I just don’t see any electric scooters around here anywhere. I kind of have my eye on this thing called an Aventura-X which is a vespa-style electric scooter that can go 35 mph ($3K) or 50 mph ($5K). I feel like that price kind of defeats the idea in the first place, and I still couldn’t get it serviced anywhere.
I’m straight-up afraid of motorcycles; somehow the sit-down style of a vespa seems more accommodating. You’re of course right about the danger of being hit, but I’m already an avid bicyclist so I assume I’m going to die that way anyway. I could just ride my bike everywhere, but of course that’s slower and the logistics of getting a bike ready for a ride is the big pain in the ass.
Motorcycles occupy a weird place culturally in America. Here in Vietnam, they’re as mundane and scary as cars in the US. I uploaded an entirely unremarkable drive across town from last night, maybe seeing everyone from grandmas to children on bikes will help break that perception.
omg they have a sidecar for dogs, that’s hilarious. And swappable batteries? I kinda love these, TBH. But yeah gotta go with what you can get a local shop to work on. If you already ride bicycles, I’m sure you’ve considered the e-bike thing. I have too but they’re also really expensive, the one I wanted ended up being like $8K and I was like bruh that’s used car prices.
I just don’t see any electric scooters around here anywhere. I kind of have my eye on this thing called an Aventura-X which is a vespa-style electric scooter that can go 35 mph ($3K) or 50 mph ($5K). I feel like that price kind of defeats the idea in the first place, and I still couldn’t get it serviced anywhere.
I’m straight-up afraid of motorcycles; somehow the sit-down style of a vespa seems more accommodating. You’re of course right about the danger of being hit, but I’m already an avid bicyclist so I assume I’m going to die that way anyway. I could just ride my bike everywhere, but of course that’s slower and the logistics of getting a bike ready for a ride is the big pain in the ass.
Motorcycles occupy a weird place culturally in America. Here in Vietnam, they’re as mundane and scary as cars in the US. I uploaded an entirely unremarkable drive across town from last night, maybe seeing everyone from grandmas to children on bikes will help break that perception.
omg they have a sidecar for dogs, that’s hilarious. And swappable batteries? I kinda love these, TBH. But yeah gotta go with what you can get a local shop to work on. If you already ride bicycles, I’m sure you’ve considered the e-bike thing. I have too but they’re also really expensive, the one I wanted ended up being like $8K and I was like bruh that’s used car prices.
Shit, I know some people with bicycles that cost nearly $20K. Meanwhile I have a fleet of '90s hybrids that I paid $50 to $100 for on craigslist.
Some of the roads I drive on for local errands are 45 mph and I wouldn’t feel comfortable doing that on an e-bike.