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micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility

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Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, skateboards, longboards, eboards, motorcycles, skates, unicycles, heelies, or an office chair: 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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Selling price approx. $12,500 Canadian.

Honestly, not bad when you consider the utility. Way cheaper than a second car, or as a replacement for a car that's rarely used.

I just worry that as these e-bikes get more complex, it just serves as an additional barrier for people.

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[โ€“] JayleneSlide@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

A bakfiet will change your life for the better. An electric bakfiet is a huge bucket of "...and to think I hesitated."

That said, I am seriously annoyed by the suspension forks. There is such a scant selection of 20" suspension forks; about the only fork I found worth owning is the Kind A3.0, which is $450USD MSRP. I have a Hase Pino which came with a terrible Spinner 300 fork. I can't find a parts kit or even parts list for this stupid fork. In talking with the LBS Jedi, he said it's basically a disposable unit. Something tells me that Urban Arrow did not spec a decent fork.

Also not a fan of Enviolo hubs. They eat up so much torque. I had a Tern GSD S10 with the Enviolo. Holy hell, that hub was a slog without the motor.

But whatever, I'm being a nitpicky curmudgeon... moar cargo bikes, moar better. Suspension, even crappy suspension, is a huge factor in getting people onto bikes. So whatever gets more people onto bikes is okeefine by me.

[โ€“] DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth 3 points 2 weeks ago

I was reading about one that was actually crash rated for vehicle impacts (just the cargo/passenger area, but it did well).

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