Pros and Cons to commuting via kick scooter?
Another thing: for mellow scooting I don’t think you need a helmet but if you’re an aggressive rider or daredevil, wear a lid and who cares how dorky you look – you’re already on a scooter fercrissakes. But I always wore hand-sliders like these, which are not wrist braces and leave your fingers free. What they do is make your hands slide over the pavement when you wipe out and stick your arms out to break your fall. Bare hands or regular gloves catch on pavement and you can break an arm or wrist (not to mention developing some nasty road rash), but the theory is that by skidding along, you dissipate enough momentum to not actually bust anything on your way to a complete stop. I don’t see much discussion of these online but I can vouch for their effectiveness. I wiped out once when something caught in a wheel and I kept going after the scooter stopped. I didn’t break anything, which for a klutz like me is
