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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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Saw this long ago and then just came across it again so sharing. It’s called Electron Wheel and is an electric front wheel to put on a regular bike to make it electric. The motor, batteries, controller are all in the wheel. Operates on pedal assist, with the amount of assist set by the app on your phone. https://electronwheel.com/

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[–] HootinNHollerin 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I can imagine the inertia at the front is not ideal when turning. Seems like they have 2 sizes of wheel

[–] ganoo 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I have one of these front wheel conversions on a chopper-style bicycle. It'll slide out under you if you give it too much power in a sharp turn, but otherwise it's very easy to control.

Worth noting the battery and controller weren't mounted in the center, only the motor. So a bit different. The extra weight wouldn't help if I had to guess.