32 km/h Scooters

Here’s the thing nobody tells you at the bike shop: the difference between a 32 km/h electric scooter and a 40 km/h electric scooter isn’t really about speed. It’s about where you’re legally allowed to twist that throttle, and what your body has to learn before it’s safe to do so. A scooter that tops … Read more

Somewhere between “I’ll just walk it” and “I guess I’ll drive,” there’s a gap in your commute that a 32 km/h scooter for city riding is built to fill. It’s the awkward 2-to-8-kilometre stretch — too far to stroll in dress shoes, too short to justify parking downtown — and it’s exactly where these machines … Read more

There’s a very specific kind of disappointment that comes from buying an electric scooter, unboxing it in your hallway, and realizing on the first ride that it tops out well below what you actually needed. You wanted something that could keep pace with a bike lane, not something that gets passed by joggers. That’s the … Read more

Somewhere between the wheezing folding bike you never quite maintain and the 45 km/h performance scooter that turns every ride into a legal grey area sits a genuinely useful category: the mid-speed electric scooter for commuting. It is not trying to be a motorcycle. It is not trying to be a toy, either. It exists … Read more