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Bird One — A new direct to consumer scooter from Bird 🛴
Cruise past traffic and congestion with powerful performance, zero carbon emissions, and a smooth, comfortable ride. This isn’t a scooter—this is your very own Bird.
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@rrhoover Direct to consumer scooters are a pretty big thing in Ireland it seems just from general observation in my city. I wouldn't personally purchase one here, but say living in NY/SF/London/Paris than for sure I would consider it
@rrhoover @aaronoleary - Would be a reasonable purchase here in Portland -- which has better better lanes than San Francisco or NYC.
@rrhoover @mikekosulin may be, but $500 and no interest from amazon + dolly feature looked attractive. But if I have more money, probably ninebot ES4
On the specs page, it says the weight is almost 40lbs. Doesn't that make it difficult for someone to carry up stairs to their apartment or office? Even with GPS and a digital lock, I wouldn't leave this thing sitting in public
Brilliant potential play to get user buy-in - in cities not yet regulatory-or-market-size-friendly to top-down @BirdRide entry. Leggo.
HT @aaronoleary
I’m a huge Bird fan and love this, but even though this has some new updated features, I wonder why someone would spend almost $1000 more when you can get the current Bird model from Xiaomi for about $460. Are you just paying for the Bird branding? It’s a super cool model but just don’t know if people will spend that money when there’s already a model available for so much less. This looks super cool though!
@sethbwilliams Its not the same scooter. They needed to build their own because the Xiaomi ones were so cheap and broke too frequently.
@sethbwilliams It's beautiful, sturdy and classy. I did a ton of research, and yes, the Xiaomi is cheaper, but it has air-filled tires, so you could get a flat. I'm not about the "changing tires" life. Plus it's not as cute. I pre-ordered the pink Bird One. However....it does not fold! It doesn't fold and that's a big no for me. I cancelled my order and purchased the Unagi for $990. Another beauty, with solid tires. Less battery life though. I think I will be happy :)
Why buy a Mercedes when a Hyundai is cheaper?? Lol
I love Bird so much and think the design of these is gorgeous but I also think the price and inability to fold it up will be deal breakers. I hope they release a less expensive and foldable version one day. Until then I can’t justify it and think most people will stick with the Xiaomi model.
Given the GPS and connection to the app, is the plan to allow owners to add their bird to the sharing network??
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