Apollo City Pro | First Ride & Impressions

Took the Apollo City Pro for a ride and over all I really like it. It has some speed but for the price you can get much quicker scooters.
That being said I feel like the only alternative with a decent water resistance rating is the Segway P100S which is quite a bit more expensive.
Apollo City Pro | First Ride & Impressions

[@TheShawnster]

You've convinced me to get one, and it's a dream! I'm right at the 265-pound weight limit, and I breeze uphill at 35 km/h. I'm starting to think we need to design cities that only allow portable electric vehicles.

[@nicthedoor]

Dude, I'm with you! Better micromobility infrastructure for everyone. Glad you like it. Just passed 1800km on mine.

[@ethanallen9706]

I own this scooter, and it is amazing. Although i accidentally fell off going about 40km/h. i was badly scraped and it took months to heal. If i could just say, ALWAYS WEAR PROTECTIVE GEAR and ALWAYS USE BOTH HANDS. Its just not worth the risk.

[@jenshiersemann9328]

thanks so much for uploading! im super excited about mine

[@mattfrench884]

I ordered one yesterday. Great Black Friday deals. Can’t Waite.

[@granthones]

How much was it??

[@mattfrench884]

It was $1699

[@granthones]

Is that's the se dual motor 2023 version for $1499 now?

[@justinw.7407]

Dude I watched all your videos, including the one where you said not to buy it *yet*. Well, everything was well received and I'm planning on ordering mine soon. I know it's going to be the end of season getting into Fall, but I'm hoping everything goes well. Thanks for making these videos.

[@nicthedoor]

Awesome. I hope everything goes smoothly and you enjoy it. I've just started riding it more instead of cycling as the weather cools. Did you order '22 or '23?

[@justinw.7407]

@@nicthedoor Thank you! It's going to be the 2023 City Pro.

[@artinnasimi6263]

Great bro I really enjoyed it I ordered and I am waiting

[@pevns]

great upgrade choice

[@pavlepetrovic9529]

Very very good video keep going

[@jacquesmilette]

Merci pour cette vidéo !

[@scottworcester2693]

was that set for MPH or KPH? great vid! having trouble deciding between this and ghost/phantom...

[@nicthedoor]

If it's for recreation, I would get the phantom.

[@shaun5761]

Great video mate new subscriber from London 👋

[@RexMuffin]

If you are looking to buy, please read my comment fully, it is a long story, but it will give you an idea of what to expect of this scooter and Apollo. Got mine, rode it once on a sunny day and the ride was really fun and smooth. On the second ride, right from the start, I noticed the rear motor started squealing really badly. I went and bought silicon lubricant and tried lubing the bearings. This did not help. I message Apollo support, they told me to dissassemble the wheel to lubricate the part of the bearing that is hidden under the drum brake. So I did by following what the guy did in the tutorial video the support sent me. This was a nightmare to do. The wheel would just not go down as it is supposed to do after removing the wheel nuts. So after pushing more and more down on the wheel, a fender screw snapped. The fender is not linked to the wheel and is not supposed to be removed to be able to remove the wheel. The wheel was jammed in there so tightly between the spacers and the fender that weirdly serves as spacer, that the fender got dragged with the wheel. Anyways, I finally managed to remove the wheel by unscrewing all of the fender screws including the snapped one and wiggling the wheel down. I then lubricated the bearing and started reassembling the whole thing. Reassembling the wheel was even worse than taking it out as the spacers and fender are basically press fitted between the 2 rear arms. After about an hour of trying really hard to put it back, I finally did it. It was not like in the video the support provided me as his scooter has no spacers to make it seem easy. Without the spacers, it is indeed easy, but I wanted to put them back as they must be there for a reason. After screwing back the wheel nuts, I realized that the fender was not exactly alight with the 4 screw holes, so I did not put the a crews back in. The fender was holding tightly in there just with the pressure of the whole assembly. I then tried the scooter to see if the problem was fixed. The motor still squealed like crazy so I recorded it and sent it to the support. They finally told me to bring it to the repair center in montreal so I submitted a repair ticked and brought it myself there at the time of the appointment they made with me. Once there, the guy had nothing in his system about me. I explained to the technician what the problem was and how to replicate it. I also told him that there were no fender screws and if he could install back some and he agreed saying it was not a problem. He told me I would take 5 days. 3weeks later, no news. I email them, they tell me they will contact them. After a few days, I contacted them again for news. They apologize for the delay and say that the fender screw heads were snapped and that they could not grind them out. I would have to pay in the hundreds to get it fixed. As for the motor, they could not replicate the issue. I tell them again how to replicate the issue, just ride it and use the regen brake and it then keeps squealing. I repeat that there are no screws left and I took care of removing the snapped bits myself. They reply that surely the technicians have given a valid verdict and that the screws were snapped. They were not, the reason there were no screw heads is because there is no screws at all. I argued for a few emails and they finally decided to look into it. It has now been 5weeks, 17 exchanged emails, and I still do not even know if they found the issue or if my scooter is beign worked on. They won't refund the scooter either. At 2000$ and only 33kms put on the scooter in total, I feel robbed of my money.

[@youngtaylor1521]

Did you get this issue resolved?

Je veux un suivi aussi! Tout va bien de mon côté pour l'instant *touche du bois*

[@RexMuffin]

@@youngtaylor1521 No, they did not want to fix the issue as they could not replicate the problem. The screws were indeed not snapped, the holes were just not alligned. The squeaking goes away after riding it for a few minutes so I just ignore it, but I still feel scammed.

[@joed1650]

Great videos ! CURIOUS = would you know which charge port plug the City22 uses. Looking to modify a FluidFreeRide 48v charger to use on my City22 Pro. Thanks…

[@nicthedoor]

It's a straight plug barrel connector. 8mm outside diameter. Model: LP-4830, output: 54.6V 3A

[@joed1650]

Thanks Nic - just looking for a male plug and seems nowhere to be found on internet - found some for various other voltages and amps and i wonder if these might work. If you have a link for Model # LP-4830 and are you able to share?

[@AJ-wf6tt]

Question are you going down hill through out your video? I ask because my scooter maxs out at 32mph on flat surface and gets upwards of 50mph going down hills. The video appears to show you mostly on flat surfaces, but in most cases your doing over the 32mph spd limiter. Did you disable the spd limiter, if so how?

[@nicthedoor]

Up and down hills. Some quite steep. It doesn't show up very well with the go pro. I set the speed limit in the app to 60kph.

[@britishfireworks]

the speedo is in kph i think

[@chrisdudley8366]

He's riding in kilometers not miles per hour. So if he hits 32 miles an hour it will show on a scooter 52 but that's not 52 miles per hour that's 32 miles per hour kilometers.

[@anuninterestedsaitama4838]

You forgot to mention it has self-healing tubeless tyres. My friend got one thought it would be cool to see a bideo on it

[@thiernobah8077]

What should I put my acceleration response and regenerative brake?

[@nicthedoor]

Experiment with it. I like the Brake turned down a bit and the acceleration up a smidgen .

[@gtasandman]

I was looking at these when i was looking to upgrade from my ninebot max but the drum brakes kinda put my off a little my max would fade a bit after alot of stop and go or hills. i also could not find many in the uses market and people had a few quality issues getting them new. I ended up getting a dualtron eagle pro. One thing is going from a single motor to a dual is you never will want to go back. I loved my ninebot max and it had 5555 miles with no issues besides tire wear and a valve. But it has nothing on being able to do multiple rides without charging, climbing hills and 40mph speeds.

[@nicthedoor]

The regen brakes do most of the work on this scooter.

[@PinnaclePete]

gtasandman. Did you have to change your tires/wheels during that 5555 miles? If so, how long did they last? I'm looking at a scooter that says the wheels are only good for 400 to 600 miles!!!!!

[@dennishaughton4554]

@@PinnaclePeteI had a Segway GT 1. I put over 1200 miles on that thing without any issues. My GT2 currently has about 300 miles np. Not sure how many miles the tires last for. It’s definitely more than 400-600 though

[@granthones]

Only thing keeping me from buying one is the cruise control. Is there another way to activate it?

[@nicthedoor]

Unfortunately not. I would prefer a button activated CC.

[@granthones]

@@nicthedoor thanks for the reply!

[@family12726]

You’ve got a really great review. I know your camera was probably tipped to keep the handlebar/City Pro Display in view, but it made watching the video disorienting/kind of scary to watch. (Between not being able to see what was coming, and watching wet leaves slick up the road). I wanted to watch more, but maybe next review. Very nice review otherwise.

[@mystic2982]

2:25 that was such a dangerous turn at that speed with the wet leaves and path. 😬

[@shankhan9877]

You mean when he was going straight? 😂😂😂

[@mystic2982]

@@shankhan9877 No offence to your Gerstmann syndrome but that’s clearly a turn. Even if it wasn’t you can still slip easily on a scooter riding over wet leaves straight or not.

[@shankhan9877]

@@mystic2982slipping while going straight lmao? ☠️☠️ Wet leaves or no, not everyone rides like a grandma 😂😂😂 stick to riding slow, dork

[@injesusname3732]

What do you mean you set max speed to 60 kph? Why dont they do that from the factory?

[@nicthedoor]

Safety maybe. Some scooter manufacturers don;t even let you go into sport mode until you've ridden enough KMs

[@rayzzingthebar]

Would you consider it for nyc streets?

[@nicthedoor]

I haven't been to nyc in a long time but I don't see why it wouldn't be a good choice.

[@kassandralondon9849]

Are you in kilometers or mph?

[@nicthedoor]

KPH

[@yeseniarodriguez313]

Be careful with the leaves

[@pound14poundking]

Is it dual or single motor

[@nicthedoor]

Dual

[@MatthewFordVictoria]

Did you notice how at 5:45 you were so occupied with talking that you blew right through a Stop Sign, and didn't do anything until you were right in the intersection? You didn't even put your fingers on the brakes until After you crossed the line. Good job no cars were going the other way! Then the same at 8:30 where you crossed the line at 30km and didn't even touch the brakes!

[@nicthedoor]

We call that the Idaho stop. Treat them like a yield.

[@TheLancephillipslive]

Good to see you're doing the right thing at stop signs. Jesus.

[@nicthedoor]

Welcome to Vancouver

[@gtbuddy1980]

Hey listen. I have that same ring tone ZELDA N64

[@nicthedoor]

Been using it for 8+ years. Never gets old!

[@Dragongard]

I am so jealous that i have to use a limited 20 kp/h version here in germany

[@nicthedoor]

That is too slow! Should have at least 30kph. Hopefully the laws change soon.

[@Dragongard]

@@nicthedoor absolutely, especially because e-bikes go up to 25 kp/h and they dont need an insurance plate (in comparison to Scooters). And that's not all, allowed are only Scooters, not any other type of small electronic vehicles and turn Signals have to have a minimum distance so the Trittbrett Fritz (german apollo city) dont use the great turn signals from the original but to easily breakable protuding bulbs. And smaller Scooters cant even add turn signals because of that.

[@butonline]

you could just disable the limiter and ride around without it. Just ride "smart". Thats what i do here in Finland and no one has ever pulled me over (limit is 25 kph here)

[@britishfireworks]

honestly this is just slightly cheaper than my solar ff lite that has everything this has and more and them cable disk breaks are eh (edit: damn it doesnt even have discs!!! it has drums sorry but 30mph with drum breaks is not my idea of fun XD) my ff lite has 2 1600w (2500w peak) motors compared to the 2 500w on this i even get wheel spin and insane launches my ff lite eassyyy hits 30mph in a few secs and can get to 50mph this scooter can only hit 30 :/ idk everything about my solar ff lite just seems better hydro disc breaks full sign wave controllers id recommend the solar ff lite to anyone to be honest over this its more a price thing than anything if this thing was under £1000 id say it was good but its £1520 my solar ff lite was £1630 (you can get it for £1550 without the finger print unlock) this is a great scooter but way way way over priced no hate at all great demo video

[@nicthedoor]

Whats the IP rating? Also the pricing is way different here. A solar FF would run me $2500 CAD vs the Apollo at $1800

[@britishfireworks]

@@nicthedoor that price is actually a lot different and I’m not 100% on the IP rating but I’ve rode it over 700 miles through snow rain puddles you name it and I’ve opened the deck to do some stuff to my controllers and looked spotless no water got inside yeah that is a big price increase tho I’m in the uk and it’s a uk based company (with us inventory to) so I guess I can just get it for pretty cheap but I’m talking about the FF lite not the FF if that’s what you’re referring to the FF is more expensive than the FF lite (the scooter I’m talking about) the FF is a whole other beast that has 8000w with a 15000w peak haha if you’re saying the FF lite is 2500 though yeah I’d stick to the Apollo XDD

[@nicthedoor]

@@britishfireworks Yeah I was looking at the FF lite. looks like a great scoot!

[@Patkilla7558]

Drum brakes are not very optimal for scooters this quick. I feel they should've gone for a hydraulic braking system. Even mechanical disc brakes would've been a better choice. Other than that, it is pretty much a solid scooter.

[@nicthedoor]

I have found with the combination of drum brakes and Regen brakes it stops very quickly

[@KingK1.]

That was a rolls royce and u didnt even blink😂 so jealous

[@nicthedoor]

Dime a dozen around here.

[@KingK1.]

@@nicthedoor i wish

[@holotape]

scoot scoot

[@blubhumm]

Der schlechtest escooter aller Zeit 😂