Jason McNeil Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 The Ninebot One gets are short appearance in today's Grand Tour Episode. In true TG/GT style, a bit slapdash—is it really possibly Hammond wasn't aware you have to have the Wheel on the ground before turning it on? During the TG glory days, the show had a Worldwide viewership figures 450 million, so be prepared to be bombarded with 'is that the thing that was on Grand Tour?' questions.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunka Hunka Burning Love Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 It's too bad they didn't spend more time learning how to ride the Ninebot. With that many viewers of the show, it's great exposure for these wheels if only they showed them off a little more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve454 Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Well, making fun of them because they don't know how to ride them can also be good, it shows you have to learn them, and like @Jason McNeil said, if that show has a large audience, any publicity is good publicity. Telling though that the ninebot was featured, I wonder if Ninebot provided that in the hopes of some free advertising? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve454 Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 26 minutes ago, Hunka Hunka Burning Love said: It's too bad they didn't spend more time learning how to ride the Ninebot. With that many viewers of the show, it's great exposure for these wheels if only they showed them off a little more. Yeah, I wish they had actually ridden the darn things, but the audience was so close I guess they didn't want to risk it. I actually wanted to see those jet skates in action, now I have no idea what they do, the EUC I know what it does, but the audience barely got a clue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve454 Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 44 minutes ago, Jason McNeil said: is it really possibly Hammond wasn't aware you have to have the Wheel on the ground before turning it on? They were looking to be sensational, "Hey!, what does this thing do that we can spend 5 seconds on and get a reaction from the viewers?" Television is all about the ratings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve454 Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 38 minutes ago, Hunka Hunka Burning Love said: With that many viewers of the show, it's great exposure for these wheels if only they showed them off a little more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxLinux Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 13 minutes ago, steve454 said: I actually wanted to see those jet skates in action Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve454 Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 @MaxLinux great link, now I know what the rocket skates are like, didn't think I would want them, now I sure don't, but it was a very good review. I would be interested in his opinions on different brands of EUC's, he seems to be unbiased and fair. Great photo of the skates, those tiny shock absorbers look like they came from an RC car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abinder3 Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 12 hours ago, steve454 said: @MaxLinux great link, now I know what the rocket skates are like, didn't think I would want them, now I sure don't, but it was a very good review. I would be interested in his opinions on different brands of EUC's, he seems to be unbiased and fair. Great photo of the skates, those tiny shock absorbers look like they came from an RC car This is a better look at the RocketSkates: (He actually has riden the V3s and V5F+ by Inmotion.) And he's actually ridden electric scooters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason McNeil Posted December 24, 2016 Author Share Posted December 24, 2016 14 hours ago, steve454 said: @MaxLinux great link, now I know what the rocket skates are like, didn't think I would want them, now I sure don't, but it was a very good review. RocketSkates, Electric Skateboards, most Electric Scooters, & the 'Hoverboard', all share the same fundamental flaw... Wheel diameters are too small. This is where the Electric Unicycle really excels, within the 14-18" sizes none of these other products are anywhere near as capable over the types of surfaces you encounter everyday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason McNeil Posted December 24, 2016 Author Share Posted December 24, 2016 Speaking of timing, look what just popped up on the channel 20 minutes ago... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerbera Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Well done Rocket skates for trying that, which must have sounded like a great idea at the first meeting, and then finding out for the rest of us that it isn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abinder3 Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 4 hours ago, Jason McNeil said: Speaking of timing, look what just popped up on the channel 20 minutes ago... Nice !!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve454 Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 6 hours ago, Jason McNeil said: Speaking of timing, look what just popped up on the channel 20 minutes ago... Wow! that scooter has a bigger battery, higher speed, longer range and is cheaper than my Ninebotone E+. And it has suspension Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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