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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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From transforming daily commutes to bridging the gap for non-cyclists, e-bikes are the most significant evolution in cycling since the mountain bike—and that’s a win for all.

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[–] Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I live in a really popular cycling area which is very mountainous. Ebikes have massively changed the demographic of cyclists here. I would normally never have seen anyone over 50 cycling here because it's too arduous for most people

Now it's not unusual to see an octogenarian tootling up the mountain passes on an ebike, and it's even nicer to see so many people smiling when they're cycling, instead of the stone-faced lycra crowd

[–] vxx@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

I noticed that even before I got my own. I always made jokes about "80 year old people smiling on their bike and chatting while going uphill"