Apparently,you don't need to steal it for this.<p>> There are cities that are selling Bird scooters at police auctions. Planning on picking one up once the eBay parts show up.
Google cache of the page, since we've given the site the hug of death: <a href="http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https://scootertalk.org/viewtopic.php?p%3D1643" rel="nofollow">http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https:/...</a>
Isn't a big part of the advantage of ride-share is that the vehicle is just there for your journey, you don't need to take care of it outside of that?<p>These companies companies seems to have exploded in valuation, driven I guess by VC money. I wonder how much of the rider-growth fueling that is just people trying out an electric scooter for the first time.
Isnt vandalism a problem with dock-less scooters ?<p>I can imagine someone passing by, picking up one of these and dumping it into a garbage can.<p>Maybe the margins are so high they can just effort to replace them ?
Background for anyone else who has not heard about this particular Bird:<p><a href="https://www.bird.co/" rel="nofollow">https://www.bird.co/</a>
Bit off topic:<p>I had got to know about the scooter boom in USA via youtube video. It says anyone can put scooter anywhere in the city and can pick up any other scooter anytime they want from anywhere?<p>Is this really true?
The conversion kit is on ebay, <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/for-Xiaomi-MIJIA-M365-BIRD-Scooter-Circuit-Board-Dashboard-Cover-Replacement-JT/253942419471?epid=9022713001&hash=item3b2025d00f:g:KdIAAOSw1CBbxwHh:rk:1:pf:0" rel="nofollow">https://www.ebay.com/itm/for-Xiaomi-MIJIA-M365-BIRD-Scooter-...</a>
Does anyone have a source for confiscated Bird scooters in europe? I would definitely buy a Xiaomi M365 from a government/police auction and do this mod if possible; for now, it seems like they are being welcomed with open arms though.
Someone at u of Michigan stole my personal use m365 (bird) handlebars and brain so that they could steal a bird for personal use—and to think I felt so clever using a u-lock to lock the frame up....
Looks like the site is down, here is a tweet with a screenshot:
<a href="https://twitter.com/nickabouzeid/status/1070036774871650304" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/nickabouzeid/status/1070036774871650304</a>