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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] 14 points 1 year ago (6 children)

There already are folding e-bikes, and these things cost over $3,000. A perfect commuter e-bike would cost less than a grand.

[–] FARTYSHARTBLAST 2 points 1 year ago (5 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Are Cube supposed to be good? I've always seen them as a trash budget brand.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

They are literally being used to ride the tour de france. What made cube great was that their sub €1000 bikes were not trash and quite durable component wise. 10 years ago they offered quality aluminium MTB's with front suspension and shimano groupsets for €700. Now most premium brands offer quality entry level bikes though. I own 2 cube bikes and they have been going strong for 9 and 5 years with proper home care and one dealer service each year

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Ah fair enough, wasn't trying to shit on them that was just my perspective, happy to change my mind if they are in fact decent quality for the price :)

To be fair a lot of the entry level stuff these days is a lot better than it used to be which I think is great to get more people riding bikes on equipment that won't just fall apart within a year of use!

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