Yes, when the battery runs out.
Technically unicycle freewheeling.
…slam
I’d like to see you ride an EUC as freewheel uni. Im glad my UW gives me a bit more control.
They dont have pedals. Fixed floor board. Even easier but still requires fore/aft control.
I know some electrical guy will suggest freewheeling euc to backdrive motor to generate current snd recharge battery.
..slam
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No, it’s not the same. EUCs do the balancing and movement for you. Real unicycling is all you, balance, control, effort. Totally different skills.
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In fact yes E U Cs do indeed recharge when going down hill but not freewheeling, to freewheel on an euc it would need to be off!
An E U C being self balancing means that the rider gives forward weight transfer via foot platforms and the euc responds with foreword motor driven rpms to keep the fore aft balance, simply nothing to do with left, right balance.
Therefore one is not simply along for the ride, one must drive an euc, and maintain left right balance as well as control speed.
Is an euc far easier to learn and ride as compaired to unicycle, of course!
But as the accepted definition of a unicycle is a one wheel transportation devise, see any dictionary or wikipedia, therefore an EUC is a unicycle.
And if you are riding, driving an EUC you are unicycling albeit much different than a unicycle.
The wiki def is really quite good.
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Interesting to note the growing EUC race movement, call it stupid if you choose.
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well if everybody would take EUCs to work instead of cars, the queues would be much smaller or maybe there won’t be any queues. That would be less stupid.
(I wouldn’t watch my phone while riding EUC)
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On the EUC forum and from what I personally see, for to and from work using train, tram, bus many are using eucs for a shorter trip from home to public transport and from there to work place instead of walking, driving a car or taking bike.
Car parking can be problem in many cities.
Bikes are sometimes bothersome on buses, and theft is an issue.
With euc smaller unit, although can be heavy, fits under ones desk.
Once long ago when found job near home rode my 24 unicycle often but compaired to bike very slow, eucs can be much faster than unicycles and dont arrive to work sweaty!
I would be very interested to know how many unicycles vs EUCs there are, seems almost impossible to know imho.
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Yes riding, driving an EUC with your eyes closed with a phone in hand is stupid, not to mention hand in pocket!
No wrist guards?
But EUCs in general are far from stupid.
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Yesterday I spotted a parked EUC when I went shopping. It was completely wrapped up in tape.
It‘s apparently the one that belongs to a guy who never wore protectors of any kind despite riding really fast. He supposedly had a bad accident - I guess that explains why I haven‘t seen him zipping around in months.
Obviously he‘s riding it again; I just hope he learned his lesson and invested in a helmet and proper protectors.
I wear full gear with my EUC even if I only ride 15 kph. But I dont wear any protection on the UW or normal unis
For me, 15km/h is about the limit of what I‘m usually able to run out in case of a UPD. 15km/h with a 29er means I’m already pushing it, so a UPD is more likely. If I know in advance that I will ride at that speed I wear protectors. On the G29er (in high gear) or the 36er I‘m faster, thus always wear knee (and often elbow) protectors, KH gloves, helmet, crash pants and sometimes a back protector.
I think a UPD on a uni should be easier to run out than on a EUC, since your legs are already moving when riding a uni. On the EUC it‘s 0 to 100% in split seconds…
well when UPDing on a unicycle, you’re only stuck to the seat, so you have your feet free right away. As all your weight pushes ur feet on the EUC, it will be harder to get free and a faceplant is imminent. Also because balancing is done by the machine, you need full trust in it that it doesn’t fail. I’ve read stories of cheaper models where peeps make face plants.
Lately I’ve been riding my 32", but also with that I don’t really ride so fast. My boss would prefer I wear wristguards all the time. He told me Im allowed to break everything, just not my hands and my head as he needs those for my programming.
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Face plants on EUCs have will and do happen,
Full face helmets are a good idea.
Many say all the protection all the time,
I often neglect and payed a high price a few summers ago.
I rode to play tennis, pushed accelerate just a bit, cut out, was lucky tennis court smoother that pavement.
Missed a month kite board hydrofoiling being stupid without knee pads.
I bought one of the very first EUCs because just love unicycles, now battery very old so I
drive like a blind old lady,
Must say some Mountain Euc sessions were fantastic!
I know of even very experienced EUC riders who have hurt themselves badly!
Mainly due to cost, I have not replaced battery or bought new, riding my unicycles.
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I think just like in unicycling, things can go wrong at every moment. But since you’re usually faster on an EUC the price you’re gonna pay is higher.
I think it’s not uncommon. Many EUCs’ shells are notoriously fragile. You can buy those as spare parts.
Also some use tape to prevent water from leaking in certain places when it rains.
As for injuries, they can be light or severe like with other personal means of transportation.
I had a quick look at a Korean study about Personnal Light Electric Véhicules (PLEV) injuries from 2021.
There are probably many biases and many factors that should be studied as well, but what the data shows here is that e-scooters’ accidents are more severe on average than EUCs/hoverboards’.
Faceplants on scooters seem more likely to occur and be more severe than with EUCs. The scooter’s handle pulls you toward the ground.
many faceplants on a single intersection
Source: Darwin study finds badly injured e-scooter users are adding to the public health system's workload - ABC News
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Those crashes look like front wheel stopped by uneven terrain, small diameter wheels making matters far worse!
I have never riden escooter but would think motor cut out would not cause crash as opposed to euc.
I would also think ones Center of Mass on an escooter is somewhere between fore and aft wheels lending good freewheel stability.
An EUC requires rider Center of mass in front of the single axel, so motor cut out is face plant.
I try to push with the front of my feet as opposed to leaning forward to drive EUC forward.
As hopefully any EUC driver knows if you lean
to far forward to agressively and your battery motor combo cant handle the force it will cut out, frontal crash that can happen super fast !
I find the fact that an EUCs electronics pretty much act like our bodys self balancing actions ridding a unicycle, we peddle forward to “catch” fall forward as an EUCs gyros, motor and battery do the same.
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It is surely true. My very short experience of EUCs is that some, not even high-end ones, are capable of so much torque when needed that rolling over some obstacles (holes, bumps, etc) will make pass through the obstacle without any hassle, effortlessly for the rider.
But obviously, too large obstacles, bad position on the vehicle, surprise, etc are recipes for a front fall. 
As for falling from an EUC, my experience is that most of the time, I landed on my feet the same way I did when falling of my unicycle. Whereas, I think it would be not the same on scooters/e-scooters.
(not speaking for high speeds)
same here, I was on my 36er when someone passed me on a EUC. EUC’s are self-balancing and they require very little skills unlike a actual unicycle. Also I passed two people on Ebikes which was funny.
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