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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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Another unaffordable uber-bike, bet it's great to ride though...

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[โ€“] sxan@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Honestly, I'm waiting for market saturation. There are so many bikes entering the market, I think in a couple of years we'll start seeing a robust second-hand market with decent mark-down. Even if you have to shell out for a new battery, the BMW effect (premium entry price, steep second-hand discount) will happen with some of these.

Anyway, I'm hoping. I have a decent non-electric that I'm fine riding until the novelty wears off, and the inevitable new-technology price adjustment happens.

[โ€“] FARTYSHARTBLAST 2 points 1 year ago

I have an electric bike (it's cheap but I like it well enough) but I still regularly ride my unpowered bicycle that I've had for many years and I love it.