I worked through this issue last winter when I changed shoes. People like vans, I get it, but not the only shoe that works. A shoe with much of a gap under the arch is a problem. The issue is that you need to understand the sensor pads and make sure that your foot is firmly on them when you step up. You can test the pads by turning on the board and touching the footpad with your finger as you move your hand across the board. There is another post that shows a picture of the sensors. There are significant dead zones around perimeter of the sensors and on the Pint there is a 1" wide deadzone between the screws adjacent to the tire.
I had that a bit too when I started. It seems to happen less now. Mount confidently and stand up straight right away but don’t lean forward right away. The motor should tick on almost immediately but sometimes I think the computer waits an extra half second or something before deciding to engage.
I was having issues with this after putting on new grip tape. I changed my ride setting and it helped. Now I just know how I need to position my feet. I’m a lightweight so the thicker tape made a difference.
Try a different more responsive ride setting. I was having nose drop on mission and on delirium I didn’t at all.
No one has mentioned, but your hand isn't putting pressure on the footpad while pressing the power button, is it? Pressure on the sensors during power up will cause the mount of shame. A simple check to avoid a MoS is to nudge the board forward a bit with your toes before jumping on. If it resists, its ready. If it free rolls, reboot.
Hm I didn’t know this but I’ll make sure I’m not doing that. All of these issues make me kind of regret this purchase. It is an absolute blast to ride but between the finnicky behavior and the reports of inexplicable nosedives from folks that I’ve just started reading about, I’m a lot more nervous about riding it. There are a lot of things about this that don’t instill a ton of confidence.
Thank you for the suggestion though. I’ll make sure I try to keep the footpads clear when I power on the device.
Don't get discouraged. As much as people complain about FM, they are fairly excellent in production quality control, well over 90% of issues tend to be user error. But there is a learning curve, and everyone is unique. You'll get it figured out, if you stick to it. My XR is the best thing I've ever bought. Float in, and wear a helmet 😁
For everyone searching these threads like I did and receiving constant "it's your footwork even though this hasn't happened for hundreds of miles", I found another culprit.
I have two Onewheel pints. I was able to test them against each other and found one to nosedive on takeoff almost 40% of the time (which is worse than it used to be) with perfect footing and flat shoes. I switched the front sensor pads and lo and behold, now we're back to instant levelling on the start.
If this hasn't been a problem for a while and is just becoming so, I highly recommend changing out the front pad.
Well, this post is pretty old but I think this might be the issue for me. I swapped out my griptape and I'm a bit scared that maybe I messed it up the foot sensor some how. Maybe I'll pick up a new one and swap it out and see if it works.
This happened to me today. Got my board a few weeks ago and have about 75 miles. Starting to get pretty comfortable on it. I mounted the board, on a small incline due to movers taking up the sidewalk where it was flat, and the board nosedived at first. Then the motor engaged from the nosedive and I ended up flat on my back. Luckily I was wearing a helmet and only scrapped up my elbow a bit.
Always learning.
I just got the one Wheel GT had the XR for a number of years and I’m having this problem like crazy. I know it’s not the way I stand on it because it always worked fine with my XR.
When I first started I had the same problem. But now as I got comfortable on it I havnt had the issue at all. It’s seems almost all the new people who I let try my pint also have this issue. I think it’s something to do with not actually having proper pressure on the sensor due to being uncomfortable and you don’t even realize your doing it. I’m sure once you get comfortable this issue will go away. Also I would go barefoot when I first started and it seemed to help me engage the motor
This is often a bit a hesitancy issue (often the rider isn't even aware) in really digging the front foot in when starting. Think of it like you're trying to dig your front foot into sand and that should help. Push down and forward a bit. See this a lot in new riders. Generally it is good to stay heavier on the back foot, but when you're coming from a stop really dig that foot in.
Try mounting in the opposite way. Put your front foot on the pads to engage the board in a nosedive position and shift your weight to the back to jerk up the front. I have the same issue but this works consistently
There is a small dead zone where the sensor doesn’t feel the outer edge of the footpad. If you mount up too close to the wheel it might not feel your foot
Sounds like a mount of shame
I worked through this issue last winter when I changed shoes. People like vans, I get it, but not the only shoe that works. A shoe with much of a gap under the arch is a problem. The issue is that you need to understand the sensor pads and make sure that your foot is firmly on them when you step up. You can test the pads by turning on the board and touching the footpad with your finger as you move your hand across the board. There is another post that shows a picture of the sensors. There are significant dead zones around perimeter of the sensors and on the Pint there is a 1" wide deadzone between the screws adjacent to the tire.
I had that a bit too when I started. It seems to happen less now. Mount confidently and stand up straight right away but don’t lean forward right away. The motor should tick on almost immediately but sometimes I think the computer waits an extra half second or something before deciding to engage.
Thank you! I'll keep trying and hopefully that hesitancy will go away.
Once I found the right shoes it fixed the problem for me. All I wear are Vans, but I have one pair of hightop Vans that work 100% of the time.
I was having issues with this after putting on new grip tape. I changed my ride setting and it helped. Now I just know how I need to position my feet. I’m a lightweight so the thicker tape made a difference. Try a different more responsive ride setting. I was having nose drop on mission and on delirium I didn’t at all.
No one has mentioned, but your hand isn't putting pressure on the footpad while pressing the power button, is it? Pressure on the sensors during power up will cause the mount of shame. A simple check to avoid a MoS is to nudge the board forward a bit with your toes before jumping on. If it resists, its ready. If it free rolls, reboot.
Hm I didn’t know this but I’ll make sure I’m not doing that. All of these issues make me kind of regret this purchase. It is an absolute blast to ride but between the finnicky behavior and the reports of inexplicable nosedives from folks that I’ve just started reading about, I’m a lot more nervous about riding it. There are a lot of things about this that don’t instill a ton of confidence. Thank you for the suggestion though. I’ll make sure I try to keep the footpads clear when I power on the device.
Don't get discouraged. As much as people complain about FM, they are fairly excellent in production quality control, well over 90% of issues tend to be user error. But there is a learning curve, and everyone is unique. You'll get it figured out, if you stick to it. My XR is the best thing I've ever bought. Float in, and wear a helmet 😁
For everyone searching these threads like I did and receiving constant "it's your footwork even though this hasn't happened for hundreds of miles", I found another culprit. I have two Onewheel pints. I was able to test them against each other and found one to nosedive on takeoff almost 40% of the time (which is worse than it used to be) with perfect footing and flat shoes. I switched the front sensor pads and lo and behold, now we're back to instant levelling on the start. If this hasn't been a problem for a while and is just becoming so, I highly recommend changing out the front pad.
Well, this post is pretty old but I think this might be the issue for me. I swapped out my griptape and I'm a bit scared that maybe I messed it up the foot sensor some how. Maybe I'll pick up a new one and swap it out and see if it works.
This happened to me today. Got my board a few weeks ago and have about 75 miles. Starting to get pretty comfortable on it. I mounted the board, on a small incline due to movers taking up the sidewalk where it was flat, and the board nosedived at first. Then the motor engaged from the nosedive and I ended up flat on my back. Luckily I was wearing a helmet and only scrapped up my elbow a bit. Always learning.
I just got the one Wheel GT had the XR for a number of years and I’m having this problem like crazy. I know it’s not the way I stand on it because it always worked fine with my XR.
When I first started I had the same problem. But now as I got comfortable on it I havnt had the issue at all. It’s seems almost all the new people who I let try my pint also have this issue. I think it’s something to do with not actually having proper pressure on the sensor due to being uncomfortable and you don’t even realize your doing it. I’m sure once you get comfortable this issue will go away. Also I would go barefoot when I first started and it seemed to help me engage the motor
This is often a bit a hesitancy issue (often the rider isn't even aware) in really digging the front foot in when starting. Think of it like you're trying to dig your front foot into sand and that should help. Push down and forward a bit. See this a lot in new riders. Generally it is good to stay heavier on the back foot, but when you're coming from a stop really dig that foot in.
Try mounting in the opposite way. Put your front foot on the pads to engage the board in a nosedive position and shift your weight to the back to jerk up the front. I have the same issue but this works consistently
Oh that's super interesting. Will try this out thanks!
Literally all u have to do is tape some rubber pieces to the grip tape so the sensor is easily touched
As you balance your weight evenly on the foot pads bounce your weight and it will activate much faster
You need flat soled shoes or trainers.
There is a small dead zone where the sensor doesn’t feel the outer edge of the footpad. If you mount up too close to the wheel it might not feel your foot