• Showroom7561@lemmy.ca
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    11 months ago

    I had a regular kick bike and they are cool!

    An electric version wouldn’t be permitted where I live. 🙄

  • CrayonRosary@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Put a seat on it and it’s a scooter. There’s no reason scooters must have tiny, hard wheels. Many don’t. Then again, the definition of “scooter” is really blurry. I consider them to have seats like traditional ICE scooters. Razor “scooters” are just clown kick bikes.

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      11 months ago

      When I was a kid scooters had little bike tires and bicycle handlebars, with bicycle breaks. Then these damn kids started making everything into blades and razors and the old scooters disappeared.

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        11 months ago

        Lower center of gravity which might be easier for people with balance difficulties.

        Folds up.

        Smaller footprint.

        That’s pretty much all I can think of off the top of my head as well.

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          11 months ago

          If you have balance difficulties it’s probably best that you use something with 3 or 4 wheels. Both Ebikes and ESooters go fast enough to fuck you up.

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      11 months ago

      You get to have terribly balanced muscles leaving you both in shape, and in a lot of pain. Like most older skateboarders.

      The human body is not built to kick the floor for hours a day everyday as a mode of transportation.