kmxtornado
10 kW
Feel free to share and comment. I'll start off. All of this is in reference to my Eco Reco S3, although much of this will apply with other e-scooters as well.
STANCE:
I'm regular footed (as opposed to goofy footed) and prefer that my front left foot is somewhat parallel to the deck but offset a bit to the left. My right foot is in the rear and is almost perpendicular to the deck. The front foot in its orientation allows me to keep keep myself facing forward (as opposed to a skateboarding stance). The rear foot in its orientation allows me to put weight on my toe or heel to balance and carve the streets.
HAND POSITION:
I used to have two fingers on the brake and two on the throttle with remaining fingers gripping the handlebars. No more. I'm too worried about my hands falling off the handlebars from a sudden jolt of uneven road. All fingers wrap around each handlebar and two fingers toggle between preparing for engaging the brake or using the throttle. Never both at the same time like I normally would on a motor scooter. Standing on the scooter one handed or no handed is extremely difficult for me even when consciously trying to do it. When expected to do it suddenly after my hands falling off, I can't help but to think I'd take a violent spill. I'm okay losing the fractions of a second it would take grab the brakes in an emergency when I'm otherwise using the throttle only.
WEIGHT:
I toggle back and forth between putting weight on the front foot and rear foot. When going down hill though, I'm definitely more weighted on the rear foot. The brakes of the Eco Reco S3 aren't particularly strong being that it's a motor electronic brake as opposed to a rear mechanical brake, so it doesn't have super stopping power but is nonetheless very abrupt. Putting weight on the rear is very helpful going down hills to keep myself balanced. Weight is put in the front just out of being tired on longer rides.
STOPPING AND GOING:
I naturally take the front foot off for some reason. When I remember to, I'll take the rear foot off instead when I come to a stop. I do follow the rules of the road (unless I'm desperately running low on juice), so I stop at stop signs for the most part. When I don't, I'm at least slowing and pedaling with my foot on the ground. Only about 1 or 2 pushes gets me going even on most inclines.
Unlisted YouTube video I figured I'd share with the small community here. My way of saying thanks to all of you who have helped me on my various projects throughout the years: https://youtu.be/6Wm_8LgA1VU
STANCE:
I'm regular footed (as opposed to goofy footed) and prefer that my front left foot is somewhat parallel to the deck but offset a bit to the left. My right foot is in the rear and is almost perpendicular to the deck. The front foot in its orientation allows me to keep keep myself facing forward (as opposed to a skateboarding stance). The rear foot in its orientation allows me to put weight on my toe or heel to balance and carve the streets.
HAND POSITION:
I used to have two fingers on the brake and two on the throttle with remaining fingers gripping the handlebars. No more. I'm too worried about my hands falling off the handlebars from a sudden jolt of uneven road. All fingers wrap around each handlebar and two fingers toggle between preparing for engaging the brake or using the throttle. Never both at the same time like I normally would on a motor scooter. Standing on the scooter one handed or no handed is extremely difficult for me even when consciously trying to do it. When expected to do it suddenly after my hands falling off, I can't help but to think I'd take a violent spill. I'm okay losing the fractions of a second it would take grab the brakes in an emergency when I'm otherwise using the throttle only.
WEIGHT:
I toggle back and forth between putting weight on the front foot and rear foot. When going down hill though, I'm definitely more weighted on the rear foot. The brakes of the Eco Reco S3 aren't particularly strong being that it's a motor electronic brake as opposed to a rear mechanical brake, so it doesn't have super stopping power but is nonetheless very abrupt. Putting weight on the rear is very helpful going down hills to keep myself balanced. Weight is put in the front just out of being tired on longer rides.
STOPPING AND GOING:
I naturally take the front foot off for some reason. When I remember to, I'll take the rear foot off instead when I come to a stop. I do follow the rules of the road (unless I'm desperately running low on juice), so I stop at stop signs for the most part. When I don't, I'm at least slowing and pedaling with my foot on the ground. Only about 1 or 2 pushes gets me going even on most inclines.
Unlisted YouTube video I figured I'd share with the small community here. My way of saying thanks to all of you who have helped me on my various projects throughout the years: https://youtu.be/6Wm_8LgA1VU
