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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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[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

I don't understand the mindset of $3500 for a bike.

[–] sxan@midwest.social 3 points 3 weeks ago

Transfer of wealth.

Step 1: You buy.
Step 2: It gets stolen.
Step 3: Repeat.

[–] lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 weeks ago

Of a non E-Bike, no less

[–] Wahots@pawb.social 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

For a mountain bike, it means components strong enough and shocks big enough to roll over a melon-sized rock without crashing or going over the bars. Great for lift-operated parks, or singletrack in the backcountry. But yeah, $3500 for a city bike that is not a cargo bike is crazy to me. I'd be worried about it all the time.

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Pinion drive bike are just stupid expensive still, it's a fancy and relatively new system. I'd love to have one of these, but couldn't afford to buy one.

In the world of touring bikes, this isn't even close to the most expensive either - check out the Koga World Traveller with Rolhoff hub at almost $7,000.