The Ultimate Guide to Buying a Used Onewheel

Buying a used Onewheel can be an incredible deal.

The purpose of this guide is to walk you through everything you should consider before pulling the trigger and buying a used Onewheel.

Used Onewheels are cheaper

If you check my used Onewheel marketplace or any other marketplace for used Onewheels you’ll see deals and price reductions.

Cheaper doesn’t always mean broken or low quality either, but we’ll get into that later.

Onewheel’s are durable and built to last

Anyone who has ever ridden a Onewheel can attest to how insanely durable they are.

I’ve let many friends and family members ride my boards and tell everyone to bail early and bail often because the board will be fine, but you won’t be.

My dad even jokes that when I first told him that Onewheel’s are built like tanks he didn’t believe me, but after beating mine up like crazy it still works like brand new and he was amazed.

The Onewheel aftermarket it pretty awesome

Now I wouldn’t recommend going too deep into the aftermarket unless you’re prepared to void your manufacturer warranty, but with that disclaimer out of the way, the aftermarket is awesome.

There are hundreds of local skate shops, tinkers and makers all dedicated to either working directly with Future Motion or guys like The Float Life who make all sorts of aftermarket toys for your board.

The Float Life also offers repair services (at least in Canada, but if you email they’ll probably hook you up).

Buying from repair, rental and skate shops is always safer

Repair, rental and skate shops see a lot of boards and their revenue is based on successful rentals, repairs and purchases, so when one of these shops offers used boards its a safe bet.

I am personally aware of a few places that I think are very safe places to buy used:

Onewheel Utah Used Onewheel Market

SUPrents Used Onewheel

FriendWithA – Not just a place to rent, but several sellers will have a sell price and you can buy the board

It’s easy to make a used Onewheel feel new

Because there are so many accessories, from Future Motion and aftermarket vendors, you can make a used Onewheel feel brand new fairly cheap.

I have a Onewheel Pint with over 500 miles on it, so I went to my local skate shop (shout out to Salty Peaks in Salt Lake) and bought some new bumpers, rail guards and a fender, it took my old scratched up board from meh to awesome for under $200 bucks and an hour’s worth up adjustments.

Has the board you’re looking been stolen?

The worst thing you can do is buy a stolen Onewheel for a few reasons.

First, if you find out it’s been stolen you might have to return it to the owner and you’ll be out however much you paid for it.

Second, you don’t know anything about the board, because if the person who stole it is trying to get rid of it quick, they likely don’t know much either and they’ll just lie to you about the info, so you could be in real trouble.

How do I make sure the Used Onewheel I’m buying is not a stolen Onewheel?

It’s hard to know for sure, but there are a few things to look out for that might put up some red flags.

First, does the deal seem to good to be true?

It might be.

How much does the seller actually know about the board?

Are there a lot of long pauses or uhs..

The seller should probably know quite a bit about the board, they don’t need to be experts but they should able to answer some questions about their experience with this board, more on that later.

Check the serial number

There are a few places where you can check a serial number.

In fact I see this issue as so important that I’ve created a place where you can register your Onewheel serial number on this site and you can report a lost or stolen Onewheel.

By adding your serial number to this database, I can check when people try to sell used Onewheels and make sure that serial number doesn’t belong to someone else.

I don’t really get any benefit out of knowing your board serial number, I truly just want to provide a resource to this awesome community to help catch thieves and stop board theft.