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Re:Every single Onewheel is being recalled after four deaths by jessriedel on Saturday September 30, 2023 @02:08PM (#37718119)
Any thoughts on the mechanics behind this? For any wheel size and range, a scooter naively seems like it is going to have strictly less metal than an e-bike, so I would have thought they would be lighter.
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Re:Every single Onewheel is being recalled after four deaths by HPsquared on Saturday September 30, 2023 @02:32PM (#37718356)
The frame of a bicycle is probably a lot lighter, as a sort of triangulated truss - compared to the "solid beam" style of a scooter. Disadvantage is it takes more space.
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Re:Every single Onewheel is being recalled after four deaths by pkage on Saturday September 30, 2023 @02:17PM (#37718211)
You don't pedal on an scooter, so the battery needs to be big enough to carry around both you and the larger battery (adding weight). Conversely, e-bikes can assist your pedaling (rather than having to replace it in all cases) so they can be lighter.
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Re:Every single Onewheel is being recalled after four deaths by rightbyte on Saturday September 30, 2023 @02:25PM (#37718300)
A scooter is a flat plate with a steering column adding no strength. A bicycle is two triangle elements of pipes.
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Re:Every single Onewheel is being recalled after four deaths by bee_rider on Saturday September 30, 2023 @02:30PM (#37718338)
I wonder why nobody has done electric rollerblades yet.
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Re:Every single Onewheel is being recalled after four deaths by btbuildem on Saturday September 30, 2023 @02:41PM (#37718433)
A quick web search will dispel this assumption -- there are a number of products out there fitting that description.
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Re:Every single Onewheel is being recalled after four deaths by sleepybrett on Saturday September 30, 2023 @02:38PM (#37718407)
... they have https://www.escendblades.com/
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Re:Every single Onewheel is being recalled after four deaths by williamscales on Saturday September 30, 2023 @02:36PM (#37718382)
People have: https://youtu.be/yttvsEFBUb8
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Re:Every single Onewheel is being recalled after four deaths by coryrc on Saturday September 30, 2023 @03:23PM (#37718825)
It's not safe to go fast on them, so they aren't practical in daily life.
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Re:Every single Onewheel is being recalled after four deaths by micromacrofoot on Saturday September 30, 2023 @04:20PM (#37719358)
the wheels are too small to use on a city street at decent speeds, one pothole and you're done
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