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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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A budget offering with a torque sensor (good!) and a whole lot of issues (not good).

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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 week ago (14 children)

"low-price"
"$1500"

What?!? This dude should hit Amazon. You can find the models, without the issues, for half that. You can also buy cargo trikes with a 750w motor for $1599, if you need the capacity.

[–] magic_smoke@links.hackliberty.org 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

You can get a trek marlin 5, a bbshd, and a mid-grade battery for like $1500/1600 and build yourself a quality bike for that price.

[–] birne 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

But that wouldn't be a cargo bike.

[–] magic_smoke@links.hackliberty.org 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

You're right youd need to spend another $100 on a front basket, and back rack.

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