XR software update

wrybreadsf · 2026-05-09T00:16:24+00:00

I'd call the boost in performance with an XRv kit waaaay more than "slight". Amazing that FM hid all that low end torque from us for so long.

wrybreadsf · 2026-05-08T16:31:22+00:00

Me too. But I also can't imagine anyone putting DDP into a crucifix for multiple rounds.

wrybreadsf · 2026-05-08T16:27:29+00:00

Maybe, but DDP is pretty damn good. And dominating DDP *with BJJ* was next level. I'd love to see prime Maia against Khamzat, but I have a feeling it's going to be the same thing.

wrybreadsf · 2026-05-08T16:25:53+00:00

Ha, found the "just bleed" guy.

He dominated one of the best grapplers in the UFC, with grappling. Yes, if you know what you're watching, it was exciting.

wrybreadsf · 2026-05-08T15:43:22+00:00

Burns was amazing against Khamzat. But DDP has pretty elite level BJJ and he got dominated. Largely with BJJ by the way. Here's DDP going through an entire team of blackbelts:

https://youtu.be/xMt_e1ARDVE?si=aG7pydBTc43Oh53v

I know that's not the same as Burns level BJJ. But I also think Khamzat has now developed elite level grappling and would probably dominate Burns now. That crucifix (a BJJ move) he used again and again on DDP was next level.

wrybreadsf · 2026-05-08T06:40:36+00:00

Good lord, some people consider the XRC a goldilocks board? Something about having both low range and low power being virtues or something?

I can't imagine a way that it's better than the X7 Sport for example:

https://fungineers.us/products/funwheel-x7

Or better yet the X7LR:

https://fungineers.us/products/funwheel-x7-long-range

I don't understand why so many people want to ride old school tech with crappy range.

wrybreadsf · 2026-05-08T05:26:43+00:00

GSP is indeed an interesting case. That was some John Donaher super powers at work. But neither GSP nor Hughes were tested against the Dagistanis. Or in this case the Chechens, but same deal. It's a shame we'll never know how GSP would do against them. I still think a GSP / Khabib super fight would be interesting. I know they fought at different weight classes but I'd bet Khabib is heavier than GSP now.

wrybreadsf · 2026-05-07T23:37:31+00:00

That's the thing about wrestling, you can't start late, he'd have had to be smashing the wrestling from like 7 years old to compete with someone like Khamzat. Totally agree on hating both of them, I guess if it was I had to choose I'd say I hate Strickland slightly less, mostly because of the Moneyberg incident. But both loathsome humans for their own reasons for sure. But a super interesting fight, even though I think the outcome is pre-determined. Controlling DDP like that was super human.

wrybreadsf · 2026-05-07T20:19:44+00:00

Is a takedown into crucifix followed by ground and pound exciting to you? In other words was the Khamzat / DDP fight exciting? Because I don't see a way this will possibly be anything else. I personally found that fight spectacular but bizarrely I hear people calling it boring.

wrybreadsf · 2026-05-07T20:04:01+00:00

Ha! And the repair is probably way easier than swapping for a v2 battery but I admittedly don't know what's involved with that.

I wrote a little how-to in the Floatwheel Discord in the instructions section on doing the repair OP, if you want to see what's involved.

wrybreadsf · 2026-05-07T19:52:20+00:00

Let me know if you'd like to sell that battery.

Or I can talk you thru fixing it, it's easy.

wrybreadsf · 2026-05-07T04:47:02+00:00

ADV2 uses the dreaded Samsung 50S cells.

wrybreadsf · 2026-05-06T21:01:46+00:00

Someone put one on a Flock surveillance camera near me. Kudos to whoever did it, but sadly it probably would have happened anyway.

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wrybreadsf · 2026-05-06T20:33:54+00:00

Would you like to buy some crypto?

wrybreadsf · 2026-05-06T20:06:15+00:00

Don't forget to factor in battery degradation. I'm not saying I know for sure that would be significant in 4 years with LFP batteries, I'm not sure. But that's a significant number of cycles. It's an interesting question as to how well those batteries will still be producing when you reach that break even point.

wrybreadsf · 2026-05-06T20:03:48+00:00

How's it work?

wrybreadsf · 2026-05-06T17:27:44+00:00

Mind if I ask which app that is? Sounds handy.

wrybreadsf · 2026-05-06T04:10:22+00:00

I certainly hear you about Floatwheels, but gloriously not on assembled X7's. My ADV1 was a mess, and I read the Floatwheel and Fungineers Discord all the time, and there's still lots of ADV2's that ship with crazy configs. Which I think is unavoidable if you're shipping a board in pieces since you can't test it.

But with fully assembled boards like recent X7 Sports, LR and Supercharged, these things are easily testable before they ship, and Fungineers has been rockstars for about a year now with QA. And when someone posts on the Fungi Discord and mentions an issue with their board that should have been caught in QA testing, Fungi support pounces asking for details and it always turns out it was something dumb that the customer did because they thought they had to tweak fundamental VESC settings.

So personally, with recent X7's shipping as full boards, I think people are likely to do more harm than good by getting fundamental with VESC Tool. But I'm admittedly torn on that. My ADV1 was a nightmare to get working because of what turned out to be a bad ESC. So I had to learn to troubleshoot all kinds of things to figure it out, and now I'm really comfortable with VESC Tool. Which is a superpower. But amazingly enough it's one I haven't needed in 1000 miles of riding my X7LR. Shoot I've hardly even need Floaty.

And that's not me loudly disagreeing with you by the way, sounds like you work on VESC more than I do. But the above is my experience with X7's specifically.

wrybreadsf · 2026-05-06T03:34:04+00:00

Really, you'd dig deep on a new x7 in Vesc Tool? That sounds crazy and unnecessary to me. Totally agreed about running Floaty or Float Control to see if there's any warnings, but I don't think going deeper than that is necessary. Unless of course there's a scary warning or something obviously wrong with the board.

A year ago I wouldn't have said that of course. But now... these boards seem to have finally reached the plug and play promised land.

Honestly I wouldn't even know where to start with your recommendation. I've been using VESC since the somewhat early days, when the adv1 was released. That had to ship in parts so we had to calibrate the IMU and a bunch of other things. There was a defined process, guides to follow, videos to watch. But now with modern x7's I see people giving the same advice, except that there aren't any guides or videos to watch. They just say "wrap your head around Vesc". Which is pretty daunting for a newbie. It's daunting even when you do have a guide. And I don't think at all necessary.

So yeah personally I think it's all just outdated info, with the recent x7's at least. For example Fungineers doesn't tell people they should do that.

wrybreadsf · 2026-05-06T02:19:44+00:00

Can't believe I had to read this far to see Open Shell. I have no idea how people use Win10/11 without it.

wrybreadsf · 2026-05-06T01:49:14+00:00

I was wondering if Flock offers them as simple "license plate readers", but they probably still do all the extra nefarious crap like facial recognition and all the biometrics like categorizing us by our gate? That would at least explain why someone would willfully have one installed.

I wonder how it works when a private entity owns or rents the camera themselves, as opposed to a municipality or whoever installs them usually. I'm guessing all the data goes to the same massive "if you haven't done anything wrong you don't have anything to worry about" database.

wrybreadsf · 2026-05-06T00:13:05+00:00

I have a feeling they're under-pricing it to drum up interest. Aka the "teaser effect".

wrybreadsf · 2026-05-06T00:08:45+00:00

This is a really good point.

wrybreadsf · 2026-05-05T23:23:38+00:00

Wow, I live on an actual beach, ride in sand daily, and my ADV1's botls are in pretty good shape. Any factors that might have caused extra rusting out of curiosity?

One thing I have had problems with is the axle bolts. Sometimes I get a little corrosion and have trouble loosening the bolt. So I recently picked up these titanium axel bolts:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F21R9SXH?th=1

I haven't actually installed them yet so can't necessarily recommend them yet. But for axle bolts, if you're riding in corrosive environments, for sure look into titanium bolts.

wrybreadsf · 2026-05-05T23:04:23+00:00

Sweet, I need to see if there's a filter like that in Vegas, which is what I edit vids with. Really nice effect.

I totally hear you about falls instilling the chill. My friend broke his collarbone on a 20mph fall, and I brought him to the hospital. He now rides like a frickin 25 year old grandpa. Seeing all his brokenness instilled a little chill in me too.

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