clementine418

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Hi everyone, looking to sell my trusty Nikola. Purchased from ewheels a little over a year ago and has never been dropped at speed. Very good condition. I am located in San Francisco and would prefer to sell locally but can ship at buyer's expense with the ewheels shipping deal. I'm selling because I picked up an Inmotion V11 and don't see enough scenarios where I would choose to ride the Nikola now. Will take some pics and upload them below when I have some time. Thanks!

For what it's worth I got a chance to ride about 30 minutes over mixed terrain (mostly road) and I deliberately tried to ride over bumps, potholes, speedbumps and etc that I normally try to avoid. My everyday wheel is a Nikola Plus 100v for reference and I've been riding everyday for about 3 years. These are my first impressions of the pre-production unit: The pedals are higher than any other wheel I have ridden (I have ridden everything released in the last 2 years from gotway and kingsong except the monster) The wheel wobbles not only on hard deceleration but I would say under moderate acceleration AND deceleration. This has little to do with bracing with your legs, it appears to be a wheel behavior though not sure if the cause is structural or firmware related The suspension was very effective at absorbing large bumps, the types that are difficult to manage or dangerous if hit unaware The suspension was minimally effective on small bumps or continuously bumpy terrain (like offroad or cobblestones) The wheel feels a little top heavy The padding is not comfortable (as with all wheels your body adjusts to the soreness from different contact points eventually - but its worth noting there is no notable padding and I did not find this comfortable) The indents for your ankles (ie kuji pads) were not effective for me because unlike normal pads they do not protrude from the wheel. Being recessed in requires you to dig your feet into them and was uncomfortable to ride in that way for prolonged periods of time. Its possible it didn't fit my feet (mine are smaller than average) but I did not notice these to be helpful in any noticeable way Due to the suspension being able to soak up the really big dangerous bumps I was more confident going at moderate and higher speeds over questionable terrain that I would normally take more slowly. But it did not make the ride super smooth, I still felt all bumps they were just less... sharp? I will say since it was a demo unit that I was borrowing I did not get a chance to try to dial in the shock. Its possible I could have gotten it to work better for me on moderate and small bumps as well as the large ones since there is a significant weight difference between me and the person I was borrowing it from (I'm lighter than Kuji). Hope this was helpful, feel free to shoot questions my way, I'll try to answer them as best I can with my limited experience. It's an exciting time to be an EUC rider!

I hope they think about how this will mount on wristguards. Regular watches don't do a great job with this. If it worked I could see leaving something like this permanently mounted on the wristguards.

Why would Gotway give Jack King Song a raise? Unless you are implying he is a double agent...

Thats very sad, I hope she gets better! I'm not saying women shouldn't wear gear, I'm saying many will turned off from actually trying when they realize there is nothing that fits or looks good to wear. This is in the context of the question of why are there so few women riding.

I am a bit reluctant to post in this conversation which probably says something but I ride in probably the second largest EUC/PEV community in the US and as far as I know there are about 5 total female EUC riders here while there are probably a few dozen total male EUC riders. I think by far the largest factor (for both men and women) is lack of knowledge. Most people have never heard of EUCs and even if they see someone riding one on the street have no idea where to buy one and can't google it easily since they also don't know what they are called. Most of my friends have said it looks too dangerous and/or they don't have good enough balance to ride one. I think aside from no mainline media exposure the high cost of entry, inability to easily try before buying, and relative reluctance to wear tons of ugly protective gear which may be perceived as a must prevents more women than men from trying it out. Most women cyclists learned to ride as children (men too) but as we get older I think that women become adverse to falling much faster and at much higher rates. So getting on a bicycle as an adult is way more likely than getting on an EUC since they already know how to ride the bicycle. Unicycles are also quite heavy and there are times when you have to pick the wheel up and carry it up or down some stairs which is not easy for most women when the majority of modern wheels are ~50 lbs. Theres probably other reasons too but those are the first things that come to mind.

With some more time on the wheel in soft mode over the last couple days I feel this effect is most noticeable at slow speeds. If I'm cruising above 10 mph and carve there isn't really noticeable dip. But if I'm going roughly walking speed and turn the pedals dip. When I turn right they dip forward and when I turn left they dip backwards. I may not go all the way through the week as my original plan in soft mode and try hard mode for a few days to see if the behavior is consistent.

I did not get a chance to go out and ride much today but I've decided to do my everyday commute in soft mode for at least a week to see. Do you still like soft mode for going up steep hills? I haven't tried yet but curious as to how that works.

I've recalibrated it like 5 times, I've tried to recalibrate it at different angles as well. I'm going to try to recalibrate it using a couple styrofoam blocks to keep it perfectly level on all axis to see if that helps since it is always leaning against the wall when I callibrate it so far. Thanks for all the suggestions so far though!

I think it may just be something about the way I am turning since it only happens on one side (which is the side I feel more comfortable turning also). I'm going to keep playing with it and see if it gets more comfortable.

I re-calibrated it a few times but it still has pretty severe pedal dip when I make a sharp right turn (like tightest possible turn, normal turn doesn't dip too much). It corrects fairly quickly as soon as I straighten out but it definitely dips substantially. I did find that the default calibration was tilted too far forward and I did find an angle I think I'm comfortable with but the dip going right didn't really get much better. There isn't really any noticeable dip when I turn left though on equally tight turns for some reason. The dip actually exists in all ride modes, not just soft mode. It don't think its really a dealbreaker as I don't often make tight turns like that and when I do they are at very slow speed so its not like the dip is going to throw me off the wheel but I feel like I'd have more control in those turns if it didn't dip like that. Oh well.

Thanks! I just re-calibrated it. Going to take it out for a ride to see if the behavior has improved.

Hello everyone! After lurking forever I decided to celebrate receiving the new Nikola 100v today I would celebrate by making my first post in the Gotway forum. I remember when I was trying to decide what wheel to buy I saw someone mention they love the soft riding mode on the Nikola. I've only ever rode hard mode on every EUC I've tried so I decided to try it and I found the pedals dip quite a bit in sharp turns. Is this a soft mode thing or can it be resolved with calibration? Also what is the best way to calibrate the wheel if I don't have a stand for it? I don't know if I can hold it perfectly still and level for the calibration. Thanks!