yourtoys7 Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Moderators and who ever makes decisions, is it possible to create an area to discuss E scooters?. There is few/ many of us have purchased E scooters as well as having UECs. Would be nice to share info., knowledge and trouble shooting issues. i could look for new forum that discusses E scooters only but it be nice to stay in one area type of thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yourtoys7 Posted June 16, 2018 Author Share Posted June 16, 2018 ????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meepmeepmayer Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 I believe the problem is, e-scooters aren't self-balancing, so they're not wanted here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve454 Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 Well, you have a thread started. Maybe you could put it in the off-topic section. ? It's a start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ir_fuel Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 1 hour ago, meepmeepmayer said: I believe the problem is, e-scooters aren't self-balancing, so they're not wanted here In that case just post it here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yourtoys7 Posted June 17, 2018 Author Share Posted June 17, 2018 Looks like we gonna have to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meepmeepmayer Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 Well, you can argue both ways, and in doubt I'm on the side of "Why not, let's try!", but it is an understandable decision (if it is one... @John Eucist?). If we go for all personal electric vehicles, is this going to become an e-bike, e-skateboard and scooter forum? Because these have the numbers. Keeping the focus on EUCs may have some merit, if only keeping the forum small enough so costs don't explode. I think it can't hurt to lure others in and show them the one true way (EUCs) because other PEVs would constantly be compared to wheels and the URL shows EUC supremacy - there's some preexisting starting advantage built in here, but it's not my forum. The OT thread idea is good, though. Start a "The official e-Scooter Thread feat. Dualtron and whatever" and see how it goes. Maybe its popularity will speak for itself? Or maybe a small extra "Non-self-balancing electric vehicles" subforum would be an interesting experiment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 On 6/11/2018 at 4:38 PM, yourtoys7 said: is it possible to create an area to discuss E scooters?. There is few/ many of us have purchased E scooters as well as having UECs. Last October I created a Moderator only thread questioning whether we should have a section for “things wot don’t self balance”. At that time we were getting an increasing number of eSkateboard posts and attempts at advertising them as well. The funny thing is that @John Eucist replied: “trouble is, where do we draw the line, next it will be a eScooters and then ebikes......” As you can see our “guru” was as prophetic as ever ?. Thereby hangs the problem. We started as a self balancing devices forum and the feeling is that is probably where we need to draw the line. To be honest more often than not we really regret including Hoverboards, as the majority of the sellers and manufacturers have no interest in helping anyone, just making money and the vast majority of users with problems cannot tell us even what make they have got or diagnose the problem further than “It don’t go no more!” The counter argument is that I’m fairly sure almost all of us are early adopters and will be keenly interested in any and every new PEV on the market. It is also a good argument that if our most active sellers like @Jason McNeil, Speedyfeet, etc are keenly supporting a type of PEV (and that certainly does include eScooters) then it probably is worthy of a place here. Our, not unreasonable, conclusion at the time is that there is always the Off-topic section to discuss any new types of PEV and such discussions will be very welcome. If in future a type gets to a critical mass of discussion and those discussions are actually useful and helpful (I.e. nothing like the average Hoverboard post) then that is when we would think about giving it a section - but think about how bombarded we would likely be if we took that as far as an eBike section for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yourtoys7 Posted June 17, 2018 Author Share Posted June 17, 2018 @Keith I completely understand, makes total sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason McNeil Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 15 hours ago, Keith said: The counter argument is that I’m fairly sure almost all of us are early adopters and will be keenly interested in any and every new PEV on the market. It is also a good argument that if our most active sellers like @Jason McNeil I would be happy to help support the setup costs of an eScooter dedicated forum. For every one Unicycle that's being sold in the US right now, from what I gather from suppliers like Ninebot, there's well over ten times the amount of eScooters being made. It's almost reminiscent of the Hoverboard craze back in 2015. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Backe Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 12 minutes ago, Jason McNeil said: I would be happy to help support the setup costs of an eScooter dedicated forum. For every one Unicycle that's being sold in the US right now, from what I gather from suppliers like Ninebot, there's well over ten times the amount of eScooters being made. It's almost reminiscent of the Hoverboard craze back in 2015. eScooters have EXPLODED in Southern California. Last year, as I rode along the beach trails, I rarely saw an eScooter. This spring they've been everywhere. Almost to the point that they are a nuisance. It's a weird business plan, where the user rents them and then abandons the scooter anywhere, often in the middle of a trail Apparently they have GPS trackers that scavengers use to locate and then recharge them. The scavenger gets reimbursed for the effort. I've seen a couple of these guys, themselves riding a scooter and carrying multiple scooters laid cross-ways on their scooter. It's a way to make a buck I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunka Hunka Burning Love Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 I for one think there could be room for an E-scooter section. It doesn't take much to add one and set it up. With the cross-interest there is between EUCs and other PEVs I don't see why the line can't be moved over a notch. With interest in the Dualtron family of scooters growing along with other brands, it would be nice to see it all discussed in one place. Maybe @John Eucist can revisit the topic and reconsider as there are mixed riders within family units where maybe dad/son ride EUCs and mom rides an E-Scooter. I think there can be synergy in a common forum for both groups. Besides, if it will help Jason and Ewheels prosper that's good for everyone considering how dealers have been dropping like flies lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchet Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 21 minutes ago, Marty Backe said: eScooters have EXPLODED in Southern California. Last year, as I rode along the beach trails, I rarely saw an eScooter. This spring they've been everywhere. Almost to the point that they are a nuisance. It's a weird business plan, where the user rents them and then abandons the scooter anywhere, often in the middle of a trail Apparently they have GPS trackers that scavengers use to locate and then recharge them. The scavenger gets reimbursed for the effort. I've seen a couple of these guys, themselves riding a scooter and carrying multiple scooters laid cross-ways on their scooter. It's a way to make a buck I guess. Hmm. These e-scooter people sound like a sketchy bunch. First the damnable bicyclists and now this! Does that Dualtron Ultra really have front & rear 1200w motors, top speed of 50 mph, not kph, mph Well, whatever ..I for one would never ..front & rear disc brakes huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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