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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 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, compared to my regular bike, my ebike rides like shit. I wish I'd bought a more traditional bicycle-like ebike rather than my cheap folding Chinesium bike shaped object.

[โ€“] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago

Some BSOs shittiness can't be overcome by any number of watts.

A nice bike with a small front hub (1.8kg), torque sensor and a small battery (2kg) can feel amazing. It adds very little weight so the handling doesn't change much but you get superpower that feels like it's connected to your legs.