Whoohooo they lunched in Stratford, Iāll go an check them out on Sunday if it is not raining
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I tried a lime scooter in San Francisco. It was terrifying.
Although Iām not sure if that was due to me not wearing a helmet, or me technically riding illegally as I didnāt have a valid driving licenseā¦
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Iād be up for trying this if I lived in London. Will definitely be looking when Iām in LA.
I commute daily on an EUC (electric unicycle), so much fun and much faster than it would be to walk or drive into town. Regarding the law, thereās a couple of us in Leeds that ride them and ive never been stopped or seen anyone be stopped for it, pass plenty of bobbies whilst riding on the road down to the canal. Can definitely recommend!
I mean I can occasionally see people in central London on unicycle segwayās and scooters and they seem to be happily uninterrupted in their commute, however I suspect if their number was to suddenly increase a lot, crackdowns would startā¦ laws are laws.
Oh dearā¦
Iām currently in Lisbon and Iām determined to give the Lime scooters a try. Just downloading the app 
Do you have travel insurance? 
I do, as to whether scooters are coveredā¦ 
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They are so much fun 
Just went around and around, you can easily get up to 20mph.
Wish they were more common place in the uk. Extremely convenient!
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Thereās an episode of āFollow Thisā on Netflix about the electric scooters in the USA 
I like the idea, although I fell off my kick scooter the other day when it slid on a manhole cover. Not sure Iād fancy that at 20mph 
Very disappointed that there were no Bird scooters in Stratford park today 
Loads of signs on where they are allowed, etc. etc. but the scooters themselves were nowhere to be seen - annoyingly this weekend was the best time to give it a go, I wish there was a notice in app or anywhere really (tried looking it up in twitter too, no luck with that either) to say that Sundays rentals are not a thing during the trial (or at least because it is Remembrance Sunday?) 
Lime are bringing their bikes to London tomorrow 
Anyone gonna give them a whirl?
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This is so cool.
Car usage in Portland, Oregon (where I used to live) has dropped dramatically due to Bird and Lime scooters 
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So I was in LA for a week and we rode the Lime and Bird scooters pretty much every day around West Hollywoodā¦ so much fun! Then we headed out to Minneapolis for a week, and they donāt have them there (although we saw one or two around that had come across the city border from neighbouring St Paul, where they do have them).
Then we went to Memphis, which has them, and rode them around again a little bit more.
Now in Vegas, and they donāt have them here.
I hope they launch in the UK soon. Theyāre fun, cheap and convenient.
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Iāve seen some people using electric scooters in Manchester, however I think they were privately owned and not part of a sharing thing.
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I spotted some of these when I was in Singapore recently and loads of people were zipping around on them. They look super fun and convenient to be honest.
We tried to hire a couple but you had to have either a Ā£50 or Ā£100 deposit and given we were only there for a day didnāt fancy risking it in case we had any issues getting it back.
Would love to see more of them in the UK though, that said Iām not super convinced the pricing is the thing of the future. I used a Lime bike for a literal 3 minute journey and it cost me just as a bus ride, and while it was fun, fast and nippy Iām not sure it would be a (cost) sustainable way of doing any regular or longer journeys
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They have Bird scooters at the Olympic Park in Stratford, itās a small area and will only let you ride to Hackney Wick but they are fun.
For anyone interested they are just Xiaomi M365 scooters with a modified control board for the GPS.
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Hooray!
Boo!
Boo!
Sorry. Iām worn out now. Itās like an emotional rollercoaster! Iām surprised youāve survived.
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