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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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A man is making mobile tiny homes on wheels to provide innovative shelter for unhoused people—inspired after his brother become homeless.

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[–] jawa21@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I can only imagine trying to pedal one of these things up any decent incline would be near impossible.

[–] ganoo@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] jawa21@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Fair enough, but that still has to be a considerable amount of weight, especially taking the frame into account.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 4 points 2 weeks ago

Hope those brakes are beefy AF

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