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I keep feeling like I should buy an electric scooter. I really just want a non-electric scooter, but it seems like no one makes adult-sized kick scooters that don't have a motor, so buying an electric one and just not using the motor feels like the only option.

Probably not what you have in mind, but I’m literally buying two of these [0] tomorrow (for me and my fiancée). It’s a local manufacturer, they have both smaller models and larger models, this one has two 20” wheels and is foldable in two dimensions.

[0] https://www.kostkafootbike.com/twenty/899-foldable-footbike-...

Yea, I mostly just want it for popping down the street for those 1-3 mile distances that are a bit slow/hot/long to walk. Not having to do a lot of unfolding or locking it up is a big value to me.

https://razor.com/products/kick-scooters/a5-lux-scooter/? Was popular with many when I was in college.

I think it's hard to make adult-sized kick scooters with reasonable weight

I guess, but there's no way it's harder than making a bicycle, right? I don't really care if it weighs 5-10 lbs, it's still easier than walking places.

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