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Are these intuitive to ride? I can ride a bike and a scooter but I’m not sure I want the first time I ride one of these to be in the Midtown Atlanta Traffic Thu

Are these intuitive to ride? I can ride a bike and a scooter but I’m not sure I want the first time I ride one of these to be in the Midtown Atlanta Traffic Thunderdome. I sold my car but if I still had one I don’t think I’d be very uh, charitable to someone topping out at 25mph on Ponce.

mikestew 8y ago
I’m not sure I want the first time I ride one of these to be in the Midtown Atlanta Traffic Thunderdome. The first time you operate anything, it should not be in crazy traffic. Nothing is that intuitive. But I think even the article is clear that it is not a one-size-fits-all solution. If you need to blast down I-75 to get downtown, prooobbbbbably not a good choice.
- mrec 8y ago
  Yeah, the first time I ever drove solo was at night, in pouring rain, during rush hour, on the Autobahn. (This was Germany, having learned to drive in the UK.) Oddly enough, I never really warmed to driving...
eloisius 8y ago
> I sold my car but if I still had one I don’t think I’d be very uh, charitable to someone topping out at 25mph on Ponce. In which case you probably need to practice patience. There are already plenty of cyclists on Ponce and similar streets of Atlanta who top out at 15mph. They have as much right to be there as motorists, and while you might be annoyed that you’re running late because you didn’t plan accordingly for traffic, they are too often stuck and seriously injured or killed because of aggressive drivers.
pbhjpbhj 8y ago
Ponce? I assumed it was a brand and searched for "ponce bike" and "ponce electric scooter" but didn't get anything other than general bikes and scooters.
- creaghpatr 8y ago
  Ponce de Leon is a big street in Atlanta that's ground zero for testing the scooter/moped market. Atlanta has historically been a 'need a car' city but these forms of transport have the potential to change that.
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mikestew 8y ago

I’m not sure I want the first time I ride one of these to be in the Midtown Atlanta Traffic Thunderdome. The first time you operate anything, it should not be in crazy traffic. Nothing is that intuitive. But I think even the article is clear that it is not a one-size-fits-all solution. If you need to blast down I-75 to get downtown, prooobbbbbably not a good choice.

mrec 8y ago
Yeah, the first time I ever drove solo was at night, in pouring rain, during rush hour, on the Autobahn. (This was Germany, having learned to drive in the UK.) Oddly enough, I never really warmed to driving...

eloisius 8y ago

> I sold my car but if I still had one I don’t think I’d be very uh, charitable to someone topping out at 25mph on Ponce. In which case you probably need to practice patience. There are already plenty of cyclists on Ponce and similar streets of Atlanta who top out at 15mph. They have as much right to be there as motorists, and while you might be annoyed that you’re running late because you didn’t plan accordingly for traffic, they are too often stuck and seriously injured or killed because of aggressive drivers.

pbhjpbhj 8y ago

Ponce? I assumed it was a brand and searched for "ponce bike" and "ponce electric scooter" but didn't get anything other than general bikes and scooters.

creaghpatr 8y ago
Ponce de Leon is a big street in Atlanta that's ground zero for testing the scooter/moped market. Atlanta has historically been a 'need a car' city but these forms of transport have the potential to change that.
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