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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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[–] Tehdastehdas@piefed.social 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

The ability to pedal enables exercise and gives you accurate longitudinal position control for parking. A servo generator as a forward-backward interface complicates nothing compared to a car-like interface. If it doesn't have that now, it will because it's an old invention and the natural solution for all pedal-electrics to evolve to.

Fairing in velomobiles reduces wind resistance a lot compared to unfaired recumbent trikes of the same size. I believe this with doors on has the same drag as a regular bicyclist. Doesn't even matter because electricity is cheap. Rain coat can't stop the weather from hurting my face.

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 days ago

Fairing in velomobiles

Doesn't increase width and height

I believe this with doors on has the same drag as a regular bicyclist

I believe that's incorrect

Doesn't even matter because electricity is cheap.

So don't bother with pedals.

Rain coat can't stop the weather from hurting my face.

If the weather is bad enough to "hurt" I don't think you'd be riding around on one of these either.

[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Weather doesnt really hurt until you get to what, 70 mph?

And if youre going that fast, wear a proper helmet.

[–] Tehdastehdas@piefed.social 4 points 6 days ago

When it's cold enough, or just raining freezing cold water, biking hurts.