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How Did We Get Started?

When Leon Li arrived in the little town of Qing Huang Dao, China to teach English two and half years ago, he did not know that it was the beginning of a wonderful journey that would eventually lead to the creation of a scooter company call Flyscooters. What he did know, at that moment, was there were some obvious problems of getting around in this little town. Well, little is a relative term. In this case, little literally means more than 2 million people. Needless to say Leon soon discovered that getting around in this “little” town was not an easy or pleasant task. Most buses are packed like sardine cans. Empty taxis are nowhere to be found during rush hours. Bicycling is impractical because of the distances traveled. Someone even suggested buying a used car…well that was great except parking in QHD was about fun as parking in NYC, not to mention paying Chinese gas prices, which was on par with Europe. So what did he do…? You guessed it, he noticed that a lot of people are getting around in a two wheel machine that seemed to buzz through any traffic jam with ease. These little machines are parked along side bicycles, but moved with cars. Until then he had not seen these vehicles except in a few promotional ads for Italian vacations. But they looked like fun and the price was right at $400 for a used scooter. A few weeks and few hundred kilometers later he was hooked. 12 months later, back in the USA, gas prices were hitting new highs everyday. He found himself living in one of the biggest parking lots in the world… also known by most American as L.A. Like a classic cartoon scene, a light bulb went off inside his head; scooters are what America needed to free itself from all its woes (or some of them): global warming, dependence on foreign oil, round the clock traffic jams, lack of free parking, etc. Okay, perhaps scooters are not going to save the world, but it just may save you some time, some money, and a lot of headaches. So if you must ask, how did Flyscooters get started? Well…now you know.