micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility
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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If you can use an ebike, you can use a bike.
If you can bike to work, youve probably already done it. That means you live reasonably close to work and your city does not have exceedingly cold or icy winters.
I would like to think an ebike has a purpose, but between the extreme cost (for what you actually get), there seems to be little point. A regular bike is perfectly acceptable for short commutes, ebike does what, reduces the effort and exercise?
For the money, a regular bike is a better value. For a little more, you could buy an entry level electric motorcycle which would enable a longer distance covered in less time.
Ebike sits in that weird between space between bike and electric motorcycle.
Note to self: ebike owners are demonstrating that they behave like pretentious twats that think that their .01% ridership stats is at all meaningful to justify buying themselves an expensive toy that creates unnecessary e-waste just because they're too lazy to pedal up a hill. Also, public policy should change to accommodate a niche group that are very vocal and really believe that they deserve sainthood because they rode an electric thing that has pedals, but mostly just is used as full electric because they encounter a 2% grade for 100 feet on their journey.
Get a real bike you lazy bums.
I have studded fat tires for winter. Ice is actually better than snow for my bike. I've done 1.5 winter commutes, as in 1.5 winters, but the most recent one I just didn't work as much because it was cold and I wanted to stay in bed.
As far as ebikes in general go, it makes it more accessible. I wasn't anywhere near the fitness level needed to do my work commute on manual bike three years ago but I was able to do it on ebike including the steep hill I could barely walk up because of my fucked up knees. I can and will happily do long haul rides on the ebike. I can do the ride on manual bike now but I need 3x the water and workout suppliments to be able to do it again the next day.