The Spinning Magnet

03/07/2023

I'm excited to publish my VESC conversion guide today. This comprehensive guide has everything you need to know to convert an XR to VESC, reusing the stock BMS. This was a lot of work and there is still more to do, but if you're thinking about setting up a VESC, please take a look!

03/02/2023

On Wednesday, FlightFins took to social media to announce that Wheel Fun Stuff and FlightFins are “now one big stoke machine.” In the video post, Wheel Fun Stuff’s Kyle Hanson explained that they will be bringing more “epic content” and “brand new products”. In the comments of each post, people were asking about the ETA of the new GOAT off-road tire for Onewheel GT. FlightFins has confirmed that the tires are in production and should be shipping next month... read more @ spinningmag.net 🤙 FlightFins Wheel Fun Stuff

02/25/2023

I’m excited to introduce .turtle as a contributor for The Spinning Magnet! Check out his review of the Kush Wide for GT on spinningmag.net.

First impression of the GT Kush Wide was that concave felt really good and it’s really nice to have that extra space underneath the foot. After a few weeks of riding, I noticed that the extra realty was nice for bonks, body varials, shuvits - or any trick really. The soft urethane also really helped with foot fatigue on the longer cruises and the heel pains on big drops due to the stock footpad's sharp edges… More onewheel news and resources at spinningmag.net 🤙
         

01/26/2023

One realm that the VESC platform is seriously lacking in is user experience. Fortunately, we’ve got a bunch of passionate people constantly working to improve the open-source project. Recently, surfdado updated his Float Control app to version 1.5. The update brings with it the ability to set custom shaping profiles and easily switch in between them, something that I’ve sorely missed after switching to VESC from Future Motion’s Onewheel… More onewheel news and resources at spinningmag.net 🤙
           

01/14/2023

Late last night, The Float Life dropped a picture of what look to be WTF rails for Onewheel GT with the caption “Whelp, we finally got around to fixing it. Paired with a digital tilt she rides like a dream”… More onewheel news and resources at spinningmag.net 🤙
           

12/13/2022

VESC build guide incoming! 🤙
           

12/12/2022

What do you buy the onewheeler who has everything? Another onewheel, of course. Today, we’re taking a look at the “Toy Skateboard” from Mathew Shumaker and Tech-Rails. It’s a seven-inch model version of the Onewheel+ XR, which comes out to roughly 1:4 scale. This desktop sized XR has working lights, CNC rails, a rubber tire, and is able to be fully disassembled... Continue reading @ spinningmag.net 🤙
           

12/10/2022

When I built my first VESC onewheel over the summer, the interface was a jumbled mess of confusing parameters. The best way to learn everything was to reference a myriad of Google Sheets, YouTube videos, and Discord threads. But in the end, I’m really glad I slogged through it all, because the final result is amazing. With the latest update to the VESC firmware and the corresponding VESC Tool, newcomers hopefully won’t have to work quite as hard... Continue reading @ spinningmag.net 🤙 .nico1
           

12/08/2022

https://spinningmag.net/articles/everything-we-know-about-the-floatwheel-adv

On December 5th, Tony Lai - co-founder of floatwheel - took to YouTube to announce two new boards: adv and adv pro. The new floatwheels look to be a promising option from Future Motion’s Onewheel. Here, we’ve gathered everything we know so far about the new products.

12/06/2022

https://spinningmag.net/articles/land-surf-announces-new-onewheel-gt-bash-bumpers

Land-Surf has been busy lately. Adding to the pile of their other aftermarket Onewheel GT parts (Fangs, VRH, Chillers, and Platypus), today Matt Hoover announced the details of their new BASH bumpers. Set to ship in mid-January, these are slated to be the first third-party bumpers for GT. They will

12/01/2022

https://spinningmag.net/articles/vesc-controllers-are-back-in-stock

11/24/2022

https://spinningmag.net/articles/some-of-the-best-black-friday-deals-for-onewheel

The Black Friday sales are here and there are some really great deals this year. I’ve highlighted a few of my favorites from each vendor in the following list. Check out their websites for a full catalog and additional sale items.

11/22/2022

https://spinningmag.net/articles/pre-orders-are-open-for-flightfins-new-gt-tire

Pre-orders for the new GT tire - The GOAT - from FlightFins have opened. The offroad tire sports a tread pattern that contains a modified version of the company’s signature “FF” logo. If the reception of FlightFins’ other two tires for XR, the Whisper and the T2, are any indication, this tir...

11/20/2022

https://spinningmag.net/articles/we-need-to-stand-with-future-motion

In 2007, Ben Smither released the details of his “one-wheeled balancing scooter / skateboard” on his website http://www.robosys.co.uk/. By 2014, Kyle Doerksen and Future Motion had apparently iterated on Smither’s original design. The Onewheel (with a capital “O”) was introduced and was su...

11/19/2022

https://spinningmag.net/articles/future-motion-quietly-releases-flat-footpads-for-gt

Without any fanfare, flat footpads for GT have been added to the accessories section on onewheel.com. We know that Kyle Doerksen himself has been rocking a prototype version of these for at least a month (when it was mentioned on the Oct 17 episode of the Onewheel podcast). The new footpads will set

11/18/2022

FlightFins Teaser: It Looks Like a New Tire is Coming for GT
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It seems that Onewheel GT riders will finally have another tire option. GT sports a 6.5 inch rim (deviating from the standard 6 inch rim used by all other Future Motion products), which has made tire options very limited. Until the release of The Float Life’s Enduro, GT owners were stuck riding on...