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