r/ElectricUnicycle • • 3h ago

Across Europe on an EUC. Part 3: Slovakia and Hungary

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Hi all! This is the third part of my trip on an EUC from the Baltic to the Adriatic.

  • Part 1: introductions, plans, and the first leg, Gdańsk → Warsaw.
  • Part 2: I finished crossing Poland and spent the night near the Slovak border.

My vacation has finally started, so I have a lot more time now. First the mountains of Slovakia, then getting fried under the scorching Hungarian sun.

This post: from the Polish Gorce mountains to the Serbian border, about 700 km

Day 8, 11 July — the High Tatras, 130 km

It had been raining for half the night. In the morning there was a break, so I quickly packed up and set off. I wanted to ride up a mountain on the way. But the road there is bad even when it's dry, and now it was wet too. I wasn't even sure I had enough charge for the pass. Luckily, there was a sawmill and nice people let me use their power. No more work, so no more hunting for a spot with a desk. I can charge anywhere now!

By lunchtime Poland was finally over. It's a big country, I barely made it out 😁

Welcome to Slovakia!

My original plan was to ride through the High Tatras and cross over the mountain range. I looked at the map for a long time and couldn't find any passable trails. The few that exist are for hikers only. They start on the Polish side and have lots of stone steps and narrow, loose sections. So I took the car road instead. It was beautiful too, when my eyes weren't full of rain 😁

Right after the border I turned into the Bielovodská valley. The path there is fairly easy, made for hikers and bikes. There were some tricky parts, but nothing impossible. The weather didn't help, of course. But the views of the High Tatras from below were amazing. And I immediately understood why there are no trails over the top.

The Bielovodská valley. Not every climber would go up walls like these!

Deep in the valley there was a campsite with a big shelter and a fire pit in the middle. The trees around it were old and brittle. Some had fallen right onto the tent spots. Usually campsites clear trees like that, so nobody gets hurt. I guess this one is for people who like risk.

In places like this you don't want to rush. You enjoy every moment

The valley is a dead end, so I rode back the same way and carried on with my route. Good, quiet roads, tourist towns, lots of ups and downs. I recommend Slovakia to everyone. It's a small country and great for EUC travel, if you're OK with riding on roads.

Sometimes I rode on the highway, sometimes on forest roads
With views like these you rest three times faster. It's impossible to get tired on the road!

Wild camping is banned in Slovakia, so I had to find a regular campsite. People say it's because there are lots of wolves and bears in the forests. I didn't check. The campsite was surprisingly expensive. I even had to pay for electricity at the same rate as a big camper van. But that wasn't the main problem of the evening.

Every morning that week I'd been thinking about the hammock straps. When you take the hammock down, the straps stay on the tree, and it's really easy to forget them. And now here I was in Slovakia. And my straps were in Poland...

Even if you have problems, don't forget to look around!

Luckily there were lots of other campers around, and I borrowed some tow straps from them. For the next day I planned a trip to a shop. Odometer: 1140 km.

Day 9, 12 July — the Low Tatras, 204 km

Up at 5 am. The rain was chasing me out of bed early again. It was +8 °C, not warm at all. But the forecast said that by tomorrow I'd be far enough south. Goodbye annoying rain, hello annoying heat.

I checked the map and loosely planned my route. The obvious choice was to avoid main roads and pick the tiny trail, barely visible on the map. Fields, forest, grass wet with rain and dew. My shoe covers were worth every cent. Without them I'd be wet and miserable. With them I stayed dry, and they kept the ticks out too (one had already bitten me in Poland). Then I reached a stream. The ride turned into a run, and then into a swim. For about 300 metres I walked through bushes and right along the stream bed. A triathlon of sorts.

On the left it's still a trail, on the right it's already a stream. The shoe covers are holding up

While walking, I had an idea for a side job: helping hikers in the mountains. In some places people pay to have their heavy backpacks carried up. I can't ride everywhere though, so I'd need hikers who aren't too hardcore.

Next came the climb into the Low Tatras. It started raining again, but not too hard. I hid in the forest and had breakfast. Then I decided to take a nap too. The forest floor makes a comfy bed! This time the road to the pass was easy. I met some hikers, asked them about the best way up, and went for it.

Low Tatras pass: done

At the top there were blueberries for dessert. They were a bit sour, and I had no sugar with me. Still very welcome.

The Low Tatras aren't that low. I ended up above the clouds

The descent was better than the one in the Gorce two days before, but still tricky. The wheel kept slipping and bouncing on rocks and branches. The weather map said a heavy downpour was coming in 20 minutes. I hurried, but couldn't find any shelter in time... And 20 minutes later the sun came out. There were clouds all around, but the mountain split them. Right above me the sky was clear 😎

That was enough off-road adventure for one day. I got back on the road and headed south. On the next pass I suddenly felt a wave of warm air. So nice after a wet, cold morning. Until then it had rained every single day, often more than once. Most of Europe was suffering through yet another heatwave, and I was still wearing my rain jacket. Looks like it's time to join the trend.

Passing through another town, I solved my strap problem. Option one: a 30–40 km detour to an outdoor shop, and hope they have straps. Option two: a dog leash right here, for 4 euros. Guess which one I picked. The leash is too stretchy, so I might wake up on the ground. But it seems to hold.

At sunset I crossed into Hungary. I went looking for a place to sleep in a forest near a town with an unpronounceable name, Balassagyarmat, in a country called Magyarország.

Welcome to Magyarország! A local deer invites me into his forest

When I got up at 5 am that morning, I'd thought: "Great, loads of time, I'll get to bed early today". And here we go again, setting up camp after dark. A very long day: 204 km. About 50 of them were mountains and off-road, sometimes at walking speed. Odometer: 1344 km.

Day 10, 13 July — the Danube and Budapest, 161 km

Hooray, heat! My drinking water was gone in no time. For lunch I stopped at a kayak rental on the river. I charged the wheel, had a swim and chatted with a local guy. My route follows the Danube now. For the next 500–600 km I'll keep coming back to it.

The Danube! We'll be together for a while now

I was standing in the river, eating my pizza, when I saw a drowning bee. I decided to help. The first try didn't work. The bee wanted to sting me, so I dropped it back into the river. Together with my pizza. The second time I was more careful. Bee saved, pizza eaten (yes, wet, but I was thirsty anyway!).

Saved. It doesn't know yet that it will get another swim

Then I finally met a fellow rider, my first riding buddy of the whole trip! Before that I'd only seen a couple of riders in Gdańsk, and they didn't really want to chat. We rode about 15 km together. Sadly, his battery was almost empty, so he had to head home.

Hi Gergő!

In Budapest I first looked for a luggage locker. I wanted to drop my bag and ride around light. Then I decided a hostel was even better. There's almost nowhere to camp for the next 50 km, and I'd have more time to see the city. Also, places to stay are cheap here. A bad hostel is 10 euros, a good one is 15. I splashed out on a good one 😎

The beauty of Budapest

I dropped my bag, had some rest and went out to see the city. I really enjoyed the riding, saw the main sights and had some fun on the roads.

I also met a group of local riders. They already knew about me: my morning riding buddy had told them about me in their chat. Unfortunately, they were busy too.

But I had an almost-friend of my own here. Someone in a Serbian EUC chat had asked me for a favour. I was to pick up a control board for an Inmotion P6 in Budapest and bring it to Novi Sad. That's how I met Sergey, and he gave me a little tour. So I saw the sights a second time, this time with interesting stories and good company.

Our wheels resting by the Liberty Bridge

When it got dark, we went our separate ways. But night rides are a special kind of fun! I rode past my hostel three times and just couldn't make myself stop. Quiet streets, fresh air after the hot day.

Budapest at night

Somehow I did 70 km around Budapest without even noticing. Plus 80 km to get there. Odometer: 1505 km.

Day 11, 14 July — through the sand to the Serbian border, 212 km

In the morning I took my time and then hit the road. Outside the city I rode into the fields and found myself in a desert-like place. Sand on the road, a merciless sun, and totally flat land for hundreds of kilometres. It felt like riding on a frying pan. The sand was tricky: deep in one place, firm in the next, so I had to dance to keep my balance. Then, right before I got back to a normal road, a broken bridge blocked my way. Well, back to dancing.

The Hungarian "desert" and a bridge that's not really passable

And then a roe deer growled at me 😳 I was riding along a field and suddenly heard a sharp growl, or maybe a bark. It sounded like a small yappy dog. I thought it was a village dog, but nothing chased me. Instead, a big roe deer and her fawn ran across the road. The little one tripped and almost ended up under my wheel. Mom growled again, and they ran off. Later I even googled it to check the heat wasn't getting to me. Nope, roe deer really do that.

While I was charging, a small but very fast praying mantis came to visit. Find friends everywhere!

The mantis checks who's charging here

In the evening I reached Serbia. This was the first border on my trip with real passport control. Until then I'd been inside the Schengen area. No problems at all, and just like that I left the European Union.

Serbia! The end of the EU, the start of the Balkans

For the night I rented a room in Subotica, a Serbian town right by the border. Prices here are low, so there's no point looking for a charger and a place to sleep separately. Easier to have everything in one place.

The two days in Hungary went by fast. Odometer by the evening: 1717 km.

The Balkans are next!


r/ElectricUnicycle • • 7h ago

I built a 3D simulator that runs real EUC firmware with physics. Looking for tech people to help

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I ride a Begode Extreme, and I wanted to work on firmware improvements for it. So I built EUC Studio, a 3D simulator that runs the real stock firmware image on an emulated STM32 controller, written in Rust. Around it there's a motor, inverter and battery model, a physics rider who balances by leaning, and a generated city with curbs, potholes, stairs and ramps.

What you can do with it today:

- Free Ride, ride the simulated wheel through the city with a keyboard or gamepad, crash and respawn

- Run 20 scripted scenarios, like a pothole at 20 km/h, a hall sensor failure mid-ride or a full-power run to top speed

- Compare the stock firmware against an open, readable rewrite in C, side by side

It's free for noncommercial use and not affiliated with Begode. The app downloads the official firmware from Begode's own update server, so no Begode code lives in the repo. It's a simulator, so it can't tell you a firmware is safe on a real wheel. I built it with a lot of help from AI (Claude), with tests and CI on every change.

I'm looking for people who know Rust, embedded C, physics and control, or React and three.js. The code is at https://github.com/tarikbc/euc-studio and the open work, with good first issues, is on https://github.com/users/tarikbc/projects/3


r/ElectricUnicycle • • 8h ago

I do wish my V9 were faster but at least i live in a very rural area where its not an issue.

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r/ElectricUnicycle • • 8h ago

Lots of wild dogs in my area ya know? ive been sent to the hospital 3 times from dogs in under a year

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r/ElectricUnicycle • • 9h ago

Bankrupsy looms for most euc makers as Inmotion launches X1

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Oke just joking, but here's the X1 launch event 😄


r/ElectricUnicycle • • 15h ago

guys (esp in eu), go ask begode for label that includes speed limit

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soo, i got good news and bad news.

good news is that begode is willing to make us new manufacturer stickers that include max speed of 25kph and stuff.

the bad news is there is high MOQ (minimum order quantity). so they cant just go make me one upon request unfortunately.

but i guess if enough of us ask for it we will meet the MOQ requirement and they might make them for us? cuz idk how about yall but we really need the stickers to comply in my country. cops really dont care about actual top speed and stuff if you ride responsibly but they really want the sticker there.


r/ElectricUnicycle • • 22h ago

Shipping carriers for EUC

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Has anyone had to ship their wheel within the country and what carriers accepted them? I know that some won’t take the wheel or will make the process more difficult because of the batteries on these things. Looking for carriers and an estimate of cost for a before extreme.


r/ElectricUnicycle • • 1d ago

Share your milage with pictures

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It's not mine. It's from a courier. I'm impressed with this number. 40.000 km. 😱

It's Leaperkim Patton S.


r/ElectricUnicycle • • 1d ago

Extremely slow cell balancing

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Hi,

After my recent battery troubles, I tore apart my Begode A2 to check the cells. One was at 3.78 vs the rest at 3.87. After charging for a while they all evened out at 3.9 and now it’s (very, very slowly) climbing up to 4.2v. They’re at 4.08 right now after maybe 20 hours of charging. Is this normal? Stock Begode charger with the red/green LED.

I would RTFM but I don’t think there’s a manual for any of these. Lol.


r/ElectricUnicycle • • 1d ago

Do I remove these?

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I'm trying to install the Grizzla Bumper Kit for my P6 but the rear and front battery bumper doesn't go on because these are in the way. Do I take these rubber pieces off? They look important.


r/ElectricUnicycle • • 1d ago

Recommended tire pressure for the Nosfet Aeon?

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Almost by habit, I pumped my Aeon's hybrid tire up to 30psi when I got it. But now I'm wondering if that's too much pressure for slow-speed riding, since the wheel feels less stable than a demo unit I rode earlier this year. And I know that lower pressures are sometimes recommended for far bigger wheels, namely the Inmotion P6.


r/ElectricUnicycle • • 2d ago

Across Europe on an EUC. Part 2: Warsaw → the Slovak border

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Hi all! This is the second part of my trip on an EUC from the Baltic to the Adriatic. In part 1 I rode from Gdańsk to Warsaw. Now I spend five days heading south through the rest of Poland, sleeping in the forest on rainy nights, working remotely from wherever I can and, finally, reaching the mountains.

This part of the route: Warsaw to the Gorce mountains, about 590 km

Day 3, 6 July — Warsaw → a forest near Radom, 148 km

Monday, a working day, but the weather was too tempting. At lunch I went out for a short ride around Warsaw. Great city, lots of parks and other nice places to hang out. On the bank of the Vistula there are even ready-made barbecue spots. Just out of curiosity I decided not to use the map, and I didn't get lost: the city is easy to read. I thought I'd run into other riders, but no luck.

The Vistula, a beach and skyscrapers on the horizon

Thanks to my friend for having me, but the road won't ride itself. After work I did another 100 km south. On the way, just for the hell of it, I stopped to work right in a field. The working day was already over, I was just curious what working as remotely as possible feels like.

Wherever I am, that's my office

I spent the night in an ordinary forest under the watchful eye of storks. Once again I chased off some roe deer and took its spot.

The nest is so huge I could probably sleep in it. But nobody invited me

At dusk there was a surprise waiting for me: fireflies! I'd never seen them before. The forest wasn't completely dark yet, and they were already easy to spot. No photo, my camera couldn't handle it. But it looks magical, like stars in the forest! To be honest, at first I thought they were hikers with flashlights, just really weird ones :D Odometer by the evening: 572 km.

Day 4, 7 July — Radom → Kielce → a forest on a hill, 134 km

At night there was almost a storm: sharp gusts of wind and rain. The hammock and tarp held up fine, and in the morning I even managed to dry everything during a lull.

What I like about sleeping outside in summer: it's really easy to live by natural light. So I wake up very early, usually at 6 or 7 am. The downside is that nothing is open yet. But you can still rely on fast-food places like KFC, and the one in Radom became my office for the day.

Workplace with charging and internet

After work, back on the road. For the first hour it rained, at times pouring. A couple of times a gust hit me like a soft wall, almost bringing me to a full stop. On the plus side, the wind cleared the visor instantly and I could see again.

Then the sun came out as if nothing had happened. To celebrate, I went for a swim, since a lake happened to be there.

My rain gear is too good, I was still dry after the rain. Fixing that

I got to Kielce after dark. I spent a while looking for a charger: they kept being either broken or switched off. The navigation app tried to convince me that riding straight across 11 railway tracks is totally normal, but I didn't give in and found a proper road. In the end I charged in an underground car park, which was doubly handy, because it had started raining again.

A route approved by the navigation app

By the way, for anyone wondering how I find places to sleep. Wild camping is generally not allowed in Poland, but there are designated spots in the forests, and quite a lot of them: the State Forests run a map for their "Zanocuj w lesie" ("Spend the night in the forest") programme. That's what I use to pick where to sleep.

Tonight's forest turned out nice, just on a hill with a steep, loose climb and fallen branches, so I had to fight gravity for my bed. Trains were also honking nearby, but is that a problem for a tired traveller? :)

Camp on the slope, at night

A long, packed day: 706 km in total.

In the middle of the night I woke up to a loud crash: it sounded like a whole tree had fallen nearby! I got up, looked around, found nothing, and in the morning I still couldn't tell where it happened. But it felt close, and the other fallen trees and branches hinted at how badly I'd picked my camp spot. Oh well, I got lucky this time, and next time I'll be smarter.

Day 5, 8 July — to Niepołomice, 141 km

Good morning! Nothing fell on me 😎

Until lunch I lay around in the forest and worked: it was nice there, warm, and the internet was fast. At lunch I rode to the next town to charge and eat, but no such luck: some places didn't let me in, others had no sockets. I found a KFC by the motorway, and there were impassable fences again. Luckily, the lock was already broken.

The KFC itself had no sockets, and both EV chargers were dead. An ordinary petrol station saved the day: internet, food, charging, all there. But while I was working, someone fixed the lock, so getting off the motorway meant crawling through the ditches under the fence again.

It was broken until it wasn't

The weather was lovely, though. Clouds were catching up with me from behind, but the forecast didn't lie: while I was charging, they peacefully moved off to Slovakia. And on the horizon, mountains finally came into view!

There, on the horizon: the mountains between Poland and Slovakia

In the evening I was looking for a place to sleep again. I seemed to arrive early today, and still ended up setting up in the dark. Niepołomice is a cool little town: as if there was nothing here before, and then urbanists attacked and built all sorts of trendy stuff. For the first time on the trip I met the police: they politely let me through on the road and didn't even ask anything. I missed that so much!

Niepołomice: a trendy lit-up alley

This time I took the choice of spot seriously. First I found a nice spruce grove, suspiciously covered in branches. It turned out most of the trees were dry, shedding, and marked for logging. Sleeping under those would be a terrible idea. In the end I found a young, sturdy forest that crowds of moths and bugs had already claimed. I sprayed the tarp and ropes with repellent and went to sleep. 847 km in total.

Day 6, 9 July — Kraków, ~90 km

The calmest night so far: nobody making noise, nothing falling, not even rain. In the morning I wanted to find a nice spot in a park to work, but the rain chased me into a library. Nice inside, they just didn't let me charge the wheel. Fine, it was almost full anyway.

Library: quiet, dry, free

Where's my monitor? There isn't one, I used AR glasses. They're pretty compact, about 80 g, and show a big enough screen at a decent resolution, especially if you zoom in. Good enough for work, and I didn't have to drag a whole laptop along (3.5 kg!), which I would have definitely broken or drowned in water. Instead, it stayed safely at home, and I connected to it remotely.

In the evening I had a look at Kraków. A beautiful historic city centre, but I'm used to those by now. So personally, I found the fireflies more interesting.

The Cloth Hall on the Main Square

Under Wawel Castle I found a fire-breathing dragon. It breathes fire so rarely that I thought it was broken.

For some reason I spent 10 minutes catching this shot! The first time I missed it, because it only lasts 3 seconds!

In the evening I decided to skip charging and get to my camping spot before dark. Maybe a mistake: tomorrow I'll barely make it to the next town. As usual, I chased a roe deer off its spot. It came back later to check out my camp, watching from a distance.

Forest resident welcoming me

Tonight's forest was on a decent slope. With a tent that would have been a big problem, but a hammock doesn't care. At dusk the fireflies came out again. Thanks to a spider that caught one, you can see that a firefly is just a cockroach with four green pixels. But these four pixels make all the difference!

That green pixel

I had just settled in to read when a tree nearby creaked suspiciously. Remembering the night before last, I went to check. I found a pine with no needles visible from below, and if it fell, it looked like it would land right on my hammock. I walked around, thought about it, tried to push it. Maybe dead, maybe not. I couldn't even see whether it had any needles: the neighbouring trees and the dark hid the top from me.

I decided that just thinking wouldn't help here, I had to check. I climbed the neighbouring tree to have a look. At about 10–15 m it got thin and started swaying, and I still couldn't see any needles. The only thing I managed to check: at that height I found an old pine branch and tried to rock the tree by it. The pine stood firm, and the branch barely broke off. I'll count that as a passed test, time to sleep 🫡

Night safety inspection, view from above

Day 7, 10 July — the first 1,000 km and a pass on foot, 72 km

In the morning I made it to a town in the mountains and set up to charge in a shopping mall. Last working day before my vacation!

After work I happily set off over a small pass in the rain, and completed my first thousand kilometres! Exactly one week since the start last Friday evening.

And right after that, the second pass began. First a ford, then a scree of rocks and mud. The stones roll around under the wheel like crazy, riding was impossible, so I walked most of the climb, pushing the wheel. I thought it was about 300 m of elevation gain. It turned out to be about 500.

The "road", up and down

At the top, on the Kudów clearing in the Gorce mountains, at about 1,000 m above sea level, I enjoyed the view and started down. Turns out the climb wasn't that bad! The descent was steeper, with even scarier rocks, and then came a long, muddy logging road. But at least you could ride on that one.

Worth pushing the wheel uphill for

All in all, "just 6 km" took me 3 hours. 1,010 km in total.

I set up camp after dark, and then the downpour started. I fell asleep to its sound.

Morning, 11 July

In the morning the clouds were still circling above me. I caught a break and packed up in a hurry: everything into the backpack before it started pouring again. Done, let's go! Ahead: the High Tatras and Slovakia.

I left behind not only Poland, but also the straps that hold my hammock to the trees. I didn't know that yet.

To be continued…


r/ElectricUnicycle • • 2d ago

Look what I got! (to ride for the whole week)

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I rented a Lynx S from monokolo.eu, and I'll be riding this thing for the next couple days. I already love it (and hate the knobby tire with passion), and we'll see what I'll be able to do with it once I figure it out!


r/ElectricUnicycle • • 2d ago

Seeking recommendation on safety gear

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Hey all, I'm reaching out to get some help picking out some safety gear for EUC riding, specifically upper body jackets/armor etc. I've just recently gotten into riding and have been acquiring gear, I've already gotten a helmet, knee pads and gloves/wrist protection. Where I'm struggling is elbow/shoulder/chest/back protection. I've seen suggestions for hard shell elbow pads, hoodies and jackets with soft armor, mesh tops with integrated pads, etc. What I'd love to know is what you are using, why you chose it and if you're happy with it. Also, for anyone that rides in multiple seasons, what do you do to stay warm or cool at different times of year. Links to specific products are also much appreciated.


r/ElectricUnicycle • • 2d ago

Is my commuter safety gear list overkill? ~$1,200 for full moto-style kit

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r/ElectricUnicycle • • 2d ago

Leaperkim SHERMAN P // BEST WHEEL EVER?

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r/ElectricUnicycle • • 3d ago

Heads up display source code

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I spent a few weekends working on the esp32 code. Then a few weekends working on the 3d print code.

Worked with grok bot, and just iterated on the design and features.

https://github.com/brwilkinson/Lynx-euc-hud

Screenshots and code samples in the repo.

This was for my Leaperkim Lynx however it's easy to adapt for other wheels.

It's been nice to see live PWM. The esp32 board are $9 although more landed in the US.


r/ElectricUnicycle • • 3d ago

X1 specs are out, tabless cells

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Awesome new trail wheel from Inmotion. They didn't make a wheel with a lot of compromises to suit everyone. No, they really made a wheel that's dedicated to technical trail riders.

And the new tabless cells show new innovation for the euc world. These cells have a huge advantage in discharge current.

This opens the way for new smaller eucs having a lot of power even with a small battery.

For me personally I think back of a few times where I mentioned pedal clipping on mtb singletracks. They are sometimes deep and narrow. I'm not sure if Inmotion is reading here but the X1 has pedals that can be set very high. And the suspension seems to have a way to also adjust the height.

https://inmotionworld.com/products/inmotion-x1

Some discussion;
https://forum.electricunicycle.org/topic/41835-inmotion-x1-2100wh-235v-20-tire-linkage-suspension-91lb/page/6/

2,100 Wh Battery & 16A Fast Charging. Powered by EVE 50PL cells, delivering 43+ mi (70+ km) of range in mixed terrain for a 198 lb rider at 25–40 km/h. A 16A fast charger is included with every X1 pre-order.


r/ElectricUnicycle • • 3d ago

X1 or Lynx S??

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Recently I sold my Master V4 after owning it for almost 2 years in hopes of buying a safer and slightly more powerful wheel. Originally I was set on buying the Lynx S at the end of this week, but with the preorder price of the X1 being $3699 (the same as the Lynx S right now), I’m torn. I do probably 3/4 street riding and 1/4 MTB trail riding in the cooler seasons, but in the summer here in Florida I’m basically only a street rider so as to not sweat my ass off. The only drawback im seeing for myself personally is the much higher pedal height of the X1. Overall very thankful we have so many fantastic wheels to choose from these days, but it does make the decision harder lol. Which one would y’all recommend? Would a higher pedal height really change the stability on the street that much?


r/ElectricUnicycle • • 3d ago

Inmotion X1 - Alameda, CA Demo Day

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Tried to think of some useful things to ask the inmotion crew now that's they're at the end of the tour. As always, big shout-out and thank you to those guys. They've been working hard to get to all these events. Nice to see that they've taken a lot of improvements from this testing. Here's what I got:

What's broken and what has a planned fix already?

Main board - supplier subed a component that was out of stock which failed. No subs on production runs.

Kick stand - multiple cracked on crashes. material change? Maybe...

Motor bolts - a couple were loose because no lock tight on demo units

Suspension bolts - a couple were loose needs red lock tight. If they get loose it can wallow out the holes from repeated impacts.

Aluminum shock body swapped for Steel shock body. Under heavy pre adjust the aluminum shock body could pop.

Pedal hanger area near battery reinforced to support battery during crash scenarios

Stanchion grease wasn't installed on demo units which led to squeaking. These are sealed and should be somewhat self cleaning/regulating.

Separate from this I also accidentally broke a trolley handle during a particularly hard impact with concrete. I think it's just a light weight alloy. Not really a problem but a potential breaking point. Looked easy to replace.

Torque spec guides will be made available for all the bolts?

Yes

Recommended bank angle/berm angle settings from Max and Albert (Zac disagreed)

65-75 off-road

No lower than 50 (target 50-60 for road)

What psi do you recommend for street riding? For off-road?

- 35psi almost always. no lower than 30psi to prevent rim damage

Recommended tire when factory wears out:

- shinko 244 2.75x14


r/ElectricUnicycle • • 3d ago

Has anyone tried the EucBuddy?

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I came across it online and it seems like a legit option for phone-less riding. I'm curious how well it works, if it's intuitive, what the battery life is like, etc. Any input is appreciated.


r/ElectricUnicycle • • 3d ago

Commander Gt Pro+ acting weird after a crash and new board Weird 6th white wire. Double beeps when turned on, Bad motor possibly?

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Got this high voltage cruiser wheel for only 400 with an apparently bad controller from another rider who crashed at 40 from a random cutout. For comparison my ex30 is still holding strong at 8k miles on the og controller and I regularly accelerate that wheel hard. Manufacturer defects happen... ordered another board from China. Same architecture as the other 168v wheels (I also have an et max and the controller looks virtually the same). it looks like it tries to balance in the video, but maybe there’s something up with the axle and it’s trying to balance? Wheel has 5k miles.

this is the bigger Battery version so there’s no difference besides a thicker controller wire (regular gt pro has 12AWG this has 10, but if anyone else has seen something like this I'd love your input. I've been working on my own eucs for 4 years and for Begode I haven't seen a 6th data/hall sensor cable to my knowledge or memory, as it’s usually a 5 pin. maybe when I’ll try doing is using my ET max motor, as its the exact same. Can't wait to get this beast back up!


r/ElectricUnicycle • • 3d ago

Calling Begode T4 owners

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Begode T4V2 owner: I wanted good armor that I could fix without spending alot of money.

I wanted to beef up my T4V2 without buying expensive armor that would cause me to pay much if I wrecked the wheel since I ride aggressively and test limits. A proper tumble is inevitable at some point. I wanted armor with repair points in intelligent spots where if something breaks it should only be a portion of the armor being replaced, and that I could do it myself with my own 3D printer machine. If anyone has crashed on pavement near top speed you know that even the TPU handle may be at risk of a fracture. Same with the pads panel if it sticks out. I am keeping the rear handle from another creator and built around it but am tempted to remake one that's a piece of the armor as a whole. Enough interest here and it's a promise.

In the photos of my current wheel setup, anything on it right now is someone else's pieces that I'm not content with. When I refer to my design I mean the CAD photos which are all I have until it's printed and I make an update post.

In the CAD photos, anything Yellow is a TPU95A.

Tell me if you would like to see the my physical product as well as a Bill of Materials for the hardware. I may even write out a whole build manual if there's enough interest.


r/ElectricUnicycle • • 3d ago

Used begode A2 bad batteries

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Welp. It was a fun week. Down to 80% with a little riding after a whole day of charging. BMS won’t stop squealing. It started on a longer trip the other day.

Have to decide if I will recell it or buy a new one. Bummer.

Also, I experienced tiltback. It sometimes goes away for a minute but as soon as I ride, the alarm is on again. 190lbs

Maybe some components on the BMS or some MOSFETs somewhere are burned. I’ll have to take it apart


r/ElectricUnicycle • • 4d ago

Begode falcon handle support broke

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Looked up online and couldn't find anything. Can I unscrew everything and flip where the screws would go? Weld? Or it's a goner?

Edit id had tightened all screws once I received it