@derangedvisionsAlmost two weeks ago, I ordered a OneWheel and it finally arrived today. Anticipation is one of the worst things when you are expecting a package. But, this morning FedEx brought me the first of two packages for my OneWheel and my cats were happy it came as well.
@derangedvisionsThey were playing king of the box and trying to intimidate the other one off of the box.
@derangedvisionsKeiichi won and ended up getting the box to himself after I pulled the OneWheel box out.
@derangedvisionsRusty was left to explore the other box by himself.
One thing I noticed right when I took the OneWheel out of the box was how sturdy this thing was made. I have heard these things can take a beating and keep going, but now I can see why. They are solid.
One of the thing that new riders have a problem with is the balancing when you start, but with my skating and snowboarding background, I found it quite easy to balance it and get it rolling.
Even so, I wanted to try and be safe when testing this thing out, so I went into the backyard on the grass with it. Well this wasn't the greatest plan because my sprinklers had been going about an hour prior and my grass was still wet. So when I tried to stop and get off, the wheel started to spin like crazy and trying to peel out.
Getting off of it is one of the things that takes practice. You have to balance it and lift your front foot up off of half of the sensor pad and then the board shuts off allowing you to step off without it peeling out or going in reverse. Wet grass isn't the best place to practice this.
So I brought it out front and tested it out in the driveway. I got up and took off down the driveway and out into the street. One thing I noticed was how smooth the whole ride was. It was a bit weird because the board just goes and I don't need to do anything other than lean a bit forward. When you do lean forward, the board balances back out, but keeps the speed, so if you continue leaning, it gets going pretty fast.
I started going pretty fast within the first few minutes of riding it, but then I thought about all the videos I watched of people falling off at full speed so I decided it might be better to take it slow. Especially since I hadn't really practiced turning.
I rode for about 30 minutes and then my feet started to cramp up. Most of the controls is through small foot adjustments, so when you are starting out, your feet really get a good workout. Pretty soon I am gonna have a six pack on the bottoms of my feet.
Overall, I can tell that I am going to have a blast riding this and I can't wait to take it up on some trails and do some off road riding. I will need to get a lot better at it before I do any of that though.
@derangedvisionsI should be getting the other package tomorrow morning. That one has some custom pieces and a carbon fiber fender. It should make my OneWheel personalized a bit.
Well, my board is finished charging, so I am going to go back out and ride. Thanks for stopping by. You are awesome!
