u/scooter_noober_92

I was riding through there yesterday headed to work and noticed all these people kept crossing in front of me even though there were signs all over the place that said "yield to peds"

For some reason I confused peds with pevs and the picture of the bike made it seem like they should be yielding to us (otherwise it would be a picture of a person)

So there was a cyclist about 30ft in front of me and we're both cruising along and a group of guys decide to cross right in between us cutting me off so I return I cut some of them off riding right between the group of people crossing (because they weren't tightly bunched and there was a little gap) and said "YIELD TO P E D's" as I passed.

Then a little while later my brain apparently rebooted and I realized peds means pedestrians lol. Those guys must have been so confused though, thinking wtf, we are the peds! 😂

My commute to work is 18 miles there and same back about 4x a week so I'll be racking up at least 144 miles a week.

Also it's the most beautiful scenic ride I've ever been on. There used to be this viaduct along downtown Seattle and they tore it down and replaced it with bike lanes and it's kind of like a long narrow park now.

You guys will see when I finally get my camera after I get paid Monday and can make a video of the ride.

I just finished putting all my tools away and wiping the mineral oil that leaked everywhere and was about to call it a day when I decided; screw it, I'm gonna go for the Hail Mary and try one more time.

I tried again with one syringe and it still didn't work. So I tried with two, pumping back and forth like all the other videos showed and it worked 1st try! I can't say for sure if it was the two syringes that did the job or the fact that I cleaned the pistons thoroughly with cotton swabs/isopropyl alcohol and ran the whole caliper under water which may have washed away any dirt that was preventing them from retracting. But it worked and that's what matters.

Now my brakes are good as new. There is some scraping as you can hear in the video but honestly I don't really care. They work and that's good enough for me.

And for the front brake I just skipped the bleeding process all together and switched out the pads.

What a day it has been though. Thank you all who helped with guidance or advice, really makes me happy to know this sub is more like a community of people willing to help each other instead of a bunch of strangers who don't care 🫶

I did the fluid fill-up and that seemed to go pretty smoothly but after replacing the brake pads I encountered a minor problem.

The brake pistons don't retract after I pull the brake lever. The old pads were worn all the way down so I'm wondering if that could have potentially caused some kind of issue with the brake caliper? What do you guys think?

More importantly though, how I can fix this so I can get back on the road. Was really hoping to ride today

Got my brake bleeding kit all ready to go. Watched a couple YouTube videos and it doesn't seem as hard as the tire change was so that's some good news. And after this I shouldn't have to do any more work on it for 1000 miles assuming nothing randomly breaks.

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone who has joined so far, you guys will always be the OG members here and even if we ever have 1,000,000 subscribers one day, I won't ever forget the early joiners who helped shape the sub into what we want it to be.

To celebrate, I will share with you guys the very first post from the main sub. I looked into their history recently and apparently the creator made the sub, posted something, and that was it for a whole year lol. Then another guy came along and revived it. It's pretty interesting at least to me. Well have a good day everyone. Happy scooting 🙂‍↕️

Dominated this one against the computer at 1400. What's crazy is I had to use the back button about 5 times (I do that when I'm about to lose just to see if it's possible to win when restarting from my mid game position if I try something else) and the first few attempts were somewhat close but I would have lost them all.

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Then I tried the sequence that led to this and destroyed. Crazy to think a single move from approximately halfway through the game can basically make it impossible to win, while another single move can make it inevitable.

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This will probably be the only time I ever share a post from the main sub because I don't want to be known as a disgruntled former member like Seal Stage is with the China budget sub (personally I have no issues with Seal and think he's a decent guy, but I don't want the same reputation lol).

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That said, Moirae has spoken some straight wisdom here and I felt it was worth sharing.

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There is some irrational hate on larger, faster scooters and frankly I feel it is underserved. People should be able to ride what they want and how they want without all these scooter Karen's spawning up all over the place to tell them how dangerous it is because of physics and other reasons. You think it's dangerous, don't get one. Simple as that. Personally I feel smaller scooters are way more dangerous having tiny wheels prone to potholes, low acceleration in case you need to get out of the way quickly (for a car or bus or something) less stability, etc. but you don't see me or anyone else preaching about it every time the subject comes up and other times even when it doesn't. It's weird. People need to mind their own business, that's all I'm saying.

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Thanks u/xMoirae for speaking up about this. 🫡

We have these streets in Seattle called Healthy Streets and I gotta say they are awesome. They are closed for cars besides local traffic so you rarely see them driving and often there are people walking, cycling, jogging, etc in peace.

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Hey everyone, I just saw u/Unlikely_Mouse_2701's post on the other sub about scooter cleaning and figured I should make a post about that since I've found some good options.

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So I used to use a damp rag and a dry one and depending on how dirty my scooter was, it could take up to an hour to clean it.

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Then I bought a few things from Amazon: the 3 red brushes, drill with rotating brush heads and the blue set to see which one works best.

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In the pictures I used the drill with brush heads but having to take them out and replace them with smaller/bigger attachments actually takes longer than using the blue set which gets the scooter just as clean.

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So basically what I'll do is if I'm returning from a ride on a sunny day and my scooter is mostly already clean, I'll wipe it down real quick (like 5 mins) with a dry rag. And if it's wet or rainy or muddy out, then once I get back I'll wait a couple hours for everything to dry and then use the blue set (mostly the longest brush) to get it all off and then hit it again with a slightly damp rag which takes maybe 20 mins all together.

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So I'd say the drill isn't really necessary, the blue set is the best and the smaller red ones I use occasionally but not that often.

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If you guys do it a different way feel free to share as I'm always trying to find something easier and less time consuming. 20 mins isn't bad but if I can do it 10 I'll obviously take that lol. Thanks

The only problem with that (besides being mentioned no where in the rules) is the discrepancy, as there have literally been hundreds of posts about Limes/rentals and none of them have been blocked. So I'm still trying to understand why this wasn't allowed for the exact same reason 100's of other posts were.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ElectricScooters/s/I6Emf1IFwk

According to the mod who closed it, we can only discuss personal scooters. Yet, it doesn't say that anywhere in the rules.

The closest rules pertaining to it is "political conversation is not allowed" which, I guess it can be perceived as political conversation, but then right after that, it says "unless strictly related to e-scooters" which it was.

The most relevant rule is #5: posts must directly relate to electric scooters, which is precisely what this post was about. An electric scooter company scamming customers who ride their electric scooters.

So, why? I think that mod has some explaining to do.