I think I’ll always choose to believe that they chose that company name because they knew they’d be leaving shit all over the sidewalk in every city they were in.
Initially the price to use those scooters was like $0.50/min which was great when you had to go several blocks. Then Razor hit the market and beat the everliving hell out of all of those shitty Bird and Lime and Blue Duck scooters in terms of torque - you could actually just hit the throttle to move. Great! Then the price wars started. Except they didn’t go down. Every single scooter platform went up in price.
The last time I used one, it cost me more than $3/min. I was stunned. It would’ve cost me less to take an uber (and I could’ve brought multiple people with me for no additional cost!). No wonder these are going out of business. They have priced themselves out of the market.
At least I think Razor is going to stick around because they’re vertically integrated.
I’m probably the most vocal person for car-free lifestyles and micro mobility in my community, and I absolutely hate the the effect that these stupid things have in the car-free discussion.
At least as their existing solutions were rolled out, they made public spaces uglier and more dangerous for all involved.
Yeah, the number of those stupid scooters I’ve nearly tripped on is way too high.
Should be a flood of cheap e scooters in the market soon then for private purchase
They’re junk though. You have to kick start them and they don’t have enough torque for anything but totally flat ground. Save your money and buy something else.
Or buy them in bulk at a massive discount to salvage batteries and motors.
Yeah, just pay a local bike shop to build you an ebike with an “unlocked” throttle so you’re not limited to whatever the speed limit is in your area. I’ve seen people cruising at 25-30mph or so without pedaling at all.
They’re far more practical, tons of fun, and you can opt to pedal to get some exercise. Total cost would be something like $1-1.5k + the cost of the base bike.
Dude theres been a market of chop shops for them since day 1
This guy scoots
Nope, I bike
