The longest commutes we serve and the most confusing rules — three neighbouring cities with three different positions on e-scooters. Here is what is legal where, and what will actually make the distance.
Our showroom and workshop are at 1199 Grant St. in Vancouver — about 30 minutes from Coquitlam Centre by Highway 1, or a direct Millennium Line run. There is no Tri-Cities storefront.
Coquitlam, Port Moody and Port Coquitlam sit next to each other and do not agree on e-scooters. Add the longest distances and steepest new neighbourhoods in the region, and the buying decision gets genuinely technical.
Coquitlam Centre to downtown Vancouver is a 25 km-plus run each way. Very few machines do that twice on one charge in winter. We size the pack against the trip you actually make, not the number on the box.
Browse e-scootersCoquitlam and Port Moody are in the provincial pilot. Port Coquitlam is not. Two riders on the same street can be in different legal positions a kilometre apart — we will tell you which one you are in.
See the rules belowBurke Mountain and Westwood Plateau are among the steepest developed areas in Metro Vancouver. If that is where you live, motor torque and brake quality are not upgrades, they are requirements.
Browse e-bikesYou are further out than most of our customers, so we work to make a single visit count — diagnosis, quote and, where the parts are on the shelf, the work itself.
Book a repairLong-distance riders wear packs out faster. We test cell groups and rebuild what can be rebuilt, which on a big Tri-Cities commuter is a substantial saving.
Battery refurbishingNowhere else we serve puts this much ground between home and work. Buy for the winter version of your commute, not the summer one.
A Tri-Cities commute is long enough that battery capacity, not top speed, decides whether the machine works. Within the pilot’s 500 W and 25 km/h limits there is still a wide spread of usable range.
E-bikes are legal in all three Tri-Cities with no pilot conditions — including Port Coquitlam, where e-scooters are not. They are also the right machine for the 25 km Traboulay PoCo Trail and for Burke Mountain gradients.
What we sell most often to people who commute a long way in.
Three adjacent cities, three positions on e-scooters. This is the single most useful thing to know before you buy one out here.
Coquitlam and Port Moody are participating communities in the provincial pilot. Port Coquitlam is not, and does not permit e-scooters on its roads, sidewalks or pathways. E-bikes are legal in all three.
Rules summarised from coquitlam.ca, portmoody.ca, portcoquitlam.ca and reviewed 23 August 2026. Municipal bylaws change — confirm with the city before you rely on this, and tell us if you spot something out of date.
Coquitlam Centre to downtown Vancouver is a 25 km-plus run each way. Very little does that twice on one winter charge. Most Tri-Cities riders we sell to end up doing a hybrid trip — ride to the SkyTrain, train in, ride the last stretch.
If that is your plan, weight and fold matter as much as range. See the scooter range.
Two of the steepest developed neighbourhoods in the region, and both are almost entirely uphill from anywhere useful. The Coquitlam Crunch gives you the idea. This is mid-drive territory, or a genuinely powerful scooter.
Tell us where you live before you choose a motor. Talk to us.
The Traboulay PoCo Trail loops the whole of Port Coquitlam and is the best long flat ride in the eastern half of the region. E-bikes are welcome on it as bicycles — which matters, because e-scooters are not permitted anywhere in PoCo.
Cold cells hold less charge, and the Tri-Cities are colder than the coast. A pack that comfortably covers your summer commute can leave you short in January — the single most common complaint we hear from riders this far east.
Buy for January. Or rebuild the pack you have.
Highway 1 drops you almost at the door — the Cassiar exit is minutes away.
Highway 1 west and out at Cassiar, then down toward Hastings and Grant Street — the shop sits close to the highway exit, which makes the drive shorter than the distance suggests. Allow about 30 minutes off-peak from Coquitlam Centre.
Millennium Line from Coquitlam Central, Lincoln, Inlet Centre or Moody Centre straight through to Commercial–Broadway, no transfer. From there it is a short distance toward Clark Drive.
You are further out than most, so call or message before you set off — we can check the part is on the shelf and often get the work done while you wait rather than making you do the trip twice.
Most of our Tri-Cities customers come from around Coquitlam Centre and Burquitlam, where the Millennium Line makes a ride-and-train commute genuinely quick, and from Austin Heights and Maillardville closer to the Fraser. Burke Mountain and Westwood Plateau riders arrive with the steepest requirements of anyone we serve.
From Port Moody we see riders in Suter Brook, Klahanie and Newport Village, where the SkyTrain and the Shoreline Trail make short electric trips obvious. Port Coquitlam riders come mainly for e-bikes, given the city’s position on e-scooters, and we occasionally see people out from Anmore and Belcarra — both well inside the distance we cover, if not the population.
Yes. Coquitlam is a participating community in the provincial Electric Kick Scooter Pilot Project. On roads posted at 50 km/h or less you must use a designated cycling lane or multi-use path where one is available, and otherwise keep as far right as is practicable. Riders must be 16 or over, wearing an approved helmet, on a machine of no more than 500 W continuous that cannot exceed 25 km/h.
They differ, and this is the thing worth knowing before you buy. Port Moody has joined the provincial pilot, which runs to 5 April 2028, so e-scooters are permitted on designated streets, cycling lanes and multi-use pathways there. Port Coquitlam has not joined, so electric kick scooters are not currently permitted on its roads, sidewalks or pathways at all. E-bikes are legal in all three cities regardless.
Yes. A legal e-bike is treated as a bicycle, so the 25 km Traboulay PoCo Trail loop is open to it. Keep to a safe speed, use a bell when passing and yield to people on foot — it is a shared pathway. E-scooters are not permitted on it, because Port Coquitlam is not in the provincial pilot.
Some will, in summer, one way. It is a 25 km-plus run each direction, and cold weather can take roughly a third off a pack’s usable range, so a machine that manages it in July may leave you short in January. Most Tri-Cities riders we sell to do a hybrid trip instead — ride to Coquitlam Central or Moody Centre, take the Millennium Line in, ride the last stretch. If that is your plan, folded weight matters as much as range, and we will steer you accordingly.
By car, Highway 1 west to the Cassiar exit — the shop is close to the highway, so it is about 30 minutes off-peak from Coquitlam Centre. By transit, the Millennium Line runs from Coquitlam Central, Lincoln, Inlet Centre or Moody Centre straight to Commercial–Broadway with no transfer.
Yes, at our Vancouver workshop at 1199 Grant St. Because you are further out than most of our customers, it is worth calling or messaging before you set off — we can confirm the part is on the shelf and, more often than not, get the work done while you wait rather than have you make the trip twice.
Real reviews from riders across Metro Vancouver — including plenty who make a longer trip than you do.
Recently had an accident with my Apollo Go — luckily nothing major was damaged, but it still needed some repair and replacement parts. Service was great, and I got my scooter back within a week. :D
Amir and Alejandro were an amazing help. I can't recommend this place enough.
Fantastic team. Very responsive through email and nice and professional in person. Highly recommend. I had three interactions — the last was just a maintenance. Every time I had a very good experience. It's amazing how for years they've maintained the same level of professionalism and very friendly service.
Highway 1 to Cassiar, or the Millennium Line with no transfer. Call ahead and we will have the part ready.
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