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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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[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This is cool. I'd love to see more iterations on helmet design, and mass adoption through cheap 3D printing is a huge appeal.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, considering my bike helmet was like $100 when I bought it...safe cheap options would be nice

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

$100 is worth protecting your skull IMO, but my last helmet was 3x that much (though it did save me from probable death).

That said, I wouldn't be upset if they came up with helmets that are cheap and just as effective.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

For sure! That's why I spent that much lol. My motorcycle helmet was $300, well worth it to save my life.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I personally just try to avoid activities that that would threaten my head to the point I need to wear a helmet...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

We’re on the micromobility community. Not a whole lot of micromobility you can safely engage in without some head protection

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I walk, take transit. Honestly bikes scare the shit out of me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Fair enough, they can be dangerous especially in some places.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Shit happens, and if you are riding anything with wheels, you should definitely be wearing a helmet. I wasn't doing anything extreme when I crashed, the bike (an ENGWE EP2 Pro) failed at about 20mph, sending me over the handle bars and to the hospital. Not much I could've done about it, the fender was faulty and poorly designed but no recall was issued.