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I wonder what's going on over at the dump-truck forum.

Coordinated G.F.Handel blasting from all the wheels will transform the group-ride experience.

I'd go further. I do not want any smart thing. I would like a good stable rear view, plus a separate, backpack-mounted laser-beam device that would project my speed and battery level onto something behind me so I could check the info in the rear view.

A subject that deserves its own thread, for sure. But one spends more time off the unicycle than on it. And one likes a warm welcome when one arrives somewhere on the unicycle and brings it indoors. And aboard the odd train or taxi. It follows, that unicycles that wouldn't burst into flame would be more useful to more people, and sell better. Unicycles that also managed not to conk out while sailing around would experience a marketplace success that would dwarf any investment in their safety rating.

Same for sneakers

In the news... And if you don't happen to be a robber in the UK, don't worry! I suppose these tools will inevitably also be sold on Alibaba for general purposes... https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/13/uk-police-ghostbusters-style-backpack-devices-ebike-getaways H/T slashdot.org for the link

I too felt that I noticed a worse ride after I slimed the tube. The key would be to use the minimum (effective) amount of slime: but how do you know how much that is? The bottle might say something on the topic, but slime's liner-notes are written with bicycles in mind, or sewing machines, or farm equipment, or whatever, in any case somewhat different from electric unicycles.

Bell No.1 is the most polite and suitable for pathways shared with people walking or pedaling those antique 2-wheeled things. Bell 1 is also a more pleasant imitation than the variants that attempt to rrrrrrrrrrring rrrrrrrrrrring. But is it better than a hand-held rubber duck (or "dog toy"), which sounds immediately (no delay) and has an expressive range of rapidity and volume controlled by a brain-stem-simple user interface? However, I think a space-age device could replicate those good rubber-ducky traits, and even improve on them. Please convey this as a constructive response to the clever inventors.

How far could I go on an Inmotion V8 filled with those cells?

Wheel engineers should do something, but let us keep in mind that the spin-up when off the ground is (intended as) a safety feature. After a wheel loses traction, spin-up buys a little time to regain grip and avoid a crash.* Of course, it would be better not to spin up when there's no pilot to support. However, detection of such a case is elusive, as for one reason or another, in case of loss-of-traction the wheel might not be supporting the pilot. *My info on the subject comes from the Segway era. Complaints about spin-up were answered with, "well, you'd really not like it otherwise. We tried it!".

Your correspondent traveled the East Coast of the USA on a recent day. From nearly the northern reach of civilization, to well south of its southern reach. In Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), an electric unicycle was sighted sailing around the bend from Market Street where it meets that hideous edifice in the square. In Wilmington (Delaware), no sightings; however, it was noted that the Riverwalk Trail prohibits just about anything that's round, so we must record it as inconclusive. In Baltimore (Maryland), no sightings on Charles Street. In Washington (District of Columbia), a wheel was sighted as it was being walked indoors. And the point is...? Well, a small sample, strictly time-constrained, without advance notice, naturally the proceeds were humble. I am delighted to have achieved two sightings in distinct cities on the same day. Delighted. All the same, Baltimore is such a cratered, quirky, steeply-inclined place, a place that positively begs for unicycles... most likely, the people I saw on tinny two-wheeled scooters had left their unicycle at home and therefore had to rent something inferior from Bang or Poop or whatever the companies are in that area. If the rental agencies set out unicycles, I'm sure the picture would be quite different.

When you were waiting, on the sidewalk, was one foot down on the sidewalk while the other foot was on the unicycle's foot-plate? Which foot do you put down while waiting?

Today I stumbled on the genre of YT videos about refrigerators suddenly exploding. This changes everything! You might ask your local legislative representatives about strengthening the building code. Builders should equip residences with better firewalls. If your neighbors are bothered when your PEV bursts into flame, how is that your fault? It is their own fault for overpaying for a residence of outdated construction. In the meantime, removable batteries would clear an obstacle to Lyft / Lime / Spin dockless unicycles so more people could use them without needing to keep them indoors.

At the risk of betraying ignorance - If GMG makes coin cells, then what's wrong with stuffing a unicycle with coin cells?

If you have to be standing around anyway, then something that helps boost endurance in the thighs could be useful. Otherwise, considering those prices, you might as well get an actual unicycle. Zero km/h for $250 puts a favorable light on even modest wheels.