#51

when i was in paris the other week, google maps kept suggesting that i hire a scooter and kept telling me how much quicker i’d get to places.

obvs on the pavements they’re terrible but they really should legalise them for road use here imho.

#52

“stupid Cupid, stop picking on me” for me

#53

Not just your ho, also the ho of London’s Transport Commissioner.

You still wouldn’t catch me dead, or more accurately alive and then quickly dead on one in London traffic.

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#54

I have two scooters and a bike. The bike is for fun and local travel, the scooters are for the commute/other train travel. The small one is this one and I use it for ad-hoc travel when I don’t want to be encumbered and/or don’t know the area I’m going to. The larger scooter still folds up but has 16" pneumatic tyres and rides like a dream. Being able to alternate between road and pavement in London when the traffic feels unsafe is great. It’s also almost half the weight of a Brompton. I love it.

My main piece of advice is not to buy new unless you’re particularly flush with cash. People are always trying scooters, deciding they’re not for them, and selling them on. You can always pick one up second hand.

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#55

Would like to hear a geordie say commuter scooter, I think

#56

I’m being won back around to scooters!

#57

I was wondering how well those things handle the more challenging potholes around London.

#58

bus > walking > real bike > brompton > skateboard >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> scooter >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> electric scooter >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> rollerblades

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#59

>Raditude

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#61

>>>>>cars

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#62

Might be that daft but it’s not that small. It’s basically a BMX with a flatbed rather than a frame.

I have no objective view of how it looks. It is genuinely fun but it also shaves so much time off my commute I wouldn’t stop doing it for anything. Probably my best decision this year.

#63

The pneumatic tires on the Swifty handle potholes and tree roots very well. The fixed rubber wheels on the smaller Micro do feel the terrain a lot more but you really shouldn’t be going all our for speed unless you’re sure of the surface. It actually makes you very aware of your surroundings as you’re always looking for dropped curbs and checking the pavement.

#64

probably wait until they get disc brakes.

#65

Missed out those dumbass single wheel things, which seem to have vanished from London, but were also still in evidence in places in Paris.

#66

unicycles?

#67

Well for completeness I guess so, but I meant these.

#68

same shit. circus skills wankers should get in the bin, every last juggling fire poi tightrope one of them

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#69

I’ve been to Paris, Berlin and Seville this year which all have electric scooter schemes and so far have yet to be terrorised as a pedestrian :man_shrugging:

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#70

Yeah he was clearly coked up. I’m still adamant that I wouldn’t touch one with a bargepole on London roads though. It’s bad enough on a bike.

I didn’t imagine the people buzzing around me in Central Paris last week though.