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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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[–] lemann@lemmy.one 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

OP username checks out as my response 😅

That's a really, really high theft rate. Interesting to see that the Dutch are showing an interest in this style of bike though, as it's quite different from the usual upright/granny bikes.

I do wonder how easy is it to get fatbike parts there? I own a Dutch bike outside of the NL and it's very difficult to get replacement inner tubes and rollerbrake grease as an example. Last time I did maintenance on the IGH I ended up using mineral ATF bath and a red lithium based grease to repack, couldn't find anywhere that had the Shimano stuff in stock at a sensible price

[–] dr_robot@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The Netherlands recently passed a law requiring helmets on mopeds. This makes mopeds less interesting leading to fat bikes being more attractive, because a helmet is not required on a fat bike.

[–] FlembleFabber@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't know if the parts are available, but if they are, they are pobably very expensive just like the fatbikes themselves

[–] IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

The majority of fatbike riders I’ve seen are lazy teens. These are not the people that want to ride bikes. Usually these kind of people would’ve bought a scooter or moped the moment they turn 16.