Dutch e-bike maker VanMoof goes bankrupt, leaving riders stranded

Re:Dutch e-bike maker VanMoof goes bankrupt, leaving riders ... by GoToRO on Thursday August 24, 2023 @06:04AM (#37247010)

I crashed a few times. You land on your feet. You are so close to ground that there is no time to fall on your face. The scooter goes one side, you jump a little and you go forward at 15cm above the ground and land. The worse is that the back of the scooter will rotate one side and it comes and hits you in the back of your legs.

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Re:Dutch e-bike maker VanMoof goes bankrupt, leaving riders ... by stringsandchars on Thursday August 24, 2023 @06:13AM (#37247082)

> I crashed a few times. You land on your feet.

I have one of those 'funny' interview stories where the candidate turned-up with large scrapes all over his face attributed to falling off a scooter which suggests your data-point-of-one is contradicted by my data-point-of-one.

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Re:Dutch e-bike maker VanMoof goes bankrupt, leaving riders ... by GoToRO on Thursday August 24, 2023 @07:05AM (#37247432)

You need to know how to fall. If you know, it is easier to fall correctly from a scooter, than a bike f.e. This was my point.

Most people try to regain control and straiten their legs when in fact you have to abandon it and bend your knees. Less height, less pain.

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Re:Dutch e-bike maker VanMoof goes bankrupt, leaving riders ... by sebstefan on Friday August 25, 2023 @08:58AM (#37261183)

I've falled out of an e-scooter and landed on my feet so I just kept running, I'd have eaten the ground on a bike

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