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Re:CPSC calls for full recall of all Onewheel self-balancing... by 0_____0 on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @05:08PM (#33631505)
Your latter point is why I'm not really sold on electric longboards. Your control authority on a longboard is pretty low, and you need a lot of control authority to react to surprise obstacles/maintain stability after encountering one. Sure, DH longboarders exceed 25mph regularly, but they ride in semi-controlled environments (scout the descent for gravel etc before hitting it) and are exceptionally skilled.

Putting random noobs on electric longboards is a recipe for road rash and broken bones. A few years ago, three people in my office got Boosted boards, and I believe we saw two instances of pretty bad road rash and a broken bone among them.

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Re:CPSC calls for full recall of all Onewheel self-balancing... by Cerium on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @05:16PM (#33631628)
The danger is in the perception. It took me about 10 hours of dedicated practice (over a few weeks) before I felt comfortable using a longboard as a transportation device off of public roads - eg: on a closed campus. When I have seen people pickup an electric longboard they feel safe in a half hour, but obviously don't have any reflexes to back that up.
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Re:CPSC calls for full recall of all Onewheel self-balancing... by deeblering4 on Thursday November 17, 2022 @08:53AM (#33638865)
Whenever I ride downhill I’ll carve and powerslide to keep my speed within the range of how fast I can bail into a run essentially.

The few times I’ve spilled going faster than I could run have been ugly! Feet just couldn’t keep up and gone into a barely controlled roll.

I don’t know if I could ever feel comfortable consistently riding that fast

One time was caused by my dog chasing another dog while I was holding the leash standing on my board, that was hilariously painful

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Re:CPSC calls for full recall of all Onewheel self-balancing... by thot_experiment on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @05:22PM (#33631713)
Practically speaking yes, but this isn't an unsolvable problem. I ride Originals spring trucks, which use a cam and a spring instead of the urethane bushing in most skate trucks. It takes effort to keep them steady at speed for sure, but paired with soft wheels they feel like pure telepathy in terms of control authority.
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Re:CPSC calls for full recall of all Onewheel self-balancing... by butterguns on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @05:52PM (#33632084)
I rode a Boosted Board for the best part of 1 year on the streets of Brooklyn. I ended up selling it; although I absolutely loved the experience, I knew one day I would rip my face off if I encountered even a small pothole.
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Re:CPSC calls for full recall of all Onewheel self-balancing... by Grazester on Thursday November 17, 2022 @04:51AM (#33636811)
And there are many on the streets of NYC
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Re:CPSC calls for full recall of all Onewheel self-balancing... by watwut on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @06:09PM (#33632300)
Electronic skateboards have bigger wheels then skateboard-cruiser which has bugger wheels then skateboard.

Meaning the danger of pebbles is also much different.

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Re:CPSC calls for full recall of all Onewheel self-balancing... by serf on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @08:01PM (#33633503)
> Electronic skateboards have bigger wheels then skateboard-cruiser which has bugger wheels then skateboard.

i've powered a regular street deck with hard poly wheels, what you said is by no means any kind of guarantee. Lots of hacked together monstrosities out there.

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Re:CPSC calls for full recall of all Onewheel self-balancing... by mnsc on Thursday November 17, 2022 @02:11AM (#33635902)
As an old skater this monstrosity I would like to see! Why!? :D
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Re:CPSC calls for full recall of all Onewheel self-balancing... by antihero on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @06:14PM (#33632365)
Could they make the wheels larger to fix this?
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Re:CPSC calls for full recall of all Onewheel self-balancing... by asdff on Thursday November 17, 2022 @01:10AM (#33635582)
Larger and softer wheels work great for mitigating pebbles, sticks, bumps or cracks. I roll over some pretty gnarly terrain with 60mm 78a wheels. You could even to an extent at certain speeds roll of the sidewalk entirely and roll back on quickly and not eat it with these wheels.
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