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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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[โ€“] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, if I was going to convert a bike I think I'd stick with a traditional mid drive or hub conversion kit.

[โ€“] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Front hub conversions in particular are very easy to do and produce reliable, efficient and nice to ride bikes. Bafang even has a plug-n-play set of controllers and torque sensing bottom brackets that can do proper torque assist. I'm using one of their BBs with my current non-Bafang setup and it's spectacular. It makes riding my bike pure joy. ๐Ÿ˜

I'm currently using a light read hub, but if I was building a new bike, I'd go with a light front hub on a steel fork. The total weight would be down even after adding the extra weight of the fork and the rear drivetrain can stay stock.