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A monowheel is an elec­tric uni­cy­cle, a small vehi­cle with two ped­als and one wheel. At first glance, it seems that it is very dif­fi­cult to man­age it. But it’s not. In this arti­cle, we talked about the rules for man­ag­ing a uni­cy­cle and col­lect­ed the top of the best uni­cy­cles.

Prices are valid at the time of writ­ing.

A uni­cy­cle is an unusu­al way to get around the city. Pho­to: kstore.ru

How to ride a uni­cy­cle
How to choose a uni­cy­cle
Ninebot by Seg­way One S2
Air­wheel Q5
King­Song 16S SPORTS
Ninebot by Seg­way One Z10
InMo­tion V11

How to ride a unicycle

You can con­trol four move­ments:

• tilt for­ward — accel­er­a­tion;
• tilt back — brak­ing (reduc­ing speed);
• tilt left or right — turn in that direc­tion.

How to start rid­ing a uni­cy­cle?

• Step one is to put on your gear (hel­met, elbow pads, knee pads).
• Step two is to find sup­port. The uni­cy­cle must be put on the band­wag­on next to the train­er, wall, fence.
• Step three is to define your main leg. To do this, you need to stand up straight and begin to lean for­ward. The leg with which you auto­mat­i­cal­ly take the first step is the main one.

Train­ing to work with a uni­cy­cle con­sists of sev­er­al stages:

• get used to the posi­tion of the legs. One foot must be put on the ped­al, lean the low­er leg against the body of the uni­cy­cle. The oth­er foot is on the ground. A lit­tle “roll” it back and forth with one, the sec­ond leg. The body must get used to this new sen­sa­tion;
• grasp the sup­port firm­ly. Step on the ped­al with your main foot. And put the sec­ond leg also on the uni­cy­cle. This move­ment must be done care­ful­ly, with­out jerks (oth­er­wise the uni­cy­cle can go). The weight must be kept on the main leg. The pur­pose of this exer­cise is to learn how to stand on the struc­ture and keep bal­ance;
• start mov­ing. First, it is impor­tant to hold on to a sup­port. To ride, you need to slight­ly tilt the body for­ward. A uni­cy­cle is a very “respon­sive” vehi­cle, it imme­di­ate­ly reacts to the move­ment of the body. How to slow down? Slight­ly tilt the body back. The main thing at this stage is to learn how to dri­ve in a straight line and brake;
• The last step is to learn how to turn. To do this, just tilt the body a lit­tle. The high­er the speed, the more you need to tilt the body. The slope should be soft, with­out jerks.

Impor­tant: in the CIS, not every­where there are spe­cial paths for bicy­cles, uni­cy­cles and scoot­ers, and the rules for mov­ing on this trans­port are con­stant­ly chang­ing.

At the moment, you can ride uni­cy­cles:

• in spe­cial­ly des­ig­nat­ed areas (parks with sports paths), on the sides of pedes­tri­an roads;
• at a speed of no more than 15 km/h in areas with pedes­tri­an traf­fic;
• in spe­cial equip­ment: hel­met, elbow pads, knee pads;
• chil­dren under 14 only accom­pa­nied by adults.

While dri­ving, it is impor­tant to fol­low the safe­ty rules: do not dri­ve faster than 15 km/h in a crowd­ed place, wear a hel­met, knee pads. Pho­to: smartworld.it

How to choose a unicycle

one. Wheel diam­e­ter (cm). The small­er the size, the lighter the wheel. Small mod­els are easy to man­age for peo­ple with short stature, chil­dren, teenagers. It is usu­al­ly rec­om­mend­ed to choose as fol­lows: for chil­dren — up to 30 cm; for teenagers (train­ing and rid­ing) and adults (train­ing) — 30–40 cm; for adults (rid­ing) — 35+ cm.

2. Max­i­mum load (kg) - usu­al­ly uni­cy­cles can with­stand up to 120 kg. But there are more heavy-duty mod­els.

3. Max­i­mum speed (km/h) — if you plan to ride only in the city, it makes no sense to buy a mod­el that accel­er­ates to 60 km / h. For the city, monowheels with a speed of up to 20 km / h are enough. And if you plan to dri­ve cross-coun­try and need a uni­cy­cle for coun­try extreme sports, you can choose a more pow­er­ful mod­el.

four. Max­i­mum mileage per charge (km) — it all depends on your desires. If you need a toy for rare rides, you can take a mod­el up to 50 km. If for reg­u­lar and long rides, you should pay atten­tion to options that can trav­el from 75 km on 1 charge.

5. Num­ber of wheels. There are designs with two wheels locat­ed side by side. The dual design is more sta­ble. There­fore, it is rec­om­mend­ed for learn­ing.

6. Addi­tion­al­ly. The pres­ence of mul­ti-col­ored illu­mi­na­tion from all sides, a retractable han­dle, inter­change­able col­ored side pan­els. These are not the most impor­tant, but pleas­ant lit­tle things.

A uni­cy­cle is a con­ve­nient way of trans­porta­tion for teenagers and adults. Pho­to: ebay.com

Top unicycles 2022

And now let’s move on to our top.

Ninebot by Segway One S2

Our top starts with this inex­pen­sive uni­cy­cle. It is suit­able for teenagers and adults, learn­ing:

• has a small wheel diam­e­ter (36 inch­es);
• with­stands up to 120 kg of weight;
• does not devel­op high speed (only up to 24 km / h);
• On 1 charge you can dri­ve up to 30 km.

You can ride a uni­cy­cle on smooth roads, tiles. It is not rec­om­mend­ed to ride on sand or clay — it will not have enough pow­er to over­come such zones.

The mois­ture pro­tec­tion lev­el of the Ninebot by Seg­way One S2 uni­cy­cle is IP54. This means that you can ride in fog, dur­ing high humid­i­ty. The case is pro­tect­ed from splash­es and dust, you can dri­ve through a shal­low pud­dle. But don’t ride in heavy rain. Water will enter the hous­ing and cause dam­age.

Styl­ish and com­fort­able uni­cy­cle with back­light. Pho­to: life-garage.mozello.lv

Airwheel Q5

This is a spe­cial mod­el of our rat­ing — it has 2 wheels. They make the struc­ture more sta­ble. Because of this, it is eas­i­er to con­trol the uni­cy­cle, and the risk of falling is less. This makes the Air­wheel Q5 the best option for begin­ners. This uni­cy­cle:

• devel­ops a low max­i­mum speed — up to 18 km / h. There is a speed lim­iter. You can set the max­i­mum — this is espe­cial­ly impor­tant when train­ing, so as not to fall;
• weighs lit­tle (11.5 kg). There is a han­dle — the uni­cy­cle can be lift­ed like a bag;
• It has pro­tec­tion against deep dis­charge of the bat­tery. When the bat­tery capac­i­ty drops to 15%, an audi­ble sig­nal sounds and the indi­ca­tor lights up. The Air­wheel Q5 starts to lean for­ward a bit. Because of this, the dri­ver leans back. As a result, the speed decreas­es, and the wheel grad­u­al­ly stops;
• with­stands up to 120 kg and has a wheel diam­e­ter of 36 cm (as the pre­vi­ous mod­el);
• on a sin­gle charge can trav­el up to 23 km;
• can lev­el out. At a devi­a­tion of more than 45 degrees, the rollover pro­tec­tion is acti­vat­ed and the body of the device begins to lev­el;
• has a spe­cial foot­board. The device can be placed ver­ti­cal­ly. And it’s eas­i­er to get on it because of this.

The mod­el is intend­ed for teenagers and adults. There are bright LEDs on the front and back of the case that light up the road.

Air­wheel Q5 is a unique mod­el of our top with two wheels. Pho­to: www.ar.pinterest.com

KingSong 16S SPORTS

The King­song uni­cy­cle is a larg­er mod­el of our top (40.6 cm in diam­e­ter). It is intend­ed for those who already know how to ride. Because this uni­cy­cle speeds up to 35 km / h, it has a lot of pow­er (1200 W ver­sus 500 and 450 for pre­vi­ous mod­els).

Advan­tages of King­Song 16S SPORTS:

• there is an LED head­light with a light sen­sor — it auto­mat­i­cal­ly turns on when it gets dark out­side. The back­light can be con­trolled via an app on a smart­phone;
• the ped­als are made of alu­mini­um. They are thin, durable, have a spe­cial rough coat­ing. This increas­es the grip between the ped­al and the shoe;
• there is a retractable alu­minum han­dle — the uni­cy­cle can be rolled like a suit­case;
• speak­ers are built into this elec­tric uni­cy­cle. You can use your smart­phone (Blue­tooth) to turn on the music on the uni­cy­cle.

Con­ve­nient mod­el for teenagers and adults. Pho­to: ewheels.com

Ninebot by Segway One Z10

Styl­ish, large mod­el (45.7 cm in diam­e­ter) for pro­fes­sion­als. Devel­ops high speed (up to 45 km / h), pow­er­ful (1800 W) — for a begin­ner and train­ing, it is bet­ter to choose an eas­i­er option.

The Ninebot by Seg­way One Z10 uni­cy­cle is focused on dri­ving both in the city and off-road. An impor­tant plus is the width of the wheel. For this mod­el, it is as much as 10 cm. The wider the wheel, the:

• more sta­ble uni­cy­cle;
• eas­i­er to learn how to ride it;
• more sur­faces to dri­ve on (not only asphalt, but also earth, tiles, grass).

Advan­tages of the mod­el:

• Ribbed rub­ber ped­als for good grip
• lots of back­light­ing: LEDs in the front to illu­mi­nate the road and a brake light in the rear;
• There is a mount for an action cam­era.

Styl­ish and pow­er­ful uni­cy­cle Ninebot by Seg­way One Z10. Pho­to: allegro.pl

InMotion V11

Styl­ish mod­el made of met­al and black plas­tic. It has a large wheel diam­e­ter (45.7 cm), a fold­ing han­dle for easy trans­porta­tion. The InMo­tion V11 uni­cy­cle is the most pow­er­ful (2200 W) and fastest of our top. It devel­oped a speed of up to 55 km / h. And on one bat­tery charge, the uni­cy­cle can trav­el up to 120 km.

The main fea­ture of this mod­el — the pres­ence of sus­pen­sion and built-in shock absorbers. This makes the move smooth. The move­ment will be com­fort­able not only on a flat road, but also on bumpy ter­rain. The front pan­el has a large head­light for bet­ter illu­mi­na­tion of the road.

InMo­tion V11 is the most pow­er­ful wheel in our rank­ing. Pho­to: scooterzmalaysia.com

We col­lect­ed the char­ac­ter­is­tics of all monowheels from the top in one table.

We hope that our tips will help you learn how to ride a uni­cy­cle and choose the right mod­el for rid­ing.