About acceleration: you’re 100% right. I can easily overpower my current wheel by overleaning it. But the more power a wheel has, the harder it is to overpower it and fall forwards.
Wheels don’t actually have a “top speed” (technically they do but it’s impossible to hit), they just have different power. The more power, the safer they are and the faster they can accelerate and the better they can balance. A heavy rider may cut out at 22mph, but a 100lb rider might cut out at 30+.
A heavy rider may faceplant when simply accelerating slightly too fast up a hill too, even at 5mph.
Also, onewheel GTs can easily hit 22 today, and even faster for light riders. People just don’t like to ride that fast usually.
About acceleration: you’re 100% right. I can easily overpower my current wheel by overleaning it. But the more power a wheel has, the harder it is to overpower it and fall forwards.
Wheels don’t actually have a “top speed” (technically they do but it’s impossible to hit), they just have different power. The more power, the safer they are and the faster they can accelerate and the better they can balance. A heavy rider may cut out at 22mph, but a 100lb rider might cut out at 30+.
A heavy rider may faceplant when simply accelerating slightly too fast up a hill too, even at 5mph.
Also, onewheel GTs can easily hit 22 today, and even faster for light riders. People just don’t like to ride that fast usually.