Using “last mile” transportation as full commute?

[madsen203]

So your master plan is to spend 4 hours a week putzing around on a scooter, on the company clock? Or are you just trying to turn a 15 minute commute into an hour long one?

Sounds like this will get old in about 3-6 months.

The drive time is not much different around town biking vs. driving. The long stretch commute would only save me about 10-15 minutes to drive at most due to traffic patterns. Being salaried and working 10 hour days as it is, spending 10 extra minutes isn’t going to cost them anything more and will likely help me clear my head breathing in fresh air.

 

[Climber]

My brother recently got one of these, he just tested it at 14 miles in under an hour including a bike trail as part of the path. Kingsong Unicycle, it goes up to 25 mph with a 60 mile range. He's planning on riding it to work some days down in Tuscon.

 

[Abacinator]

 

[Climber]

Yup, those old cartoons weren't far off the current reality. :laughing

 

[madsen203]

My brother recently got one of these, he just tested it at 14 miles in under an hour including a bike trail as part of the path. Kingsong Unicycle, it goes up to 25 mph with a 60 mile range. He's planning on riding it to work some days down in Tuscon.

25mph is insane!

Saw a guy in SF doing some gymkhana with one of these. I think it would take a lot of work to hold yourself upright for more than a mile. I see the iron horse trail prohibits "motorized" vehicles...wonder how enforced that is? This seems to be common with most pedestrian trails and the rules were created to prevent mopeds, motorcycles, and the like--not intended to rule out pedestrian (low speed) PEV?

 

[Climber]

25mph is insane!

Saw a guy in SF doing some gymkhana with one of these. I think it would take a lot of work to hold yourself upright for more than a mile. I see the iron horse trail prohibits "motorized" vehicles...wonder how enforced that is? This seems to be common with most pedestrian trails and the rules were created to prevent mopeds, motorcycles, and the like--not intended to rule out pedestrian (low speed) PEV?

Yeah, my brother said that it took some work to get used to it, but he said that the software was really well designed to make it manageable with some practice.

He lives down in Tuscon, AZ so the rules for the trails are probably different than you'd find in California.

He did find that his speed was getting limited by the software, by default and that once he unlocked the higher speed it was him that was the limit rather than the machine.

I know I wouldn't want to go down at that speed, there would probably be a bunch of road rash involved.

 

[madsen203]

Segway MAX scooter (30-40 mile real world range at 15-18mph) is on sale for $650 right now from $800.

Great price!! I got mine for $630 + tax. Delivers Friday sans UPS messing up the delivery like the usually do for me.

 

[byke]

That range is ridiculous.

 

[radvas]

I wouldn't commute on a boosted board that far. Way too much opportunity to crash from my own stupidity. About the longest I've done on Bird scooters is 6 miles. I think 9 would be totally do-able, but at that range, e-bikes are a fair bit faster and would shave a bunch of time off the commute. They also feel safer at those speeds than e-scooters.

 

[madsen203]

I wouldn't commute on a boosted board that far. Way too much opportunity to crash from my own stupidity. About the longest I've done on Bird scooters is 6 miles. I think 9 would be totally do-able, but at that range, e-bikes are a fair bit faster and would shave a bunch of time off the commute. They also feel safer at those speeds than e-scooters.

E bikes are limited at 20mph. Scooter is about 17ish real world. E bike weighs upwards of 70# and scooter is shy of 50. Scooter is portable (onto bus, Uber, in office, etc) which makes theft and alternate transport options less of a concern.

E bike is about 2k vs scooter of 4-600. They have super baller electric scooters with full suspension, dual wheel drive, 50+ mile range, 50+ mph but they are $2k+ and equally heavy (70-100#).

I’ll report back how a 13 mile commute is. Likely a bit long/stretch but anything sub 5-8 miles should be fairly comfortable. Being able to take this on BART and then get around the city easily seems ideal vs the hassle of a bike—especially when there’s a lot of commuters.

 

[Holeshot]

Parking on site? 2011 Nissan leafs are around $3k.

 

[bojangle]

Parking on site? 2011 Nissan leafs are around $3k.

That doesn't solve the stuck in traffic problem tho.

 

[Holeshot]

Good point.

 

[madsen203]

That doesn't solve the stuck in traffic problem tho.

And for those apartment dwellers who do not have access to a power port outside of the home also is a problem. Bike/scooter/etc, you can bring inside to charge.

 

[bojangle]

And for those apartment dwellers who do not have access to a power port outside of the home also is a problem. Bike/scooter/etc, you can bring inside to charge.

True.

 

[NorCalAthlete]

Something I can carry up 3-4 flights of stairs and plug into my desk at work is preferable. I do sometimes have to bounce between buildings on campus which is another reason I feel the OneWheel is a better option than a scooter or bicycle.

Too much stuff on my shopping list at the moment though. OneWheel XR, training sessions at the gym, need to book Hawaii vacations still...

 

[byke]

That Segway scooter, or equivalent, seems to check all the boxes.

 

[rodr]

E bikes are limited at 20mph. Scooter is about 17ish real world. E bike weighs upwards of 70# and scooter is shy of 50. Scooter is portable (onto bus, Uber, in office, etc) which makes theft and alternate transport options less of a concern.

E bike is about 2k vs scooter of 4-600. They have super baller electric scooters with full suspension, dual wheel drive, 50+ mile range, 50+ mph but they are $2k+ and equally heavy (70-100#).

I’ll report back how a 13 mile commute is. Likely a bit long/stretch but anything sub 5-8 miles should be fairly comfortable. Being able to take this on BART and then get around the city easily seems ideal vs the hassle of a bike—especially when there’s a lot of commuters.

Here in Oz I was looking at this foldable e-bike for about $586 (converted to USD). Weight is 46 pounds including the detachable battery. Surely there's something similar in the US.

 

[Abacinator]

The last post was 9 months ago you dingdong :rolleyes

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