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The nuisance -> regulation flow is precisely why I became an early adopter and dropped ~$2500 on a fast one .

I wanted to have my fun before the hordes ruin it. If everyone had a scooter that could go over 35mph, it would be chaos.

To those that enjoy hooligan style fun, the time to get an electric scooter is now, before the laws catch up to the reality and make e-kick scooters just another point a to b experience. That said, have the hooligan fun in a way that doesn't accelerate the adoption of laws.

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In my city at least, all motorized vehicles are prohibited from riding on the sidewalk and they do write tickets for it (and confiscate the scooter). It seems way less fun when you're sucking exhaust in traffic.

The laws are coming faster in some places than others and the presence of rentals is actually bad in terms of keeping attention on scooters down.

I figured I'd have 1-2 good summers in my current city before the laws caught up. So far they've only kicked us out of the main walking street, which sucks since it's actually perfect for scooters, but whatever. This is one of those moments where I wish I felt like a partner to government rather than a subject.

I haven't been hassled or seen someone hassled for sidewalk riding. I make sure to treat pedestrians like Gods though and opt to get off and walk my scooter before causing chaos, confusion, or even the optics of impatience.

No bike lanes? Something that goes 20-30 seems natural for bike lanes.

Can you recommend a scooter? I'm 6'6" and 260lbs, so I'd want a quality one.

You 100% want something with dual motors.

Look at the full lineup offered by Dualtron, if you'd like top of the line.

I chose the Dualtron Spider, as it was made to be only 44lb while able to go 38mph, do wheelies, has full suspension for the skate park and so on.

If you are willing to deal with more weight, there are other Dualtron options that are probably built a bit better (44lb was a hard limit for legality in Singapore), but the spider is still an amazing machine.

Browsing the electric scooters subreddit is also useful. They link out to this sheet:

https://electric-scooter.guide/comparisons/compare-electric-...

Edit: you are actually too heavy for a Dualtron spider, which is specced for 220lb.

Check out ewheels.com. There are lots of interesting options available.

I bought from ehweels and Jason is awesome. They honored the 1 year warranty on my Dualtron Spider.

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