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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] 2 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Yep.

Whatever crashes new skaters imagine they'll have on this thing aren't even close to imaginative enough.

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

For the same reason, I’d like to see shared electric scooters regulated to have a minimum wheel size.

People don’t realize that the smaller wheel sizes are stopped by even smaller things, leading to more crashes as people get pitched off.

I think the small wheel sizes are there for the convenience of the operators, not the safety and comfort of the riders.

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

You already have downhill longboarders going 80kmh+. They wear full body armour, and I would hazard the same would be recommended here. It's not for everyone, but some people like speed and danger.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Man, that's cool! I don't think this if being marketed to them, though, and definitely doesn't sound like something a new skater should be doing.