Scooters 101 – Social riding groups

To start, what are social riding groups? So on Facebook and Discord and probably other social media sites there are public groups that fall into 3 categories:
1) General scooter groups to share all scooter information with each other – Ex: Electric Scooter Guide Group
2) Groups more specific to a brand such as my group that I started titled – Turboant X7 pro/Levy 7/ HX X8 related scooters.
3) Local groups for riding! – Phoenix eRiders for example!

I’d like to break this down into talking about posting into groups and then finish by talking about the 3rd group.

Regarding the general or brand specific facebook groups I want to discuss 2 topics.

First, If you want to know what “scooter” to buy, it might help to know that there a ton of post about that same question. Probably every 2-3 days someone joins and asks that question or similar. I would suggest joining a group and then reading their posts first as there is a good chance you will find that question answered.
But very importantly, if you do decide to still ask that question make sure to include the following:
1. Your weight (this is important as your weight does greatly affect the range you will get)
2. What you want the scooter to be capable of (maybe you want dual suspension, or off-road trails or lightweight, etc)
3. Budget (do you want scooter within $800-900, $1500-2000, 3-4000, whats your max, is it firm or can you go higher)

Those are 3 very important topics to mention in your post. If you don’t include those answers you will get a wide range of replies recommending scooters that may be anywhere from $500-4000!!
Without providing the 3 answers above you may not get very helpful answers to your specific situation.

Now that I’ve taken care of that, on to the more fun discussion. Local groups! So upon getting my 1st scooter a friend led me to a facebook group specifically for the Phoenix electronic community here in Arizona. This group is called Phoenix eRiders are is a mix of scooter riders, onewheel riders, ebike riders, etc…

Through this group what I have found is that “the more the merrier” rings true! In these groups you can find people looking to ride at anytime day and night and setup group rides! I can’t speak for other groups but I would argue that they are probably similar in that everyone seems to be pretty welcoming of each other no matter if you have a top notch scooter or a beginner budget scooter. The mentality seems to be, be safe and have fun! I definitely would say to check Facebook, Instagram, Discord, etc.. to see if you have local riding group!