micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility
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"Transportation using lightweight vehicles such as bicycles or scooters, especially electric ones that may be borrowed as part of a self-service rental program in which people rent vehicles for short-term use within a town or city.
micromobility is seen as a potential solution to moving people more efficiently around cities"
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I ride onewheels and EUCs and everything else. Onewheels are fun. A pintx can take you around town for a decent price.
My main issue with my onewheels has been how annoying they are to carry. My EUCs have trolley handles and can be pushed around in shops.
And if you want to go faster than 18mph you have to look to EUCs. For the price of a onewheel GT-S you can get this https://youtu.be/UsQtRVW3hs4?si=ZujSsjm0d7HFTEFw
Or for the price of a pint-s you can get a T4-pro which will cruise at 35mph, have tons of torque, and easily go over 30 miles.
Also EUCs are safer. I can get into why that is if you want.
i would love if you'd be willing to tell me more about safety.
im definitely turned off by how you look when you stand on it, but i could be convinced to look past that with enough reason.
I'm also curious if they would work as well as a one wheel for filmmaking. I'm a videographer, i have peers that use one wheels very effectively with gimbals to get really nice smooth tracking shots.
the note about carrying it around is useful. like i said, having 4 dudes carrying a one wheel enter a room can cause a problem. there is often not that much space to actually put something like that down and out of the way.
is there a good way to lock these up to like a bike lock or something?
I mean if chooch doesn't look like a superhero in that clip, and if wrongway doesn't look awesome in this one: https://youtube.com/shorts/ZB6jR4c5kug?si=o4weo4x73Kh6_P3c then EUCs just aren't for you and that's ok
As far as safety, the main thing is that they're about 10x harder to overpower than a onewheel. You can't "nosedive" on modern EUC like a Lynx like you can on a onewheel. That's the main safety concern on self balancing wheels.
In my extensive experience with crashing PEVs, EUCs are my favorite to crash on because I'm already in the ideal crash position. I just slide it out on my knee pads and wrist guards. I've yet to suffer any injury. Onewheels have a sideways stance which makes for broken collarbones.
Newer EUCs also have redundant safety mechanisms. The Sherman L can operate even if the hall sensor fails.
They've also got suspension which makes surprise pot holes a non issue.
I love onewheels but they're definitely less safe