>finally bite the bullet and move to Eastern Yurop from NA>doesn't make financial sense to pay to ship my bikes, sell them before moving>move to small but comfortable commiebloc apartment >having a bike would take too much room + I don't have a lot of space to perform maintenance>most people who commute to work outside of cages and public transport seem to use e-scooters here wtf lol>(except for food delivery jeets who exclusively use e-bikes and chinese gas powered scooters/mini motorbikes)>used bike market is shit and filled mostly with expensive full suspension MTBs probably stolen from Germany or literal trash>decide to buy a cheap commuter kick scooter to try out / get around and explore>turns out it's fantastic for commuting in a dense euro city>decide to rent an e-scooter to get across the city one day to see what it's like>it's fast, nimble and super fun>stores easily and can cross the city twice on one charge>don't have to get to work covered in sweat>easily take it on public transport if needed>buying one as soon as I get paidYep, it turns out e-scooters were the ultimate form of commuting transportation all along.
E scooters are gay
>>2029905>e-scooters were the ultimate form of commuting transportationas long as the town/city is dense enough, sure. doesn't really work in the US outside of the northeast, if at all
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>>2029905>having a bike would take too much room + I don't have a lot of space to perform maintenanceI think you should proudly step out of the closet and get yourself a minivelo.
>>2029905>having a bike would take too much roomBullshit anon. I have 3 bikes in my flat and they take minimal space. 1 just hangs above my TV and the other 2 in the hallway on the wall. >>2029913Gay and takes as much space as a normal bike.One thing i can think of is the electric brompton if you want to commute sweatfree.Isnt that expensive and can be ridden with much more comfort than a scooter
>>2029908I don't see why they wouldn't work in any major US city that doesn't get heavy snowfalls, provided you don't live way the fuck out suburbia of course. But even if you do, it's not like massive commutes from the 'burbs on a bike are pleasant in any way.>>2029907But so far I have seen 0 gays, 0 troons and 0 pride flags. checkmate, m8
>>2029905>nimbleit's the worst steering 2-wheeler possible. only monowheels have worse handling than e-scooters.
>>2029905>>move to small but comfortable commiebloc apartmentOh John, did you actually visit before moving?You likely have a common bike storage room or another arrangement. Storing basically worthless commuter bikes is also pretty common on street level public racks.
>>2029917I too hang my bike inside rather than risk it being stolen but I'm not delusional, it takes up quite a bit of space
the wheel hub of this piece of shit gets many times more dirt and water than a 29" bikeshock absorber is mockup with rubber insidethe fork is guaranteed to break at speed in the first few thousand kilometersno quick change battery, you can't put it in a safe and will have to store the scooter outside3kg direct drive motor is a lot of unsprung mass, significantly worsens the dynamics and work of the rear suspension, compared to mid (has no one ever made a e-scooter in which the motor is connected via a chain/belt, and not inside the wheel?)
>>2029905>go over bump faster than 15mph>fall and break leg
why would you move to eastern yurop? granted NA has its disadvantages but how is that not a downgrade? are you a mercenary? do you just hate life?
>>2030069NTA but not all of them are complete shitholes, and CoL is significantly lower there. If anon is still making NA money but living in Eastern Europe, he can afford to do more there.
>>2030071yeah but you could say the same thing about places like malaysia or paraguay where the food is more tasty than just ice potatoes with dill and pig fat and smiling in public isn't considered a sign of a mental disorder and the average person doesn't need a liter of vodka daily to avoid committing suicide
>>2029951Nimble here probably means easy to maneuver in tight spaces at low speed, not competitive racing.
>>2030069It isn't a downgrade at all. Quality of life is significantly higher here. It's much safer, it's clean, people are awesome and much less insane. Sure, it takes like three times as long to save up for the latest [insert high end electronics like iShit] but I am very pleased with everything and am not coming back.
>>2030072Idk about you and everyone else but having the tism means those sounds dlike pros and not cons to me, I always like Eastern Euro girls too, well, a lot here in NA do fetishize them too
>>2030073They are wobbly at low speeds and unstable at high speeds, and steer like shit regardless of speed. The only bit of nimbleness they have going for them is the fact it's easy to get off them when going slow.
>>2029951>>2030073>>2030370escooter stable from idk, 3 km/h to around 20-25 km/h bike is stable from 10 km/h to idk depeneds on geometry, but definitely above 25 km/h.those 3-10 km/h kinda matter a lot when you have to ride thru a crowd on a sidewalk without falling over or making giant ass circles.
>>2030448>bike is stable frompretty much zero if you can trackstand. if you got particularly fat wheels you might hit people's legs, but i've never had a problem weaving through pedestrians on my 26er.
>>2030448>stable from 10 km/hWtf anon??Do you fall over if you do 5km/h?My bikes are stable from literally 1-2km/h or how this anon said >>2030481 from literally standstill
>>2030481>>2030482I guess my definition of stable is different from yours. For me things are stable when you don't need to actively correct steering or weight balance. Obviously, you can ride bicycle at any speed you want, hell even trackstand, but that takes a bit of effort... Kind of like balancing a pencil upright (the infamous inverted pendulum). Other thing I should mention is that in general, the stability of bicycle is greater, because small disturbances on the road (i.e. pebbles and uneven pavement) don't affect anything much at all and you can ride with hands off the bars without any issues. But in case of the e-scooter with its tiny wheels, hands-free riding is only possible on extremely smooth pavement since any pebble will upset steering enough for you to loose balance. Other thing to consider is turning radius. Actually, maybe it is much more important than stability lol. dunno.
>>2029905in a city with cycling infrastructure these things are so fucking awesome
>>2029905Your opinion should be disregarded because no intelligent human would move to Eastern Yurop from NA, cutting their salary 70% in the processYour greentext also sounds reddit tier>>2030541riding even one handed on an e-scooter is extremely unstable and dificult. Meanwhile I can easily ride with no hands on a bike.
>>2030760Just moved to western Europe. Make more now than NA. 3bdroom Apt less than 800. 200 a month for groceries. My bank account looks phat. Good bye america. Keep taking your copium.
