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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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Many cyclists may be riding blind and risking serious injury, with more than than one in 10 having experienced an accident that they found was due to a structural failure undetected in the bike. Researchers now call for more stringent testing of bikes to identify these red flags before things go…

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago

I'd be willing to bet that 99% of the bicycle failures that lead to crash are directly a result of not servicing that fucking bike.

Something's loose, wear and tear not checked or bike not inspected after crash and failure of some part not noticed due to lack inspection