Lime and Bird are growing rapidly

Re:Lime and Bird are growing rapidly by briandear on Monday December 03, 2018 @06:58PM (#18594454)

A bike is safer? Definitely need some citations for that. Versatility is debatable. I can fold my scooter and put it under my table at a restaurant or toss it into the trunk of a car. Scooters are also extremely low maintenance: no flat tires, no need to carry a pump or patch kit.

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Re:Lime and Bird are growing rapidly by baroffoos on Monday December 03, 2018 @07:49PM (#18594790)

The bigger wheels give it much better stability. Hitting a hole or rock on a bike and a scooter is a very different experience. lots of the scooter steering setups make it very easy for the front wheel to suddenly turn 90 degrees and send you flying

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Re:Lime and Bird are growing rapidly by NatW on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @05:39AM (#18598171)

My experience is with bikes you can easily take one hand off the bike to signal a turn - what your traffic intention is. But with the scooters, it's not really possible to take your hands off the handlebars (you lose control!), and there is currently no blinker control to indicate your traffic intention. I wanted to take a left-turn on a scooter recently and this was an issue. I got honked-at.

I think they should add blinker light controls to the handlebars.

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Re:Lime and Bird are growing rapidly by rocketpastsix on Monday December 03, 2018 @08:49PM (#18595168)

>no flat tires

Ive had plenty of flat tires on scooters. In fact I had two in one day resulting in me finishing my commute to work in the rain. It was great.

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Re:Lime and Bird are growing rapidly by walshemj on Monday December 03, 2018 @08:17PM (#18594946)

There are folding bikes.

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