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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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[–] krelvar@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Where I ride (and I would guess like most places) there's not enough forest ranger/park ranger coverage to address this in any effective way. Maybe if they can catch people when they're coming off the trail back to their vehicle.

I ride a class 1 eMTB (not modified.) in my experience, downhill is EXACTLY the same as an unpowered MTB - for the most part, the motor is doing very little work. Climbing is where the difference exists. For myself, I find my climbing speed boosted by perhaps 3-5mph; it's noticeable but it's not excessive imho.

That said, I also don't do stupid shit. I don't climb one-way downhill trails. I don't ride outside of my ability to stop/avoid - ie bombing blind turns. That's all my own choice though, there's no one enforcing it aside from other bikers. I've encountered hikers climbing trails ignoring one-way signs, people are just fucking stupid sometimes.