Question for my fellow British escapists..
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Whoo! Wiltshire! Represent!U71L7Y_F0RMUL4 said:
lol jk
I've seen a fair few here yes, also I go to University in Yorkshire, and all the kids seem to be riding them. I guess the fad has come back around, in record time I might add.
The second one, was the damn best scooter design everOwyn_Merrilin said:I'm guessing he means one of <spoiler=these>http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2QcTP9zNuM/R1YAIbSnuEI/AAAAAAAAB0U/3aCXPyuFccc/s400/trick+scooter.jpgThe Maddest March Hare said:
as opposed to one of
The first style was in fashion in the U.S. about 12 years ago, same time as Daystar said they were in the UK. The second kind I don't think has been "in" since at least the 80's. Which is a shame, because they're a lot more fun to ride, unless you're lucky enough to live near a skatepark and good enough at it not to kill yourself.
OT: I'm American, I know nothing.
Easier to ride, safer, goes faster
Seriously, why did kids change to the new ones? Damn new age
Tenby in Wales and we are infected buy the horrible fucking hazards. We have a disabled ramp out side our shop that we have had to ban kids from riding on Due to the 5 fucking people that have been hurt so far.
The worst thing is kids WILL ride them round the shop. Lost about £230 worth of Self Display once... (due to them thinking these metallic death traps make them Rebels, they refuse to stop even when we say we will kick them out, or there Parents complain that they will get stolen if they leave it outside. Shockingly they are less responsible when the idea of paying for the full self of ruined whiskey comes up.)
The worst thing is kids WILL ride them round the shop. Lost about £230 worth of Self Display once... (due to them thinking these metallic death traps make them Rebels, they refuse to stop even when we say we will kick them out, or there Parents complain that they will get stolen if they leave it outside. Shockingly they are less responsible when the idea of paying for the full self of ruined whiskey comes up.)
Not where I am.
When I was about 9/10 they were all over though.
My city is fat and lazy though, so I suppose they wouldn't use anything that requires effort.
Where I used to live (Hull) was full of people with bikes. I'd never seen so many people ride bikes :s we lived next to a bridge and there was always people biking around underneath it.
When I was about 9/10 they were all over though.
My city is fat and lazy though, so I suppose they wouldn't use anything that requires effort.
Where I used to live (Hull) was full of people with bikes. I'd never seen so many people ride bikes :s we lived next to a bridge and there was always people biking around underneath it.
You're not lying, I was going down some rough-arse country hill on one and the damn handle bars came off because it was shaking so much. I had to dive into a hedge at about thirty mile an hour or face losing three pounds of flesh to the gravel.Dags90 said:I wonder if that means yo-yos and Skip-It are going to make a similar comeback. Here's hoping.Daystar Clarion said:Scooters are back?
12 years ago, nearly every kid had a scooter
I didn't because I was cool, and edgy, and it had nothing to do with me spending all my birthday money on video games instead.
I had a Razor scooter at one point, those things are ridiculously dangerous on any pavement that's less than perfect.
OT: I remember them being big about ten years ago, but the more recent irritating mode of transport for kids appears to be those fucking shoes with the wheels in the heels.
this craze has come as far south as Jersey though I never realised they were called scooters. When the OT wrote that, I like a few others, thought mopeds (or beewee's), anyway things that go up to 30 and sound like an angry hornet, and for some reason think they can outrace me when I'm on a 600cc motorbike.
seeing more and more scooters lately, also seeing a lot of people falling off scooters. so i welcome this new trend purely for that alone ha.
but i will tell you what i have been seeing alot of lately these:
[img/]http://stuntscooterz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/3-Wheel-Scooter.jpg [/img]
i mean whole gangs of people just waddling along on these, you can literally walk quicker then these things move, its like the lazy-mans scooter
but i will tell you what i have been seeing alot of lately these:
[img/]http://stuntscooterz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/3-Wheel-Scooter.jpg [/img]
i mean whole gangs of people just waddling along on these, you can literally walk quicker then these things move, its like the lazy-mans scooter
Reporting in from Aberystwyth and I've seen no scooters.
Then again we're all students here so maybe there's not enough kids for me to notice it?
Perhaps on topic, I'd love to rollerblade around the town but the pavements aren't really flat nor wide enough
Then again we're all students here so maybe there's not enough kids for me to notice it?
Perhaps on topic, I'd love to rollerblade around the town but the pavements aren't really flat nor wide enough
Down here in Kent everyone has started wearing roller skates. Not even roller blades but proper roller skates. It's like living in a gritty remake of Xanadu.
I'm with you there... I am Wiltshire too and I see more Motorbike/Scooters than kids toy ones...U71L7Y_F0RMUL4 said:A few people I knew in school have gotten scooters. There do seem to be a lot about...
Wiltshire, by the way.
EDIT: Wait, you mean the kid's toy thing? I thought you meant one of these.
However I did see a lady the other day taking her kid to school, and they were both riding scooters... I nearly wet myself laughing... she didn't look remotely chavvy, and she didn't seem to know how odd she looked at all! :S