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<\/p>\n<\/p>When it comes to hills, living on the Chester border is a bit like living in the Netherlands \u2013 there\u2019s nothing serious to traverse. In fact the highest point in Chester west (Bulkeley hill), is a mere 148m, and the commute from my home to office is mainly flat and just 10m above sea level. Hence my e-scooter isn\u2019t exactly being challenged on a daily basis. However, there are some gradients in the other direction when I scoot over towards \u00a0Marford, and nobody wants to have to get off and push.\n
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When I bought the Ninebot and took it for my first ride I went up to Worlds end, just over the border in Wales, and the scooter failed to climb even mild inclines, fortunately when I switched out of eco mode and into sport mode the Ninebot coped fine, with no loss of speed. But buyer beware \u2013 I\u2019ve read since that some of the e-scooters available in the UK are simply not powerful enough to cope with inclines. Hence the advice is to buy one with at least a 500W motor.<\/p>\n
And, my e-scooter regulates the speed going downhill to whatever you have set it to on the cruise control, hence it can never run out of control, which is a pretty good safety feature too!<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When it comes to hills, living on the Chester border is a bit like living in the Netherlands \u2013 there\u2019s nothing serious to traverse. In fact the highest point in Chester west (Bulkeley hill), is a mere 148m, and the commute from my home to office is mainly flat and just 10m above sea level…. <\/p>\n