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micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility

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Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, skateboards, longboards, eboards, motorcycles, skates, unicycles, heelies, or an office chair: 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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Praxis has one of the highlights of the show with their HiT prototype gearbox that uses unique folding gears.

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[–] TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

An interesting idea and a fascinating feat of engineering for sure

... but why? This seems like a solution in search of a problem. I've really noticed this a lot in the bicycle world - companies that keep trying to reinvent components and mechanisms that have been perfected decades ago.

[–] Eat_Your_Paisley@lemm.ee 7 points 2 weeks ago

In the real world there's nothing perfect about a chain and derailleur.

[–] MantisToboggon@lazysoci.al 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm afraid I would get a testicle caught in the gear box.

[–] crawancon@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago

my brother, how low are your balls or rather, where are you putting them for this to be a threat vector?

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 4 points 2 weeks ago

Wear pants or just swing the ol scrote over a shoulder.

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Very cool. But why? Also how do you put the chain back on when it inevitably slips one day.

[–] Eat_Your_Paisley@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

I like that and hope they don't go with a custom chain solution.