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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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SAFETY WARNING: Engwe EP-2 Pro (and similar) faulty fender design (fedia.io)
submitted 11 hours ago by FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io to c/micromobility@lemmy.world
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To anyone else out there with an Engwe ebike or any bike with a cheap fender: If your fender is not designed with breakaways on the mounts, you should either remove it entirely or replace the bolts with 5-10 lb zip ties to create your own breakaways and prevent a serious crash.

https://engwe-bikes.com/cdn/shop/products/Ep-2pro_5c418549-daf2-4cda-8994-6e4ac361cb9b.jpg

What happens is, if the fork mount fails and the front fender does not have breakaways, it wraps around the front wheel and sends you over the handlebars (quite possibly at great speed).

Engwe 100% does not care, did not cover my medical bills, replace my $300 helmet, warn their other customers, issue a recall, or even bother to fix the underlying issue.

To be clear, this fix literally costs a couple of zip ties. That is how little they care about their customers.

If I had not been wearing a quality helmet, my Engwe likely would have killed me or left me with life altering injuries.

If you're looking for an inexpensive ebike, don't buy Engwe. Get an REI Co-op, Ride1up, or Lectric. Any semi-reputable brand is a safer choice.

Also, as always: Wear your helmets every time! Be safe out there everyone.

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Ride1Up Roadster V3 launched as new low-cost belt drive e-bike with torque sensor (electrek.co)
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The Ride1Up Roadster has long been a masterclass in lightweight, efficient e-bike design, offering extremely high bang for your buck...

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Electric Motorcycle You've Probably Never Heard of Just Set Four Speed Records (www.autoevolution.com)
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A bike developed by the Ohio State University and the Monaco-based Venturi Group, called RW-5 Voxan, set four speed records for bikes under 150 kg at Bonneville

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Garmin Edge 1050 review: A flagship bike computer designed for the future, but it needs finessing (www.bikeradar.com)
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Yamaha’s Got New E-Bikes, Look Like Tons Of Fun Around Town (www.rideapart.com)
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Yamaha has rolled out updates to the Wabash RT and Crosscore electric bicycles. Both models get the PW series electric motor.

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NIU launches two new ultra low-cost electric scooters in the US (electrek.co)
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Electric scooter industry giant NIU is back with another pair of new electric standing scooters just in time for college...

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Filipinos are embracing electric three-wheelers faster than officials can regulate them (restofworld.org)
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Community Cycling Center threatens to close, citing 'critical financial crisis' (bikeportland.org)
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It turns out cyclists actually should roll through stop signs. Here’s why (electrek.co)
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I do not live in an Idaho stop state, but I do it regularly.

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How Ted Cruz is preventing safer e-bike batteries in the US (electrek.co)
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Now THIS is a proper Mercedes Benz! (NAFA Concept from 1981) (i.imgur.com)
submitted 4 days ago by makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml to c/micromobility@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/16265989

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Yamaha YDX-MORO e-bike $2,880 off, BLUETTI 204Wh power station $149, Anker EverFrost cooler, more (electrek.co)
submitted 3 days ago by FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io to c/micromobility@lemmy.world
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Monday is here, and with it comes the latest roundup of the best Green Deals. Headliners include a couple of...

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Best cargo bike? (downtown-mag.com)
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I spent three months testing this e-bike conversion kit — and it turned me into an actual cyclist (www.tomsguide.com)
submitted 4 days ago by FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io to c/micromobility@lemmy.world
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The Swytch Go did its job a bit too well

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How to Buy an Electric Bike (www.wired.com)
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Here’s what the experts want you to know before making your first electric bike purchase.

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A cargo bike with a low price and pedals so low they scrape the ground (arstechnica.com)
submitted 5 days ago by FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io to c/micromobility@lemmy.world
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A budget offering with a torque sensor (good!) and a whole lot of issues (not good).

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In first ever documented case, Talaria electric dirt bike goes up in flames in US (lemmy.world)
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https://electrek.co/2024/09/07/in-first-ever-documented-case-talaria-electric-dirt-bike-goes-up-in-flames-in-us/

TL;DR - shitty battery goes FWOOOF

"Hicks explained that Talaria normally only uses a well-respected battery maker known as Greenway Batteries. ... However, due to a “clerical error made by the Talaria team,” some Talaria MX5 electric motorbikes that were shipped to the US included a battery produced by another supplier known as Scud."

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One Wheel Completes Its Lineup With a New Pint: The S Is Faster, Stronger, Better (www.autoevolution.com)
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The newest addition to Onewheel's lineup is meant to be the middle ground between this team's existing Pint and GT series: priced at $1,400

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Review: The Canyon Disruptr CFR Helmet Isn’t the Revolution I Hoped for (velo.outsideonline.com)
submitted 3 days ago by _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works to c/micromobility@lemmy.world
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NIU KQi 100P review: The best cheap electric scooter (www.tomsguide.com)
submitted 5 days ago by FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io to c/micromobility@lemmy.world
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The NIU KQi 100P is a very inexpensive electric scooter, but it doesn’t cheap out on features.

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Lectric's XPress 750 High-Step/Step-Thru e-bike goes 28MPH and comes with $306 in FREE gear (9to5toys.com)
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aero-electric motorcycle for paramedics and first responders can be recharged in 15 minutes (www.designboom.com)
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One reward for using this path: The view (hh-today.com)
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https://cleantechnica.com/2024/09/09/we-cant-let-governments-regulate-e-bikes-to-death/ (sh.itjust.works)
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MADE Show: The Wilde Bikes Sugar Foot Wins Ron's Best of Show Award (bikerumor.com)
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It was a tough decision, but Cycling Lifestyle Editor, Ron has awarded Wilde Bikes' Sugar Foot Best of Show at this year's MADE Show.

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