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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Why's that? I'm relatively new to ebikes and curious why I've seen this opinion around. I have a Lectric XP 2.0 with a hub motor and have no complaints.
Hub motor can't take advantage of bike gears. For example, you might face a steep hill. If you have a hub motor, it will simply stall as it won't have enough power to lift you up. But if you have a motor in your bottom bracket, you can switch to a lower gear and it will take all the way up.
That makes sense, and I have run into that a few times, but never thought much of it. I can see it being an issue for very hilly areas or for a lot of off-road riding.