u/WankelExplorer

I recently had the pleasure (?) of changing a rear tire on a brand new Navee G5 Max. For a bit of context, I have been fixing E-scooters for about 4 years now, I have changed hundreds of tires on dozens of different scoots. All makes and models. The Navee G5 is by far the worst.

Most scooters have a drop out built into the swing arm, this allows the axle/motor assembly to be removed quite simply with two nuts. Not so on the Navee G5 Max! You have to remove the swing arms completely from the frame.

In order to do this you must first remove a plastic shroud which covers the bolt that holds the swing arm to the frame. There are 5 small phillips screws. Three or them are accessed on the top of the scooter underneath the trailing edge of the rubber floor board. The other 2 are located underneath the bottom electronics cover. The bottom cover has at least a dozen screws, the kickstand AND two "Warranty Void if Seal is Broken" stickers.

Friends. You cannot change a tire on the Navee G5 Max without voiding your warranty.

The people have a right to know.

Someone was asking about which cupholder is best for an RX-7. In my vehicles without cupholders, I use an old 13B rotor. At about 9 lbs you can just set it on the floor and it's not moving, the eccentric shaft bearing hole is just about the right size for most take out cups, and it's RX related!

If you've been keeping rainbows for a while you probably have some big, fast, aggressive eaters in the mix. These big boys often out compete the smaller, less aggressive members of the group for food. As a solution, I bought 100 pinhead crickets, threw the bag in the freezer, and dropped a pinch of, now-frozen immobile, "live whole food."

Smashing success. Everyone goes nuts for an actual bug, and the pinheads are exactly the right size to fill the mouths of the bigger fish, allowing the little guys to focus on the rest of the food. Now I buy the 1000 count box, freeze them, and feed them to all of the other tanks. Tetras will shred them, white clouds love them, shrimp love chewing on a leg here and there. I usually lightly smush the crickets for the little fish, that helps them sink and break apart easier for their little mouths.

I assume you could do the same thing with fruit flies or meal worms, I just haven't yet. Anyone else feeding bugs?

I do E-scooter tires. This is my collection of run flat valve cores. All of these came from units that had NEVER had their tires checked. It is mostly brand new scooters. They get built in China, then put on a boat for a few weeks, then sit in a warehouse for a few more, then get drop shipped to the customer. The customer unboxes and starts riding, they figure, "it's brand new, why would the tires not be filled?" 6 weeks later they're calling me for a flat tire. They didn't catch a nail, didn't run over broken glass, they just rode around on low air pressure until they destroyed the tire.

Listen. The only part of your scooter that should touch the ground is the tires. Often the only suspension you have is the air in the tires. Small tires lose air faster. Without a rider most of these scooters don't have enough weight to collapse a flat, so often you cannot tell by looking at it. You have to physically check with a gauge. Get one. Bicycle pumps work great. Motorcycle safety teaches that you should check tire pressure every single time you get on the bike. E-scooters are no different.

Check your tires!!

Do the bare minimum. Your scooter will thank you.

The second and third pictures are what happens when you don't check your tires. The sidewall bends and rubs against itself every time it rotates. Every time it bends it damages the rubber and the cords further. Eventually it just fails.