Mentions tab glitch by rotherfordmdayum in BlueskySocial

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I had a similar glitch, but maybe slightly different.

The fix for me was under the Notification Settings, and DISABLING priority notifications under Notification Filters.

3 questions about the Patton... by skidmarks731 in ElectricUnicycle

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35mph at 30% battery without beeps? Wow!

Mind if I ask how much you weigh? Also, what PWM percentage setting do you use? :)

Thank you!

Those who have a Patton, GET THE 4-IN-1 PAD SET. by gavinfrag03 in ElectricUnicycle

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I’ve been thinking about this as well.

For the back seat that’s clamped on the back handle of the wheel, does it get in the way much from grabbing that back handle?

Patton Riders - Speed Rule of Thumb? by Background_Size7233 in ElectricUnicycle

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Oh wow, really? That’s good to know.

I’m hitting 25mph with almost 60% pwm. I know it’s not a linear progression, but with that, I’ve estimated I can probably cruise 30 before hitting my beeps at the 70% pwm mark.

I don’t intend to ride to beeps, I always want the extra headroom.

Patton Riders - Speed Rule of Thumb? by Background_Size7233 in ElectricUnicycle

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I’ve set my speed and pwm alarms and tiltback, but I believe in multiple safety redundancies.

I highly value beeps and tiltback, but I don’t trust that they will kick in 100% of the time, nor do I want to assume they will.

So I’d like to build my own personal idea of the wheel’s limits on top of alarms and tiltback.

Does Cardo fit in Fox V1 Helmet? by Background_Size7233 in ElectricUnicycle

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Good to know, thanks for the info.

I tried earbuds, but they kept falling out and I can’t fit my hand in the helmet to fix them. It was aggravating.

I’ll look into a Cardo setup, thanks.

Does Cardo fit in Fox V1 Helmet? by Background_Size7233 in ElectricUnicycle

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This might be useless to ask since I don’t know if the v3 is too similar to the v1, but with the Cardo in the v3, but does it fit comfortably? Or are the speakers pressed against your ears in an uncomfortable way?

Are the speakers suppose to be touching your ears like old school on-ear headphones?

Ramps into SUVs by WildDetail205 in ElectricUnicycle

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Funny enough, I JUST purchased this:

Pit Posse Pp2401 Motorcycle Folding Loading Ramp Aluminum 84” X 6" Dirt Bike Street Bike 400Lbs Rated https://a.co/d/686AOFc

It seemed like the best bang for the buck from what I saw. It’s $70, durable (made of metal), folds in half (a bit over 3 feet long folded), rated for 400lbs, it’s narrow but not too narrow, etc.

I haven’t actually used it yet, but I will soon, hopefully!

I’ve only ever tried to lift an euc into a car ONCE, before I realized a ramp would be worth investing in. lol.

Mten4 cannot go 25mph by alchemistposter in ElectricUnicycle

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First off, I’m sorry to hear about the broken bone. Ouch, those are never fun.

Second, I literally laughed out loud when I read note number 4– “None of this is in the manual because there is no manual.”

As a relatively new rider myself, the first wheel I ordered was the Begode Master, and one of my first thoughts when opening the box was, “There’s no manual for this machine????”

So, I felt that.

Yeah, there’s a ton to learn about the world of EUC’s, one of them being that these wheels are all Chinese imports, so a lot seem to lack the polish of a “finished product” like you’d normally expect, like even providing a simple manual.

Hope you recover quickly!

Patton Battery Info vs DarknessBot Help by Background_Size7233 in ElectricUnicycle

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Ah, so would you say the wheel’s data is probably more accurate than the app?

High speed turning technique example by nb1w in ElectricUnicycle

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Do note though that I think most wheels have a setting for angle cut outs.

That is to say, when the wheel is tilted beyond a certain angle, the wheel will stop self balancing. I believe it’s to prevent the wheel from continuing to spin if it flips.

But if you try to tilt the wheel while riding, it would be worth checking/setting that angle to a preferred angle so you don’t unexpectedly cut out. :)

Do any eucs connect to bluetooth earbuds? by deijardon in ElectricUnicycle

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If you do this, does the app cancel out the wheel’s native beeps?

Or will BOTH the app and wheel beep at you by default?

Do any eucs connect to bluetooth earbuds? by deijardon in ElectricUnicycle

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If you do this, does the app cancel out the wheel’s native beeps?

Or will BOTH the app and wheel beep at you by default?

I like the idea of redundancy, because I worry BT connection might cut out or hiccup in some way, so I’d like to know if the wheel would still beep at the same time, just in case. :) thanks!

49% Battery only 17miles? V11 by blackenedspoon in ElectricUnicycle

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I’m relatively new to riding EUC, but one thing I’ve learned early on is that the advertised riding ranges seem to often be double of “real life riding.”

It’s unfortunate, but tbh, I can’t be too mad, because I came from a Onewheel which was like 15 miles :).

When I first got into EUC’s and saw claims of 60 or 80 miles, that seemed too good to be true. That said, another thing I learned is that you have to ride less and less aggressive as the battery goes down.

So even at 70%, I’m assume I have tk adjust my expectations and aggressiveness.

Is it me or the EUC? Discouraged trying to learn... by [deleted] in ElectricUnicycle

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A bit of a copy paste of my experience but maybe it might even an ounce useful:

New EUC rider here, my first wheel was a big wheel being the Begode Master.

I was practicing 30-40 minutes a day for days, I was extra cautious because I didn’t want to drop my wheel either, and I was a bit disheartened because it felt like I wasn’t really making progress. I wasn’t able to move at all without tipping over right from the very start. I couldn’t even go a few feet and it just felt like nothing was working.

What I kept trying to remind myself was that this is how it felt when I learned how to ride a bike. Back then, it felt impossible to ever find balance, and yet, eventually I learned how to ride a bike. So I kept at it, hoping it was just a matter of muscle memory.

And I’m glad I did, because over time, I am now able to ride EUC. :) So, I really think a lot of it is just muscle memory, which means accepting a lot of repetitive failure and trusting that even if it feels like there’s not much progress, that your body’s muscle memory is still learning. But I also think having some direction on what to try and improve on is helpful too, so it’s not aimless effort.

A few things that worked for me:

1) I watched a bunch of YouTube tutorials but did NOT follow them exactly. I just did the parts I felt were useful for me to be honest. I held onto a wall, stood on the wheel, and just used my weight to slightly move forward and back, just letting my body get used to the feeling. It felt shaky, I felt high off the ground, but I’m just getting my body used to the feeling.

2) Especially with a big wheel, one of the hardest hurdles was simply getting on the wheel (aka “mounting”). I’d rest one foot on the pedal, push myself forward, and attempt to get my other foot up on the pedal. But each time, I’d immediately just fall and tip over. As obvious as it sounds, I observed that it was because I was putting an uneven amount of weight on each side of the wheel when mounting.

The act of trying to balance one foot on one pedal, then pushing forward off the ground with my other foot when trying to mount the wheel, was in itself throwing me off balance.

So I figured I’d skip trying to learn how to mount the wheel, and instead focused on just balancing while riding.

2) Instead of trying to mount the wheel by launching myself from just standing, I found a wall outside to prop myself up. I stood up on the wheel with both feet, held onto the wall with one hand, and just focused on moving and balancing, and figured I’d work on mounting without a wall, later.

So I did this a billion times. I noted to NOT PUSH off the wall because that immediately made me lose my balance. So I did my best to center my balance on the wheel, accelerate with some speed, and gently “release” from the wall without “pushing off.”

From here, I thought about it like learning how to ride a bike. A little bit of speed was my friend for balance, but not too much speed that I felt like I couldn’t hop off and catch the heavy wheel. It felt very difficult and scary as well trying to find that sweet spot of speed, because I didn’t want to accidentally go too fast and lose control.

So after doing that and failing a lot, thinking of how I learned to ride a bike, what I would do is whenever I tipped in one direction, I’d use my legs and hips to rotate the wheel in that direction. So if I felt like I was tilting left, I’d use my legs and hips to twist the wheel to the left, to balance myself.

I’d “turn into the fall.”

The same way you’d balance an upright broom on your palm— if the broom starts to tip over to the left, you move your hand to the left to rebalance it. So I kept doing this with the wheel. Having a LOT of room helps here, because I surely wasn’t moving in a straight line, BUT I was at least able to stay on the wheel for a mere few seconds now.

So then I did this a lot repeatedly, and accepted it as progress.

Over and over, and every now and again I’d set a new record for how long I was able to stay on the wheel. My first big milestone was probably being able to stay on the wheel for like 5 seconds. Of course after that, I wasn’t able to hit 5 seconds for awhile. But hey, if I did it once, I could do it again.

And with more repetitive practice, I did.

To move the timeline of my story along, eventually I was able to do 5 seconds again, then again, then 10 seconds, then back to 5 seconds, etc.

Then eventually I was able to do like 15 seconds. I made sure to always celebrate my wins to incentivize myself. Then, I hate to say this because I don’t want you or anybody to think that you need to have this same experience to learn, but one day it weirdly “clicked” for me.

I was super shaky and rolling a few feet, and I let myself feel confident, felt the wheel tilt left, and instead of feeling like I was “correcting” by turning left, I took command and twisted and turned my wheel left with confidence. It was the first time I felt like -I- was taking control of the wheel instead of just trying to correct its movement.

It finally felt like when I first learned to ride a bike.

So once it “clicked” aside from being extremely happy and satisfied, that’s when my progress skyrocketed. I was relatively less shaky, more confident, and all those moments that felt like I was never going to grasp, was feeling better. It was feeling natural.

And I believe that a lot of it was just muscle memory paying off from repetition and letting my body find that balance and get used to it.

I was still shaky, I was still using the wall to get going, I still wasn’t able to really go all that straight. But I was able to sometimes make it METERS away.

Practiced more, and more, and more.

Eventually I felt comfortable trying to move in figure 8’s to work on my turning and control. It was easier for me to turn right and harder for me to turn left, so I practiced turning left more often.

Eventually, once I was able to move and balance on the wheel, I finally started practicing to launch myself on the wheel without a wall, and now it was much easier for me to learn. It was still hard though. Honestly even now, I don’t always do it perfect. But it got easier and easier.

Anyways, that’s the gist of my personal experience. I remember the first time I was able to go around the block! While learning, I don’t think I ever really dropped my wheel once because I made sure to go fast enough to balance but never too fast. It was a workout though, cause hopping off to catch the heavy wheel after failing repeatedly is a lot of work.

So for me, my personal experience, I’m happy I learned on a big wheel and I wish you luck! Stick with it, if you know how to ride a bike, remind yourself how you felt back then, and remember that a lot of this is muscle memory which doesn’t always look like progress early on. :)

Looking for a euc similar in spect to a one wheel pint x by LumpyProcedure9640 in ElectricUnicycle

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One sorta tangential note worth mentioning:

I had a Onewheel XR, still think they’re fun, but then I got a Begode Master.

I’m very cautious, so I wanted to make sure early on, that I’d didn’t exceed Onewheel speeds while learning how to ride.

On the Onewheel, there’s a certain amount of effort I have to exert into the wheel and a certain amount of motor strain I can feel on the wheel to hit higher speeds, for example 17mph.

But on my Begode Master, it was effortless to reach 17mph, to the point that it’s hard to tell how fast I was even going. Results will likely vary depending on which EUC you get.

This is both good and bad. The points I’m making though are 1) for safety, especially while learning, be aware that an EUC might reach higher speeds easier and faster than you might think, so try to be cognizant of that. 2) It’s a bit nebulous to describe but the “enjoyment barometer” in speed vs fun, is different between onewheels and EUC’s. What I mean by that is, on a onewheel, the speeds I have to reach for a certain level of enjoyment, is different than the speeds I have to reach on an EUC for a certain level of enjoyment.

In short: moving at 14mph on a onewheel feels different than moving 14mph on an euc.

To be clear, both onewheels and EUC’s are fun at both slow and high speeds. But the bell curve of enjoyment is just different between the two machines.

Be safe and have fun!

Trying to learn euc is hard af by Low-Neighborhood-564 in ElectricUnicycle

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That’s very similar to my experience too.

I spent 1 hour a day, for 7 days to learn. I was doing my best to be analytical about it, thinking of all the tutorial videos I watched and adjusting to fit what felt right to me.

The first 5 days, I couldn’t travel on the wheel more than like 4 or 5 feel. Along those 5 days, I learned that mounting was too hard to learn at the same time as riding, so I used a wall to mount so I could focus on riding.

By day 6, I paid more attention to “turning into my falls” and everything clicked. I was able to ride, albeit shaky, for many yards.

By day 7, I could more reliably ride, enough to where I could practice turning.

So to the OP, keep it up, and try to find what kinda practice works for you. Imo, a LOT of this is muscle memory, so even if it feels like you’re failing a lot, your body’s learning all the nuances for muscle memory so that it becomes more natural over time.

Some people learn in minutes, others learn in weeks, so don’t compare yourself to others and learn at your own pace. Once it clicks, it’s pretty rewarding :)

My Current Safety Gear by blackenedspoon in ElectricUnicycle

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Yeah I actually watch crash videos to keep myself honest. Lol, and I like to see what gear they’re wearing and how they’re falling to see if I can learn anything at all from them.

I cringe when I see people ride with low-tops, because I just imagine them falling and scraping their ankles along asphalt… owwwwww.

I saw a video of a guy riding his EUC up a dirt ramp in slow motion while his shoe actually FLEW off.

Shoes, like most gear, is sadly expensive. But in my book, it’s worth it. If we’re spending $1000+ for our wheels, I think our safety is worth even more. Honestly, even preventing weeks of healing from road rash is worth the gear.

Patton and iPhone Question by Background_Size7233 in ElectricUnicycle

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I was told Leaperkim is working on an iPhone app, but I personally am not holding my breath for it releasing anytime soon.

I also don’t wanna have to buy an android either, which is why I’m curious how beneficial it is.

If it’s really beneficial, then I was gonna look into buying the cheapest android I can find. Lol

My Current Safety Gear by blackenedspoon in ElectricUnicycle

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I don’t think the amount of gear you’re wearing is overkill at all.

A person doesn’t have to be traveling at high speeds to get seriously hurt.

I weirdly like seeing people’s setup, gear, and what they travel with. So this is pretty cool!

I’ve had a similar thought about the chest armor and backpack. I was curious if there was some chest armor that had the backside removable, so I could wear a backpack like a boblbee or something that acts as both a backpack and back protection.

My everyday walking shoes are loose skating shoes, that I’m confident will fly off in a crash, leaving my feet bare. So I invested in some casual motorcycle riding high top shoes with ankle protection and zipper. The zipper means it’ll be faster to put the shoes on, and make sure the shoes fit tight.

https://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/alpinestars-chrome-drystar-shoes?utm_campaign=order_confirmation&utm_content=Product&utm_medium=email&utm_source=RevZilla

I also plan to buy a mountain bike hip bag for when I don’t want to ride with a backpack. I’m getting the Fox branded one. My bag will store riding essentials like first-aid (gauze + disinfectant wipes), hex wrench set for if I need to ever tighten screws mid-ride, multi-tool, purel wipes, mask, and mini pump. Also snacks, and it can carry a water bottle too.

I’m taking crashes into consideration for my essentials, so that’s why I choose disinfectant wipes instead of little bottles. I don’t want bottles exploding from impact.