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micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility

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Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, skateboards, longboards, eboards, motorcycles, skates, unicycles, heelies, or an office chair: 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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Praxis has one of the highlights of the show with their HiT prototype gearbox that uses unique folding gears.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

An interesting idea and a fascinating feat of engineering for sure

... but why? This seems like a solution in search of a problem. I've really noticed this a lot in the bicycle world - companies that keep trying to reinvent components and mechanisms that have been perfected decades ago.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

In the real world there's nothing perfect about a chain and derailleur.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'm afraid I would get a testicle caught in the gear box.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Wear pants or just swing the ol scrote over a shoulder.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

my brother, how low are your balls or rather, where are you putting them for this to be a threat vector?

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

I like that and hope they don't go with a custom chain solution.

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

Very cool. But why? Also how do you put the chain back on when it inevitably slips one day.