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I have only seen three in the last year. One guy I saw a few times headed south in a bike lane while I was headed north. He was on a Mtn bike with a front crystalite electric motor. I didn't have time to look him over and catergorize him but he was wearing a backpack.
The second one I have seen a couple of times on the dirt trail behind the power plant. He's an older guy with a big grey beard on some old thing with clanking fenders and a very quiet 2 stroke friction drive of some sort. He might fit all of the boxes the poll offers except the college kid.
The third was a full on rat-bike outlaw running some long and low cafe racer thing with a horizontal shaft Tecumseh friction drive, way more than 50 cc hauling *** at 1AM up the avenue with no lights.
There are a ton of un-plated scooters running around the West side of town. Most of those riders ride smart with helmet and gloves, religious use of turn signals and 25 mph or less. (25 is the limit for MBs in CO) West side cops seem to let these people roll. All speed limits on this side of town are <35 except for on the bypass so scooters can sorta safely navigate. I have seen a couple of scooters on the bike trails and one riding right through a city park, right through a playground. Crazy!
It will be interesting to see what happens next. Our city spent $28 million it dosen't have already this year and its going to be worse next year. They are already planning on cutting our already crappy city bus system. It might be 4 hours via the bus system for an 8 hour shift for people that live one one side of town and work on the other. I think more people will find MBs or scooters as time goes by. That's a good thing.
The second one I have seen a couple of times on the dirt trail behind the power plant. He's an older guy with a big grey beard on some old thing with clanking fenders and a very quiet 2 stroke friction drive of some sort. He might fit all of the boxes the poll offers except the college kid.
The third was a full on rat-bike outlaw running some long and low cafe racer thing with a horizontal shaft Tecumseh friction drive, way more than 50 cc hauling *** at 1AM up the avenue with no lights.
There are a ton of un-plated scooters running around the West side of town. Most of those riders ride smart with helmet and gloves, religious use of turn signals and 25 mph or less. (25 is the limit for MBs in CO) West side cops seem to let these people roll. All speed limits on this side of town are <35 except for on the bypass so scooters can sorta safely navigate. I have seen a couple of scooters on the bike trails and one riding right through a city park, right through a playground. Crazy!
It will be interesting to see what happens next. Our city spent $28 million it dosen't have already this year and its going to be worse next year. They are already planning on cutting our already crappy city bus system. It might be 4 hours via the bus system for an 8 hour shift for people that live one one side of town and work on the other. I think more people will find MBs or scooters as time goes by. That's a good thing.
