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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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[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 62 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Gonna go ahead and disagree with you there Billy Brown: E-bikes in general don't really look dorky, but you managed to find one that does.

[–] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 22 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Looks like a wannabe dirt bike. Also the lack of cross beam means that thing will likely fold after hitting a speed bump.

[–] albbi@piefed.ca 10 points 1 month ago

The aluminum frame looks pretty beefy, I don't think it'll fold. But your legs better be the right height for this thing because there isn't any adjusting the seat height.

[–] DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth 6 points 1 month ago

dirt bike

*dork bike

FTFY

[–] WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I think the seat bracket is corner bracing the top of the triangles to make up for the lack of seat tube

[–] superfes@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Definitely dorky

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 3 points 1 month ago

LOL this was my exact thought. I actually kinda like the way it looks, but it has the same energy as an engineering student inventing his own ebike in the 1980s.

[–] solidsmoke@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

Who's going to tell them?

[–] ilillilillilillililli@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That has the specs of just about any hardtail, hub-drive, fat tire, $1,000 e-bike that has been on the market the past 5 years. They are trying to sell it via the BMX-style handlebars and a dirtbike-style seat. That doesn't make it worth $2,200. I'm assuming this writer is getting a kickback from the bike company.

[–] DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth 11 points 1 month ago

This looks like e-waste.

[–] viral.vegabond@piefed.social 9 points 1 month ago

Those pedal reflectors say otherwise, lol

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 8 points 1 month ago

No rear suspension and not even a sprung seat? Brilliant!

[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

No he didnt.