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Bird One Scooter – Pre-Order

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Re: Bird One Scooter – Pre-Order

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Post by mfatica »

brontide wrote: post #58
mfatica wrote: post #56

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what's wrong with having a pink color option?

It looks bad. Especially after a few months of being abused or the first rainy day. Same problem with the white Birds in their current fleet. There's nothing wrong with pink, but it makes more sense for a Google Home Mini than a mode of transportation. Bird selected pink because it's an "in" color. The product is going to outlive the color trend, which will result in further branding confusion in the future. See Jump…

pink is not a trendy color... pink has been a fairly common color for as long as people have been making multiple colors of things. it's the "female" color.

white / pink stuff does get dirtier more easily than black. it just requires you to care for your things and keep them clean and don't abuse them.

next you suggest we should make all shoes in a single color?

Re: Bird One Scooter – Pre-Order

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Post by 15155 »

benatkin wrote: post #35
diegorbaquero wrote: post #24

$1299??? Apart from the GPS and "Free Rides Package" and "Bird Service Center", what's the value added? I could just get a Segway Ninebot ES4 for less than $800?

Or a Boosted Board. I see people riding by on Boosted Boards and sometimes think that I want one. I never think that when I see someone on a scooter. I like to ride the scooter now and then, but I don't want to own one, nor do I want to carry one into my home or office.

I'm absolutely in love with the Onewheel: it may seem gimmicky, but having a massive, air-filled tire means you can go over serious obstacles and off-road (off-sidewalk) very easily.

Having a single wheel also means the wheelbase/turning radius is extremely small - you can turn in-place with enough skill.

Re: Bird One Scooter – Pre-Order

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Post by atemerev »

ravenstine wrote: post #22
DerpyBaby123 wrote: post #14

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Why should they? What sort of emissions do electric vehicles have? I suspect you'll say that generating electricity causes emissions, which is only true in some cases

Because most electricity still comes from natural gas and coal. Nuclear energy still produces nuclear waste which has to go somewhere. Unless someone is relying purely on wind or solar, which is rare, they're still creating pollution by-proxy when they're charging their electric vehicle. You can't call it "zero emissions" when the emissions are just out of sight and out of mind.

Nuclear waste is not emissions, it doesn’t contribute to climate change and is low in volume. It still contains enough energy to be reused in breeder reactors (this is why long-term waste burial projects are meaningless — we’ll dig in back in less than 100 years and use as fuel).

Re: Bird One Scooter – Pre-Order

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Post by bko »

benatkin wrote: post #35
diegorbaquero wrote: post #24

$1299??? Apart from the GPS and "Free Rides Package" and "Bird Service Center", what's the value added? I could just get a Segway Ninebot ES4 for less than $800?

Or a Boosted Board. I see people riding by on Boosted Boards and sometimes think that I want one. I never think that when I see someone on a scooter. I like to ride the scooter now and then, but I don't want to own one, nor do I want to carry one into my home or office.

Boosted Board range is much lower at up to 14 miles on the top end model ($1,400) compared to 30 on a scooter.

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Post by [deleted] »

bko wrote: post #65
benatkin wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or a Boosted Board. I see people riding by on Boosted Boards and sometimes think that I want one. I never think that when I see someone on a scooter. I like to ride the scooter now and then, but I don't want to own one, nor do I want to carry one into my home or office.

Boosted Board range is much lower at up to 14 miles on the top end model ($1,400) compared to 30 on a scooter.

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Re: Bird One Scooter – Pre-Order

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Post by an4rchy »

Interesting change in their business model. Wasn't the initial goal of on-demand scooter companies to give people the convenience of renting without the hassle of owning?

What's the benefit of buying this from Bird vs any other scooter mfg? Unless, this is some sort of rev share where they can let you rent in their network and make money.

Re: Bird One Scooter – Pre-Order

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Post by benatkin »

15155 wrote: post #63
benatkin wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or a Boosted Board. I see people riding by on Boosted Boards and sometimes think that I want one. I never think that when I see someone on a scooter. I like to ride the scooter now and then, but I don't want to own one, nor do I want to carry one into my home or office.

I'm absolutely in love with the Onewheel: it may seem gimmicky, but having a massive, air-filled tire means you can go over serious obstacles and off-road (off-sidewalk) very easily. Having a single wheel also means the wheelbase/turning radius is extremely small - you can turn in-place with enough skill.

I think I like the Boosted Board because it looks like an ordinary skateboard, and you can use it unpowered mode. https://blog.boostedboards.com/blog/practice-riding/

Re: Bird One Scooter – Pre-Order

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Post by gonehome »

benatkin wrote: post #35
diegorbaquero wrote: post #24

$1299??? Apart from the GPS and "Free Rides Package" and "Bird Service Center", what's the value added? I could just get a Segway Ninebot ES4 for less than $800?

Or a Boosted Board. I see people riding by on Boosted Boards and sometimes think that I want one. I never think that when I see someone on a scooter. I like to ride the scooter now and then, but I don't want to own one, nor do I want to carry one into my home or office.

If you're in Palo Alto and want to try one sometime I'd be happy to let you use mine.

Re: Bird One Scooter – Pre-Order

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Post by leetbulb »

diegorbaquero wrote: post #24

$1299??? Apart from the GPS and "Free Rides Package" and "Bird Service Center", what's the value added? I could just get a Segway Ninebot ES4 for less than $800?

At first glance, I saw $299 on the product page and for a second I thought, "well maybe... just maybe... could come in handy some day...?"

Then I saw your comment... nope.

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