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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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I have a 70lb ebike that I love, but it's been difficult and dangerous to get it up and down the stairs to my apartment's basement bike storage room. The HOA refuses to install (or allow me to install) a bike ramp to make it easier. Any tricks or anything I can buy to accomplish this?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That sounds like it would work for me. Any idea where to get such a strap?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm not aware of something that's ready-made for exactly this purpose, but my first port of call might be to look at tie-down straps or luggage straps. The former are available at all manner of home improvement or auto parts stores, but have the drawback of being somewhat narrow (ie it'll press into your shoulder more) and have a metal buckle that can scratch up your bike if it flails around.

The latter might also work, provided that they actually have a weight rating of some description, and often a wide webbing with a wide plastic buckle, but you'll have to figure out how to wrap this onto your bike, probably as a loop that circles the head tube and circles the seat tube.

In either configuration, a 6-8 ft (2-2.4 m) length should suffice, I would think.

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

Thanks, I'll give it a shot!