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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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[–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 9 points 8 months ago (3 children)

"If 750 Watts isn't enough"

My 250 watt eFatbike is plenty powerful for my use. Why even put pedals on something this powerful?

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Why use any bike parts when they're not built to put up with that many uggaduggas in the first place?

I guess you could argue the two chains give some redundancy, but if one breaks I doubt the other will last for much longer.

[–] Willy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

my 1000w couldn't get me up a steep hill. we aren't all dainty.

[–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago

That's the difference between mid-drive and hub motors. My bike loses traction before it loses power.

[–] Gladaed@feddit.de 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

10% incline is gonna do you dirty.

[–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

It's mid-drive, not a hub motor. In my experience I either lose traction and momentum or pop a wheelie rather than stall due to lack of power. Granted that I also lift heavy and have quite powerful legs so that helps too.