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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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[โ€“] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

E-bikes are great but there are a lot of brands out there and not all of them are trustworthy. The RadRunner they have in their article image for instance isn't very reliable. In a little over a year of lightly using it and following maintenance procedures, its battery and drive board died at the same time. Customer support told me to fuck off as it was just out of warranty and I couldn't find a way to repair either component independently. I couldn't even find a spare drive board in their online shop or through third party vendors. The whole experience has made me realize I spent almost 2 grand for a giant paperweight.

Be careful when selecting your bikes, people.

[โ€“] Grass@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

not the cheapest but grin tech electronic parts have been used to replace rad components with success. I think they even made their own video about it