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by tyingq 1629 days ago
Managing the size of the gaps between the wheel and the platform seems like one safety centric issue. Too narrow and it can suck up some skin into the narrow hole. Too wide and it pulls in a whole shoe, or leaves not enough flat surface. I'm curious what the optimal size is, and whether there are more ways to safeguard it.
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As the owner of a commercial onewheel, The gap is pretty small on those. Maybe 1/4".

However, the real solution is to just get a fender since riding on anything but clean pavement leads to a lot of dirt being flung around.

Yeah I was noticing how wide the gaps were on his
How well did the force sensitive resistors workout over time? I found these switches that are used as push-buttons on public buses they work fairly well and survive splash/grime [1] [2] I contacted them ages ago and they sent a demo kit for free.

1: https://www.tapeswitch.com/ 2: https://transistor-man.com/PhotoSet/flying_nimbus_MKIII/P108...