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@RockPaperLz-MaskitorCasket Surely the point is that a bike is better in most ways than a scooter with bike-sized wheels. There might be some benefits remaining from the lack of a drive train, but a lot of the advantages in cost, ease of assembly, etc, which you attribute to scooters are a direct consequence of, or at least massively increased by, them having small solid wheels.
"It's called a top tube pad ... if the riders were that worried about safety, they’d buy a top tube pad". Am I reading this wrong, or are you saying "a top tube pad is better than a top tube pad"?