1 riding at a very slow speed or I can go about 6.5 miles running at top speed.

By the way, this is a great get-home trick if you're low on battery. Ride slowly.

7 November 2018, 23:18 UTC

@SkydiveJesus ok thanks I knew riding faster would drain more but I didn't realize how much it would drain