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I wish they didn't look so silly to ride. I know that scooters will slowly become more ubiquitous and, as a result, will be considered more normal and less goof
by taylorlapeyre 7y ago
I wish they didn't look so silly to ride. I know that scooters will slowly become more ubiquitous and, as a result, will be considered more normal and less goofy to ride.
But for now, it just kinda looks goofy to a lot of people.
- sagichmal 7y agoI totally agree, the current design language of almost every electric scooter makes the rider look like a total goober. There seems to me to be a clear gap in the market for a scooter that... looks good. One that elevates the rider as little as possible, 2-3cm seems ideal. One with a front pole that lets the rider's arms stay mostly extended downward, rather than the current "water-skiing" posture. And one with significantly larger wheels, to handle anything other than perfect asphalt.
- buckhx 7y agoTo each their own. IDGAF.
- charliesome 7y agoIf electric scooters continue to become more widespread (I think they will), they'll become normalised and people will stop thinking they look goofy. For now, it's easy to not worry about the goof factor.
- notJim 7y agoHonestly, they're so fun to ride that I don't think anyone's going to care for much longer.
- mikestew 7y agoOne looks like a complete idiot riding an 1880s highwheel bicycle (well, in the 1880s for sure, at least). Bicycles still caught on. -- Owner of an 1886 Columbia bicycle and 2019 Boosted Rev scooter
- whenchamenia 7y agoTo use your own example, bicycles only caught on once they started looking reasonable. The huge front wheel on pennys was a huge damper to adoption.
- 6gvONxR4sf7o 7y agoOr is it that the modern version of a bike looks reasonable to you because it caught on and you grew up with it?
- driverdan 7y agoWhy do you care what other people think?