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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In addition to wheel models ERC, CRC, and HEC series with rim heights of 35mm and 45mm, the recall now includes ARC models with rim heights of 50mm, 55mm, and 65mm that were manufactured at the same Vietnam facility.

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ITT We post pics of whatever we rode today.

Special thanks to Corm for the idea, thank you Corm!

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I tested the Turboant R9 and while it doesn't reinvent the wheel, it does have shockingly good performance and a decent feature set for $550.

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Of the 121 pedestrians killed in traffic last year, 120 were struck by a car while one person died after being hit by an electric bike, according to city transportation department data compiled by Transportation Alternatives.

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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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The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles will no longer register mopeds made by Fly E-Bike, following a Streetsblog investigation that revealed that the company was selling mopeds that did not meet federal safety standards. The move to bar new and renewed registrations of Fly mopeds effectively shutters a sizable piece of the company’s […]

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It has to be said that the Infinite Machine Olto e-bike gives off Cybertruck vibes, though it’s small and kinda cute. The under-$3,500 “Class 2” contender, designed to conquer urban bike lanes at 20 mph and to be released in October, is the second product from the Queens-based Infinite Machine, following a similarly styled but […]

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This all-electric enduro monster needs a little more time in the oven.

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