Thread 513604511

Why aren't kick scooters more popular as a personal transport option in cities while people are a-ok with their electric scooters blowing up and killing them constantly? You can take a mechanical scoot with you on public transport while electric bombs are banned.

>>513604511 (OP)
that shit finna eaaaasy to steal fr

>>513604511 (OP)
cant you just use a skateboard at that point

>>513604511 (OP)
too gay
same reason segways never took off

>>513604511 (OP)
The most difficult part about riding a scooter is telling your family that you are gay

A bicycle is more comfortable to ride. The whole point about e scooters is you just stand on it and it goes on its own.

>>513604511 (OP)
How old are you?

>>513604535
I take it with me to the store/work. It folds!

>>513604577
Scooter is much more stable. I'm not getting any younger.

>>513604736
You can take your scooter to a crowdes bus. Try that shit with a bike.

>>513604754
I'm older than 4chan.

>>513604991
Buses in 1st world countries have bike racks you retard

I know this and never take public transport

>>513604511 (OP)
They were fucking everywhere so cops decided to call them motorcycles. Suddenly you needed helmets and insurances so only jeets drive them.

>>513605903
The mechanical ones don't count ;)

>>513604511 (OP)
Because im not a child and drive a Cadillac Escalade V for my everyday driver. Gets about 12 mpg and 682 hp, something your europoor ass will never know how nice it is

Europe is regulating these. Make you wear helmet. You're gonna have to get a license plate, they're working on designs for license plates holsters that work on human ass. Gonna pay taxes too. And a forfait CO2 emission charge based on 0.25 grams of CO2 per kilometer. That the median CO2 coming out of your ass in farts per hour when using kick scooter.

>>513605186
you should walk more fatty fatty mcboomboom

>>513604511 (OP)
>Why aren't kick scooters more popular as a personal transport option in cities

Seen a few people with them here recently

>>513604511 (OP)
Looks super gay.

>>513606098
you're too new to the EU thing, the mechanical ones are not regulated YET. there is nothing unelected bureaucrats in brussels won't regulate eventually to make your life more miserable. hard work is being done now on mechanical kick scooters, among other things we looking at helmets with small license plate holders in the helmet kinda like a big barcode on the back of ur head

>>513606271
Nigga, mine is 100% foot powered.

>>513604511 (OP)
>Why aren't kick scooters more popular as a personal transport option in cities
You have two choices in life. You can be a homosexual and ride a scooter, or a chad and ride a Triumph. For those that don't love sucking cock the choice is simply.

>>513604511 (OP)
Doesn't matter OP, your possession and usage of the scooter makes you remarkable while the normies seethe itt catching noones attention.

>>513604511 (OP)
Because most cities dont allow any form of personal transportation on sidewalks and scooters aren't safe on the road period. Also kick scooters are just generally worse than bikes at actually getting around.

>>513604511 (OP)
Because a 2 stroke gsr40 GoPed is some of the most fun you will ever have. Iv even ditched the cops on one.

>>513606577
You can take mechanical ones to public transport and ride them on sidewalks. You are welcome.

>>513606506
so? we regulate and tax your use of your limbs. my sweet innocent child. you're an EU member now. Go to the netherlands they're all riding regular fucking bicycles with license plates on them. And these bicycles are taxed through a company benefit in kind system.

Usually when we come up with new ways to KEK europeans we try it on the dutch first, they will take any amount of abuse and humiliation.

>>513606640
You can do the same with a bike. You can also just keep using your bike instead of public transport in most places. Kick scooters really aren't that great at getting around anything thats not flat paved ground.

This is what you want

>>513606727
I don't live in dumbfuckistan like you. I live in Poland.

>>513604581
ultra orthodox jews here all use these if they're 25 and under. I guess they can't ride bikes

>>513606747
No you can't. How do you bring a bike to a tesco?

>>513605903
they're very common in my town, seems like every other person on the sidewalk is on one of those things. mostly white people.

>>513604511 (OP)
I WANT TO BAN SCOOTERS BECAUSE THEY SCARE ME.

>>513604511 (OP)
>Why aren't kick scooters more popular
I'm way over the age of 13

>>513604511 (OP)
I rode kick scooters constantly as soon as I got my first Razor at age 11. Rode them everywhere as actual transportation until I was 22 and they stopped smoking the adult version of the simple lightweight kick scooters. This gave me a permanent limb imbalance and all kind soft muscle-skeletal misalignments. Most obvious sign is that the undersole of my right shoe always wears out, I wear them until there is a hole all the way through, while the left shoe sole is still plenty thick. And this is just from walking, more than 10 years since I stopped scooting. I've been to excellent chiropractors and pts, but outside in the real world the misalignment keeps coming back, so I don't bother with that anymore, people say I walk funny like I'm drunk or high.

>>513608432
I had this problem from having a moonboot from breaking my leg

>>513608537
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpC5Lxg8ekM&pp=ygURbW9vbiBib290cyBhcnRodXI%3D

>>513606577
Quite deprived but imaginative.

>>513604511 (OP)
because that's a damn toy nigga. Buy a bicycle or moped.

>>513604535
Are they easier than e-scooters?
You can fold these up and even pack them in a bag in some cases to bring along with you.

>>513608432
Even it out by using a kick scooter with your other leg for 10 years.

>>513604535
ayo meng dassum raciss ass shiet u beakin nigga. Naw gibbe dat chicken tender biich

>>513606754
MAX
>noise
>pollution
>speed
BASED

>>513604511 (OP)
because they're shit. you might as well walk at that point

just make ul certification mandatory on lithium batteries, should have been years ago, on the federal level

>>513604991
bus stops and starts to let people on and off, it's actually the same time to just ride my bike all the way there

>>513604511 (OP)
because it's like fucking a fat girl. might be fun but you dont want your friends to see you

>>513604511 (OP)
Gotta kick all the time to create movement. Slow and inefficient.

I haven't used a scooter in 20 years but I got jumped when I was 12 by 2 teens with pocket knives or exacto knives I fended them off by swinging my scooter at them. I took off the handlebars (2.25 ft. T shape) and hit him in the face and teeth fragments came out and I broke his sunglasses and they ran off.

Looked gay as fuck but it made for a good self defense weapon.

>>513604797
Got a model? I literally saw a guy use one because his office is located super close to every government building. I got no need for cars either because everything is so close to me. I literally only drive a pick-up to take my dog to the vet and help grandma move around her restaurant's supplies.

Gonna be honest, OP makes a convincing argument. A scooter would be useless out in the sticks where I live but I can see the appeal, I used to enjoy fucking around on a razor or whatever they were called back in the day.

>>513604511 (OP)
Just ride a fucking bike. Those things take way too much effort. If you have to go further than 1km it’s a workout and a half. A bike can get you anywhere without problems. Miles even. Just learn how to ride a fucking bike. Bikes basically even outperform cars except for ultra long distance and even then you can still do that on a bike with the right gear and fitness.

>>513604511 (OP)
used some when i was younger and had a job ~10km away. it was kind of miserable to go up or downhill with those, especially downhill. There was a portion where i literally had to go like 40km/h, break until my shoe almost melts, then jump off into a full sprint while carrying that thing and trying to not hit my legs with it, while i slow down.
>>513606105
that crap would be literally unusable here, you won't get any parking spots and there's quite a few roads you suddenly can't use anymore, just so you can be mildly annoying and flex? Much more comfortable to just have a Lexus IS350 or something, if you want to keep something quick, that's more practical
>>513609265
first good leaf take on /pol/. Just walk dude

>>513604511 (OP)
It's a children's toy from the 80's. If you ride it as an adult you're a manchild.

Teenagers die in my cunt every day because they share electric scooters and crash into cars.

>>513609483
I can go up to 14km/h on my scoot.

>>513609580
Rideoo 200 PRO City Black

>>513604511 (OP)
NPCs would rather be fat and lazy than burn calories.

>>513604947
Holy fuck, just transition already you fucking fairy

>>513613305
I don't think my gf would like that.

>>513604577
Imagine 130kg doing olie over crab

>>513604511 (OP)
I remember when everyone threw these away in 2013 it was like a mass retirement of them I saw them sticking out of everyone's trash bin for months.

The ankle destroyer

They are like a fat chick. I would love one. They are a lot of fun. Wouldn't want to be caught in public riding one. Jokes aside, I _love_ scooters and escooters. I have so much joy ripping around the city with them. Out in the countryside I prefer a bicycle.

>>513616141
I ride my scooter to go fuck the fat chick what you gonna do?

>>513604511 (OP)
I feel like Tokyo has a whole thing of rental scooters, electric ones I think

>>513616312
Why rent when you can own?

>>513604947
wow that's got some big wheels
How frequently do you need to kick the ground?

>>513616312
we had a trial in my city but it was cancelled after a drunk rider crashed into a vietnamese guy and killed him

>>513616445
Depends on the surface and the slope. These hard wheels work better on hard surfaces but are absolute shit in soil.

>>513616374
Japs live in tiny little apartments on the 10th floor with no lifts
Electric ones are heavier with their motors or whatever, so it’s better to just pick one up and drop it off I guess
I bet they make good money off of fat lazy tourists too, most japs will just walk to the nearest train station

>>513613305
>t. Amerilard who physically can't get around in anything smaller than an F250.

>>513609505
Pleasant image. nothing is better for the self esteem than righteously emerging ahead

>>513616790
You can get mechanical ones from magnesium in USA. They are quite light.