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On a different note -- I refuse to take these scooters around any typical city. You are one pothole or crack in the road from being knocked on your ass under a
by supernova87a 7y ago
On a different note -- I refuse to take these scooters around any typical city.
You are one pothole or crack in the road from being knocked on your ass under a passing bus. And given the state of our US city roads, this not just a remote possibility. The size of the wheels is just not safe at high speed + you being able to avoid situations like this. Don't even try it at night -- very dangerous.
Ride a bike.
- bllguo 7y agoi have the same safety concerns around bikes, having had a close shave before. the problem is the infrastructure
- deathanatos 7y agoA bike's wheel has a considerably larger diameter than a typical scooter's. It should be able to handle cracks and potholes much better, since the ratio of pothole-depth to wheel size means it can essentially climb out of the hole, whereas to a scooter, it's like hitting a wall (that the higher center-of-gravity human is then going to be flung over). That's not to say there's aren't potholes large enough to take out bikes, just that there are a set of potholes that bikes can ignore and scooters cannot. Nor is the above point that bike's don't have danger associated with them. (Largely, idiots in cars.)
- openthc 7y agoWhat about this big electric scooter? https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/2018-Newest-Popular-Citycoco-Electric-Scooter_60842364812.html https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/2018-Newest-Popular-C... rode one on demo a few weeks ago in Seattle -- super fun!
- Washuu 7y agoAny scooter that has an actual suspension instead of fixed wheels will handle bumps for the most part instead of trying to throw the rider off.
- jonlucc 7y agoThe newer scooters have relieved this problem a bit. Something about the construction of the wheels in combination with small shocks makes small cracks much less problematic.
- spatley 7y agoOnce I heard a story of an acquaintance that busted an arm and lost his front teeth after finding a pothole on his personal electric scooter, I have avoided them entirely. Liability seems to be the big hidden risk here from my POV.
- blendo 7y agoI tend to agree - they'd work better on smooth, wide, grade-separated pavement. In other words, bike lanes.
- erikpukinskis 7y agoYou definitely need to be an active rider to ride these safely.