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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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[–] sqw@lemmy.sdf.org -1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

hard to imagine it’s truly the same. would be interested to see the process

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They probably rotate their foot 45° to lock and unlock.

[–] sqw@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

aha i just saw the “seat”. guess thats what makes it possible

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You thought the thing was just entirely untethered?

[–] sqw@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 6 months ago

i hadn’t seen the seat, just the clipped-in feet.

when its underway i guess the “seat” lets you steer (with your thighs) a bit and gives a point of leverage for the unclipping (especially when its the singleton clip/unclip).

not sure why, but it all seems a bit inelegant. but if it multiplies effort anywhere near what a bike can do, that’s a big achievement.