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micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility

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Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, skateboards, longboards, eboards, motorcycles, skates, unicycles: Whatever floats your goat, this is all things micromobility!

"Transportation using lightweight vehicles such as bicycles or scooters, especially electric ones that may be borrowed as part of a self-service rental program in which people rent vehicles for short-term use within a town or city.

micromobility is seen as a potential solution to moving people more efficiently around cities"

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[–] treadful 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

These types of e-bikes really remind me of the mopeds of the 70s and 80s. The pedals were all but useless and were only there to meet regulations and may be used in an emergency. If the engine died and you were on perfectly flat ground, that is.

They look kind of fun, but they're as much bicycle as a a Cybertruck is a truck.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Doesn't seems nice to pedal though, with the sitting position that low, combined with the likely heavy bike, you won't pedal far with it. You'd wish there's no speed bump on the route lol

[–] treadful 7 points 3 weeks ago

That was my point. They're poor bicycles.