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Oxford Professor: Cycling is 10 times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities
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Had one as a kid, with training wheels that weren't on right, and I never felt safe on it. Constantly felt like I was going to tip. Gave it away to a friend years later.
Bought another one about 10 years ago, never rode it, my wife did something with it idk.
As a kid I mostly did scooters, also had a razer scooter a few years back that I would use to commute when I lived near work, but these days arthritis in my knees makes that less fun.
I tried one of those electric scooters, and didn't feel safe on it, decided to walk instead. Which I'm a pretty fast walker, even still now with the bad knees.
Wish they'd make narrow trikes, which I think I'd do better on, but most of them are like 2-3 feet wide in the back which is way too big for most purposes.