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| Thread ID: 126978 | 2012-09-28 05:00:00 | Small wheels | Cicero (40) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1303757 | 2012-09-28 05:00:00 | What is the thinking on such small wheels of the scooters we see around town. I would have thought bigger would have been better? |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1303758 | 2012-09-28 05:35:00 | Design, style and tradition, I suppose, this guy probably has the answer Small wheels more maneuverable @ low to medium speed also allows for more storage space. Larger diameter wheels more stability @ high speed but less storage. Most of use scooter owner aren't looking at doing 100k + corners. From here scootercommunity.com.au |
feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 1303759 | 2012-09-28 05:39:00 | Probably started off as minimising production costs and then became a fashion. Remember Triang scooters ? www.gumtree.com they had large wheels. I can only remember having a wooden scooter my dad made, but that had large wheels too. Another silly fashion seems to be riding bicycles with no mudguards especially road bikes, thus getting a spray of mud up front and up rear :) Edit: suppose you ought to say whether kids scooters or motor scooters :) |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 1303760 | 2012-09-28 05:43:00 | Well Cic, i remember riding home on scooters from my mates house racing my daughter about 6 years old at the time, and i had a few beers first (she didnt) i wish i had larger wheels as every time i hit the grass the wheels dug in and i fell off. i woke up the next morning with quite a few bruises and a bump on the noggin. FYI my daughter beat me home... |
Gobe1 (6290) | ||
| 1303761 | 2012-09-28 07:24:00 | Probably started off as minimising production costs and then became a fashion. Remember Triang scooters ? www.gumtree.com they had large wheels. I can only remember having a wooden scooter my dad made, but that had large wheels too. Another silly fashion seems to be riding bicycles with no mudguards especially road bikes, thus getting a spray of mud up front and up rear :) Edit: suppose you ought to say whether kids scooters or motor scooters :) Ya kids scooters, they are the ones with the super small wheels . |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1303762 | 2012-09-28 07:26:00 | Well Cic, i remember riding home on scooters from my mates house racing my daughter about 6 years old at the time, and i had a few beers first (she didnt) i wish i had larger wheels as every time i hit the grass the wheels dug in and i fell off. i woke up the next morning with quite a few bruises and a bump on the noggin. FYI my daughter beat me home... I hope you gave her a good tanning, fancy her beating you home! |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1303763 | 2012-09-28 07:28:00 | They may be a fashion thing, but, if bigger ones proved to be better I would have thought the fashion would change. | Cicero (40) | ||
| 1303764 | 2012-09-28 07:31:00 | Design, style and tradition, I suppose, this guy probably has the answer From here scootercommunity.com.au He says small is best, but he calls 12" small, the ones we see on the streets are lucky to be 4". |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1303765 | 2012-09-28 08:07:00 | He says small is best, but he calls 12" small, the ones we see on the streets are lucky to be 4". They are talking about motor scooters. |
Nick G (16709) | ||
| 1303766 | 2012-09-28 08:48:00 | Small wheels are very vulnerable to uneven surfaces, bumps, seams, loose bits of gravel (a single stone can bring a small wheel to a stop). However, small wheels are light and cheap. |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
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