A week in... surfing on land.

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A week of riding has gone by, lessons learnt?

  • This thing leaves the Onewheel in its wake. In a strange way I feel so annoyed having invested so much time, money and energy into the Onewheel. But, on the other hand the old Evolve boards had a few niggly things wrong with them that are now sorted so maybe it is a good thing. 
  • From a skating/surfing background the Evolve is so much more natural a feeling. I thought I would hate the remote, but now don't really notice it. 
  • Know one shouts, "Did you make it?" as I am riding lol. 
So what did I mean by the Evolve being so much better, when in theory I thought it would be lagging behind the OW in most ways?

Smoothness - with the AT tyres on the GTR it is smoother over rough terrain than the one big wheel. This came as a shock and was counter to what I thought. I suppose it is because the four wheels have a smoothing effect. Sure it can not take as big a obstacles as the OW (think roots and curbs here) but the things that would tip you on the OW are smoothed out (think bus wheel groves, water drain channels etc). 

Carving - the OW is NO WHERE near as carvy (if that is a word) as the AT, no where near! 

Turning - at low speed the OW is still so nimble and you can eventually 'turn on a dime' (although a 180 slide probably counts on the GTR). But the problem is you basically have to do them slow on a OW. I was amazed how tight the GTR is at speeds over super slow. 

Anyway, why go on about it when you can watch this:

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