I'm thinking of getting one. It looks fun. Might make my morning commute a little faster and a little more fun. Has one got one? Got any brand, or commuting tips? On a scale of 1 to 10 how big of a goof am I going to look scooting on downtown streets?
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I don't think you'll look goofy at all. I'd totally respect you and think you were cool. Go for it. It sounds like fun, it'll be cheap and it totally beats walking. Can't help you with brands or anything, though.
I thought about that, too. My wife got into longboarding this year and we've had a lot of fun. The only thing is, I think a kick scooter would be easier to use if the OP is a noob. If she has skateboarding experience, then yeah, a longboard would be cooler. If she doesn't, though, she'd have more control at slower speeds with the scooter and there wouldn't be the very good chance of it getting away from her on a crowded street and bashing somebody's ankle like with the longboard.
Oh, I'm a noob! Long boarding seems suicidally dangerous. My intent is to ride on side walks and bike paths. Not sure what the legality of that is. If stopped by the law, I'll try to pull off respectable and matronly, maybe even offer the officer a peppermint.
I don't recall having seen someone on one of these in Canada, but I see plenty of them here in Shanghai and they look like fun and kind of cool. Maybe you could consider one of these instead?
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Oh, I'm a noob! Long boarding seems suicidally dangerous. My intent is to ride on side walks and bike paths. Not sure what the legality of that is. If stopped by the law, I'll try to pull off respectable and matronly, maybe even offer the officer a peppermint.
As long as you don't have many downhills longboarding isn't really hard or scary. I'm about as uncoordinated as they come and don't have much of a problem. On the pathways they are quite fun. I guess it depends on your route. I've got an Arbor Blunt, which isn't to ridiculously long.
Oh, I'm a noob! Long boarding seems suicidally dangerous. My intent is to ride on side walks and bike paths. Not sure what the legality of that is. If stopped by the law, I'll try to pull off respectable and matronly, maybe even offer the officer a peppermint.
Hahahaha don't read all the definitions of peppermint on Urban Dictionary.
I'd look at this scooter if I were you: http://www.razor.com/products/kick-scooters/a5-lux/. Those big wheels will be very smooth over sidewalk cracks and it supports riders up to 220 lbs (I doubt you weigh that much, but it at least shows this scooter was built with adults in mind). Don't buy one with small-diameter wheels - it will be harder to ride and potentially more dangerous.
I don't recall having seen someone on one of these in Canada, but I see plenty of them here in Shanghai and they look like fun and kind of cool. Maybe you could consider one of these instead?
Wow. Thanks.
I've seen a guy riding one of these in Royal Oak, had no idea what it was until now.
As long as you don't have many downhills longboarding isn't really hard or scary. I'm about as uncoordinated as they come and don't have much of a problem. On the pathways they are quite fun. I guess it depends on your route. I've got an Arbor Blunt, which isn't to ridiculously long.
Yes, on pathways they are incredibly easy to ride, but it gets much harder for new people on sidewalks with all the joins (joints?), gravel, etc. I've seen this first hand with teaching my wife and kids this year.
We started off in a newly paved school parking lot, then graduated to the pathway on the top of Fish Creek in Parkland. After many hours riding in those two places, we went for a ride on normal sidewalks and it was like they hadn't ridden a day in their lives.
Funny, my daughter was just asking me on the weekend if adults use scooters and why I didn't get one so I could keep up with her and her brother when I took them to the playground. I said I'd look into it.
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Yes, on pathways they are incredibly easy to ride, but it gets much harder for new people on sidewalks with all the joins (joints?), gravel, etc. I've seen this first hand with teaching my wife and kids this year.
We started off in a newly paved school parking lot, then graduated to the pathway on the top of Fish Creek in Parkland. After many hours riding in those two places, we went for a ride on normal sidewalks and it was like they hadn't ridden a day in their lives.
Ya, true. Sidewalks are bearable for short sections, I wouldn't want to go to long on them.
I've had my eye on these jumping stilts. You move faster and are taller. If you step in water, can't splash yourself. Just don't get caught in the train tracks, though in that situation, you could probably just detach yourself and run away like a wolf gnawing off a leg.
Also great for Halloween costumes or for parades so you can see over people. Or for use to look Joe Colborne in the eyes.
Only possible down side I can think of is that if the Cirque comes to town, people might think you're an escaped performer or something. And maybe price of the damn things.
But scooters? Might look a little silly. I've also never been great at balancing on scooters. Lots of face planting off scooters in my memory as I was too tall.
/start rant Don't get a longboard, get a real damn skateboard if that what you want to do. Longboarding is for posers./rant
I think the coolest thing these days for commuting around are the gyro-scooters like the Oxboard or Hovertrax. There is a cheap chinese knock off you can get off ebay too.
Kick scooters - for grown ups
And maybe price of the damn things.
