I became an e-scooter owner in June (Segway Max G3) and have since had to teach myself how to do any and all repairs, which thankfully isn’t that difficult, provided you’re okay with researching and teaching yourself via YouTube and have the income to buy tools.
The closest advertised repair shop to me is 50+ miles away.
It’s important to know, since many people are going the e-scooter route due to fuel costs that you may have to do all of the repairs yourself if you do.
Having owned one since 2021.
My advice would be, look up how to change the tyres and or tubes if not tubeless on the model you are thinking of buying before you buy it. If it looks like a cunt of a job in the tutorial video, it will be 10X worse when you do it!
I have one with split rims which is slightly tedious but very light work to do a tyre change.
Stretching 10" fat tyres over a wheel with a motor and cables in the way on the other hand can be a bit challenging.
Also, wear a full face helmet. Either motor cross or at least mountain biking one.
Fuck, I don’t even like changing tires on my bicycles.
or just don’t go insane speeds, in europe e-scooters are limited to 20km/h generally, which i don’t feel necessitates any sort of safety equipment.
Very smart point. The Dept. of Transportation recommends a full helmet if you’re going over 20mph, which is smart, as if you end up going over your handlebars unexpectedly it would be nice to still have a face.