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micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility

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Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, skateboards, longboards, eboards, motorcycles, skates, unicycles: 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] 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (4 children)

Ok so I know nothing about 'biking computers'...

But... what?

What can these things do that a smart phone cannot?

EDIT: Thanks for the info, everyone! I appreciate the answers =D

[–] _haha_oh_wow_ 4 points 3 days ago

Bike computers pre-date smart devices, but if I get in a crash I'd rather have my phone in my pocket than attached to my bike and possibly destroyed.

A bike computer is also smaller, lighter, uses way less power, is cheaper, and you don't really have to manage it like you do a phone (i.e. take your phone out, start up the app, mount it, make sure you don't run out of battery or you can't navigate or communicate).

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