I'm more comparing own vs rent. Rental e-bikes are great as well, 90% as good as the scooters. Disadvantages of keeping your own: 1) Need to take it with you o

I'm more comparing own vs rent. Rental e-bikes are great as well, 90% as good as the scooters. Disadvantages of keeping your own: 1) Need to take it with you on the train/bus/car 2) Need to lock it to something secure when you leave it (especially e-bikes/scooters which are expensive) 3) Need to pick it up from the same place you left it last time. 4) Need to buy it (€1000+) and maintain it, and charge it 5) Need to store it somewhere secure when not in use 6) The parking scales really poorly: if 10 people can use a hire-bike in a day, but 1 person can use a private one, this would mean the private bikes would take 10x the amount of parking per user.