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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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Electric bikes are booming in popularity in just about every demographic in the US. From teens riding to school all...

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[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I've been pretty outspoken about my support for high powered ebikes and scooters, but 70mph sounds like too much. At those kinds of speeds you're one pothole from instant death.

[–] BeardedBlaze@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

No different than gasoline bike

[–] LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well, every person I've seen whipping along at 40+ mph on an ebike did not have full protective gear. Also compared to motorcycles ebikes have much thinner tires and lighter builds. Also you need a license to ride a motorcycle.

[–] BeardedBlaze@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Plenty of motorcycle riders ride without any gear. But if you're referring to the stand on scooters, than yeah, that is a death trap lol

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 2 points 1 week ago

They're called organ donors though, riding without protection is not smart.

[–] treadful@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

You're not taking a gasoline bicycle up to that speed either.

If you mean motorcycles, they're built using much more... significant parts. The wheels alone are like 10x the mass of a typical bicycle wheel, giving it significantly more stability. Everything else is built to be more capable of speed as well. It's not a good comparison.