Joeyspindler Posted August 4, 2018 Posted August 4, 2018 Hello all, I am new to this addiction and have been lurking this Forum for almost 2 weeks. Seems like a great group with lots of answers to questions for Newbies like my self. I recently purchased a used Ninebot One E+ off of Craigslist and after a couple of hours was off to the races. I have a slightly addictive personality that drives my wife Bonkers. It seems that any new Hobby I try I want to go ALL IN. Anyways I live on the beach in the Florida Panhandle and am a Artist/Owner of a local Tattoo shop. Been doing it for 20 years and love it. 4 kids all grown and successful. and I love new hobbies, I'm a big boy so I thought it would be a challenge to learn, but it was much easier than anticipated, I ride Motorcycles as my daily driver so maybe that helped. I look forward to good conversations on here and all the wealth of information y'all provide. On to my question, I have recently purchased my second wheel, (ks 18l) and waiting on delivery. I will be doing some traveling via Airline to Denver CO. area in the next couple of weeks and was wondering if anyone has had experiences getting a wheel through TSA as a carry on? I don't want to check it in a bag if I don't have to (or if that is even allowed and probably expensive). I know I'm new at this and have little experience but not sure when I will have another opportunity to ride a EUC in that part of the country again anytime soon. Look forward to hearing your experiences and advise.
meepmeepmayer Posted August 4, 2018 Posted August 4, 2018 Hey there! Interesting life story. Lithium ion batteries over 160Wh (I think) are never allowed in passenger planes via international IATA regulations. So taking such a wheel (like your 18L, nice choice!) with you on a flight is guaranteed to not work. Don't take it with you to the airport unless you want to lose it there to some spiteful ******* (or best case, ship it back home or to your destination from there)! For smaller batteries <160Wh, you are supposed to remove them from the wheel and have them in your carry-on (so there's no unseen fire in the cargo hold if they go boom). There may even be more strict local regulations for battery size and whatnot. Some airlines/airports may still give you trouble and disallow the wheel even if all rules are followed (not sure if that is an urban legend or happened to someone, but people were having problems with battery-less wheels I believe). So it's either shipping the wheel around ($$$$$$), and some people were taking their wheel with them in their Cessnas und such small, self-flown aircraft, I guess that works too. In short: you'll have to ship it For a lot of money. (Or leave it at home, the heartbreaking but sane choice.) If you can't do without the wheel () and bought from ewheels, ask @Jason McNeil, he has special shipping rates, maybe he can help to keep shipping costs to a minimum by providing you with some shipping labels.
steve454 Posted August 4, 2018 Posted August 4, 2018 UPS website has a calculator by weight,size, and distance for estimating shipping cost. I think its around 40-50 dollars each way for a 50 pound box of a certain size going less than all the way across country. One option is to rent an electric bicycle. Kind of pricy though. https://www.pedegoelectricbikes.com/dealers/denver/#rentals-pedego
Joeyspindler Posted August 4, 2018 Author Posted August 4, 2018 Well thank you for the info @meepmeepmayer and @steve454.I guess thats why I couldn't find anything on this forum about Airline travel. I will definitely not be shipping it because of cost and not knowing exactly where we are staying ( we kind of just wing it when we travel). I did find a Segway Tour company in Denver so that may be the way I get my fix. Not the same but it would be fun to try and see the sights that way.
steve454 Posted August 4, 2018 Posted August 4, 2018 Your welcome! I didn't think of Segway Tours, they look like fun.
RayRay Posted August 4, 2018 Posted August 4, 2018 Not sure of status for dockless scooters in Denver. Looks like Lime and Bird should be available if you want the option...
Daniel Burkemper Posted August 20, 2018 Posted August 20, 2018 Welcome to the threads! I think you might be the nearest Floridian to me here. I’m on my 4th Ninebot, and can’t wait til the 5th gets here. In fact, I still need to drive to PCB to pick up my NB1 E+. The S1 has two 155Wh batteries, so you can remove both and be alright. It is also a fairly compact 14inch. I have still flown with my wheels checked multiple times... cough cough. I promise I’m not a bad person ?. They come in so handy that I rarely get a rental.
Joeyspindler Posted August 22, 2018 Author Posted August 22, 2018 @Daniel Burkemper We are on our way back from Denver now, it was a great trip but so wished I would of had it in the city. I saw a couple running around when I was walking. I get home today and back on my wheel tonight hopefully. We did do a really cool Segway tour in Denver. It was a good time and showed me all the places I will go next time I’m up there.
Joeyspindler Posted August 22, 2018 Author Posted August 22, 2018 @RayRay They do have the dock less scooters in Denver, they are everywhere. My wife was being a pansy a$& so we passed but it was cool to see them everywhere.
RayRay Posted August 22, 2018 Posted August 22, 2018 Denver tried to kick out all the dockless scooters a while ago, but let them back on the streets (on sidewalks) as part of a new pilot program... The latest for Denver is the entry of dockless e-bikes from Uber (formerly Jump Bikes). Uber already has a stake in Lime, and with these latest developments is planning to make Denver a major battleground in it's quest for Dockless Dominance. Note: To use an UberBIKE, apparently you have to release a U-lock with a code. While still considered dockless, I think having to lock the device to 'something' makes them less susceptible to being strewn all over the place. (Maybe scooters should try this?)
existensil Posted October 22, 2018 Posted October 22, 2018 There are so many electric scooters in Denver now. I love them, but even I'm starting to think they've crossed the point of saturation. In my part of Denver I can travel for a few blocks and count dozens, and maybe spot up to 4 brands (Bird, Lime, Spin, Razor). I'm nowhere near downtown. The law says they can only go on pedestrian paths, but given the narrow sidewalks found in many places this is stupidly dangerous and most riders figure this out and use bike lanes or ride with traffic on slow streets. The city seems content with just kind of letting people figure things out for now and don't seem to be enforcing many rules. This is probably the right approach until we have a better idea how they will fit into the transportation mix. Trying out a Lime scooter and being impressed with how fun it was led me to buy my own (Ninebot ES2). Getting bored with that led me to discovering EUCs and getting one of those (Glide 3). That should buy me at least a couple years before I get bored again and feel compelled to continue my paramotor research :-P
Joeyspindler Posted October 23, 2018 Author Posted October 23, 2018 6 hours ago, existensil said: There are so many electric scooters in Denver now. I love them, but even I'm starting to think they've crossed the point of saturation. In my part of Denver I can travel for a few blocks and count dozens, and maybe spot up to 4 brands (Bird, Lime, Spin, Razor). I'm nowhere near downtown. The law says they can only go on pedestrian paths, but given the narrow sidewalks found in many places this is stupidly dangerous and most riders figure this out and use bike lanes or ride with traffic on slow streets. The city seems content with just kind of letting people figure things out for now and don't seem to be enforcing many rules. This is probably the right approach until we have a better idea how they will fit into the transportation mix. Trying out a Lime scooter and being impressed with how fun it was led me to buy my own (Ninebot ES2). Getting bored with that led me to discovering EUCs and getting one of those (Glide 3). That should buy me at least a couple years before I get bored again and feel compelled to continue my paramotor research :-P Good luck with owning just one. Lol I’ve only been doing it for 3 months now and have a few more than one. It is super addictive!!!
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