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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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I would wear a full face one on my e-bike, but I'm worried about looking like a dork.
I guess an alive dork is better than a dead dork, huh?
Or a faceless dork.
If you're riding a european pedelec (pedal assist) up to 25km/h, bike helmet should be fine, if you're riding electric motorcycle (25km/h+, accelerator) then maybe motorcycle helmet is more appropriate.
You won't look like a dork when road rash makes your face look like Voldemort made out with a cheese grater.
Maybe you can get a mountain bike helmet instead of a motorbike one, I guess the protection is also more adapted to the speed of a bicycle.
A while back I had a friend take a dive on an electric scooter. Black eye, broken collar bone, broken lower leg. If you're on two wheel, definitely wear a helmet.
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Pls be safe
Depends on your infrastructure, yank.