micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility
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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I think so re redundancy – but the primary benefit is not having fragile and high-maintenance derailleurs, as I understand it.
This only happened due to the shift to 50 gears. Have a 7-9 speed and it's sturdy enough.
I've abused the hell out of my basic-ass Shimano 3x7 and it's still going strong. The only thing I've replaced is the cables after a decade or so lol (they still worked, but I got new handlebars). These bikes are an order of magnitude more robust though.
I rode a two speed kickback bicycle similar (operationally) to this for about a decade. It was the lowest maintenance bike I've ever owned, but the gearing was inside the rear hub and it only had a single chain. I can't imagine that the mechanism being outside improves that.