I am enjoying the scooter because of the pneumatic tyres which is why I bought it.
I have been riding a smaller commuter-scooter with the larger size of silicone wheels but it couldn't handle rougher surfaces around town so I bought a the cheapest pneumatic scooter I could get during lockdown as a test. So, satisfaction from the tyres.
BUT..
one wheel had a wide point so that the brake could not be adjusted safely. I swapped to the other wheel which now works ok but I had to get out the spoke spanner to make it true because it wobbled when I fitted it straight out of the box. To compound that problem, the travel on the brake-lever seems unnecessarily limited and I found it quite difficult to find that point where the wheel would roll but the brake would still work. It works now only because I tolerate a small amount of constant rubbing on the brake shoes.
As for the basic design, it has no off-set on the bottom of the forks. This means that the steering is very unstable. The trail or castor-effect on the forks of 2-wheeled vehicles is what makes them stable and steer into curves. So,,, disappointing from a design point of view. Would it really have been so expensive to do the usual thing like other scooters and bikes? I should have looked at the photos more carefully. I have found a workaround which is to keep the scooter upright in turns; steering it flat like a trike.
So,,, overall, a useful proof-of-concept for me but disappointing design and production values. Next time I will buy something similar but with two brakes and offset on the forks.
