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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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[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I’ve had one for a year, and couldn’t be happier with it.

It’s class 1 so I still need to pedal and get at least some exercise. If anything I am biking much more than I did with an acoustic bike. The reasons:

  • longer trips are more feasible, so options are more open.
  • faster trips mean it’s less of a commitment, because the ride is likely to be about 10 minutes shorter
  • wind direction and speed is less of a concern
  • hills are less of a concern
  • running a bit late? Not a problem.
  • I don’t arrive at my destination exhausted and covered with sweat unless I want to.

Basically because it’s drastically lowered the barrier to entry for simply “hopping in the bike and going”, I’m biking much much more than I did before, easily 2-3 times as much. About the only thing that ever stops me is rain, or the need to carry significant amounts of cargo.

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 4 points 5 days ago

I appreciate your perspective! I'll take that into consideration if I ever need to increase my distance. Currently, it's only 5mi at a time and mostly flat/paved, so barely anything.