Barrett Roberts Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Quick question! For those of you who have the Mten3 where did you get it and were you happy with the purchase? Now that I feel comfortable on the KS18s I really want a small light wheel to keep with me. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrett Roberts Posted September 20, 2017 Author Share Posted September 20, 2017 Ahh never mind. Just saw the recall thread. Have to continue my search for a good smaller wheel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abinder3 Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 2 hours ago, Barrett Roberts said: Ahh never mind. Just saw the recall thread. Have to continue my search for a good smaller wheel. Don't know how small of a wheel that you want to compliment your KS18S, but the KS14S is suppose to be a good wheel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunka Hunka Burning Love Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Hasn't the recall been taken care of? People had their affected wheels fixed before shipping out. Mten3 sounds like a solid choice if you ask @Marty Backe. IPS I5 would be your next best bet or that weird little two wheeled Solowheel thingy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Backe Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 4 hours ago, Barrett Roberts said: Ahh never mind. Just saw the recall thread. Have to continue my search for a good smaller wheel. So all the people in this Forum (and elsewhere) who bought the Mten3 from the Green shop on Aliexpress are riding bad wheels I better throw mine in the trash The Mten3 is a fantastic wheel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrett Roberts Posted September 23, 2017 Author Share Posted September 23, 2017 On 9/20/2017 at 11:24 PM, Marty Backe said: So all the people in this Forum (and elsewhere) who bought the Mten3 from the Green shop on Aliexpress are riding bad wheels I better throw mine in the trash The Mten3 is a fantastic wheel. Well it sure looked like a great wheel. I watched your videos. What I want is something I can toss in a bag and still have something fun and capable. Not many other wheels fit that bill. Also I’m a bit confused by google searches. Is the Luffy the same thing as the Mten3? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Backe Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 52 minutes ago, Barrett Roberts said: Well it sure looked like a great wheel. I watched your videos. What I want is something I can toss in a bag and still have something fun and capable. Not many other wheels fit that bill. Also I’m a bit confused by google searches. Is the Luffy the same thing as the Mten3? The Mten3 is perfect for taking with you. I've been throwing mine in the back seat of my car, etc. It is absolutely nothing like the Luffy. Only a slight resemblance. You can think of the Mten3 as a miniaturized version of an ACM - lots of power, torque, etc. For example, I think the Luffy has a 350w motor versus the 800w motor of the Mten3. The Mten3 has a ring light and extremely powerful headlamp (Luffy has nothing). They really are apples and oranges. @Jason McNeil has decided to sell the Mten3. Checkout Ewheels where he talks a bit more about it, and do yourself a favor and buy one (you can thank me later ). I'm convinced that anyone who rides this wheel will fall in love with the pure fun of riding it along with the practical aspects - it can move you from point A to point B very fast if need be, and A & B can be 18 miles apart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Backe Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 1 hour ago, Barrett Roberts said: Well it sure looked like a great wheel. I watched your videos. What I want is something I can toss in a bag and still have something fun and capable. Not many other wheels fit that bill. Also I’m a bit confused by google searches. Is the Luffy the same thing as the Mten3? Also, see @trya's comparison between the Luffy and the Mten3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrett Roberts Posted September 24, 2017 Author Share Posted September 24, 2017 I ordered the Mten. Couldn’t resist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Backe Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 Can't wait to hear what you think. And if you can't ride backwards this will be the perfect wheel to learn. And if you can, fun, fun, and more fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Eisenman Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 2 hours ago, Barrett Roberts said: I ordered the Mten. Couldn’t resist I'm sort of catching up on your posts. Sorry to hear about your brothers accident... Hope for a good recovery. If I follow your posts correctly you are about two weeks into the EUC stuff, without any serious falls or injuries. Your posts go something like: Sept 10, brother had a bad accident on a one wheel Sept 10, your KS18S purchase arrived Sept 12, you got started but scraped up the KS18 a bit Sept 14, doing U turns and have 6-7 hours on the EUC Sept 15, love the KS18s, want to buy another EUC Sept 16, worried about correct tire psi to use Sept 17, getting up grass hills on KS18S Sept 20, feel comfortable on the KS18s, want to buy an Mten3 Sept 22, found that a brand of bicycling shoes were supportive and comfortable for EUC riding Sept 23, ordered an Mten3, plan to learn to ride, use and bag it Hey...it's your money, time and interest...go for it! Glad to read that your having fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meepmeepmayer Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 He's merely very effective with his new EUC addiction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Eisenman Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 1 hour ago, meepmeepmayer said: He's merely very effective with his new EUC addiction So....after riding in NYC on my newly installed 'Ninebot replaceable parts' foot plates the bolt (held in place by hex setscrew) which slipped in smooth as silk on installation fell out in the bus back to the apartment! I picked up the bolt, 2 washers and plate and exited the bus. Eventual bolt corrosion will have some benefits. While dealing with and avoiding 'slippery mud' on a rail trail an older woman walking her dog said 'that looks like fun' and a younger woman sort of walked into my path saying 'hi' as I maneuvered away from the slippery mud to the opposite grainy side of the trail. Last nights ride for coffee ended at Dunkin where guy my age and two kids were transfixed with interest about the EUC. One of the kids said 'I'll guess it's expensive'. I said 'how much do you think expensive is'? The kid said '$100''? I said 7 times that'! More questions came and I grew tired of the conversation. The older guy said 'it must take great balance with risk if falling off'. I said 'most riders have fallen off with with varying degrees of seriousness in injury.....wishing for coffee I continued.....'I broke my shoulder in a fall'. The conversation abruptly ended with the older guy saying 'have a good one'. While drinking coffee I realized I forgot to erase the porn photos that were on the phone, acquired during the day The return ride along the Rail trail at night in the fog with my big flashlight showed the slippery mud had disappeared. Passing along the last mile of the trail, past Uber real estate owned houses, I felt a strange sensation of being followed along the foggy darkened trail. The hair on my back began to become raised in fear...maybe the 1692 ghosts of witches from the approaching Salem town line. Exiting the woods and trail a motorist stopped to allow me to pass near the harbor cross walk leading to SSU. The rail trail trip would surely have gone faster on an Mten3. Then I read this post about impending Mten3 purchase.....indicating another addiction in the air. Moral of the story....don't get caught with porn on your phone, be careful of women who stray into your path and think 'I wanna Mten3 ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrett Roberts Posted September 24, 2017 Author Share Posted September 24, 2017 7 hours ago, Bob Eisenman said: I'm sort of catching up on your posts. Sorry to hear about your brothers accident... Hope for a good recovery. If I follow your posts correctly you are about two weeks into the EUC stuff, without any serious falls or injuries. Your posts go something like: Sept 10, brother had a bad accident on a one wheel Sept 10, your KS18S purchase arrived Sept 12, you got started but scraped up the KS18 a bit Sept 14, doing U turns and have 6-7 hours on the EUC Sept 15, love the KS18s, want to buy another EUC Sept 16, worried about correct tire psi to use Sept 17, getting up grass hills on KS18S Sept 20, feel comfortable on the KS18s, want to buy an Mten3 Sept 22, found that a brand of bicycling shoes were supportive and comfortable for EUC riding Sept 23, ordered an Mten3, plan to learn to ride, use and bag it Hey...it's your money, time and interest...go for it! Glad to read that your having fun. Yeah that’s exactly how it went! My brother and I started a business together and retired from active work at 39 except for real estate investments. We both love trying new hobbies so we started with the minipro a few years ago and loved them but that isnt exactly a challenge. More of a fun way to walk the dog. Moved to the onewheels when the new version arrived as the first seemed to have too many issues. We enjoyed those so much we discovered the EU by accident and got the KS18s. I love it and drive it all over the place and over all sorts or terrain but I still can’t ride backwards. The only issue is the size and weight which makes it hard to have with you all the time or take it into stores as it doesn’t have an extending handle. Since we enjoy them so much and money isn’t really the issue it led to the Mten purchase! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houseofjob Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 5 minutes ago, Barrett Roberts said: The only issue is the size and weight which makes it hard to have with you all the time or take it into stores as it doesn’t have an extending handle. Could always DIY a KS18 handle like the below. Also, think @Jason McNeil & @Joey Serrin are working on supplying a KS18 handle solution as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrett Roberts Posted September 24, 2017 Author Share Posted September 24, 2017 You’re right! Jason is going to send me one when they finish it. It looks like it should be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Eisenman Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 3 hours ago, Barrett Roberts said: My brother and I started a business together and retired from active work at 39 except for real estate investments. Sounds great. My sister worked at a private school in Dyke before retiring to Maine along the coast. Skyline drive and Blue Ridge parkway is so popular with auto and motorbike riders. The drive to Dyke and back on a single weekend is really long from the Boston area. Once I flew Southwest to the Baltimore/Washington area and rented a car for the remainder. NYC, Jersey turnpike and Washington area traffic can really be a problem for day trippers on the weekend.??? Of course these days I ride a Ninebot and the grocery store is a long way away.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Eisenman Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 Before living at a private school in Dyke, VA where my nephew also worked as an assistant chef, they lived in southern Vermont at another private school ,except for time off when they spent time at their first house in the farmland farther north in VT near Pico Peak. Sheep farm: Dairy farm: Then they became heads of a private school in Austin, Texas where my nephew became a Texas Texans football fan. Following a transition several years later to Dyke, VA they bought property in Maine where they now live and where he is an assistant chef and a master Gardener. He's an avid Red Sox fan (spent his 40th b-day last year at a Red Sox game) but still wears Texan shirts and hats....Hum...the Texans play the Patriots today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrett Roberts Posted September 24, 2017 Author Share Posted September 24, 2017 Love the pics of the farm. Very cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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