No.307787
leaning into the curves is very enjoyable. if i was younger i'd totally appreciate that these can easily be mastered for mating dance type of behavior. they do make me feel a bit young. i guess it looks slightly out of place to look old but ride around on such a young people device.
>>307785>I prefer kick scooters. interdasting. i rode around on a metal one as a kid too and loved it but i stopped when bullies used it as part of their bullying.
i imagine one to be fun where there are extremely well taken care bearings inside so the momentum doesn't dissipate so easily. i'd want one where i can adjust the height of the standing plattform on a moment to moment basis because when the ground is smooth it is so nice to be near to the ground and have the push off easier.
not sure what pneumatic wheels are.
No.307790
>>307789
>Fucking faggots making driving around harder
how do the bad people make it harder? where did they touch you, show me on the doll. you probably don't mean what you say and are just shocked from being touched inappropriately by a grown-up.
there is hardly any interaction with cars if you do it right, well i guess it is especially unproblematic here because there are so many bikeways here. the bikepath is next to the pedestrian walkways, 10 cm higher then the cars. maybe you live someplace where cars, bikes and pedestrians have to share a dirtroad, i guess then it is truly annoying and i hope these jerks get what they deserve for molesting you.
No.307792
bike people are weird. such serious, tense people. they dress in such weird plastic, like they are laboratory test subjects.
wearing clothes made from plasic i consider sinful behaviour.
No.307796
>>307789
>Buy a bike
you know what the more i think about it, the more bicycling could be a secret homosexual cult.
No.307797
if i had the money i would probably get an electric unicycle because they seem so fun.
No.307810
>>307809is that the dyslexic font?
No.307811
>>307803Must be a pain ordering specialty parts for it.
No.307815
>>307810>dyslexic fontaw yeah, it is opendyslexic, i think i was looking at two different options and opendyslexic looked better so i kept it and deleted the other.
>>307811
>Must be a pain ordering specialty parts for it.i don't know much about bikes but those components look fairly standard. would be easy to build one from widely available components i'd think.
maybe this is an artisan's instrument and highly dialed in to specific performance enhancement.
No.307816
>>307813looks like it is low to the ground,i notice that is what makes pushing off with one foot so hard on the electric scooter, it is way too far up for that to be comfortable.
No.307818
>>307816I mean vid is of a push scooter.
No.307819
>>307818i never rode such a elaborate thing. i wish they could build them so that they don't use their speed as quickly. you know how you can spin a skateboard wheel for minutes because the bearings are so nice and precise? i wish bigger wheeled devices could have this kind of feeling to them.
>>307813wouldn't it be way cooler if such a device had a way to higher and lower the foot-plattform? that could be operated with the help of the whole handle acting like a lever. tilting it front or back while holding a button could adjust how high the plattform is; that way it could be dialed into different ground contidions. it could be set to low for smooth pavement and set to high for rougher terrain.
No.307821
>>307819Such a feature would add significant mechanical complexity, which would increase weight, R&D cost, overall price, need for repair, and dramatically reduce reliability and durability.
I just don't think it would be a worthwhile feature for a kick scooter.
Maybe for a duel suspension premium e-scooter. But in their case you only need push off at start up so it's less of a meaningful feature.
No.307822
>>307820Buses are late too, and stinky, and loud, and full of succubi.
No.307823
>>307821>Such a feature would add significant mechanical complexityyeah but it would also be a fun toy that could be used to jump on the thing like a trampoline and use it as a manual suspension that could be used to have a more active role in absorbing shocks. could be fun for dancing.
i keep thinking this is nice for mating dance behaviors, a real shame i didn't have such a thing when i was younger.
No.307824
>>307822the bigger the city, the nastier the bus. people from small villages don't understand that inner city humans are like zoo animals in a way.
No.307827
the one i have even fat people can ride, max weight on mine is 130kg. many can only carry 100kg.
No.307830
they are garbage and make you look like a fool
there's worse though, like the electrical one wheeled thingies
some people can't be arsed using their damn legs
No.307841
>>307830>make you look like a fooloh no that would be terrible to look like a fool in front of someone important like you.
No.307850
While I don't hate them, it was kind of annoying having normalgroids swarming the streets with those rentable ones and leaving them where they didn't belong.
Glad to see they're becoming the domain of hobbyists and non-assholes again.
No.307852
>>307850>those rentable onesi see them laying around in the streets but they are hardly used. if i did not detest surveilence technology so much, i would have used one of those a few times to get a feel for it before i paid 450€ for mine but they are expensive and i am poor!
11,40€ for one hour of usage, that's a lot of money.
450€/11,40€=39,5
if i rode around a rentable one for 40 hours, then i would have spent the money i paid for mine.
this would have been perfect for me 15 years ago when i was using public transport to get around the city quickly.
i don't think i have ever seen big swarms, most i have ever seen was 2 dudes riding around on them at night.
sometimes i see young dudes driving them and they have a young lady standing behind them that holds on to the dude and they ride around together on one scooter, nice image, of course they have no idea how evil succubi are.
No.307853
>>307830>>307789this so much I dont know what kind of normie fag with shit taste you have to be to want to be riding a scooter.
I see females and weak soyfags using it.
No.307860
>>307853The only arguments against using such a mode of transportation is that alternatives such as bicycle and regular kick scooters actually offer exercise, at a more affordabl price, and are generally more reliable. Judging by the way you type, you probably consider exercise to only be good for CHADS and STACIES. You give the impression that what yopu like is defined entirely by what is considered COOL to whatever group of people you look up to. I'll bet you use an iPhone.
No.307872
>>307853i had a scooter when i was a kid. definitely beats walking, when the terrain is flat anyway. not using something simply because it's silly and because "only x people use that" is dumb. if it's useful, it's useful
No.307874
>>307860> you probably consider exercise to only be good for CHADS and STACIEweak strawman and your post is nothing but projection.
Electric scooters are exactly for soyboys because it provides no exercise works no muscle in your body and you do no cardio.
Electric scooters are a weak pathetic normalfag way of transportation because only npcs with no sense of aesthetics and who want to remain weak will go out in something that looks so fucking awful and that keeps you weak. You get dopamine from riding a bicycle and it keeps you healthier which allows you to enjoy the wizlife but you don't know anything about that.
No.307875
Not to put too fine a point on it, but scooters are generally an eyesore especially electric ones. At least a kick scooter can be excused if it's a kid's. So many things already muck up the modern landscape. Even most bikes don't look all that great. Skateboards can be cool.
I don't doubt the utility of a scooter though.
No.307881
>>307875I think they are beautiful and add greatly to the positive atmosphere of the modern landscape. Car sprawl and ugly infrastructure for cars is quite the eyesore though.
No.307882
>>307875This so much. Electric scooters have a shitty design and it's for ugly people with no taste. Even tuk tuks look better.
No.307889
>>307882i dont think ever even seen an electric scooter in real life
No.307891
>>307789
I agree. I think electric scooters suck because in my country drunk people drive with them (badly). Doctors say that it causes them extra work, too. A bicycle is much better.
No.307903
>>307891That is more of a social issue then a problem with the scooters in general.
Where I live cops with hassle anyone on anything with wheels while being intoxicated. So people who want to get very drunk ether use ride share, walk, or drink at house parties.
No.307909
>>307903>Where I live cops with hassle anyone on anything with wheels while being intoxicatedwow these damn cops are going too far!
No.307926
>>307909I don't drink so it only benefits me.
I would prefer not to bet hit by some irresponsible drunk person regardless of what vehicle they get their hands on. It's a good use of police resources if you ask me. It has a noticeable effect on public safety and has statistically lowered accidents and deaths.
No.307949
>>307874>Electric scooters are exactly for soyboys because it provides no exercise works no muscle in your body and you do no cardio. it's not none. when used in actual traffic and for exploration i jump off and push it and jump back on all the time. it is particularly nice to go to a spot to exhaust myself with cardio and then hop on the thing and ride back, that means i can exhaust myself more because i don't need as much power getting home.
your other 'reasons' are invalid bad-faithed female cultural baggage.
No.307950
>>307891>I think electric scooters suck because in my country drunk peoplei am stunned how bad the reasoning of some users here is.
No.307965
>>307950There is a pretty wide intelligence spread on this site.
You have actual geniuses, midwits like myself, and real deal unable to function actually have handlers pants shitting retards. Full range of the bell curve.
No.307973
>>307971Those types of chunky power tool batteries are just boxes for standard Li-Ion cells, the kind used in flashlights and such. There are a lot of guides online about making an array of these cells and using commonly available power regulator chips to permit safe charging and discharging. You could probably make your own supersized cell and not have to blow so much money on the overhead of buying a tool battery.
No.307976
>>307973>There are a lot of guides online about making an array of these cells and using commonly available power regulator chips to permit safe charging and discharging. You could probably make your own supersized cell and not have to blow so much money on the overhead of buying a tool battery.i do dream about doing that. i once harvested some 18650 cells from an old laptop battery and these were some phenomenal magical cells. despite being 10 years old they held charge for years while i totally neglecting them and using the laptop 10 years after i bought it they were still as strong as when i first got it. completely defies my understanding; i can't come up with a way how this was possible.
ever since then i am dreaming of doing what you describe though i am waiting on something convenient. ideally something with a transparent casing where all i have to do is pop the cells in and they are already connected.
so far the only device i have found to realize this idea is this beauty: it is a usb-powerbank sold by the company "xtar". it accepts a few different cells and turns them into a powerbank with a display. it shows state of charge and also what the connected devices draw. also useful to just use it as a charger for these cells if they are used for other devices (apparently some electronic cigarette vapemachines use these cells).
so far i don't mind paying for the batteries because this company that makes them has yet to disappoint me. i already have lots of tools and gadgets that run on this battery and i do detect a hint of loyalty towards them in myself.
No.307981
something fun happened today. on my way home on my third trip i was casually pushing the scooter on the sidewalk because the road was uphill and i like to be nice to the battery and push most of the time when it is uphill.
some gentle fatty saw me just pushing the scooter on the sidewalk, believing i was just a pedestrian. once i made it up the hill i would start to turn around and check left and right to make sure no pedestrians on the sidewalks and no cars on the road were near, i swiftly and suddenly approached the road and i elegantly jumped up the scooter and rode of on the road in one fluid motion from the sidewalk to the road. the fatty did not expect that! my guess is he appreciated this fluid mobility of being a pedestrian one second and then riding down the road and he was raising his arms in celebration and shouted some good faithed comment i couldn't make out. he understood how cool this fluid mobility is.
on the first trip of the day i was wearing some edgy matrix-looking trenchcoat but since it flaps so much in the wind it noticably decreased my range so i probably wont wear it for scootering around.
No.308111
I pulled the trigger and bought the swifty.
It is basically a hybrid between kick bike and folding kick scooter and apparently the best in the world in it's category.
No.308116
>>308111>I pulled the trigger and bought the swifty.this looks like a lot of fun to move around on. i wish i could rent this for a day. i wonder what it looks like when the rider achieves higher levels of familiarity on the thing. with sufficient experience everything becomes a beautiful elegant artform. imagine the difference between someone who just started standing on a skateboard and someone experienced. i wonder how this would look on a kick bike.
No.308125
>>308116I am mainly looking forward to being able to ride on dirt paths, in the rain, and on stuff like cobblestone and other places that I would love to ride but can't with a hard wheel scooter.
I bike too but I don't enjoy it anywhere near as much as I do riding a scooter.
No.308145
>>308116it looks like shit always
lol at artform, it is about as much as it would be mastering potato sack racing. it will never not make you look ridiculous
No.308148
>>308145Why are you such a hater?
No.308175
>>308125>on stuff like cobblestoneoh yeah that's quite annoying to ride on with the undersized electric scooter wheels. the only way to make it bit better i have found is just riding a bit slower on it, this however should greatly impact the battery, luckily i just got a fresh second pair of batteries delivered and now my range should be 30km.
i wish summer wasn't over just as i got this fun new toy.
blease bost bicture of one that looks similar to yours. there weren't that many available pictures on the image search.
i wonder how far you can go on one single kick of the ground. i wonder if it feels somewhat like a skateboard. rolling on a skateboard with well maintained bearings on a smooth surface is such a nice feeling, i don't understand it that so few people skate. it is such vivid, elegant, life-affirming pleasure. such a rare combination of art, physical expression and technology. it is nice to feel the smoothness of the bearing as it represents a rare occasion of technology being a tangible, guilt-free contributor to the quality of human life instead of merely trading freedom into convenience.
>>308145>at artformhave you never seen these gifs and tiktoks and whatever of manual laborers from around the world doing their work at incredible superhuman speeds? the longer you do something, the better you get at it and in many cases there is a surprising amount of skill possible that occasionally question what is possible for a human.
i guess you did not know that, otherwise what reason is there not to care about the potential of the biological machine you were spawned in? you don't think that is important? to know what it can and can't do?
>it looks like shit alwayswhen you reach a certain point of skill with your vehicle, wherever you drive a crowd instantly forms. they can not help but stare at what they believed to be outside of possibility. they look like starving people at a plate of food they can not touch. they stare so hard, if you ever witnessed such admiration and knew what it looked like (which clearly you do not) you'd worry their eyes fall out of their sockets.
No.308316
The site I bought the scooter from hasn't confirmed the order, given shipping information, or really communicated at all and it's been a week.
Only confirmation I got was from paypal with a receipt.
Security of the site seems fine, and when doing a scam scan on 3rd party sites the only thing they noted suspicious was extremely low traffic.
While I thought it's possible the business closed but hasn't yet bothered to close the site (since their twatter account is closed) according to the registration they renewed the thing earlier this month.
Many of their forms don't work so I sent them a email directly.
If I don't resive any responce I will assume something went wrong and just go through paypal or my debit card to refund the money.
It doesn't look like a straight up scam. More like their site has been neglected, based on a out of date template, and doesn't actually work anymore.
I just hope the items they say they had for sell are actually for sale, and the site isn't just a snapshot of when it was created.
Otherwise the item I wanted will be much more expensive to acquire with a much higher shipping cost since 3rd party sellers are rare and the people who make it charge over 100 bucks for shipping + vat. Which I don't want to pay.
Funny thing is, on a whim I messed with one of those fortune telling oracles based on dice rolls and asked it something related to the scooter being bought.
Said I should expect great hardship and trouble.
I blew it off but it looks like that silly dice fortune telling program might have gotten this prediction right.
Nothing can ever be easy for me. It's rare I can just enjoy things and not have something bad happen.
Guess the only thing now to do is wait and see if they email me back.
If they don't then so be it. I will deal with it and move on as I always do. Ain't nobody going to help me but me after all.
Sorry for the rant. Just had to vent.
Hopefully your day has less worry then mine.
No.308368
>>308316hmm seems like there is room for a trustworthy seller of these things in your market. i hope you get the thing. i saw someone near where i live riding on a similar looking device.
was riding on the electric scooter today and i saw something i don't think i have ever seen before. it was a bike where someone was standing on. it did not have a saddle to sit on. clearly made for standing. it was similar to those on the picture i attached with the notable difference, that instead of a regular handle, it just had these poles to grab on, so i assume the arms could contribute to the movement, which could be something to strictly outclass all the leg-only mobility devices.
it did not look like the person who was riding it, was doing a good job of it, maybe a beginner, i could tell how the person was timid, stiff and limited; only used like 20% of what is possible. no shifting around of the weight, no springloading, no pendulum movements, no usage of orbits, no full body tension.
No.308372
>>308370i wonder how much fun it would be to ride those around, they seem like exercise devices for physical rehabilitation but i can't help but think i could become pretty fast on them. i would use my whole body and it imagine the trampoline vibes. maybe they are considerably faster with less effort compared to regular bicycles.
this halfbike seems like it would be a bit more fun to ride around. because of how compact it is, i imagine it is better at maneuvering around traffic, road construction and congestion. probably not as comfortable to stand on. i wish the halfbike and the street strider had a baby i could ride around on.
No.308387
I reckon they're awesome too, except in my city they are just as expensive to hire as a share-car
No.308426
>>308387>I reckon they're awesome too, except in my city they are just as expensive to hire as a share-cari am wondering if they can keep the prices of these thing so high. where i live there are numerous competing services and they all seem to cost similarly. ~7€ for 30 minutes, ~13€ for an hour.
most of the time the scooters aren't in use though. they just stand by the road, waiting for people. while i was driving in a car the other day i was counting the scooters on the way to my favorite takeout. i counted 70 rentable electric scooters and probably 20 electric bikes and small electric motorcycle-type devices.
for the high availability of these things the prices are too unattractive. even bus is too expensive. the only reason to ride them that i believe makes sense is when you travel around and you want to explore a new city. then paying the 13€ to not exhaust yourself and ride around for an hour is so worth it. for daily use i'd rather pack light and walk.
No.308427
>>308426my area has no real bus service
i see a lot of them by a warehouse nearby
i think a lot of them are opportunity usage
like people maybe are too tired one day,
or theyre running late,
because a lot of the jobs involve walking around all day for hours in the warehouse,
it seems counterintuitive for people to pay quite expensive rates to then ride one home instead of another 30 minutes of walking after 8 hours of walking
but the human value system is different
it is illegal to use a personal scooter though only regulated company ones are available
No.308456
>>308427>a lot of them are opportunity usagethat does make a lot of sense. if i actually bothered to register to the service and download the app to a normiephone and have it ready, i'd probably use it to hurry along certain situations.
>>308427>a lot of the jobs involve walking around all day for hours in the warehouse, i keep forgetting some people have actually physically demanding jobs.
No.308497
>>308372Never seen one of those before, but honestly does look like it would be pretty fun to ride around a bit. At least on paved bike trails.
I doubt it would be much fun on dirt or messed up streets and half destroyed sidewalks.
No.308608
>>308606that does look pretty fun to ride around on. strange that i don't remember ever seeing pictures of these before. the technology to do so was reasonably available but i would have assumed nobody bothered to put it together in that combination.
No.308626
>>308608Mopeds have been a thing for awhile but yeah the motor is usually put on the back to open up more space on the foot board and give better balancing.
The reason gas ones mostly disappeared is because regulation.
No.308672
>>307789>>307853>>307891Cope harder bikeniggers scooters are here to stay
No.308694
>>308622it's as simple as this: if you know how to make rare movements (preferably those that are difficult, complicated and fast) then the succubi will wanna fuck. they will come way too close and try to make pictures and videos of you and call other succubi so they can stare and scheme against you.
bless you for not understanding how bad things really are, you who use your body as a tripod to park your nervous system in front of screens who you have never had to strategize on how to avoid them. there is a war happening out there that you do not have the slightest idea about and i envy you.
>>308626>because regulationso tired of the evil minions forcing their violent ways on others while acting like this was a democracy.
No.308892
i did a rookie mistake and went skating first and then i went into the aldi to buy a few things to eat, which is the wrong order unfortunately.
is better to go shopping first and skate afterwards because skating feels so good and wakes the body up so much, once i am warm and then go shopping the succubi recognize the superior elegant movements and want to come close and try their luck, which is very annoying and uncomfortable and i almost get startled by it.
No.308999
>>308897that shit is a lawsuit waiting to happen.
That said, I personally know a few idiots that would go bananas over it want to film "kung fu" fight scenes on a site like that.
No.309009
>>308999>that shit is a lawsuit waiting to happen. i guess instead of respecting that there are different levels of ability among humans, you would rather have the world babyproof.
>I personally know a few idiots that would go bananas over it want to film "kung fu" fight scenes on a site like that.i wish i knew what they thought about this, please be so kind and link them this thread and invite them most politely and tell them they are awesome.
No.309102
>>309012Music choice kind of ruins it.
Also, what does this have to do with scooters?
No.309107
>>309017Funniest little humanoids
No.309134
>>309107>Funniest little humanoidsi wonder what the deeper meanings of the monkeynoises are.
>Also, what does this have to do with scooters?the longer you skate the better you become at it.
you practice movements. the more you skate the more you search for these tiniest of advantages in movements that make your movements faster and more expressive.
a rare skill with surprising consequences and side-effects.
like a speedrunner playing the first level over and over, searching for something closer to perfection. of course he can never reach it but superhuman places are very much reachable. it is a practice of excellence.
imagine this dude climbed up there for the first time and it wasn't all that impressive and quick. you look at him now and imagine how many times he must have done it to do it this good. repetitions that reveal tiny differences. that's the love of movement, that's skating.
never mind the music you fool, when you skate you only listen to songs that are absolute bangers to you. if you are not DJing to yourself via phone while you skate, you are doing it wrong.
No.309258
>>309010>>309011>>309012>>309013>>309014>>309017>>309134>>309256>>309257>>309257First of all, lurk more before posting.
Second, nobody here wants to see 3dpd and you come off as an outsider or troll.
Third, I think reddit is the place for and your normie videos.
Fourth, nobody here gives a shit and at this point you're the only one who cares about this kind of boring inane shit normies do and you're only talking to yourself to satisfy yourself and posting for yourself
Firth and last, You're also pedantic like every other normalfag, this behaviour isn't welcomed here. So get a clue and stop being such an annoying retard.
No.310000
>>307776>>307777>>307779An electric powered push scooter is fine too.
No.310002
>>309134I don't understand this video. for what possible purpose did they think that was a good idea? What did they think would have happened? If they didn't fall off the board, they would have maintained the speed and just hit the wall at the end. They actually got one of the better outcomes. Why did they do that?
No.310004
>>310002Because it is fun to do and fun to watch. Is your blood even red?
No.310051
>>307776had mine stolen from my shed
No.310511
>>310510Never mind, they rejected my payment and refunded the money.
They said they totally refuse to sell to someone who's payment and shipping address are different.
So I flat out can't buy the damn scooter.
No.310512
>>310511They had the nerve to complain that my IP address was located over 100 km away from my shipping address.
What kind of company does shit like that?
Even the companies from the UK are organs of the police state.
No.310513
>>310512If the purchase address and shipping address aren’t the same they aren’t covered by their payment processor sometimes, maybe escooters are a high scam product. Weird.
No.310515
>>310513I have bought gold coins with less nonsense then that company gave me.
Might be a UK thing or it might be that they are doing identity theft.
Ether way I blasted them on a few reviews sites and any time scooters or kickbikes come up I will remember this and shit on them.
No.310516
Holy shit, the swifty scooter company actually false flagged my reviews as being harmful illegal content.
God this company is shit.
No.310552
>>310516Been days and my review is still hidden due to their false flag.
I wonder if I edit the review and add even more detail will it be shown.
Seriously though swifty is a scumbag company.
No.311451
>>310552there are so many companies who took the blue pill and started behaving dirty, it seems like the monetary system can no longer keep it's promises.
you might have been better served building a crappy version yourself from old bike parts. companies seem to be getting more and more uninterested in offering goods and services, they just do what they do to make money. if i lived like that and viewed human existence as a competition for the exchange resource i'd be profoundly unhappy.
No.311452
>>310515>Might be a UK thingWell there you go. You probably failed to produce your EV license and 2-Wheel license and Online Shopper's Card. Without those it is illegal for your to purchase this item.
No.311454
I don't want to install an "app" and give another evil company my data. Otherwise, if they were really free, like state-sponsored, vandalism and overuse would be prevalent. Low trust society wants to live the green dream without cars, we will see how that goes. And of course I can't have my own, because it would be stolen. I hate people.
No.311456
>>311454If range isn't too much of a issue then you could look into the thinner lighter foldable models that are relatively easy to take with you into places instead of leaving outside.
It's probably what I would go with in a dense urban area with theft issues if I wanted something electric.
No.311458
>>311454>And of course I can't have my own, because it would be stolenif you don't leave it anywhere you can drive around on it, though i agree with everything you said. computers were so nice before apps.
i like mine because i keep it in my car and when i don't find a parking space near my house i can park far away and use the scooter to drive home. cities were such a mistake. the idea to make them livable is fundamentally misguided, humans were never meant to live in density, it is an abomination.
No.314931
>>307776I prefer an e-bicycle
No.314937
>>314931they don't ride like a motorcycle, do they? as in i can just twist a lever and it goes theoretically without me having to pedal at all. i've never seen one or sat on one.