Begode ET Max High Speed EUC Crash 😱 What Went Wrong, and How to Avoid It Happening to You 

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Glad you're OK. I always check air pressure on new wheels - never assume it comes from the factory with good pressure. I've received them flat, good, and too high. In your case I'm "guessing" that maybe the tire pressure was too low before you started the ride and that caused the excessive stress on the tire valve (user error 🙂), causing it to rip. Tubeless tires are stiff so the "finger squeeze" test for good air pressure is inadequate.

Going without protection for a planned speed test.. what a legend. Keep it up \m/

This is why I like this channel. It’s EUC scholarship for the everyday. IMO, for 4 k we deserve better, or we need discounts

glad you ok, look forward to seeing the full review

No influencer yet have compared cutoff and blown tire on modern EUC's😜 Super to hear you walk out without injury :)

Glad you’re OK brother love your videos! Thanks🙏

Thanks for the video. I’m glad your ok

Great advice! Check tire pressure before first ride and look at the valve stem to make sure it's properly aligned with the hole.

Yikes! Good video, Nice break down of your fall , and why it had happened. 2 thumbs up!

I'm a heavy rider (260lbs, on a good day). I still rock my Batch one ninebot Z10. The main selling point for me was the tubeless tire (it was the only wheel at that time I think that had one). My biggest fears have been instaflats. Now my biggest fear is overpowering the machine. It seems like the last firmware before abandoning the support was intentionally deisgned to underpower the machine to protect the motherboard. Both of my falls have been from overleaning (from low speeds too). My passions for a Lynx or ET Max have been itching. I know those uits probably wouldn't cut out since I don't go past 28mph (z10 limit) but the fear of instaflats always linger in the back of my head because those are beyond my control. Overleans are things I can actively resolve on my part. It was nice to see you looking like you just had a normal day on the wheel after talking about your crash. I'll never forget my last fall. I was NOT properly geared and while I fully recovered, it did make for a horror flick of a show for a few weeks time. I think once these wheels resolve their issues with tires things I'll purchase one. Every company puts so much engineering into the stability of the wheel and QC of the main unit but not much love is put into the tire (which theoretically is the most critical part since thats what keeps you ON the road). That's why the Z10 shines, the TIRE itself was rated for 430 pounds. This is why I like the ET Max and Lynx. Both built to go 60 so I expect them to keep me rolling perfectly fine at 30......but those instaflats!!!!!!!

Thanks for looking out for us. I woulda done the same thing. Just kinda check it by hand. I guess we better go a little extra and use our psi gauges. “New fear unlocked” LOL

I think that expecting the tire pressure to be perfect from the factory is kind of a high expectation since tires naturally lose pressure over time. For best performance, I highly recommend checking the tire pressure as soon as you receive the euc and then checking the tire pressure every two weeks onwards.

Thank you for sharing so we can all learn. Tire psi and proper tire mounting/alignment on the wheel are so important. I had a major CST tire failure as well on my Master V3 from factory even after checking psi. It ended up being the tire was deformed. I don’t trust those CST tires anymore.

Always check the tire pressure before a first ride on a new wheel. I had also this issue, with a valve core getting ripped apart on a ride with the Lynx, causing a flat. I wouldn't call this a "safety alert" on the ET max though, it's mostly a user error and is unfair for the wheel. Overall glad you are OK.

If I'm going a short distance I may not wear knee pads or elbow pads but I always wear wrist guards and a helmet.

With every new wheel, I've always done a full tear down and reassembly as soon as it comes out of the box.

Glad you seemed to avoid any substantial injuries on that one, dude! I'm still leery about going over 30mph on my Lynx (newer rider) because of sudden issues like this. I'm sure I'll get myself past that one day, but I'm more into the offroad side of things anyway. I noticed my Mten Mini was inflated to 65 psi from factory! That seemed just a smidge high, ha!

Just had a flat tire on my EX30 at (thankfully) lower speeds, but it is HARD to control it as it pulls this way and that like I see it doing in your video (knew exactly what happened when I saw it pulling to the side on you there). Super sketchy situation for sure, and I was grateful it only resulted in a phone call to get picked up. Would have been way worse had I been going full tilt like I typically do. Glad you're safe!

I continue to be surprised the number of riders who do not properly setup a wheel before riding? I mean how can anyone not get their suspension sag, and tire pressure and general setup down out of the box? Yes you’ll tweak but the Sag and Tire pressure is basically one and done. Okay with the rebound/compression/pads? Just stuns me the number of ppl including reviews that are just out of the box, on the charger, and on the road? Yikes. Glad you’re ok and that the main thing.

Damn, that's unfortunate 😢

Im convinced that checking the pressure on my s16 too much ripped the valve stem 😅

I knew this wheel would look terrible from a single drop.. some other youtuber said "build quality is robust" also having dents before even riding it. This thing screams where it's made

About a week into owning my commander mini I had a crash at about 25mph going around a turn. Honestly it could've been the tire blowing that caused the crash. I hadn't checked the pressure when I got it and I ride this corner every day and have never had the same feel/ crash occur again. Wheel was unharmed except a popped inner tube.

Strange... I had had flat tire on my master pro twice. Nothing bad happened, just the turns with 0psi was strange. I feel that I was riding on the edge of the rim on turns

It's good that you walk away from the crash. It's also good that this problem is not a serious design flaw. I think that is a good wheel. But it is over weight for me so I'll skip this one. It's almost as heavy as me (135lb)

The wheels need to be far more reliable to ride them above10-15mph! Perhaps they should use run-flats.

Just some data: My Master Pro V3 has a street motorcycle tire that reads "Tubeless", but has a tube. The air valve is interesting. It's a standard schrader valve, but the valve is straight and threaded, with a retaining ring, like a bicycle Presta valve, or a motorcycle tube. Ewheels said it could be possible to run a tubeless, with my rim and setup, but it's never been done. My tire was underinflated when I got the Master Pro V3 (normal), but doing a standard bicycle pinch test to check inflation with a motorcycle tire is hard to detect, since the tire is thicker and firmer, and even under-inflated it felt O.K. Oh, and a wave to Pidzoom, I love their "Charge Smart" charge monitor. Thank you for sharing your experience - glad it didn't turn out worse.

tubeless air valves are normal stock in all stores that sells that kind of stuff. So that theory is out of the window. Even my Abrams got one. Yank the tube out and put in a tubeless valve instead.

Thank you for this incident report and analysis. Hope you were not injured and recover quickly. As you know, the EUC lights remained on as you went down. Not sure what that suggests, if anything, w.r.t. cutout. Can anyone shed light on whether or not this model of wheel can be safely converted to tubeless? Are aftermarket valve stems for tubeless and of suitable shape available? I am not a tire-and-rim guy so don't take this as a suggestion to do it.

Wrist guards dude is the most important

Needs TPMS

can you make a video on how to do a tubeless setup? allegedly you just need a different nozzle

No wrist guards, No wheel check before you ride. Thats a NO NO!! 🙃

In EUCs, converting tires without inner tires may be the solution.

I bet you did this on purpose! There is now a fashion everybody falls, since Dawn's video made millions of views 😜. But you made a mistake, you should wait few days before posting the analysis, so everyone believe you are dead... 😅 Anyhow, as usual, very good and informative video. Kudos.

How did you attached the zafe mirror to an integral helmet? 🤔🤔

Wow, Good that you’re OK! Thank you for sharing this post-crash analysis:)

It looks like the only low pay employee here is you. It's common for valve to be ripped off if riding on flat. Also this unit was airshiped, so if tire was over inflated at the factory it would blow up at high altitude. It looks like you punctured the tire, it slowly lost pressure and you lost control. I don't see how Begode is at fault here

my et max came with 0.0 too

Три дня назад я упал на Begode Nikola по той же причине - сдулась камера.

Dude. The tire was low. The tire spun on the rim and sheered the valve stem off I bet.

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Get a pidzoom TPMS

for the wobbles... take down the pedals

I think it is a cut out and begode fault. Our beloved begode

Hello again,as I told you before, Begode is a sht brand(dangerous).I am happy to see without damage👍🏻 and again thats why I bought a Lynx and some Inmotions😊

The problem is....ya shoulda been riding Leaperkim. I turbo around at 50 mph day in day out. There is no better wheel. You get what you pay for!

Crystal clear: a rider error - you should have checked the psi properly. No reason to blame Begode at all.

Just a shit wheel. Lynx for the win

Riding a begode = high risk of smth bad actually happening

Thats one reason i dislike tubeless tires. Poof and pressure is gone, and you are eating grass

Begode ex c40motor rims are oversize and incorrect for the tyres on them. Hence the roger spacers. So what impact does that have on the inner tubes and over stretch or blow out.? My 2 cents. Never had a wheel from begode that had air in the tyre/shock always come flat as a donkey. Prototype wheels - high risk to noreward. American chinese crash dummy "player" i belive is the translated term. Thanks for helping make the wheel safer.

crashes = clicks and views. Another irresponsible content creator. Unsubbed . Not a good example to EUC enthusiasts