>>2030960all of these run on some sort of fuel where as a bicycle don't. actually most of my coworkers use bicycles as transport (some incl. me use cars) because e-scooters are chinese unreliable pieces of e-waste you have to charge every night just to drive to one place a day and only during warm seasons because cold halfs or straight up disables the battery. my friend actually owns an entry level e-scooter and it fucking sucks and since i have some experience with fixing electronics/bicycles/lawnmowers he always nags me to fix his shit, like always there is something creaking, scratching or straight up falling apart. recently my $20 shimano derailleur gave up it's ghost after what 8 years of heavy wear and tear? and this goddamn idiot says to me that all i do with my bicycle is fix it. like for fuck sake dude i spent a whole bottle of loctite on every thread on your piece of shit scooter so it doesn't fall apart and you point out that i regularly fix my bicycle so it fucking works? my opinion is that only lazy idiots who don't understand personal transport or basic maintenance use e-scooters, and there are a lot of them out there that's for sure.
cars in terms of transport are in much different league, i have a car and a bicycle, if i need to get a lot of shit done fast during the day or i need to pick up groceries i choose the car, for anything else i go for bicycle, if one breaks i can choose the other so i can reliable get to work in the morning without worrying about my car engine not starting or my bicycle malfunctioning.
public transport is for people who either prefer it (you can sit in a bus and do things on a laptop, talk with people, listen to music etc) over personal transport or for people who just cannot afford it, its same with walking, one of my coworkers likes walking to the jobsite because he can listen to e-books and eat breakfast on the way there.
